Article #50737

Build number: 7.0.7416.0

Monitor Solution helps you ensure your server and network up-time and availability and ultimately reduce the costs of network management in your organization.
You can do the following with Monitor Solution:

  • Identify the health of your environment by collecting detailed data from servers, applications, and network devices.
  • Analyze trends and isolate recurring issues by collecting comprehensive real-time and historical performance data.
  • Pinpoint problems, define their cause, and take automated actions to resolve them.

See the following sections for information about this release:

Features of this Release

The following are features of this release:

Support for Internet Explorer 8

Added support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. The Symantec Management Platform and Monitor Solution for Servers can run from Internet Explorer 8.

Added the WS-MAN metric

The WS-MAN metric uses the Web Services for Management (WS-Management) specification to poll data for metrics.

Supported Client Operating Systems

This section lists the client computer operating systems that are supported by Monitor Solution.

  • AIX IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1
  • HP-UX Hewlett Packard UniX 11i v1 (PA-RISC)
  • HP-UX Hewlett Packard UniX 11i v2 and v3 (IA64 and PA-RISC)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2000
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and 5.3 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Solaris 9 on SPARC
  • Solaris 10 on SPARC and x86
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32- and 64-bit)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- and 64-bit)
  • VMware ESX 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.5

Upgrade Issues

The following are issues and things to know about upgrading Monitor Solution 7.0.

Issue Article ID Internal ID
Agent update issue

The updated agent is not automatically pushed out after installing Service Pack 4. To deploy the updated agent:

  1. In the Symantec Management Platform console, select Settings > Agents/Plug-ins > Altiris Agent.
  2. Right-click, and then click Export.
  3. In the left pane, select Altiris Agent > Windows > Altiris Agent for Windows - Upgrade and enable the policy.
    (It will take some time for the agent to be pushed out to all targeted computers.)
    		    
    Issues when upgrading from previous 7.0 versions (SP1 and SP2) to the final release version

    The following issues contained in this table cell are only applicable when upgrading from previous 7.0 versions. These issues do not apply to upgrades from 6.x versions.

    Customizations made to Monitor Server Settings and the Remote Monitor Server Settings are not preserved

    After upgrading you must update Monitor Server Purging Maintenance Settings and Remote Monitor Settings. These settings are not migrated.

    You can export custom policy and agent settings before upgrading

    Some items may be lost when upgrading from 7.0 release candidate versions. It is possible to preserve custom items (including monitor policies, server settings, and Remote Monitoring Server settings). Export custom items to .XML files before installing the 7.0 SP4 final release. Then import the .XML files following the installation.

    To restore console elements, you import them from the appropriate .XML files. Console elements are identified by their GUIDs. Elements in the imported .XML file overwrite existing elements that have a matching GUID. Any elements in the .XML file that do not have matching GUIDs in the console are added as new items.

    Note: You need the Import XML privilege to import .XML files. By default, only the Notification Server administrator role has this privilege.

    Note: This functionality is only supported for 7.x to 7.x upgrades. This task is not supported when migrating from Monitor Solution 6.x to Monitor Solution 7.x.

    To save a console element as an .XML file:

      1. In the left pane, click the tree node that you want to save.
      2. Right-click, and then click Export.
      3. In the Destination File for Exported XML dialog box, specify the XML file name and location, and then click Save.

    To restore a console element from an .XML file:

      1. In the left pane, select the folder to which you want to restore the element.
      2. Right-click, and then click Import.
      3. In the Choose the XML File to Import dialog box, select the appropriate XML file.
      4. If you want to prevent any changes from being made to the imported element, check Open as read-only.
      5. Click Open.

    Run once ASAP requires manual modification of Agent Upgrade package to work

    This issue only occurs in the following scenario:

      • You migrated from a Monitor 7.0 Release Candidate version to the Monitor 7.0 Final version.
      • You uninstalled the Monitor Solution 7.0 Release Candidate version, then you installed the Monitor Solution 7.0 Final version, and then you reconfigured the database.
      • You installed a Monitor Solution 7.0 Release Candidate version of the Monitor Agent, and you clicked the Run once asap option in the rollout policy.

