HP SiteScope Release Notes
for the Windows, Solaris, and Linux operating systems
Software version: 11.00
Publication date: July 2010
This file provides information about HP SiteScope 11.00.
Note: For release notes from earlier versions of HP SiteScope, see the root directory on the product installation media.
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Installation Prerequisites
What's New
What's New Movies
- View guided and narrated demonstrations of some of the new features of SiteScope 11.00. These movies are located in the <SiteScope installation directory>/sisdocs/movies directory and can be accessed by opening the corresponding folders and pages listed below.
- What's New in SiteScope 11.00: /SiteScope_11_00_Whats_New/SiteScope_11_00_Whats_New.html
- SiteScope Event Integration: /SiteScope_Event_Integration/SiteScope_Event_Integration.html
- SiteScope Metrics Integration: /SiteScope_Metrics_Integration/SiteScope_Metrics_Integration.html
- SiteScope-BSM Downtime: /SiteScope_BSM_Downtime/SiteScope_BSM_Downtime.avi
Improved Integration with Operation Manager Products
- Enhanced event integration enables event data to be sent to the HPOM management server or to Operations Management in BSM. Events are sent using the HP Operations agent that is supplied with SiteScope. Enhancements include:
- Events triggered by monitor metric status changes (in addition to alerts being triggered).
- Improved scalability and usability, and support for automatic node creation on the HPOM management server.
- Generated events also affect Service Health and Service Level Management in BSM.
- Integration Viewer user added for drilling down from HPOM events.
- Metrics integration provides visibility of SiteScope monitor metrics to HP Performance Manager and the Graphing component of Operations Management (in BSM) using the HP Operations agent. SiteScope collects metrics data, and logs it to the agent data store, which is installed on the SiteScope host. Note that reporting metrics to HP Performance Manager using the HP Operations agent is supported on HP Performance Manager 9.0 or later.
Business Service Management (BSM) Integration Enhancements
- Customize topology reporting. Added the ability to customize topology settings for monitors that report topology to BSM. This includes selecting the CI type associated with the monitor and entering values for the CI type key attributes.
- Indicator changes. SiteScope monitor metrics are assigned indicators, which provide a more detailed view of the health of a configuration item (CI) when SiteScope reports data to BSM.
- Monitors of supported environments and monitors with a defined topology have indicators mapped to metrics by default. You can add new metric mappings or edit settings for existing mappings.
- For monitors that do not have default indicator metric mappings (monitors without CI type defined by default), you can map metrics to the appropriate indicators for the CI type linked to the monitor.
- Indicators are stored and managed in a central Indicator Assignments repository in System Availability Management, making it easier to manage large numbers of SiteScopes and monitors.
- Changes to indicators in the Indicator Assignments repository can be published to all SiteScopes that are connected to BSM.
- Indicator assignments modified on a local SiteScope server are not overridden by the centralized assignments.
- CI Downtime. Centralized Downtime Management allows configuring downtime for your IT infrastructure from one place in BSM. SiteScope is affected by downtime if a SiteScope monitor, measurement, or group CI is directly linked to a CI that BSM detects is in downtime. The action taken in SiteScope during the downtime depends on the downtime configuration in BSM. Downtime can affect monitoring, alerts, reports, and KPIs.
- Removal of monitor CIs from System Hardware Monitoring and System Software Monitoring views.
SiteScope Failover Manager Solution
Replaced SiteScope Failover with a more robust failover mechanism that includes the following features:
- SiteScope Configuration sharing:
- SiteScope is installed on a shared resource that is accessible to the failover machine.
- When a primary SiteScope is down, the SiteScope Failover process activated by SiteScope Failover Manager continues monitoring from the exact point where the primary SiteScope left off.
- No data loss in reports.
- No configuration copying (configuration changes between primary and failover servers are transparent).
- Configuration changes made on SiteScope Failover Manager are available on the primary SiteScope.
- New SiteScope Failover Manager installation:
- New SiteScope Failover license is provided free of charge.
- Microsoft Cluster solution was certified as an additional failover solution.
- Note: This solution is not backwards compatible with older versions of SiteScope Failover, and all SiteScopes monitored by the new solution must be upgraded to SiteScope 11.00.
SiteScope Enterprise Readiness Improvements
- Eliminated the need to restart SiteScope on a daily basis. The default for SiteScope restart schedule option was changed to Off in Preferences > General Settings > Main Panel.
- Skip monitors. Improved skip monitor handling in SiteScope by adding a new Skip Monitor Settings pane to Preferences > Infrastructures Preferences. You can configure a maximum number of skips for a monitor. Based on this, SiteScope performs the following steps:
- If Shutdown on monitor skips is selected, SiteScope restarts. Otherwise it disables the problematic monitor for the period defined in Disable period of skip monitor.
