This document provides an overview of the changes made to HP Performance Manager for the version 8.21. It contains important information not included in the manuals or in online help.
In This Version
Installation Notes
Documentation Updates
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
Supported Platforms
Integration with Other HP Software Products
Co-existence with Other HP Software Products
Components and Versions
Documentation Errata
Support
Legal Notices
Listed below are manufacturing part numbers for HP Performance Manager DVD for Linux. HP Performance Manager 8.21 is available in English language:
Performance Manager version 8.21 is supported on Linux Operating System.
For information and features, refer to the end-user documentation. For a list of documents, see Related Documentation.
Installation requirements, as well as instructions for installing HP Performance Manager, are documented in the HP Performance Manager Installation, and Migration Guide, version 8.21 are provided in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The document file is included on the product's optical media as:
\paperdocs\PMInstallGuide.pdf
(or)
Click Installation Guide on the Installation home page to view the HP Performance Manager Installation, and Migration Guide, version 8.21.
While installing HP Performance Manager 8.21 on a system where HP Operations Manager for Linux 9.0 is already installed, a message asking you to replace the version of existing component packages appears. You must not replace the version of the existing component packages. For more information, see HP Performance Manager for Linux Installation and Migration Guide.
The first section of this release notes document contains the following identifying information:
To check for recent updates or to verify that you are using the most recent
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Listed below are the documentation available for Performance Manager:
| Title | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Help | From the Performance Manager home page, Click Help -> Dynamic Help | A context sensitive online help which can be invoked from any screen of the Performance Manager UI |
| HP Performance Manager Tutorials | From the Performance Manager home page, Click Help -> Tutorials | Refer to the tutorial for step by step instructions to use HP Performance Manager. |
| HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide | <InstallDir>\paperdocs\PM\C\PMAdminGuide.pdf | If you are an administrator, refer to this guide for information about administering and configuring Performance Manager. This document also includes troubleshooting tips which you can use to troubleshoot issues which you might face while using Performance Manager. Also this document includes a version comparison chart which provides a list of the differences between OVPM 6.0 and HP Performance Manager 8.21. |
| License Agreements |
/Licenses/THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt /Licenses/Std.txt /Licenses/Eval.txt |
|
Note: Man pages are available in English language.
You can also view details about each software enhancement or fix using the reference number from the HP Software Support web site. You need a HP passport to access this web site. To set up your passport profile, go to: HP Support.
This issue is resolved and sorting works with SORTBY parameter as expected.
This problem is fixed and you can load any number of graph template files.
This issue is fixed and different date format gets validated .
This problem is fixed and Generic parameter can be applied on FILTER parameter.
This problem is fixed and graphs can be saved on PM 6.x templates in PM 8.x without affecting the existing graphs.
This problem is fixed. The highlight feature works as expected in Firefox.
This problem is fixed and time stamps do not overrun each other and is readable while drawing category bar graphs.
This issue is resolved. Performance Manager automatically adjusts the scale on the Y-Axis when the metric value is constant for the specified graph duration.
When there is no data available for the requested duration, the error message "No Data found for the duration" now includes the system name.
This issue is resolved. The parameter REFRESH_RATE is honored if SENDURLREQUEST parameter is used in ovpmbatch requests.
This issue is resolved.
This issue is resolved and user credentials are authenticated successfully when passed with SENDURLREQUEST parameter in ovpmbatch.
This issue is resolved and the MINY and MAXY parameters work as expected for Category Bar Graphs.
The issue with deleting nodes/groups is resolved.
The issue with deleting node/node groups is resolved.
This issue is resolved.
The issue with node search is resolved.
This issue is resolved and the graphs in external windows work without any error.
This issue is resolved and the user is able to see and search only the assigned nodes.
The issue is resolved and the system list selected by the user is reloaded on each button click.
This issue is resolved and the user is able to draw any graphs after launching the CSV graph.
The data type issue is resolved and Performance Manager shows floating point number for real type in database.
This issue is resolved and the design UI works as expected even if some of the systems are not reachable when designing a multi source graph.
Description: In the design wizard, after selecting data source, clicking the 'Next' button to navigate to the next screen does not work unless the mouse cursor is moved away from the button once.
