2024 enhancements
December 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:
- Support for IBM FlashSystem (9500 and 7300) via REST API
- Support to import the BYDISK_UTIL metric for storage systems of Dell EMC VMAX/PowerMax (REST)
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
20.02.02 CHF9 update
The following updates are available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 9 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
Ability to start versions of Agents that match the service daemon
When the Linux Gateway Server sends a request to collect data from a managed system that has multiple versions of agents installed but no agent currently running, the service daemon then starts the agent that matches the service daemon version instead of the Gateway Server version. For details, see Collecting-data-via-Capacity-Agents.
Support for Oracle 19.23
The support for Oracle database server version 19.23.0.0 has been added to TrueSight Capacity Optimization. For details, see Database-requirements.
October 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:
- Support to import additional metrics for Storage Shares for Dell EMC Isilon (REST)
- Support for NAS servers as Storage Filers for Dell EMC Unity (REST)
- Support to import the BYDISK_UTIL metric for storage systems of Dell EMC PowerMax v4 (REST).
- Improved discovery and collection of metrics for Hitachi GUM (REST)
- New sentry.system.filter property to filter systems that are attached to the same endpoint
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
September 2024
20.02.02 CHF8 update
The following update is available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 8 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 support is added for the Application Server and ETL Engine. For a list of all supported operating systems, see System-requirements-for-the-Application-Server-and-ETL-Engine.
August 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:
- Support for IBM Spectrum Protect (REST)
- Support for Dell EMC Avamar (REST)
- Support to import the ST_DISK metric for the following systems: Ceph Storage, Dell EMC Isilon, Dell EMC PowerMax, Dell EMC PowerProtect DD, Dell EMC PowerStore, Dell EMC PowerVault, Dell EMC SC Series, Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC VMAX (both WBEM and REST), Dell EMC XtremIO, Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX, Hitachi E, G Series, Hitachi GUM, Huawei OceanStor, IBM DS888x, IBM Spectrum Control, IBM Spectrum Scale, NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager, NetApp E-Series, NetApp ONTAP, NetApp SolidFire, Oracle ZFS, Pure Storage, Pure Storage FlashBlade, and Scality Ring.
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
July 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:
- Support to import the new BYDISK_READ_RESPONSE_TIME and BYDISK_WRITE_RESPONSE_TIME metrics for the following systems:
- Ceph Storage
- Dell EMC VMAX/PowerMax
- Dell EMC SC Series
- Dell EMC VMAX
- HPE Primera
- IBM Spectrum Control
- NetApp E-Series
- Support for Dell EMC VPLEX (REST)
- Improved the calculation of the Processor Utilization by Controller metric (BYCONT_PROCESSOR_UTIL) for HPE Primera (WBEM).
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
20.02.02 CHF7 updates
The following updates are available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 7 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
15-minute resolution support for the Guest OS performance metrics in the Microsoft Azure API Extractor
The Microsoft Azure API Extractor is enhanced to collect data at a granular level for the guest OS metrics by using the Guest OS diagnostics. After you enable the guest-level monitoring, you can configure the data collection with a 15-minute (granular) resolution for both Linux and Windows virtual machines. For details, see Collecting-additional-metrics-using-Guest-OS-diagnostics.
Support for Oracle 19.23
The support for Oracle database server version 19.23.0.0 has been added to TrueSight Capacity Optimization. For details, see Database-requirements.
June 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One ETL includes the following enhancements:
- Support to import capacity data from IBM Spectrum Control (REST) storage systems.
- Support to import the Cache Hit Ratio metric for HPE Primera (WBEM) Controllers.