    For agents to be installed using the "Run Once ASAP" feature, you must manually modify the agent package. This notifies the Altiris Agent that a newer version of the Monitor Agent package is available.

    To workaround this issue by manually modifying Monitor Agent Packages:

      1. On the Notification Server computer, navigate to the directory where the package is located:
        C:\Program Files\Altiris\Notification Server\NSCap\bin\Win32\X86
        C:\Program Files\Altiris\Notification Server\NSCap\bin\Win64\x64
        C:\Program Files\Altiris\Notification Server\NSCap\Bin\Unix\Monitor\Linux
      2. Create a blank .txt file in the folder.
      3. Update the package's distribution points.
      4. Enable the upgrade policy.
    		   102363

    102758
    An import of 6.x items after an import of 7.0 items always overwrites

    Following installation of Monitor Solution 7.0, if you first import 6.x monitor data and then you import a 7.0 Monitor Pack, then you have the option to enable or disable the overwrite existing items option.

    However, if you first import a 7.0 Monitor Pack and then import 6.x monitor data, you do not have the option to enable or disable, and 7.0 Monitor items are automatically overwritten with 6.x.

    Therefore, we recommend that when migrating from 6.x to 7.0, following the installation of Monitor Solution 7.0, first import your 6.x data and then import 7.0 Monitor Packs. You then have the flexibility to choose if you want to overwrite the existing items.

    		   102756
    Referenced items are migrated

    When migrating Monitor Solution 6.x items to Monitor Solution 7.0, modified items (such as policies, metrics, rules, and new monitor packs) are all migrated. If an item has not been modified, but the item is referenced by another item that has been modified, then the referenced item is also migrated.

    For example, if you modified a rule, but not a metric that the rule references, then both the metric and the rule are migrated.

    		   102233
    102282
    Monitor Server Purging Maintenance Settings are not migrated

    Monitor Server Purging Maintenance Settings are not migrated from versions 6.x to version 7.0.

    		   102363
    Custom collections associated with custom Monitor packs are not updated
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    Issues with migrating Monitor tasks/actions from 6.x to 7.0

    The Generate SNMP Trap task and the Create Incident task are not imported from 6.x to 7.0 because they are not supported on version 7.0.

    The Generate NT Event task is supported on version 7.0; however, settings made to this task are not preserved. Settings made to previously created Generate NT Event tasks are moved to the parameters field on 7.0. The following data appears: Altiris Monitor Solution for Event Source, 1 for Category, and 1000 for Event ID.

    		   102640
    Known Issue when Upgrading Windows Monitor Agents

    When a Windows Monitor Agent is upgraded, it may be possible that the file that the Monitor Agent uses to write to the system event log is in use by Windows. If this occurs, then the file will not be upgraded until the next restart. The new file will be placed in the Monitor Agent's directory and will have a temporary (.tmp) file name. The operating system will not be automatically restarted, but Windows may prompt the user that a restart is necessary. If upgrading from BEIM to DMC, the agent upgrade will not be complete until a restart has occurred.

    		   102823
    Issues with upgrading Agents when Notification Server is a new computer

    When upgrading to a new Notification Server computer, there are issues with agent communications. After completing a data import, upgrading the Altiris Agent on client computers is unavailable. Although the 6.x client computers are displayed in the filter (Windows/Linux computers requiring Altiris Agent Upgrade), when the upgrade policy is applied, the upgrade fails.

    The issues occur because the previous version of the Altiris Agent attempts to connect to the previous 6.x Notification Server computer instead of the new 7.0 Notification Server computer. Therefore, the 6.x agent is unaware that an upgrade policy to the 7.0 version is made available.

