Performance and Virtualization widgets now support threshold severity color indicators, with an option to disable the color bar display.
'Total Disk Space in GB' monitor introduced for devices via WMI and CLI protocols to display individual partition sizes.
Bulk threshold configuration now possible on the central server via the Quick Configuration Wizard.
Support for the following models in NCM added: Antaira Switch, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Dell SmartFabric Switch, Fibrolan Switch, Hirschmann GREYHOUND Switch, Sangfor Application Firewall, and Sangfor NSF Series.
Users can now specify timeouts and delays when executing commands in programmable configlets using "executeTimeout" and "executeDelay".
Filtering and viewing devices based on custom column values under Inventory.
Network Path Analysis now displays Autonomous System information and geolocation details.
Custom HTML widgets now require user consent before rendering to prevent unauthorized scripts.
Measure implemented to keep WebSocket connection alive and recover from network inactivity or latency closures.
Selected dashboard widgets can now be displayed in graphical format.
Apache Tomcat updated for enhanced security.
Default database maintenance period for Recent Events increased to 45 days.
Interface Monitoring (without SNMP) for Agent-monitored devices introduced.
'Group Members' and 'No Chart' option added to the Heatmap widget.
Recurring schedule option for reports on an hourly basis introduced.
Multiple alarm suppression rules configurable for a single entity.
Suppression for Category, Group, and global URL Monitors possible.
Recurring suppressions schedulable via the Downtime Scheduler.
'All Groups' widget now includes a severity bar showing problematic members alongside total count.
Managed Server subtab under Applications renamed to Monitoring Probe Server.
New column under 'Installed Software' tab on Device Snapshot page to display software version for WMI, CLI, and Agent-monitored devices.
Advanced Reports Devices Module now supports filtering based on Performance Monitor Values.
Stack Switch Monitoring support for Cisco Catalyst 9500 and Juniper SRX 4200 48P introduced.
Several new device templates added for proper classification during SNMP-based discovery.
VPN monitoring via REST API for Palo Alto firewalls introduced.
Oracle ZFS Storage Devices monitoring introduced.
Improvements
No improvements included in this version.
Bug Fixes
Fixed blank slide issue when using Test Action on the Alarms page.
Fixed XSS vulnerability on the login page.
Fixed local privilege escalation in Windows Product Installer due to third-party component (CVE-2023-29080).
Fixed issue with triggering notifications for Clear Alarm in delay-configured profiles.
Fixed internal server error when deleting custom widgets.
Fixed delayed and recurring notifications not triggering for URLs.
Fixed issue with displaying data in the Data Collection Error Logs report.
Fixed issue with displaying Business View for AutoLogin for all users.
Fixed agent version display in the Control Panel.
Agent no longer repeatedly connects to failed Notification Servers to reduce TCP port consumption.
Fixed issue with changing Notification profile from Manual to Groups association type.
Fixed agent-server communication for static IP configurations on Windows.
Interface Utilization no longer capped at 100% when higher.
Fixed issue with adding Hitachi HNAS devices.
Fixed incorrect total capacity display for Dell PowerStore devices.
Fixed slowness in alarm listing in environments with many alarm notes.
Fixed issue with sorting Trap Processors by status.
Fixed connection to MSSQL database server causing faulty connections.
Fixed issue with generating scheduled process monitor reports.
Fixed slowness in device and interface list views in Inventory due to duplicate API calls.
Fixed negative availability values in Groups list view and 'All Groups' widget.
Optimized duplicate requests when interface state changes.
Fixed slowness in bulk updating custom fields.
Fixed incorrect display of SysUptime for Arista devices in seconds.
Fixed incorrect "Detected Time" for Rogue SSID.
Fixed issues with sorting and searching in grids.
Fixed false disk alert for HPE StoreOnce devices.
Fixed volume data population for Dell PowerStore devices.
Fixed issue with adding HPE Nimble devices in clusters.
Fixed EMC Unity device addition due to SSL certificate hostname mismatch.
Fixed EMC Data Domain device addition.
Fixed HPE XP8 device addition due to SSL certificate hostname mismatch.
Fixed VMware Manual 'Update Inventory' process failing with new VMs.
