4.8.00 enhancements

PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers 4.8.00 provides you with the following updates:

• • • 64-bit support for the following Windows components
    • Improved Windows Event Log monitoring
      • Enhanced performance by using XML Path (XPath)
      • Support for Operational, analytic and debug event logs
        
        
    • Support for Microsoft Windows 2012 / R2 Server
    • Windows Remote Monitoring - Support for Network Interface application class
    • Windows Local Hyper-V Monitoring - Improved Local Hyper-V Monitoring by adding new application classes
    • Microsoft Windows Active Directory KM - Support for Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R)
    • Scaling factor option added in Perfmon Wizard

64-bit support for the following Windows components

The following components are now supported on 64-bit versions of Windows:

• PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Operating System
• PATROL KM for Microsoft Cluster Server
  
• PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Domain Services
• PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Active Directory
• PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Active Directory Remote Monitoring
• PATROL KM for Remote Desktop Services
• PATROL KM for Perfmon and WMI Wizard
• PATROL Cluster Configuration Wizard

Improved Windows Event Log monitoring

• Enhanced performance by using XML Path (XPath)

  Added a new PCONFIG variable for filtering Windows events while subscribing it from Windows Event System. The value of this variable will be XML query.
  
  /PSX__P4WinSrvs/PWK__PKMforMSWinOS_config/EventLogMonitoring/<EventLogName>/EventFilterQuery

  XML quey example

  This example will filter Audit Failure events of Event ID 4625.

  <QueryList>

    <Query Id="0" Path="Security">

      <Select Path="Security">*[System[band(Keywords,4503599627370496) and (EventID=4625)]]</Select>

    </Query>

  </QueryList>

• Support for Operational, analytic and debug event logs
  
  

  Operational, analytic and debug event logs were not discovered by default. Use the Enable-Disable Windows Event Log Monitoring menu command to discover operational, analytic and debug event logs.

Support for Microsoft Windows 2012 / R2 Server

PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers 4.8.00 is now supported on Microsoft Windows 2012 / R2 Server x64. Hyper-V monitoring is supported on Microsoft Windows 2012 / R2.

Windows Remote Monitoring - Support for Network Interface application class

Network Interface can now be monitored remotely.

Windows Local Hyper-V Monitoring - Improved Local Hyper-V Monitoring by adding new application classes

Local Hyper-V Monitoring functionality has been improved by the addition of the following application classes and parameters. 

With the new application classes you can monitor the memory statistics of a virtual machine, measure the performance of a virtual network adapter, monitors and displays the activities of the disks attached to the IDE controller, monitor and provide statistics for virtual switch.

Microsoft Windows Active Directory KM - Support for Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R)

Microsoft Windows Active Directory KM functionality has been improved by the addition of the AD_AD_DFSR class. You can monitor SYSVOL Replication by using DFS-R. 

Scaling factor option added in Perfmon Wizard

In Perfmon Wizard you can now scale down values that cannot be directly set to parameters.
Valid values: Number > 0 (zero).