    To workaround this issue you must manually redirect the 6.x agent to communicate with the new 7.0 Notification Server computer before you migrate to version 7.0:

    1. In the Altiris 6.x Console, on the Configuration tab, click Roll out Altiris Agent > Roll out Altiris Agent Configuration.
    2. In all the required policies (for example, All Desktop Computers, All Package Servers, All Unix Computers, etc.) on the Advanced Settings tab, enable the check box for Specify an alternate URL for the Altiris Agent to use to access the Notification Server.
    3. Specify the server name and the URL of the new 7.0 Notification Server computer.
    4. Refresh the Agent configuration on the client computers.
    5. Upgrade to version 7.0.
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    102795
    SQL metrics do not upgrade properly after performing an upgrade from MS 6.0 SP5

    If in Monitor Solution 6.0 SP5 you set custom credentials for "SQL Authentication" or "Windows Authentication" and also selected the "Use Multiple instances" checkbox, then after migrating to Monitor Solution 7.0, the associated SQL metrics do not work. The reason for this is:

    1. After migration, custom credentials are encrypted and cannot be used. You must manually reapply the appropriate credentials.

    2. After migration, the "Use Multiple instances" checkbox is not selected. You must manually reselect this option to restore your previous settings.

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    The "SNMP," "Performance Counter," and "SQL" metrics are not correctly migrated from Monitor Solution 6.0 into Monitor Solution 7.0 SP2

    If in Monitor Solution 6.0 you enabled "Use Multiple Instance" for "SNMP," "Performance Counter," or "SQL" metrics, then after migrating these metrics into Monitor Solution 7.0 SP2, they will be disabled.

    		   104301
    Monitor Agent service stops after upgrading the Altiris Agent

    The Monitor Agent service is stopped if you upgrade the Altiris Agent. To resolve this issue you must manually start the Monitor Agent service. The service will also automatically start if you upgrade the Monitor Agent.

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    Things to Know About

    The following are things to know about in this release.

    Things to know Article ID Internal ID
    Monitor Solution 7.0 cannot be hosted on a Windows Server 2008

    Currently, the Symantec Management Platform, which Monitor Solution is installed on, does not yet support Windows Server 2008 as a host; this support will be added in a future release.

    		    
    The Monitor Agent plug-in supports Windows 64-bit platforms

    The Monitor Agent includes 64-bit support for both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 as a managed device.

    		    
    You may need to install sysstat on your monitored Linux computers

    You must install sysstat on your targeted Linux computers to use the following monitor policies:

    • Processor
    • Disk I/O
    • Memory
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    If you install the Remote Monitoring Server on a dedicated computer, the PPA agent and the Credential Manager are required

    If you install the Remote Monitoring Server on a dedicated computer, the PPA agent and the Credential Manager are required.

    		   102601
    Network Discovery found devices may not be listed in the targeted filters of the default agentless policy

    Agentless monitor policies target filters of computers and devices. By default, the target only included unmanaged devices running Windows 2003 or 2008. When computers are discovered, the local operating system is a property of that computer resource. If during discovery, a computer's operating system cannot be determined, an operating system specific filter will not recognize that computer.

    This is a possible cause if an agentless monitor policy is not running on a computer as expected.
    Note: The operating system version is correctly discovered for target computers that have SNMP enabled.

    		   102685
    Activated Monitor Policies web part only shows policies that the Monitor Agent has activated

    A Monitor Agent must first activate a monitor policy before it is displayed in the Activated Monitor Policies web part of the Monitoring and Alerting home page. If you have enabled a monitor policy but it is not yet displayed in the web part, this may be because the web part is populated from inventory data that is received from the agent.

    		   102692
    Purging Log Event and Sys Log data

    Both Log Event and Sys Log data purging is controlled with the single String metric data purging schedule.
    To schedule string metric data purging:

      1. In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Monitoring and Alerting.
      2. In the left pane, click Monitoring and Alerting > Monitor > Settings > Monitor Server Settings.
      3. On the Monitor Server Settings page, click the Purge Maintenance tab.
      4. Under Non-numeric Data, set the value for String metric data.
      5. On the Monitor Server Settings page, click Save changes.
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    The Poll Metric on Demand task cannot poll agent-based metrics on a computer that does not have the Monitor Agent

    The Poll Metric on Demand task can poll two different types of metrics: agent-based and agentless. It is supported on two different types of targets: with and without Monitor Agent.

    If the Poll Metric on Demand Task is executed on an agentless target (the client computer without the Monitor Agent installed on it), then it can only poll agentless metrics on the client computer. Agent-based metrics are not polled on an agentless client computer as agent-based metrics require the Monitor Agent to run.

