BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols 2.1


BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols 2.1

 
Release notes and notices Updated 19 Dec 2018

This section provides information about what is new or changed in this space, including urgent issues, documentation updates, service packs, and patches. 

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Date

Title

Summary

December 19, 2018

Added Microsoft Windows Server 2019 support

December 17, 2018

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and CentOS 7.6 support

October 25, 2018

Added Ubuntu 18.04 support

October 11, 2018

Added Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.5 UEK support

July 31, 2018

Added Debian 8.11 and 9.5 support

July 25, 2018

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 support

May 14, 2018

Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 support

September 29, 2017

Added platform support

June 23, 2017

BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols has the following new features:

  • Support for user defined location in file-based configuration
  • Support for enabling or disabling monitoring of monitor types and instances
  • Support for file-based configuration on multiple PATROL Agent
  • Support for RHEL 7.2

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Where to go from here

Before you get started, see Planning for information about the software and hardware requirements. For information about obtaining the installation files, see Downloading the installation files.

  

Monitor types and attributes

Information about monitoring elements of the KM.

Planning

Planning and system requirements.

Installing

Information about installing the product and migrating the product data.

Upgrading

Upgrade and migration process.

Configuring after installation

Required post-installation configuration tasks.

Using

Interface descriptions, using the product.

Troubleshooting

Issue resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support.
Frequently asked questions

This section addresses common questions about accessing the online help for KMs.

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Frequently asked questions

Is online Help be available for KMs?

Online Help will not be available from the following Consoles:

  • PATROL Central Operator – Microsoft Windows Edition
  • PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition
  • PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows
  • PATROL Console for UNIX.

However, online Help will continue to be available from the TrueSight Operations Management Console and BMC Central Monitoring Administration. 

How can I access the online Help?

You can access the online Help from the TrueSight Operations Management console and the BMC Central Monitoring Administration. For complete product documentation, refer to the KM documentation on docs.bmc.com.

What kind of offline documentation can I get?

KM documentation is available in PDF format.

How do I access the documentation PDF?

You can access the offline documentation from the following locations:

  • Product documentation is available in PDF format along with the installation files on the EPD site.
  • PDFs are also available on the PDFs and videos page of the respective KM documentation on docs.bmc.com

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