- If the Send email to administrator if monitor is disabled after skip option is selected, SiteScope sends an email to the administrator if a monitor is disabled after the maximum number of consecutive monitor skips has been exceeded.
- Added the skip_monitor.log file to <SiteScope root directory>\logs which can be used to troubleshoot monitor skip problems.
Installation and Licensing
- HP Operations agent is required for BSM and HP Operations Manager integrations. SiteScope Configuration Tool supports install and uninstall of the HP Operations agent.
- Added the ability to change all ports assigned to SiteScope from the SiteScope Configuration Tool.
- A new procedure is available for silent installation.
- The license mechanism has changed.
- License keys from previous versions of SiteScope are not compatible with this version. License key delivery can be fulfilled automatically via http://webware.hp.com.
- Existing customers should use the following link to retrieve an updated license: https://h20575.www2.hp.com/usbportal/softwareupdate.do
- The Evaluation license includes the following optional features for 60 days: Web Script, Exchange, WebSphere MQ, SAP, and Siebel.
- System monitors can be licensed by OS instance instead of points. For the list of system monitors supported for this licensing, refer to the HP SiteScope Deployment Guide
- Added license node locking.
- Added a license usage report.
Business Process Monitor Support
New Supported Operation Systems for SiteScope Installation
New Supported Monitoring Capabilities
- Added the Amazon Web Services monitor that enables monitoring of Amazon Web Service cloud resources. The Amazon CloudWatch Service is required to monitor Amazon Web Services.
- Added the Microsoft Hyper-V monitor that enables monitoring of Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines.
- Added the HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) monitor which enables monitoring of hardware health on supported HP ProLiant servers. The HP iLO monitor supports monitoring HP iLO 2 and 3 versions.
- Added the Connection Statistics monitor that collects data on SSH and Telnet connection behavior, and statistics for the Perfex and Perfex_dispatcher pool.
- Apache Server monitor supports monitoring on Apache HTTP Server 2.2.
- Citrix monitor supports monitoring on Citrix XenApp 4.6.
- MAPI monitor supports monitoring on Outlook 2007.
- Microsoft Exchange monitor supports monitoring on Microsoft Exchange 2010.
- Microsoft IIS Server monitor supports monitoring on Microsoft IIS Server 7.0.
- Microsoft SQL Server monitor supports monitoring on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
- Microsoft Windows Resources monitor supports monitoring on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.
- WebLogic Application Server monitor supports monitoring on WebLogic 11g.
Virtualization Support
Windows SSH Monitoring from SiteScopes Running on UNIX
- SiteScopes installed on UNIX servers include extended support for monitoring Microsoft Windows remote servers. The Windows remote server being monitored must be configured for SSH.
- The following monitors running on UNIX SiteScopes are now supported to monitor non-perfex based Windows SSH: Citrix, ColdFusion, Microsoft ASP Server, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Media Server, Microsoft Windows Resources, and Real Media Server. (Only CPU, Disk Space, and Memory monitors were previously supported.)
- The following monitors running on UNIX SiteScopes are supported to monitor Windows SSH: Microsoft Windows Event Log and Microsoft Windows Services State.
Note: Microsoft Windows Dial-up and Microsoft Exchange monitors are not supported on Windows SSH.- The Allow Unix to NT setting was removed from Preferences > Infrastructure Preferences > General Settings.
IP Version 6 Addressing
- Added support for IP version 6 on Windows and UNIX based SiteScopes for the following monitors: Citrix, ColdFusion Server, CPU, Database Counter, Database Query, DB2 8.x and 9.x, Disk Space, Log File, Memory, Microsoft ASP Server, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Event Log, Microsoft Windows Resources, Microsoft Windows Media Server, Oracle Database, Ping, Port, Real Media Server, Service, UNIX Resources, URL, URL Content, URL List, URL Sequence, and Web Service monitor.
Remote Server Enhancements
Alert Template Enhancements
- Added the <tag:[tagName]> property to alert templates to enable including values in the filter tag as parameters in alerts. This provides similar functionality to the custom properties mechanism that was removed in SiteScope 10.00. For example, you have a tag named AppServer with value Apache assigned to a monitor, and you include <tag:AppServer> in the alert template configured for that monitor. If an alert is triggered, the new property is replaced with Apache in the alert text.
- User interface performance improvements.
Template Enhancements
Solution Template Enhancements
User Preferences
- Added Common Event Preferences to manage the templates used to define the attributes in the event flow.
