25.4 enhancements and patches

Review the BMC PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers enhancements and patches 25.4 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.

25.4.01

Use the CPU Information monitor type to improve the health of your Windows environment

With the CPU Information monitor type, you can monitor CPU usage and health in your Windows environment. Monitor key CPU metrics in Windows, such as overall utilization, processor queue length, and process‑level CPU consumption. You can also track performance, detect bottlenecks, and monitor overall CPU health in Windows environments.
For more information, see CPU Information Performance.

Use PSX Process Resource Monitoring to limit CPU and memory consumption

Use PSX Process Resource monitoring to limit CPU and memory consumption by setting specified thresholds on the psx_server.xpc process. To enable seamless and continuous monitoring across your Windows environment, configure the following variables in BMC PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers:

/PSX_SERVER_MONITOR_CONFIGURATION/EnableProcessMonitoring
/PSX_SERVER_MONITOR_CONFIGURATION/ProcessMemoryLimitMB
/PSX_SERVER_MONITOR_CONFIGURATION/MaxCPUPercentage
/PSX_SERVER_MONITOR_CONFIGURATION/MonitorCheckFrequencyMinutes
/PSX_SERVER_MONITOR_CONFIGURATION/RestartAfterHighCPUMinutes

For more information, see PSX Process Resource Monitoring Configuration.

Get details about your CPU usage through annotations

Use the CPU Information Performance monitor type to gain detailed insights into CPU usage and identify the processes that consume the most CPU resources. With this capability, you can configure thresholds to trigger annotations that you can use to detect the following issues in the system:

Resource-intensive processes
Slowdowns
Service interruptions
Other factors related to the system performance

For more information, see the following:

Obtain details about the CPU utilization of the Windows server

Use the Total processor information utilization parameter in the Health at a Glance application class to get detailedinsights into the CPU utilization of each processor. With this parameter, you also receive information about CPU-related performance issues, such as high CPU utilization and reduced CPU responsiveness.

For more information, see Health AT A Glance (NT_HEALTH)

Get insights into your CPU performance with two new application classes

With the introduction of two new application classes in BMC PATROL for Windows Servers, you can monitor your overall CPU performance and parameters such as user time, processor status, processor time, and idle time.

For more information, see the following application classes:

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