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    A failed heartbeat may not raise an alert if the Check for heartbeats interval is less than the Send Heartbeat interval with zero retry attempts

    If you configure the Monitor Server Setting's > Heartbeat tab's > Retry attempts value to "0" and the Check for heartbeats every interval to be less than or equal to the Monitor Agent Configuration Setting's Send heartbeat every interval, then a failed heartbeat may not raise an alert in the Event Console due to network latency. In this case, a Monitor Agent may appear to occasionally go down only to come right back up again. However, the uptime data will not be affected in this case.

    		   102671
    There are time drifting issues when monitoring heartbeats on Linux computers that are hosted on VMware

    When monitoring heartbeats on Linux computers that are hosted on VMware, there are issues with time drifting.
    This issue can cause heartbeats to be received by Notification Server after a very long delay and an alert to be raised in the Event Console.
    To avoid issues with unnecessary alerts in the Event Console, make sure that your heartbeat time settings are synchronized to account for possible time drifting.

    		   103524
    HTTP metrics do not support virtual hosts

    The HTTP metric cannot be used with virtual hosting. The HTTP metric only supports the use of the current hostname of a physical computer that reports basic inventory to the Notification Server computer.

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    There is a specific setup required to enable Smart Metrics using SNMP

    To enable Smart Metrics using SNMP:

      • The SNMP service must be installed on the monitored computer.
      • The community name must be configured in the SNMP service on the monitored computer. The community name must match the community string in the SNMP protocol settings for your connection profile.
      • SNMP packets must be accepted from any host in the SNMP properties on the monitored computer.
    		   100808

    If two WMI metrics are configured to parse the same command output and they both have different polling intervals, these metrics will read data with the lowest polling interval. The WMI metrics combine into a similar query for optimization. The query runs at the lowest interval setting.

    		   10401
    When "Altiris" log type is selected, the Log Event metric only supports Windows platforms

    When the "Altiris" log type is selected, the Log Event metric uses the Notification Server log file as source. This type of log is supported for Windows platforms only.

    		   101685
    The reports "Alert History" and "Most Active Hosts" are located in the Event Console Reports folder

    The 6.x reports:

    • Alert History by Monitor Agent
    • Alerts Over Last 'N' Days
    • Monitor Agents with Most Alerts

    Are now replaced with:

    • Alert History
    • Most Active Hosts

    These reports are located under the Event Console Reports folder on the Monitoring and Alerting portal page.

    		   101828
    There is a delay in the Computers Lists for the Real-time and Historical Performance Viewers

    Computers are not populated in the Computers List for the Historical and Performance Viewers until data is received from the target computer by Notification Server.

    		   101834
    Metrics do not work if Credential Manager is installed by pull to Remote Monitor Server

    Some metrics do not work if Credential Manager is installed by a pull to the Remote Monitor Server. If Credential Manager is pushed to the Remote Monitor Server, there are no problems.

    		    
    The repeat count feature specifies the number of times the rule must trigger in a row before an action is taken

    After the repeat count specified in a rule has been reached, the rule resets to "normal" on the next value, even if that value crosses the threshold. If the value crosses the threshold, the rule restarts the repeat count for the next evaluation.

    Example:

    Rule count definition - if CPU > 10 for 3 times

    If the values are 11, 12 , 13, 11, the rule will trigger on the third value and then reset to normal on the fourth value. The fourth value then becomes the first increment for the next check.

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    Agentless monitoring uses Pluggable Protocol Architecture (PPA) connection profiles

    The Remote Monitoring Server (RMS) agent leverages PPA to make connections to monitored remote resources to obtain metric data. PPA references the Connection Profiles used during Network Discovery. The Network Discovery Connection Profiles define which protocols are enabled and any applicable credentials and settings for each protocol.

    When the RMS agent attempts to monitor an agentless resource, it queries the database and uses the connection profile that was used during Network Discovery. If the RMS agent cannot find a reference to a connection profile, the Default Connection Profile is used. To select a different connection profile, run a new Network Discovery and select the desired connection profile for remote resources.

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    Known Issues

    The following are unresolved issues in this release.