- Added support for specifying multiple LDAP service providers when logging in to SiteScope using LDAP authentication. Previously, the IP address of the available server had to be specified, which meant that only one server could be searched. To use, enter the domain name of each LDAP service provider separated by a semi-colon (";") in the LDAP service provider field in User Management Preferences. SiteScope reads the list of LDAP service providers and searches for the available provider from the list.
MG Files
SiteScope Configuration API
- To help manage dynamic large environments, such as those that exist in private clouds, SiteScope introduced an extended SOAP-based API that supports the actions listed below. Sample Java code for utilizing the API is available. Each API call can be run from the command line on a Windows or UNIX platform.
- SiteScope Configuration API is a SOAP API that can be invoked by any known Web Services invocation framework such as Axis or WSIF, or by any client application. Using a SiteScope login name and password, you can call APIs and perform configuration changes and various other actions.
- Some API operations can be disabled on the server. This supports a read-only mode, such that the configuration cannot be changed remotely via the API.
- SiteScope API examples are available from the <SiteScope installation directory\examples\integrations\api directory. For details of APIs included with SiteScope, see the HP SiteScope API Reference located in <SiteScope installation directory\examples\integrations\api\doc\javadoc.zip.
- A user name and password are required by default when working with the extended SiteScope API. The API that was available with earlier versions of SiteScope has been deprecated.
System Availability Management (SAM)
- The Link Monitor to CI Settings pane is not supported in BSM 9.00 or later and was removed from SAM Administration page. This functionality was replaced in SiteScope by the customizable report topology feature in the HP Integration Settings pane of the monitor properties.
- Added a SAM license report to BSM (Admin > Platform > License Management) that provides information on the number of SAM points consumed compared to the number purchased.
EMS Integration Monitor Enhancements
- The EMS concept was not changed in SiteScope 11.00, but the flows were modified to be compatible with the new BSM 9.00 health indicator and KPI concepts.
- The main changes were in the EMS integration user interface in BSM 9.00. The XML can no longer be edited. The new user interface has all available configuration options in a user-friendly graphic format.
- The HP OM Event monitor is no longer available when SiteScope is connected to BSM version 9.00 or later (unless the monitor was created in an earlier version of SiteScope that was upgraded to SiteScope 11.00), since OM events can be forwarded to BSM 9.00 provided you have an Event Management Foundation license and the HP Operations Manager integration is configured.
- After selecting a field mapping, only the appropriate topology scripts are available for selection.
New Performance Center Integration
- The new integration with Performance Center 11.00 provides the following new functionality which eliminates many drawbacks from previous integrations.
- SiteScope user interface is hosted in Performance Center. This enables leveraging SiteScope functionality in a use case oriented approach, without requiring additional monitor configuration on the Performance Center side.
- Monitors can be run outside the context of the performance test. This contributes to the scalability of the SiteScope server, and reduces network noise when no tests are running.
- Performance Center enables monitor template deployment using the SiteScope API, without interacting with the SiteScope user interface.
- SiteScope data is displayed in different graphs in the Performance Center run screen. Measurement names can be easily identified and filtered. Measurement thresholds configured in SiteScope are utilized by the Performance Center run screen to indicate possible bottlenecks during the test run.
- Lightweight Single Sign-On (LW-SSO) authentication was embedded in SiteScope to enable integration with Performance Center. After installing SiteScope, you should immediately change the initString default value. In Performance Center, locate the lwssofmconf.xml file and change the value directly in that file. In SiteScope, you can do this directly in the <SiteScope root directory>\conf\lwsso\lwssofmconf.xml file (only before the first time the service is loaded). You can also change the value in SiteScope Preferences (Preferences > General Preferences > LW SSO Settings). Note: For limitations, security warnings, and general reference on using LW-SSO, see the Lightweight Single Sign-On Authentication section in the Using SiteScope guide.
Documentation Changes
- SiteScope documentation is available as a standalone help system that contains the "Using SiteScope" and "SiteScope Monitor Reference" guides. It is no longer a part of the BSM Documentation Library.
- The "Using System Availability Management" guide in the BSM Documentation Library contains documentation on System Availability Management topics only (it no longer contains SiteScope-related information).
- The following information supplements the current SiteScope documentation on "Working with Operations Manager Products":
Enhancement Request Fixes
Bug Fixes
Escalation Fixes
CR ID or SR/E-Sar Number
Description
Area
QCCR1I35883 232544
Fixed issue of being unable to use a variable in the Server field of a script alert.
