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25.3 enhancements and patches

Review the PATROL for Linux 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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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 .

25.3.02

No Sudo access required to collect Linux KM hardware metadata

You do not need sudo access to collect the hwModel and hwVendor metadata in the PATROL for Linux knowledge module (KM). hwModel is the hardware model, and hwVendor is the hardware vendor metadata. This metadata enables you to identify the server type for integrations with BMC products.

Monitor CPU load with normalized load average metrics

The PATROL for Linux KM includes three normalized load-average metrics:

  • Normalized Load Average (1 min)
  • Normalized Load Average (5 min)
  • Normalized Load Average (15 min)

These metrics calculate the Linux load average over 1-, 5-, and 15-minute intervals and normalize the values based on the number of logical CPUs on the host. With this enhancement, you can determine how much CPU capacity your system is using. It also helps you compare CPU load across systems with different CPU counts. For more information, see CPU (NUK_CPU).

 

25.3.01

Support for additional platforms

PATROL Agent for BMC Helix PATROL for Linux includes support for the following platforms

  • Ubuntu 22.04, x86-64 , 20.04.1 LTS, x86-64, 24.x LTS x86_64 
  • Rocky Linux 9.x, x64-64, 8.x x64-64
  • Alma Linux 9.x, x64-64, 8.x x64-64
  • AWS EC2 Amazon Linux 2023 x86_6

For more information, see System requirements.

For the list of issues resolved in this release,​ see Known and corrected issues.

 

25.3.00

Improve disk monitoring by using Persistent disk instances

Use the Persistent disk instances option to improve disk monitoring across server restarts. This capability enables consistency in monitoring disk metrics by assigning them a unique identifier. It prevents the metrics from being incorrectly reported during a system restart. For more information, see Configuring Disks.

For the list of issues resolved in this release, see Known and corrected issues.

 

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BMC PATROL for Linux 25.3