    Known Issues Article ID Internal ID
    Issues with agentless monitoring
    • If you first discover a computer, and then change either its computer name or its IP address, then attempting to monitor that device will fail.
    • It is possible that an agentless monitoring policy will not stop monitoring, even after the policy is disabled.
    • The Remote Monitoring Server cannot be installed on 64-bit platforms; therefore, agentless monitoring cannot be performed from a 64-bit computer.
    • In the Event Console, the Remote Monitoring Server will be shown as the source of an alert, even if the alert is raised by a monitored agentless resource.
    • The monitored computer must be specifically set-up to enable SNMP agentless metrics:
      1. The SNMP service must be installed on the monitored computer.
      2. The community name must be configured in the SNMP service on the monitored computer. The community name should match the community string in the connection profile SNMP protocol settings. (From the Symantec Management Console, click Settings > All Settings > Solution Settings > Protocol Management > Manage Connection Profiles).
      3. The monitored computer's SNMP properties must be configured to accept SNMP packets from any host.
    		    
    Unmanaged computers are not applied to agentless monitor policies when using filters

    If a discovered computer is unmanaged (does not have the Altiris Agent installed), then it cannot be applied to agentless monitor policies with a filter. There is an issue that prevents the unmanaged computers from being targeted correctly, even if the computer is discovered and is contained in a filter.

    To apply unmanaged computers to agentless monitor policies, you must manually add the computers using the resource selector. Managed computers are unaffected and can be added to agentless monitor policies using the filter.

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    Agentless monitoring is not available for targets that have been discovered through an Active Directory Import

    You cannot apply agentless monitor policies to targets that have been discovered through an Active Directory Import. To work around this issue, use a Network Discovery or a WINS import instead of an Active Directory Import.

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    All resource types are displayed in the Computer List drop-down list when you are creating an agentless monitor policy

    When building a custom target for an agentless monitor policy, when the drop-down list (Computer list) is selected, additional resources that are not computers are also displayed.

    To work around this issue, open the Select computers utility instead of using the Computer list dropdown list. The Select Computers page only displays computers.

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    When the Remote Monitoring Server computer’s password is about to expire, agentless monitoring is unavailable

    When a Remote Monitoring Server computer has either of the following:

    • A password has expired or is within 14 days of expiration
    • The option for a user to change the password on first start has been enabled

    Then the PPA agent/plug-in is unable to connect through WMI. In this case, the Remote Monitoring Server is then unavailable because the Remote Monitoring Server depends on the PPA agent/plug-in for communications.
    To work around this issue you must ensure that the Remote Monitoring Server computer’s password does not come within 14 days of expiration. If the password does expire, then resetting the password resolves the issue until the next time the password comes within 14 days of expiration.
    As a possible means of prevention, you can set the Remote Monitoring Server computer’s Windows password to never expire.

    		   102843
    Known Issue when Exporting a monitor pack to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 when IE Protected Mode is On

    When all of the following are true:

    • You are exporting a monitor pack to a Windows Vista or a Windows Server 2008 computer
    • Internet Explorer protected mode is set to ON
    • The Symantec Management Console is open

    Then the monitor pack's .XML file is copied to the \temp\ folder instead of the intended path. In this case, completing the import process from this location would fail. You must copy the .XML file manually to the correct location first.

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    The Process Control task only supports 32-bit systems

    At this time, Monitor Solution 7.0 does not support the controlling of 64-bit Windows processes.

    		   
    Agentless Smart WMI Metrics do not work on Windows 2000 Server target computers

    Agentless Smart WMI Metrics do not work on Windows 2000 Server target computers.

    		   101848
    Log Event metric supports ANSI-only

    The Log Event metric supports ANSI-only log files. When parsing, the Log Event metric assumes a Windows Latin-1 encoding.

    If characters that require UTF-8 encoding (for example, when using non-English languages) are contained within either a Log Event metric or within the log, then the metric fails.

    		   101202
    The Log Event metric fails to open client side Altiris log files

    The Log Event metric is only capable of parsing Notification Server’s a.log file and, therefore, can only monitor the local Notification Server computer’s log. The Log Event Metric fails to open Altiris log files on remote client computers that contain the Monitor Agent.