Alerts
QCCR1I35716 / 232116
Fixed issue of content match not working correctly with the Web Service monitor. To enable Web Service monitors defined prior to an upgrade to match the correct value, select the Web Service Monitor use common content match option in Preferences > Infrastructure Preferences > Monitor Settings. This means that Web Service monitors behave in the same way as other monitors where content matching is used. Clear the setting to revert to the old content match behavior.
Monitors
QCCR1I39313 / 230919
Fixed issue in MAPI monitor of being unable to use an account (other than the mailbox account), for logging in to the SiteScope server.
Monitors
QCCR1I39306 / 4604512677
Fixed issue with the Microsoft Windows Resources monitors of counter values that are available when running the monitor using the Microsoft Windows PDH Library collection method, not being available when using the Direct registry queries method.
Monitors
QCCR1I39950 / 4608827922
Fixed issue of being unable to create a Network Bandwidth monitor when working with Cisco 650x series switches.
Monitors
QCCR1I34520 / 4603948909
Fixed issue of being unable to specify more than one LDAP service provider when logging in to SiteScope using LDAP authentication by adding support for a multiple providers list. For details, see User Preferences.
User Preferences
Notes and Limitations
Description
CR ID or SR/E-Sar Number
Area
The Running Software CI which is reported by both SiteScope and Real User Monitor is not reconciled, since SiteScope does not report the IpServiceEndpoint CI that should be linked to the Running Software CI.
QCCR1I39607
BSM Integration
If you upgrade to BSM 9.10 (when it is available), you should manually resynchronize SiteScope instead of waiting for topology data to be sent to BSM based on the Topology resynchronization time interval value.
QCCR1I39744
BSM Integration
When SiteScope versions earlier than 10.00 are connected to BSM 9.00, EMS integrations reporting the Application CI (HP OVO, NetScout, and generic integrations) fail since the application_id attribute was removed from the Application CI in BSM 9.00.
QCCR1I28808
BSM Integration
Sending topology fails for some monitors deployed from solution templates (since not all monitors have the report topology to BSM option selected by default).
Workaround: After deploying a monitor using a solution template:
1) Expand HP Integration Settings in the monitor properties.
2) Select Enable reporting monitor status and metrics (in the BSM Integration and Data and Topology Reporting section) to enable the monitor to report to BSM.QCCR1I48052
BSM Integration
To improve performance, SiteScope uses a topology cache when sending topology data to the ODB. If SiteScope attempts to send an existing CI to the ODB, the CI may not be sent or be created in the ODB for up to a week because of the way the topology cache works.
This could happen in the following circumstances:
- When cutting and pasting a monitor from one group into a new group (so the original group is left empty), and then cutting and pasting the monitor from the new group back into the original group.
- When disabling data and topology reporting for a monitor and then enabling it again in HP Integration Settings.
- After a CI has been manually deleted from the ODB, it is not created again until the cache is cleaned out. (EMS flow - Deleting EMS monitors from the ODB)
Workaround: If you cannot wait approximately one week to see the CIs, you can manually synchronize the data as follows: In Preferences > Integration Preferences, edit the relevant integration and in the BSM Preferences Available Operations area, click Re-synchronize.
BSM Integration
Deploying SiteScope templates while registering a SiteScope to BSM may cause a loss of topology data reported to BSM. It is recommended to avoid making configuration changes while performing BSM registration.
BSM Integration
If SiteScope restarts for any reason while SiteScope is connected to BSM, some topology data that SiteScope forwards to BSM may be lost.
Workaround: If not all topology data was forwarded to BSM, manually synchronize the data as follows:
1) In Preferences > Integration Preferences.
2) Edit the relevant integration.
3) In the BSM Preferences Available Operations area, click Re-synchronize.BSM Integration
When working under high load conditions, you should suspend all monitors before connecting to BSM for the first time.
Capacity Limitations
When SiteScope is integrated with BSM, performing various very high load operations might cause problems in SiteScope. Use the following guidelines:
- Do not run the Publish Template Changes Wizard for over 3,000 monitors at once.
- Do not run the Monitor Deployment Wizard to create over 3,000 monitors at once.
- Do not copy/paste over 3,000 monitors in a single action.
- Do not perform a Global Search and Replace to modify BSM integration properties for over 2,500 monitors at once.
QCCR1I30633
Capacity Limitations
If applet loading fails with a "NoClassDefFound" exception, select the Keep temporary files on my computer option in your client Java configuration (Control Panel > Java > General Tab > Temporary Internet Files > Settings).
If security issues require it, delete the temporary files manually when you finished using the SiteScope applet:
1) Close the SiteScope applet.