Fixed issue with changing Notification profiles from manual to groups.
Fixed potential privilege escalation due to incorrect directory permissions.
Fixed startup failure in certain Linux environments.
Fixed issue with displaying Business Views for AutoLogin.
Fixed agent version in the Control Panel.
Fixed data query issues for Ruckus REST API Wireless LAN Controller and Access Points.
Fixed tooltip display for destination device in Business View.
Fixed issue with syncing switch stack details.
Fixed false alerts for Manufacturer and Model changes.
Fixed issues with deleting add-on devices in bulk deletions.
Fixed data collection for Power sensors on Dell iDRAC devices.
Fixed issue with deleting MSSQL instances.
Fixed service monitor polling after scheduled downtime.
Fixed issues with Syslog alerts due to internal cache problems.
Fixed DHCP subnet synchronization issues.
Fixed subnet synchronization issues.
Fixed issues with re-discovering deleted subnets.
3. Release: 2025-04-17
New Features
Added "Ping" and "TraceRoute" actions to device snapshot pages.
Introduced "Forecast Alerts" feature for proactive resource planning, with Disk Utilization as the first forecast rule.
Threshold configuration now supported for Hardware Monitors.
In-depth monitoring of F5 Load Balancers introduced.
Data in Advanced Reports can now be rendered as Widgets on the dashboard.
Custom widgets can now be created and added to the dashboard.
Script Monitoring support introduced for Agent-monitored devices, executable locally or on remote devices.
Custom severity colors can be configured and automatically synchronized to Monitoring Probes.
Automatic group creation based on devices with similar custom field properties introduced.
Labels introduced in HeatMap widgets to display Device and Group names.
Additional time filters for reports (last 60/90 days, 3/6 months, last quarter, current quarter) introduced.
Devices can now be imported into existing or new groups automatically via CSV discovery.
Support for monitoring up to 2,500 devices per Monitoring Probe.
"Alert on hardware information change" option introduced, raising alerts with "Attention" severity.
Traffic insights for interface alarms of Routers, Switches, and Firewalls introduced.
Lenovo Storage Devices monitoring introduced.
New report types for Interfaces (Individual, Stacked) and Devices (Individual, Stacked, Average) introduced.
Custom graphical reports for Device and Interface Groups can now be created from snapshot pages.
Improvements
Upgraded Minlog (1.3.1), Snappy Java (1.1.10.5), and Kryo (4.0.3) JAR packages.
Nutanix Cluster discovery restricted to Cluster IP address instead of Controller VM IP.
Clearer failure alert messages for VMware discovery failures instead of exception details.
Failure alerts from previous configurations cleared when switching to Agent monitoring.
Added CPU and Memory percentage columns to the Active Processes tab for WMI, CLI, and Agent-monitored devices.
Optimized Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) discovery for faster Access Point fetching.
Severity of role and state change alerts for Cisco and HP Aruba Switch stacks changed from Critical to Attention.
Device summary page now fetches data from the Monitoring Probe to avoid discrepancies.
Added "Value Type" filter (Minimum, Maximum, Average) for Traffic and Utilization graphs of interfaces.
Hardware Information (e.g., Serial Number, OS Details) retrieved for devices from major vendors.
Improved data forecasting in reports for more accurate results.
Added sorting option to the Devices Down Dashboard Widget.
Added filter option to the Tree View Dashboard Widget.
Renamed API for pending Upload Requests from "approveRequestPrerender" to "pendingRequestPrerender".
Renamed "PCI Review" to "Configuration Review".
Diagnostics and Threshold Settings now display data for the selected Monitoring Probe.
Existing IPSLA monitors can now be fetched and added using SNMP read-only permissions.
Scheduled reports can now be saved in shared folders.
Added "Filter By" functionality to the Script Monitoring template association page.
Interface graphs now accessible from the Interface snapshot Monitors page.
"Interface up and responding" alarm now includes last downtime information.
In/Out speed can now be set to 0 Mbps in the interface configuration.
Introduced "Zia Insights" dashboard for recommendations on Forecast Alerts.
Device category for Thick Access Points changed from "Wireless Access Point" to "Wireless".