    		   101224
    ASP.NET metric enters retry state when ASP.NET is installed but not registered

    This issue occurs when ASP.NET is installed but not registered. To work around the issue, register ASP.NET by running the following command on the target computer:

    aspnet_regiis.exe -i

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    Known Issues with reports
      • Reports are run first using default parameters. To receive reports with adjusted parameters, wait until the default parameter graph is displayed, change the parameters, and then run the report again.
      • After drilling down into a report's details, you cannot change parameters and see new graph results. To return to the initial view of the report, right-click the report in the left pane, and click Open.
    		    
    A Monitor Solution report’s customized view is not preserved after the report refreshes

    After customizing the view of a Monitor Solution report, once the report is refreshed the customizations to the view are lost and the default view is displayed.

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    Agent uptime via Heartbeat report not reporting the correct uptime percentage after crash

    For the "Agent uptime via Heartbeat" reports to accurately reflect uptime, the Monitor Agent service must be started again after a critical system crash. If the agent is not started again, this period will be erroneously reported as uptime instead of downtime. If you receive an alert that an agent heartbeat has failed, make sure that there is connectivity from the Altiris Agent to Notification Server, and make sure that the Monitor Agent service is running on the monitored computer.

    		   102858
    Issues with IIS Memory Performance Report

    When viewing the IIS Memory Performance report, some metrics are not displayed, and an exception is logged in the NS log.

    The following metrics are not displayed:

    • Internet Information Services Global - File Cache Flushes (Avg)
    • Internet Information Services Global - File Cache Flushes (Max)
    • Internet Information Services Global - File Cache Hits % (Avg)
    • Internet Information Services Global - File Cache Hits % (Max)
    • Page Reads per Second (Avg)
    • Page Reads per Second (Max)

    To work around this issue, either view these metrics in the Table View of the report or view them from within the Historical Performance Viewer.

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    Issues with Disk Paging Activity Report

    The Disk Paging Activity report displays incomplete data when it is viewed in the Chart View.
    To work around this issue and view all data values, use the Grid View to display this report.

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    You must reconnect the Real-time Performance Viewer if metric data becomes unavailable

    When using the Real-time Performance Viewer, if a metric becomes unavailable and then becomes available again, updated data is not displayed. The viewer continues to display the data value that was last received before the metric became unavailable. The Real-time Performance Viewer must be re-connected to the target computer before updated data is reflected in the viewer.

    		   102541
    When using the Historical Performance Viewer, the value displayed at the mouse pointer may not update

    This issue is known to occur when the chart area of the Historical Performance Viewer does not have the current curser focus, for example when the "refresh" button has been clicked. To work around this issue, click the mouse curser within the chart, and then hover the mouse curser over the desired data point.

    		  101488
    Monitor Agent PULL installation fails on the Solaris platform with BASH

    The Monitor Agent PULL installation fails on the Solaris platform when BASH is a default shell for root. The following symptoms occur:

    Performing installation of Altiris Monitor Solution Agent 7.0.3138

    Starting Altiris Monitor Solution Agent Installation ...
    ./aex-ms-setup: pkgadd: not found
    ./aex-ms-setup: pkgadd: not found

    Workaround:
    execute "su -" and then execute "./aex-ms-setup" manually.

    		  103745
    How WMI Metric handles WMI property arrays

    In some cases WMI property values are stored as arrays of values. In this case, each property in the array is represented as a different instance\value pair for the metric. The name for instance will be "Name of the instance (n)" where n is the index. For example if % Disk Space had multiple properties for disk space:
    "C: (1)" = 23, "C: (2)" = 43, "D: (1)" = 54, "D: (2)" = 7

    		    
    Timed rules are no longer supported

    Timed rules are no longer supported in Monitor Solution. You can now use the heartbeat feature and Task Server instead.

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    Changes made to default configuration policies are lost after reconfiguration to a backup SQL database

    During reconfiguration of Symantec Management Platform 7.0 using a backup SQL database (Symantec_CMDB), changes made to some Monitor Solution core settings (agent settings and RMS settings) will be overwritten with default values when the database is restored. This only affects changes made to default configuration policies. All custom policies are restored properly.