2) Select Control Panel > Java > General Tab > Temporary Internet Files, and click Delete Files.QCCR1I37003
Configuration
If SiteScope is installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you should manually define the time zone offset in Preferences > Infrastructure Preferences > General Settings > Time Zone offset, in hours, from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, if the time zone is GMT +2, type "-2" as the time zone offset. If the time zone is GMT -5, type "5" as the time zone offset. For GMT, type "-999" or "0".
4605889641 (SR)
Configuration
When creating a Diagnostics Integration in Integration Preferences, if you select the Include additional data option, all other Diagnostics and Generic Data integrations are affected (the data SiteScope forwards to these applications also contains this additional data). It is recommended to select this option only if you require this additional data for all your Diagnostics and Generic Data integrations. For details on the option, refer to the "Diagnostics Integration Preferences Dialog Box" in the "Integration Preferences User Interface" section of the Using SiteScope help.
Diagnostics Integration
The Dashboard column layout in the Monitor History view cannot be saved during user sessions.
QCCR1I20806
Dashboard
When using Global Search and Replace, unable to replace Credentials values that are used in remote servers and monitors.
QCCR1I42998
Global Search and Replace
Custom topology (CI type selection and CI attributes) is not supported (and not available) in Global Search and Replace.
QCCR1I39602
Global Search and Replace
Indicator Settings are not supported, and are not available, in Global Search and Replace.
QCCR1I45045
Global Search and Replace
The Review Summary page displays the real host name of the monitored server instead of the name by which the remote machine should be known in SiteScope. This means that you cannot differentiate between multiple remote servers created for the same host machine (for example, where one remote server uses the WMI connection method and another uses NetBios).
Global Search and Replace
When performing a global search and replace operation in a load environment of over 1,000 monitors, you may encounter an out-of-memory error in the Java applet on the client machine performing the global search and replace.
Workaround: Increase the heap size of the Java applet on the client machine.
1) Click Start > Control Panel > Java > Java tab.
2) View the Java Applet Runtime Settings and enter the following in the Java Runtime Parameters field: -Xmx128m (default is 64m).QCCR1I27880
Global Search and Replace
When using Global Search and Replace, the Server property is available only when monitors from the following group are selected: CPU monitor, Disk Space monitor, Memory monitor, Microsoft Windows Performance Counter monitor, Web Server monitor, or Service monitor. For other monitors, the Server property can only be changed by selecting that specific monitor subtype in the Select Subtype page. For example, if a CPU monitor is selected with a Web Server monitor, the Server property is available. If a monitor, not from this group, is also selected, the Server property is not available.
QCCR1I36248 / 4605639358
Global Search and Replace
When installing SiteScope with the HP Operations agent on a UNIX environment that previously had the agent installed (even if it was uninstalled), the newly-installed agent is unable to connect to OM or Operations Management (in BSM).
Workaround: Before installing SiteScope with the HP Operations agent on a UNIX environment, delete the following folders: opt/OV and var/opt/OV.
QCCR1I47566
Installation
SiteScope installation fails if installing in Korean.
Workaround: Use an English installation (select "English" instead of "Korean" in the Choose Locale screen during installation).QCCR1I48272
Installation
When using the SNMP Browser Tool or the XSL Transformation Tool, the results may not be readable in languages other than English.
Workaround: Click the Save To File button, save the results to an external file, and open the file with an external editor.QCCR1I32444
I18N
When installing SiteScope in a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean environment, some component names are missing in the installation Details tab, and not all characters are displayed correctly in the status line.
QCCR1I47816
I18N
When installing SiteScope in a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean environment, there is no SiteScope folder in the Start > Programs menu.
QCCR1I37237
I18N
SiteScope Failover Manager installed on a non-English environment is unable to register a service for SiteScope.
QCCR1I50617
I18N
When changing the custom topology from reporting Unix to Windows CI type (for reporting the same IP), the old CI and link are not deleted from the monitor's topology.
QCCR1I42212
Integration Monitors
Publishing changes after changing custom topology in an EMS monitor template does not affect a monitor's custom topology in BSM.
QCCR1I48048
Integration Monitors
For the SiteScope user interface to start, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) must be installed on the SiteScope client machine. If you are using JRE 5, you might get Java script validation errors when opening dialog boxes in SiteScope. Using Firefox 3.0 with JRE 5u14, 5u15, or 5u16 causes the applet to freeze any operation until the browser is closed.
Workaround: Configure you browser to use JRE 1.6.0_14 or later.QCCR1I20599, QCCR1I22818, QCCR1I24623
Installation and Upgrade
The SiteScope user interface does not start and the following error message is displayed: "Several Java Virtual machines running in the same process caused an error". This is a known Java defect (http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6516270) that might occur when using Internet Explorer 7.