Notification Profiles can now be configured based on interface availability or threshold violations.
Notification Profiles can now be associated with Device or Interface Groups.
Added "Device Tree" filter and additional group-by filters (Type, Protocol, Apps, Severity) for network devices.
Bug Fixes
Fixed incorrect data transfers of Switch Stack Port details from Monitoring Probe to server.
Fixed issue with exporting reports in Excel format from UI or scheduled reports.
Fixed incorrect display of total NAT rule count on the Overview page for device groups.
Fixed issue with loading policy optimization reports when using the "Fetch Config" option.
Fixed scrolling issue in Device Scan under Cisco Tools.
Fixed issue where deleting a Process Monitor Template from one Probe affected all Probes.
Monitoring Component logo now appears only on the first page of PDF exports.
Fixed incorrect sample file displayed in the Interface Fields Import Values page.
Fixed issue with discovering new interfaces on devices with sub-interfaces.
Fixed loss of customized device Display Name and Uplink-dependent configurations during Firewall rediscovery.
Traceroute action now uses the configured IP Address/DNS setting.
Fixed issue with deleting selected columns in Advanced Reports after an upgrade.
Added support for new Hardware Status Monitors for HPE StoreOnce devices.
Fixed issue with generating scheduled process monitor reports.
Fixed issue with closing SDPOP requests with only closure comments.
Fixed issue with the "Copy As" function in ranged reports.
Fixed issue with non-clickable Rule dropdown in Capacity Planning Reports.
Fixed rendering of numerical data as text in XLS exports of Advanced Reports.
Fixed issue with missing data in reports for "Last Week" timeframe in the first week of a month.
Fixed issue with displaying data for only one instance in multi-instance monitors.
Fixed duplicate entries in Notification, Monitors, and Credential reports.
Fixed issue with forecast values exceeding 100% in percentage monitors.
Fixed issue with deleting subsequent tasks when deleting a task from a workflow.
Technician details now displayed in alarm-related widgets.
Fixed issue with deleting monitored databases from the MSSQL tab.
Fixed issue with VMware VXrail discovery.
Fixed issue with exporting graph data when the date format includes a single quote.
IPMI data updates now occur only when data changes.
Fixed incorrect values for hardware monitors on Cisco and Palo Alto devices by considering Precision OID.
Fixed issue with discovering storage devices via SNMP due to a thread lock.
Fixed issue with missing hardware metric alerts after alarm suppression.
Fixed raw HTML code in Nutanix credential failure alerts.
Fixed issue with importing devices to Google/Zoho maps if they exist in Business View.
Fixed issue with device listing based on Monitoring Probe filter in the Discovery Rule Engine.
Fixed issue with fetching Availability Statistics graph for Windows Service monitor.
Fixed issue with disabled alarm suppression option in scheduled settings.
Fixed issue with mapping VxRail clusters to vSAN during discovery.
Fixed issue with downloading the agent installable ZIP from the Monitoring Probe's Deploy Agent page.
Fixed agent data-sharing request failures with Windows errors '12175' and 'buffer too small'.
Fixed false availability alerts for agent-monitored devices rebooted during downtime.
Fixed issue with restoring backup data.
Fixed issue with non-functional SMPP SMS settings after an upgrade.
Fixed issue with restricted "&" character in Notification Templates.
Fixed issue with blank NOC view on high-resolution screens or when zoomed out.
Fixed invalid redirection link in the mail server alarm short snapshot page.
Fixed issue with discovering deleted interfaces despite enabled option.
Fixed issue with Business View and Interface Group admin users clearing alarms.
Fixed issue with adding HPE Nimble Storage Devices.
Fixed incorrect CPU usage reporting for EMC Isilon Storage Devices.
Fixed incorrect storage pool utilization for Hitachi and Huawei Storage Devices.
Fixed missing firmware version for Synology Storage Devices.
Fixed issue with adding Dell EMC Unity Storage Devices due to hostname mismatch in SSL certificate.
Fixed issue with updating Advanced Reports criteria pattern when criteria count exceeds 10.
Fixed incorrect Pure Storage capacity reporting for API versions above 2.8.
Port alerts for SNIA FCMGMT FC Switch template now include the port name.