    Workaround:

    Export the modified default policies and then import them back in after the reconfiguration is completed. The default policies will be overwritten with the previously changed custom values.

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    Limited monitoring of ESX Servers

    Monitoring of ESX Servers is limited when using the WS-MAN Agentless metric because of limitations in Pluggable Protocol Architecture (PPA)

    Only the CIMV2 namespace can be used for monitoring ESX servers. The following vendor namespaces are not currently supported:

    • OMC=http://schema.omc-project.org/wbem/wscim/l/cim-schema/2
    • VMware=http://schemas.vmware.com/wbem/wscin/l/cim-schema/2
    • PRS

    This issue is caused by limitations of PPA. Only namespaces defined in the PPA repository can be used.

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    Issues with upgrading the monitor agent

    When using an upgrade policy to upgrade the monitor agent to managed Windows, Linux, and Unix computers, the upgrade is not completed if a previous version of the monitor agent was installed within at least one day. The package with the newer version of the monitor agent is not delivered because the package containing the previous version has not yet expired on the managed computers.

    Workaround:

    Make sure that any upgrade packages that include a previous version of the monitor agent have expired on the managed Windows, Linux, and Unix computers before sending a package with a newer version of the monitor agent (packages that have been sent at least two days ago).The package with the newer version of the monitor agent is then delivered to the managed computers and executes successfully .

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    Unnecessary Monitor Agent Upgrade rollout

    When upgrading from Monitor Solution 7.0 SP2 or SP3 to 7.0.7416 RC SP4, the Windows Monitor Agetx86 Upgrade policy appears. This upgrade is not necessary.

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    Duplicate Monitor plug-in upgrade policies may appear after upgrading to SP4

    When upgrading from an earlier version of Monitor Solution 7.0 (SP1, SP2, or SP3) to SP4, duplicates of Monitor plug-in upgrade policies may appear in the user interface.

    If an upgrade policy is executed using the "Run ASAP" schedule, the policy is not executed automatically on clients during an upgrade to SP4.

    Workaround:

    1. Change the policy schedule from "Run ASAP" to a specific start time (such as 3 am).

    2. Delete duplicate policies.

    You can check for duplicate policies by right-clicking a policy and looking at the GUID. Obsolete GUIDs are:

    • AIX {9AFDDC52-E117-4E59-AB60-E6BED2AB9861}
    • ESX {7663766c-9509-4377-bd8e-885d0418cb86}
    • HPUX {E9D5EDE3-7B2B-4d40-9696-F0451C79D3E4}, {3EF78546-5236-4b2c-B9CF-F202052104A6}
    • Linux {9778fd81-b678-4608-a5e2-21362ba1763a}
    • Solaris {D1D1FE8D-733A-4E77-A8E4-83FD70A99586}, {3da35a63-b3e3-4ae5-bfb1-28edcf529f1a}
    • Windows {5e510b9c-7dc5-4bd8-a651-04bd31f7dc63}
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    Fixes in this release

    The following issues have been resolved in this release:

    Internal ID Fix
    1810282 Rule condition doesn't work properly because it is raising alerts if "Doesn't contain" is set as the rule condition.
    1888717 Group metric does not work if any targeted device does not return data.
    1878569 Cannot monitor AIX 5.3 data in Real Time Performance Viewer because metricprovider doesn’t open a listening port.
    1888703 A When a group metric is monitored in a policy, data is not added to the MonitorMetricData table and there is not instance in the MonitorMetricInstances table.
    1861842 When a custom DLL metric policy is assigned to the Windows 2008 x64 client, the Metric Provider service crashes.
    1878643 When the agentless ping metric/rule is configured with a repeat count greater than 1, a false normal alert is triggered followed by a critical alert.
    1888682 Added retry logic for drilldown metrics.
    1880003 If a single agentless metric is referenced by two different rules which reside in two different monitor policies, two alerts get generated for a resource from both rules.
    1855806 NT events from monitored Windows 2008 R2 are not collected in Historical Performance Viewer.
    Imported Document ID: DOC2032
    Legacy ID: 50737

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