Workaround: Either:Installation and Upgrade
The SiteScope user interface does not start and an error message is displayed while starting the SiteScope applet (for example: "The Java Runtime Environment cannot be loaded").
Workaround: Perform the steps below. After each step, try to reopen SiteScope. If SiteScope fails again, proceed to the next step.
1) Close all the browser's windows.
2) End all remaining browser processes (if any remained) using Windows Task Manager.
3) Clean the local Java applet cache. Select Start > Control Panel > Java, and in the General tab, click Delete Files and then click OK.
4) Clean the local Java applet cache by deleting the content of the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache.Installation and Upgrade
After upgrading from SiteScope 7.5.x to 9.0 and then to 10.1x, if 7.5.x contained an administrator user and a regular user and the username and password for the administrator was blank, some or all of the monitors and alerts may not be displayed in the user interface after the upgrade.
Workaround: After upgrading to SiteScope 9.0, enter the username and password for the administrator user in Preferences > User Management Preferences in the user interface.QCCR1I32727
Installation and Upgrade
The SiteScope menu bar opens but the applet fails to start, and you see a blank screen or an "x" image.
Workaround: Perform the following:
1) Click Start > Control Panel > Java.
2) In the Java Control Panel, click the Advanced tab.
3) Expand the Default Java for browsers folder (or <APPLET> tag support if you are using Java 5), and make sure that Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla family are selected.
4) Click Apply and then click OK.Installation and Upgrade
The ability to report topology data to BSM was enhanced with several complex topologies (such as WebSphere, WebLogic, and so forth). SiteScope must collect the properties for these topologies on the first start after an upgrade. This may take some time because it means connecting to the monitored servers and getting the additional data. A problem may arise during the first restart if it takes longer than 15 minutes because SiteScope automatically restarts if there are no monitors running within this time.
Workaround:
1) After an upgrade, use the following batch file to start SiteScope for the first time: <SiteScope root directory>/bin/go.bat.
2) Once SiteScope is started, for any monitors that are monitoring environments that are not running, select Disable reporting metrics to BSM under BSM Integration Data and Topology Settings in HP Integration Settings. This saves wasting time waiting for the monitored servers to reply.Installation and Upgrade
An Internet Explorer exception error message is thrown inside SiteScope pages, indicating Operation aborted.
Workaround: Remove or disable the Skype add-ons on your system. For further details, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917.Installation and Upgrade
Templates and solution templates might be missing from the Templates context after installing SiteScope.
Workaround: Copy all the templates from the <SiteScope root>\export directory to the <SiteScope root directory>\persistency\import directory (you might need to create this folder if it does not exist).Installation and Upgrade
When logging to SiteScope using LDAP authentication, unable to generate a Management Report due to authentication issues.
Workaround: Define the user password in SiteScope to be the same as the one used in LDAP.QCCR1I31883
LDAP Authentication
Monitor Thresholds. If you clear or add a counter (from the counters tree in the Monitor Settings panel) that has corresponding thresholds defined in the Threshold Settings panel, the counter might be replaced in the Threshold Settings with the next selected counter in the counter tree, replaced by the default counter, or removed from the Threshold Settings panel. This limitation applies to all browsable monitor counter types in template mode only, and to the Microsoft Windows Resources, Apache, and Health monitors in normal and template mode.
Monitors
Monitor Tree. If there is a large space between group containers in the SiteScope monitor tree, refresh your browser.
Monitors
Monitor Thresholds. If, in the counters tree in the Monitor Settings panel, you clear or add a counter that has corresponding thresholds defined in the Threshold Settings panel, the counter might be:
This limitation applies to all browsable monitor counter types in template mode only, and to the Microsoft Windows Resources, Apache, and Health monitors in normal and template mode.
Monitors
Disk Space monitor. The Disk Space monitor displays slightly different results depending on the protocol that is used (NetBIOS, WMI or non-perfex based SSH).
QCCR1I28593
Monitors
File monitor. If Telnet is used as the connection method for UNIX remote servers running on an HP-UX or Linux operating system, and either (1) the LANG environment variable is unset, or (2) "set -u" is in effect and the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables are unset, the File monitor will not work regardless of the file it is monitoring.
Workaround: Permanently set the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables to the default shell for the SiteScope user.QCCR1I23798
Monitors
Database Query monitor. The Database Query monitor status is shown according to the server locale. If there are any specific messages from the database, such as error messages, this information might not be displayed properly in the status field where the server locale is different from the client locale, and the information contains non-Latin characters.
