26.1 enhancements and patches
Review the BMC Helix Operations Management 26.1 enhancements and patches for features that will benefit your organization and to understand changes that might impact your users.
Version | SaaS | On premises | Fixed issues | Updates and enhancements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
26.1.00 | ✅️ | ✅️ |
For a list of recent updates and enhancements across multiple versions, see Release notes and notices.
BMC Helix applies upgrades as described in BMC Helix Upgrade policy. BMC Helix applies upgrades and patches during Maintenance windows.
26.1.00
<Placeholder> The following video (2:04) provides a high-level summary of the new features and enhancements in version 25.4 of BMC Helix Operations Management.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCaO9_Vibg
Download alarm policy data in a CSV file
Download all alarm policies into a single CSV file for easier auditing. This enhancement lets you review every policy’s configuration in one place, in a clear, human‑readable format.
Additionally, use the Download icon 
to download Policy conflicts report along with Alarm policies report.
For more information, see Configuring alarm policies.
Configure blackout policies for a custom duration
Configure blackout policies with more flexibility by specifying a duration for the blackout period to end. With this improvement, your blackout period does not have to end at a specified time; you can configure the period to end after a duration of minutes, hours, or days.
For more information, see Configuring blackout policies.
Override automatic deduplication for events from the same source identifier
The deduplication of a high number of events from the same source identifier can cause processing and performance delays. Use the Disable auto-deduplication option in your deduplication policy to override automatic deduplication of events from the same source identifier. With this feature, you can prevent automatic deduplication of events and improve system performance.
For more information, see Event deduplication and suppression for filtering unwanted events.
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PATROL Repository update
| Category | Knowledge modules |
|---|---|
| Application | BMC PATROL for Apache Kafka 26.1 |
| Cloud | BMC PATROL for Google Cloud Platform 26.1 BMC PATROL for Oracle Cloud Monitoring 26.1 |
| Virtual platforms | BMC PATROL for Nutanix 26.1 |