Added "Test Credential" option for "Unknown" devices on the Device Snapshot page.
Added start and end times to health report PDFs.
Fixed issue with scheduling Interface At a Glance and Bandwidth utilization reports with Japanese characters.
Fixed XLS failures in multi-instance monitors due to data mismatch.
Fixed issue with report builder failing to fetch data for business view users with multiple interfaces.
Fixed issue with Advanced Reports exported in a different language.
Fixed issue with multiple headers in Advanced Report XLSX files.
Fixed issue with threshold violation alerts when clicking "Test Monitor" for unmanaged devices.
Fixed incorrect RAM size calculation for SNMP servers.
Fixed issue with associating Custom SNMP Monitors to Device Templates.
Fixed issue with incomplete removal of adaptive thresholds for Response Time and Packet Loss monitors.
Fixed issue with alerts for VMware Events despite deletion.
Fixed incorrect green display of dials on the alarms page.
Fixed issue with associating adaptive thresholds during device discovery.
Fixed incorrect error when updating an existing IP address.
Fixed issue with generating interface availability alarms for non-default settings.
Fixed issue with fetching serial number for IBM AIX servers via CLI.
Fixed issue with adding devices to Zoho/Google Maps if they exist in Business View.
Fixed issue with triggering alarm escalation rules with Group or Probe filters.
Fixed issue with partial data in Alert and Event reports for "Email this Report" action.
4. Release: 2024-10-24
Enhancements:
SNMP Operations Scheduling:
Users can now schedule SNMP operations, such as interface discovery, VLAN updates, SysLocation & Description changes, and SysOID updates.
Vulnerability Data Request:
Customers can request vulnerability data by sharing the device's OS version information.
Interface Discovery:
A new option allows the discovery of previously deleted interfaces, with profiles now supporting scheduled discovery.
Agent-Based Monitoring:
Added support for agent-based server monitoring with additional features like real-time availability alerts and monitoring during server reboots.
Custom Widgets:
Added custom widgets, such as "Devices by Disk Utilization," under Health and Performance groups.
Forecast Reporting:
New trend reports for CPU, memory, and disk utilization, with customizable historical data for forecasting.
Enhanced VMware Monitoring:
Extended VMware monitoring to support VSAN datastores and NIC/HBA-specific alerts at the ESX level.
Device Discovery:
Enhanced CSV-based network discovery, allowing custom field mapping and improved timeout handling.
Performance Monitoring:
New CLI monitors for Linux, IBM AIX, and Solaris devices, including "System Reboot Time" and load average metrics.
Wireless LAN Controller Monitoring:
Support for REST API-based WLC monitoring for Ruckus SZ and Arista Cloud Wireless Controllers.
Access Point Monitoring:
Automatic discovery and updates for new access points every 6 hours, with alerts for newly discovered or decommissioned access points.
Advanced Reporting:
New filter options for advanced reports, including availability and trend analysis.
Improvements:
Dashboard and Visualization:
Enhanced widget resizing and layout customization, with options to toggle between donut and radial bar views.
Improved interface forecast graph scaling for better visualization.
Monitoring Efficiency:
Optimized resource utilization during VMware discovery and data collection processes.
IP SLA monitoring now allows custom intervals, configurable in minutes.
User Experience:
Users can now rearrange columns, save column sorting preferences, and switch tabs without losing pagination.
Device snapshot pages now include additional columns for interface IP addresses and device-specific notes.
Fixed Issues:
Backup and Alarm Management:
Backup failure alarms are now triggered only if devices have been successfully backed up at least once.
Fixed incorrect alarm triggers for unmanaged devices and resolved false availability alerts.
Configuration and Scheduling:
Addressed startup failures caused by OAuth configurations in the central server for mail settings.
Resolved issues with rediscovery for Meraki Controllers, ensuring updated IP addresses, display names, and network details.
Reports and Data Collection:
Fixed alignment issues in exported reports and improved data accuracy in advanced and default reports.
Security Updates:
Implemented security improvements, including updates to Apache Tomcat and JSON libraries, and enhanced content security policies.
Closed vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and improved protection for custom dashboard widgets.