QCCR1I41201
Monitors
Microsoft Windows Event Log monitor. The Microsoft Window Event Log monitor is only able to retrieve partial data when monitoring the event log on a Windows Server 2008 because it cannot read the message DLL file.
QCCR1I30719
Monitors
Microsoft Windows Event Log monitor. The Microsoft Windows Event Log monitor is unable to monitor "Critical" event types on Windows 2008 servers. This is because the event type is not supported in the Event Type list. This limitation is relevant for SiteScopes installed on Windows Server 2008 only.
QCCR1I32441
Monitors
Microsoft Windows Media Server monitor. The Microsoft Windows Media Server monitor is unable to get counters from the remote server when monitoring on Windows Server 2008 (64bit).
QCCR1I34286
Monitors
Ping monitor. When SiteScope is installed on Solaris, the Ping monitor might take longer than expected to run, and might exceed the timeout for displaying the monitor status in the popup window (the default timeout is 5 seconds).
Workaround: In the Ping Monitor Settings panel, increase the value in the Timeout (milliseconds) field.QCCR1I26236
Monitors
Script monitor. When defining a Script monitor to monitor a Linux remote server using the Telnet connection and the script is defined as USE COMMAND, the match expression may not work properly. This could be caused by a limitation in the number of characters that can be used to run the USE COMMAND. By default, the terminal command line has a length limitation on the size of the command per line.
Workaround: Change the connection method to SSH on the defined Linux remote server.QCCR1I30899
Monitors
SNMP monitor. When the SNMP monitor is integrated to report data to HP Diagnostics, the measurement label is sent as a name instead of the real measurement name.
Workaround: Use the SNMP by MIB monitor instead.Monitors
Technology Integration monitor. When creating a Technology Log File Integration monitor, it is recommended to perform the Test Script (during monitor configuration, in the Topology Settings area, select a topology script in the Script field and click Test Script) of the topology script using a short log file. If a long log file is used for testing the topology script, it may take several minutes.
QCCR1I25754
Monitors
Date and time format for monitor status is shown according to the server locale instead of the browser locale.
QCCR1I41203
Monitors
The Monitor Deployment Wizard only supports topology reporting for monitors that have a default topology defined. This means you can select to add a template to a CI only if the CI type is the default CI type for all the monitors in the template.
QCCR1I39697
Monitor Deployment Wizard
Non-English characters are displayed correctly in HPOM/Operations Management if they are named with the HP Operations agent machine locale only. HP Operations agent machine locale should be the same as the HPOM management/BSM Gateway server machine.
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OM Integration
When SiteScope is integrated with Operations Manager, the HP Operations agent included with SiteScope requires an OS Instance Advanced license. Nodes registered in Operations Manager through the node discovery policy might also (falsely) request a Target Connector license. For details on Operations Manager licensing requirements, refer to the Operations Manager documentation.
OM Integration
SiteScope does not support HP Operations agent version 11.00 when integrating with Operations Manager.
OM Integration
After changing the user name or password of a credential profile, any open connections that are using this credential remain open and are not reconnected.
Workaround: Restart SiteScope.QCCR1I30651
Preferences
Plink support was removed from SiteScope in 11.00
Remote Servers/SSH
Due to a bug in Sun Java, SiteScope installed on Solaris 10 is unable to connect to a remote UNIX server via SSH using Internal Java Libraries.
Workaround: In the file <SiteScope root directory>\bin\start-monitor, add the following to the argument list of the JRE (just before the -Dflipper.param.file argument):
-Djava.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider=sun.nio.ch.
PollSelectorProviderRemote Servers
If a Monitor Summary report is created using an Internet Explorer browser, and Export to file and Comma-delimited (csv) are selected in the Export Settings, an authentication popup window is displayed after clicking Generate Report.
Workaround: In the authentication window, click Cancel and the file opens in Microsoft Excel.QCCR1I30696
Reports
After JBoss Application Server recovers from a server crash, the information in the right pane of the Summary tab in SAM Administration does not show any data.
Workaround: Restart BSM.QCCR1I44570
System Availability Management Administration
Copying and pasting from SiteScope 11.00 to earlier versions of SiteScope is not supported.
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System Availability Management Administration
When copying monitors, groups, or other entities between multiple SiteScope instances, tag assignments are lost even if the tags that were assigned to the copied entities on the source SiteScope are present on the target SiteScope.
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System Availability Management Administration
When copying and pasting a SiteScope monitor into a group, the monitor data can take up to an hour before it is displayed in Service Health in HP Business Service Management.