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
May 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One is enhanced to include the following:
- Support for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (REST)
- Support to import the Disk Utilization Percentage by Disk (BYDISK_UTIL) performance metric for HP Primera (WBEM)
- Modified calculation of the following HP Primera (WBEM) metrics to match the values displayed in Infosight:
- ST_AVAILABLE_CAPACITY
- ST_AVAILABLE_FOR_STORAGE_POOLS
- ST_AVAILABLE_IN_STORAGE_POOLS
- ST_CAPACITY
- ST_CONSUMED_CAPACITY
- ST_SIZE
For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
20.02.02 CHF6 updates
The following updates are available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 6 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
Exclude Oracle views from Oracle - Enterprise Manager extractor
Exclude the selected Oracle views from the Oracle - Enterprise Manager extractor while importing the data by using the extract.oem.exclude.views.list property. For details, see Oracle-Enterprise-Manager-extractor.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 support is added for the Application Server and ETL Engine. For a list of all supported operating systems, see System-requirements-for-the-Application-Server-and-ETL-Engine.
April 2024
Support for NetApp StorageGRID storage systems in Storage All-in-One Extractor Service
The Storage All-in-One is enhanced to support the NetApp StorageGRID storage systems. For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
March 2024
Enhanced Storage All-in-One ETL
The Storage All-in-One is enhanced to support the IBM DS8000 (REST) storage systems. For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.
20.02.02 CHF5 updates
The following updates are available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 5 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
15-minute resolution support in the Microsoft Azure API Extractor
The Microsoft Azure API Extractor is enhanced to collect data at a granular level. You can configure this ETL to collect data with a 15-minute (granular) or 1-hour (default) resolution. For details, see Microsoft-Azure-Azure-API-Extractor.
Enhanced OpenStack ETL
The support for the OpenStack Wallaby version is added to the OpenStack API Extractor Service. For a list of all supported versions, see OpenStack-OpenStack-API-Extractor-Service.
Support for Oracle 19.22
The support for Oracle database server version 19.22.0.0 has been added to TrueSight Capacity Optimization. For details, see Database-requirements.
MAX_MEMORY_USAGE setting for the Solaris collector
You can now configure the MAX_MEMORY_USAGE setting in Collect.cfg file for the Solaris collector. This setting indicates the maximum amount of memory that can be used by the collector. For details, see Collect-configuration-file.
February 2024
Enhanced Moviri - ServiceNow Extractor
The Moviri - ServiceNow Extractor is enhanced to support the field hierarchy and classes filter. For details, see Moviri-Integrator-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization-ServiceNow.
January 2024
20.02.02 CHF4 updates
The following updates are available only when you apply Cumulative Hotfix 4 or later on Patch 2 (20.02.02) of TrueSight Capacity Optimization 20.02:
Support for ARM architecture on Linux Agent
Download the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization Agent 24.1 for Linux ARM that is supported with TrueSight Capacity Optimization version 20.02.02. This Agent supports the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture on the following platforms:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.x
For details, see Support-for-BMC-Helix-Continuous-Optimization-agents-and-Gateway-Server.
Enhanced Microsoft Azure - Azure API Extractor
The DISK_SIZE and BYDISK_SIZE metrics in the Microsoft Azure - Azure API Extractor are enhanced to show the actual size of the disk. For details, see Entities-lookup-information-metrics-and-API-calls-for-Azure-Resource-Manager-model.
Extractor to collect data from Entuity by using the REST API
Use the Moviri - Entuity REST Extractor to collect relevant capacity metrics from the Entuity network monitoring by using the REST API. This extractor supports the following use cases:
- Extraction of both performance and configuration data across network components monitored by Entuity.
- Replication of relationships and logical dependencies among entities defined in Entuity to BMC Helix Continuous Optimization.
- Support for configuration parameters, such as device filtering, metrics filtering, and limiting the data volume processed in a single run.
For details, see Moviri-Integrator-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization-Entuity-REST.
Support for Oracle ZFS (REST) storage systems in Storage All-in-One Extractor Service
The Storage All-in-One Extractor Service uses the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance REST API to import capacity data from Oracle ZFS Storage systems. For details, see Storage-All-in-One-ETL-for-TrueSight-Capacity-Optimization.