BMC PATROL for Light Weight Protocols 3.0

 

Release notes and notices Updated 24 Oct 2024

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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Summary

References

October 24, 2024

Third-party files are updated for security enhancement.

February 29, 2024

Corrects issues reported in the earlier versions.

July 1, 2022

New platform support and corrected issues

October 14, 2021

Corrects issues reported in the earlier versions.

October 6, 2020

Corrects issues reported in the earlier versions.

March 22, 2019

PATROL for Light Weight Protocols provides the following features:

  • Support for parameter textual value
  • Converts OID text value to a numeric

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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.

Troubleshooting

Issue resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support.

Using

Interface descriptions, using the product.

Documentation for older consoles

Documentation for using and configuring older consoles.
Frequently asked questions

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

Additional resources

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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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