System Availability Management Administration
When copying and pasting a monitor that includes a script alert from one SiteScope into another, the remote server of the script alert may not correctly copy into the target SiteScope.
Workaround: If you are copying script alerts from one SiteScope to another, ensure that the remote server accessed by the script alert exists in the target SiteScope before copying.QCCR1I32040
System Availability Management Administration
The Technology Log File Integration monitor cannot be copied from one SiteScope to another.
Workaround: Create an identical monitor on the target SiteScope (copy all monitor values to it from the original monitor). To copy a sub-tree containing Technology Integration monitors:
1) Copy the sub-tree to a temporary location in the same SiteScope.
2) Delete the Technology Integration monitors.
3) Copy the new sub-tree from the temporary location to the other SiteScope.
4) Delete the temporary location.
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System Availability Management Administration
If you experience monitor skips when using the SSH retries mechanism on a UNIX remote server, check the monitor run frequency and the _numberOfRepeatExecForSSHConnection and _UNIXSSHTimeoutSeconds property values in the master.config file to make sure they are not the cause of the skips (for example, if monitor frequency equals the SSH timeout). Note that time is used from _UNIXSSHTimeoutSeconds for every unsuccessful retry. Therefore, if the number of retries is set too high (so that it is longer than the monitor run frequency), this can increase the number of monitor skips and result in SiteScope restarting.
SSH
F-Secure is no longer officially supported when monitoring remote servers using SSH.
SSH
The SiteScope installer might not work on Linux 64-Bit environments using the graphical user interface wizard.
Workaround: Install SiteScope using the console mode instead.QCCR1I43277
SiteScope Installation
If a template contains an invalid dependency (the template contains a dependency that existed once but no longer exists in the imported template), no dependency is shown in the template deployment. When running the Publish Template Changes wizard, the Depends on property is displayed as a difference in the Content Changes page even though there is no dependency displayed in the template.
Workaround: Add a new dependency in the template, remove it, and then click Save. This removes the non-existent dependency.QCCR1I32397
Templates
If the Method or Operating system values in a template remote server contain an incorrect value or are not entered using the same case that is displayed in the drop-down list when configuring a remote server, verification does not work properly, and the first value in the drop-down list is inserted instead.
Workaround: Enter the value exactly as it is displayed in the tooltip on the Remote Servers page in the template.Templates
When using the Event Log Tool, if DNS is selected in the Log name box and the target server does not have a DNS server on it, the Application log content is displayed in the Results panel.
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Tools
When using the Database Connection Tool to apply properties to the Database Query monitor or Technology Database Integration monitor, the credential data is lost if a credential profile is selected instead of entering the credentials manually.
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Tools
When opening the same SiteScope server user interface in more than one tab of a browser window, SiteScope hangs when trying to navigate between the SiteScope server tabs.
Workaround: Close the redundant tabs, and make sure that only one tab is open for the same SiteScope server user interface. Alternatively, open a new browser window.QCCR1I36524
User Interface
System Requirements
Below are the minimum system requirements and recommendations for running SiteScope, based on the various supported operating systems.
System Requirements for Windows
System Requirements for Solaris
System Requirements for Red Hat Linux
Note: SiteScope can be installed as a 32-Bit application over 64-Bit environments for the supported operating systems listed above.
System Requirements for VMware
The following VMware environments are supported in SiteScope according to the configurations tested below:
Use these minimum system requirements when installing SiteScope on VMware environments (note that these are recommendations based on a tested environment, and are not support limitations):
Note: Monitor capacity and velocity can be significantly impacted by numerous factors including, but not limited to the following: SiteScope server hardware, operating system, patches, third-party software, network configuration and architecture, location of the SiteScope server in relation to the servers being monitored, monitor types and distribution by type, monitor frequency, monitor execution time, BSM integration, and Database Logging. The published maximums should not be assumed to be possible in every environment.
Certified Configuration
The following configuration has been certified in a high load environment for an installation of SiteScope that was integrated with BSM. This configuration replaces the recommended configuration that appears in the SiteScope Deployment Guide.
Client System Requirements
SiteScope client is supported by the following:
HP SiteScope Support Matrices
HP Business Service Management Integration Support Matrix
HP SiteScope Version HP Business Service Management Version 9.00 8.0x 8.00 7.5x 7.0x SiteScope 11.00 √ (Recommended) √ √ √ Not supportedHP Operations Manager Integration Support Matrix
Integration Matrix
HP Operations Manager for UNIX 9.0x
HP Operations Manager for Windows 8.1x
SiteScope 11.00
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Acknowledgements
This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org/).
This product includes software developed by the JDOM Project (http://www.jdom.org/).
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