25.3 enhancements and patches

Review the PATROL for Apache Kafka enhancements and patches for features that will benefit your organization and to understand changes that might impact your users. For the list of issues resolved in this release, see Known-and-corrected-issues.

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Installing

For a list of recent updates and enhancements across multiple versions, see Release-notes-and-notices.

BMC applies upgrades as described in BMC Helix Upgrade policy . BMC applies upgrades and patches during Maintenance windows .

25.3.00

Associate events with the Apache Kafka cluster device for accurate event analysis

Use the PATROL for Apache Kafka KM to map events to the Apache Kafka cluster devices instead of the PATROL Agents. This capability enhances traceability by linking cluster events to meaningful device names.
Accurate event-to-device mapping in Apache Kafka clusters minimizes false alarms, accelerates root cause analysis, and enhances monitoring efficiency. For more information, see Configuring monitoring of Apache Kafka environment.

Secure Apache Kafka communication with new SASL SSL authentication support

Use the SASL SSL authentication type to authenticate Apache Kafka clients by using a user name and password and an SSL certificate configuration. This enhancement enables encrypted communication with Apache Kafka clusters and reduces the risk of credential exposure. For more information, see Configuring monitoring of Apache Kafka environment.

Security enhancements

BMC PATROL for Apache Kafka 25.3 contains the following third-party software upgrades for security enhancements:

  • jackson-annotations-2.19.0.jar
  • jackson-core-2.19.0.jar
  • jackson-databind-2.19.0.jar
  • json-20250517.jar
  • kafka-clients-4.0.0.jar
  • slf4j-api-2.0.17.jar

 

 

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