Workaround: Move the mouse cursor away from the 'Next' button once and click the 'Next' button again.
Description: When you edit a system comparison graph from the design wizard, you cannot change the metric which appears selected.
Workaround: From the Metric Selection screen, remove a metric and add another metric which you want to use for system comparison.
Description: When you install Performance Manager 8.21 for the first time and launch the application using Internet Explorer, the browser returns an error message indicating failure to detect the locale.
Workaround: Launch Performance Manager in another instance of the browser, the error message will not appear.
Description: If you are using Performance Manager 8.21 on Mozilla Firefox, while designing a graph using the design wizard, on the Other Attributes page of the Design Wizard, the text boxes for the Graph Header and Graph Trailers appear misaligned. This issue is seen only when you use Performance Manager from Firefox version browser.
Workaround: You can enter the text for Graph Header and Graph Trailer fields from the Graph Design Wizard. The misalignment in the text boxes does not affect the appearance of the Graph Header and Graph Trailer when the graph is viewed from the print view.
Description: When proxy log files or extracted log files are used as data source, the graphs display incorrect values for 'end date'.
Workaround: Do not save the proxied log file in the location /var/opt/perf/datafiles. The graph displays correct values when you save the log file in any location other than /var/opt/perf/datafiles.
Description: After installation, Performance Manager does not start when directory name contains multi-byte characters (such as localized strings). Performance Manager is not supported on systems with multi-byte characters in directory names.
Workaround: None
Description: While verifying the license, the message "IPv6 Loopback address Found" appears multiple time on the CLI. The number of times the message appears is many as the number of IP locked licenses present in license file. This happens only, if licenses other than the Instant-On, are installed and are not locked to wildcarded IP (*.*.*.*)
Workaround: None
Description:While installing HP Performance Manager 8.21 on a system where HP Operations Manager for Linux 9.0 is already installed, a message asking you to replace the version of existing component packages appears.
Workaround: You must not replace the version of the existing component packages. Make the appropriate selection during the process of installation. For more information, see HP Performance Manager for Linux Installation and Migration Guide.
Description: The local trace logs are working but for OVPM status the following error displays:
The OV trace server is NOT RUNNING.
Workaround: Manually start /opt/OV/lbin/xpl/trc/ovtrcd.
This version of Performance Manager is available on Linux platform.
| Operating Systems | Architecture | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Intel 64 | RHEL 5.2 and 5.3 |
Note: Performance Manager, version 8.21 provides a command line option which allows you to migrate the data from one system to another system. For more information, see HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide or the man pages.
The following table provides an overview of integration with other HP Software products:
| Product Name | Version Number |
|---|---|
| HP Operations Agent | 8.17, 8.50, 8.51, 8.52, 8.53, 8.60 |
| HP Performance Agent | 4.60, 4.70 |
| HP Reporter | 3.80 |
Note:
For more information on integration with other HP products, see the section "Integrating with Other HP Software Products" in the HP Performance Manager Administration Guide, version 8.21.
HP Performance Manager 8.21 co-exists with the following HP Software products.
| Product Name | Version Number |
|---|---|
| HP Operations Manager for Linux | 9.00 |
| HP Operations Agent (HTTPS) | 8.53 and 8.6 |
| HP GlancePlus Pak (HP Performance Agent and HP GlancePlus) | 5.00 |
List of components available with the installation package of HP Performance Manager:
| Component Name | Version Number |
|---|---|
| HPOvBbc | 06.10.105 |
| HPOvJbbc | 06.10.105 |
| HPOvCtrl | 06.10.015 |
| HPOvJsec | 06.10.015 |
| HPOvSecCo | 06.10.015 |
| HPOvJxpl | 06.10.035 |
| HPOvXpl | 06.10.035 |
| HPOvLic | 06.00.020 |
| HPOvJPacc | 10.50.120 |
| HPOvTomcatB | 06.00.020 |
| HPOvJREB | 01.06.001 |
| HPOvSecCC | 06.00.055 |
| HPOvLcja |
06.10.010 |
| HPOvLcko |
06.10.010 |
| HPOvLczC | 06.10.010 |
None.
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