Java support for TrueSight monitoring solutions


This topic describes BMC's support for Java starting from January 1, 2019, and actions required for TrueSight monitoring solutions.

Overview

Recent announcements by Oracle about commercializing Java have resulted in questions about how BMC will handle Java in the TrueSight products.

Impact

  • Oracle Java 8.0 will not be bundled with the product installation files.
  • TrueSight monitoring solutions support OpenJDK or vendor-specific Java versions as mentioned in the table below. 
  • Some vendors of monitored platforms and databases do not support OpenJDK. Monitoring using OpenJDK is possible only when both the monitored system and the KM support the usage of the same Java distribution. For more information, refer to the vendor documentation.
  • BMC will not provide Java updates. BMC recommends that you acquire the supported Java versions.
     

Monitoring solutions that are not impacted by this change are indicated as No in the Java used? column. No user action is required to continue using these monitoring solutions.

Monitoring solution (KM) name

 Java used?

Recommendations

Yes

Support the following Java versions:

  • Oracle Java 11.x and later
  • OpenJDK 11.x and later

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

Support the following Java versions:

  • Oracle Java 8.x and later
  • OpenJDK 8.x and later

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Support the following Java versions:

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

No

None

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Oracle VM Manager

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

No

None

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Docker

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring VMware vSphere

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports Oracle Java version 8.x
  • The KM uses JRE available in the $PATROL_HOME/jre directory.

No

None

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Elasticsearch

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
    • OpenJDK 16.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Amazon Web Services

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
    • OpenJDK 16.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Amazon EC2.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
    • OpenJDK 16.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Microsoft Azure.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
    • OpenJDK 16.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Google Cloud Platform

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
       
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Google Cloud Compute.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring iSeries KM.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configuring Composite Attributes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java version 8.x
    • OpenJDK version 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Agent configuration variables.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
  • This KM uses Oracle JDBC version 7 for monitoring. This driver can be used only with OpenJDK version 8 which is supported by the KM. For information about Java versions that supported by Oracle, see Oracle documentation.
  • To update the Java path settings, see Configure Oracle Standalone Database monitoring

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Configure Sybase monitoring

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

Uses Java Runtime Environment to monitor SAP. For the the SAP specifications and support strategy for SAP 1077727 - SAP JCo 3.0 release, see JCO support documentation.

Note: This requirement was existing before this notification, and therefore no additional change is needed for SAP monitoring.

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

PATROL for BMC Server Automation

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x.To update the Java path settings, see Setting Java home

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Monitoring of Oracle WebLogic requires a local installation of Oracle WebLogic. The KM uses the local Oracle WebLogic JRE for monitoring.
  • For certified versions of JRE, see Oracle documentation.

Note: This requirement existed before this notification, therefore no additional change is required for Oracle WebLogic monitoring.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Monitoring of IBM WebSphere Application Server requires a local installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server. The KM uses local IBM WebSphere Application Server JRE for monitoring.
  • For certified versions of JRE see, IBM documentation.

Note: This requirement existed before this notification, and therefore no additional change is required for IBM WebSphere monitoring.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
  • To update the Java path settings, see Configure SNMP monitoring

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configuring LINUX-UNIX shell script

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

No

None

No

None

No

None

No

None

No

None

Yes

  • Supports the following Java versions:
    • Oracle Java 8.x
    • OpenJDK 8.x
    • OpenJDK 11.x
  • To monitor without using the new Oracle License, BMC recommends that you change the monitoring configuration to use the OpenJDK version 11.x. To update the Java path settings, see Configure Entuity Server monitoring.

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

No

None

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

Yes

The support matrix for this KM remains the same and is available at the BMC Product Compatibility

 

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