4.0.00 enhancements

This topic contains information about enhancements and fixes in BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere 4.0.00 and provides instructions for downloading the installation files.

Tip

For information about issues corrected in this release, see Known-and-corrected-issues.

Enhancements

Support for BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration

BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere version 4.0.00 is BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration (CMA) enabled. The VMware-vSphere monitor type can be configured through CMA.

For more information, see Configuring-in-a-BMC-ProactiveNet-Performance-Management-environment.

New Application classes and parameters

The following table lists the new application classes and parameters available in BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere v4.0.00:

Application classes	Parameters
VSM_VSWITCH_CNTR
VSM_VM_DS_PERF_CNTR
VMware-Datastore-Cluster-VSM_STORAGE_POD	Datastore-Cluster-disk-utilization-Disk_Utilization Disk_Used_Space
VMware-Distributed-Virtual-Switch-VSM_DVS	Overall-status-of-the-Distributed-Virtual-Switch-Status
VMware-Host-Virtual-Switch-VSM_VSWITCH	Number-of-available-ports-Available-Ports
VMware-Host-VSM_HOST	Total-time-elapsed-since-last-system-startup-Uptime
VMware-Virtual-Machine-Snapshot-Container-VSM_VM_SNAPSHOT_CNTR	Total-number-of-snapshots-SnapshotCount
VMware-Virtual-Machine-Snapshot-VSM_VM_SNAPSHOT	Total-size-of-the-snapshot-SnapshotSize
VMware-Virtual-Machine-Datastore-Performance-VSM_VM_DS_PERF	Average-number-of-commands-read-write-issued-per-second-to-the-datastore-TotalCommandRate Average-amount-of-time-for-a-read-operation-from-the-datastore-ReadLatency-VSM_VM_DS_PERF Average-amount-of-time-for-a-write-operation-to-the-datastore-WriteLatency-VSM_VM_DS_PERF Average-amount-of-time-for-a-read-write-operation-to-the-datastore-TotalLatency
VMware-Datastore-Performance-VSM_DATASTORE_PERF	Aggregate-number-of-IO-operations-on-the-datastore-DatastoreIops Average-amount-of-time-for-a-write-operation-to-the-datastore-WriteLatency Average-amount-of-time-for-a-read-operation-from-the-datastore-ReadLatency Average-amount-of-time-for-an-operation-read-write-to-the-datastore-TotalLatency Rate-of-reading-data-from-the-datastore-ReadCommandRate Rate-of-writing-data-to-the-datastore-WriteCommandRate

New Menu commands

The following table lists the new menu commands introduced in BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere v4.0.00:

Application class	Menu command
VSM_CLUSTER	TOP-VMs-VSM_Cluster
VSM_HOST	TOP-VMs-VSM_HOST
VSM_DATASTORE	TOP-VMs-VSM_DATASTORE
VSM_RESOURCE_POOL	TOP-VMs-VSM_RESOURCE_POOL

Downloading the installation utility and the product

This section provides information for downloading BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere 4.0 from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) website.

Note

If you have previously downloaded other BMC products, you might have an older version of the installation utility on your hard drive. BMC recommends that you use the latest version of Installation Utility, BMC Installation Utility 9.5.00. To download the latest version of the installation utility for this service pack, perform the following steps.

Create a directory in which to place the downloaded files.

Note
On Microsoft Windows systems, ensure that the directory is only one level into the directory structure. The EPD package creates a directory in the temporary directory when you extract the files, and the directory that contains the installation image must not be in a directory deeper than two levels into the directory structure.
Go to http://www.bmc.com/available/epd.html.
At the logon prompt, enter your user ID and password, and click Submit.
On the Export Compliance and Access Terms page, provide the required information, agree to the terms of the agreements, and click Continue.
If you are accessing this site for the first time, create an EPD profile to specify the languages and platforms that you want to see, per the EPD site help; otherwise, skip to step 6.
Verify that the correct profile is displayed for your download purpose, and select the Licensed Products tab.
Expand BMC Performance Manager for Virtual Servers to show the available versions.
Expand BMC Performance Manager for Virtual Servers 4.0.00 to show the available products/components.
Expand BMC PATROL for VMware vSphere 4.0.00 to download the service pack and BMC PATROL Installation Utility 9.5.00 to download the installation utility for the appropriate platform.

Based on the operating system, select the check boxes next to the files and documents that you want to download. The download page displays the following links:

Link title	Actual file name
BMC PATROL Version 4.0.00 for Vmware vSphere - Windows Only	PATROL_for_VMware_vSphere_40.zip
BMC PATROL Version 4.0.00 for Vmware vSphere - All UNIX/LINUX	PATROL_for_VMware_vSphere_40.tar
BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - Windows Only	ins_WINDOWS_9500.zip
BMC PATROL Installation Utility Version 9.5.00 - All UNIX/LINUX	ins_ALL_9500.tar

To download the selected files, click Download (FTP) or Download Manager:
- Download (FTP) places the selected items in an FTP directory, and the credentials and FTP instructions are sent to you in an email message.
- Download Manager enables you to download multiple files consecutively and to resume an interrupted download.
  This method requires a one-time installation of the Akamai NetSession client program on the target computer and is usually the faster and more reliable way to transfer files. A checksum operation is used to verify file integrity automatically.