HP Performance Manager Release Notes

for the Windows®, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux operating systems

Software version: 9.21

Publication date: October 2015

This document is an overview of the changes made to HP Performance Manager. It contains important information that is not included in books or Help. You can find the following information in this document:

What's New in This Release
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations and Workarounds
Integration with other HP Software products
Documentation Updates
Support
Legal Notices

What's New in This Release

HP Performance Manager 9.21 Release

HP Performance Manager 9.21 includes the following features:

• Real Time View: A new flot based graphs for capturing the real-time performance. Compatible on with Operations Agent 12.00 or later as the data source is HPCS. For more information, see the Performance Manager Online Help.
• Enhanced password encryption for HP Reporter database: Enhanced security by encrypting the HP Reporter database password in the OVPMconfig.ini file. For more information, see the Performance Manager 9.21 Administrator Guide.
• New parameters included in OVPMConfig.ini file: Configurable AD Port and RTM_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL parameters are added to the OVPMConfig.ini file. You can now configure the refresh interval for the HPCS data source using RTM_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL parameter to override the default 10 secs refresh interval. For more information, see the OVPMConfig.ini Parameters in the HP Performance Manager 9.21 Administrator Guide.
• Enhanced PKI authentication through RFC822: Enabled to read the RFC822 value along with the priniciple name for PKI authentication from the Client Certificate. For more information, see the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Enabled authentication against RHEL using LDAP: You can configure Performance Manager to use either Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP for authentication. For more information, see the section Integrating with Microsoft Active Directory Server and OpenLDAP in HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Supports communication through IPv6: Performance Manager supports communication through IPv6 only if the Performance Manager is installed on the dual stack system. Direct communication of local VM with pure stack is not supported.

HP Performance Manager 9.20 Release 

HP Performance Manager includes the following features:

• Auditing Performance Manager user actions: A separate log file is created on a daily basis to capture specific user actions performed on that day. For more information, see OVPMConfig.ini Parameters in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Assigning node groups using Command Line Interface (CLI): You can assign node groups of customers using CLI, without having to go through the GUI. For more information, see Managing Customers and Users using the Command Line Interface in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Restricted access to OpenView Performance Manager (OVPM) Server: For enhancing security, users are not authorized to send requests for PUT, DELETE & TRACE HTTP actions to the OVPM server. This prevents the possibility of resources on the server from being maliciously altered or deleted. For more information, see Configuring Performance Manager for Security in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Enhanced user authentication through Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) : You can configure Performance Manager to use PAM for authentication. You can use PAM to retrieve and check user names and password information. The user information is saved in a central repository to which the PAM module has access. For more information, see the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Correct alignment while exporting graphs to the comma-separated values (CSV) format: You can use the PRE tag to format a graph in a CSV file. When exporting graphs to the CSV format, you can set the PRE tag in the OVPMconfig.ini file in the <PM_data_dir>/conf/perf directory to True, to align your graphs appropriately. For more information, see OVPMConfig.ini Parameters in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
• Session id changes each time user logs in: The session id changes each time a user logs onto Performance Manager, thereby enhancing security. For more information, see Configuring Performance Manager for Security in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.

For more information about customer-related enhancements and software fixes, see Enhancements and Fixes.

Support Matrix

You can find the Support Matrix for this product that lists all software and hardware requirements at this location: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsoftwaresupport.

Enhancements and Fixes

To view details about each software enhancement or fix, go to the HP Software Support web site. The first time you click this link, you must enter your HP passport information. To set up your passport profile, go to: HP Support.

Performance Manager 9.21:

• QCCR1A180137: Update Diagnostic view in Performance Manager to support OA 12
• QCCR1A180138: PM to support HPCS view
• QCCR1A178208: "SESSION_TIMEOUT" Variable is not working as expected
• QCCR1A178445: After upgrading to PM 9.20 user were not able to loggin or login and appears different user's name.
• QCCR1A178397: Post method does not work well in OVPM 9.20
• QCCR1A178567: Graph display only one metric when the same metric is selected more than once
• QCCR1A179519: PM 9.20 not able to graph for invalid parameters used in graph templates
• QCCR1A180650: Issues with all graphs that are having label value @@[LABEL]
• QCCR1A180807: Nested node groups are not deleted properly from CLI
• QCCR1A182525: ovpmbatch is generating the error "Authentication failed" on Windows only
• QCCR1A177834: PM homepage doesnt showup after upgarding OvJRE to 1.8
• QCCR1A181787: Extracting report in excel or CSV is not correct
• QCCR1A181758: PM 9.20 cannot get AGENTLESS datasource
• QCCR1A180993: Error occurred while getting nodelist from server on PM 9.20 with OMW integration
• QCCR1A177905: AD users session issue
• QCCR1A165330: Enable OVPM integration to LDAP Authentication in RHEL (instead of AD)

Performance Manager 9.20:

• QCCR1A128930: Provide an improved Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) functionality allowing the user
  to access Linux based LDAP servers via LDAPS with TLS for meeting security
  demands. A simple version using PAM would be an acceptable start.
• QCCR1A158470: Session id remains constant after logging into Performance Manager.
• QCCR1A162983: Add capability to audit Performance Manager user actions.
• QCCR1A167146: Add command line tool to attach node groups to customers.
• QCCR1A170910: Disable PUT, DELETE & TRACE HTTP requests on OVPM server.

Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds

This release contains certain unresolved problems, some limitations, and workarounds to help solve certain problems.

• Problems
  • QCCR1A111431: Cannot open graphs from HP Operations Manager 9.01 64-bit user interface.
    Workaround: HP Performance Manager 9.01 requires Adobe Flash Player to be installed in the browser. Download and install the 64-bit flash player from the website: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ or access performance graphs using the Operations Manager Web console.
  • QCCR1A59473: Required disk space reported by the Performance Manager installer is wrong.
    Description: During the process of installation, the installer displays the disk space requirements. But the value displayed by the installer is incorrect and much lower than the actual disk space required. If the actual disk space on the system is less than the actual disk space required , the installation fails.
    Workaround: See the Hardware Requirements section in the HP Performance Manager Install, Upgrade and Migrate Guide for the actual disk space values required.
  • QCCR1A88927: HP Performance Agent returns wrong End Date for proxy logfiles present in /var/opt/perf/datafiles.
    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.
  • QCCR1A112522: Performance Manager fails to open URL when username parameter is passed in Chinese.
    Description: Launching URL-based graphs by passing user name parameter in Chinese locale fails on Performance Manager 9.01.
    Workaround: The URL parameters should be encoded to UTF8 format if it includes non-ASCII characters.
  • QCCR1A113730: OvAutoDiscovery Server does not start up after upgrading to OvJREB-01.06.006 on the HP Operations Manager for Windows server.
    Description: OvAutoDiscovery Server does not start up on installing HP Performance Manager 9.01 on HP Operations Manager for Windows 8.10 due to heap size mentioned in the registry key.
    Workaround: To resolve this issue on an HPOM for Windows 8.16 or 8.10 system with latest server patch level (OMW_00070) except OMW_00071, modify the registry key
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OvAutoDiscovery Server\JavaOptions in such a way that the Options value is set to -Xms16m -Xrs. On an HPOM for Windows 8.16 or 8.10 system with server patch OMW_00071, no action needs to be taken as this value is already set.
  • QCCR1A115349: When HP Performance Manager and HP Reporter are installed on the same system, HP Performance Manager does not automatically detect HP Reporter configuration.
    Description: The TYPE and PORT parameters are not correctly updated in the OVPMconfig.ini.
    Workaround: The following parameters need to be updated manually in the OVPMconfig.ini: Reporter database type [Example: TYPE= oracle or TYPE= sqlserver] and Reporter Database port number [Example: PORT=1433]. For more information, see Integrating with HP Reporter section in the HP Performance Manager Administrator Guide.
  • In the Diagnostic View, the Selection Panel does not list the newer instances occurring for a connected Real-time datasource.
    Workaround: You have to reconnect to the Real-time datasource to view the newly available instances.
  • QCCR1A174348: [L10N] A hardcode Issue on locale UI.
    The out-of-the-box virtualization graphs listed on the home page do not appear as localized text.
    Workaround: The text is available on the home page in the English language.
  • QCCR1A174420: The back and forward buttons in the tutorial pages fail when viewing Performance Manager on Safari 6.1.3.
    The back and forward buttons cannot be used to navigate between pages in the tutorials, when the Performance Manager is viewed on Safari 6.1.3.
    Workaround: The back and forward buttons of the browser can be used for navigation.
• Limitations
  • IE 11 and Adobe Flash Player 13 integration problem: Although Performance Manager supports IE 11 which is integrated with Adobe Flash Player 13, sometimes there are issues such as a part of the title bar on the home page not being visible.
  • QCCR1A114381: When you search for a user using the Attach Groups option, and if the user is not found, then the same alert message appears twice.
  • QCCR1A111952: In graphs panel, when you select date range panel, the Last option of date range panel should not be blank.
  • QCCR1A111961: In date range panel, unable to select Weeks in Month in the Range option, when Month is selected in the Last option.
  • QCCR1A111325: Truncation problem in the transaction details page.
  • QCCR1A107938: Preview option should not be disabled when you redraw the graph using View menu and refresh the Performance Manager page.
    Description: Preview option is disabled when a graph designed using the Graph menu is redrawn using the View menu, after refreshing the home page through the Nodes menu.
  • QCCR1A96093: When you click the color button in table highlights, the pop-up covers the metric drop down and other text fields .
  • QCCR1A96102: When you enter special characters in the value field, all the rows in the drilldown window that do not match the entered value are highlighted.
  • QCCR1A61346: AutoPass library prints to stdout.
    Description: While verifying the license, the message IPv6 Loopback address Found appears multiple times on the CLI. The number of times the message appears is as 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 (*.*.*.*)
  • QCCR1A109729 : Not displaying the default graph window when the Agentless datasource does not have data.
    Description: When you connect to an Agentless datasource that does not have data, default graph window is not displayed.
  • QCCR1A103639: Out-of-Box graph names are displayed vertically in Japanese and Chinese locale.
    

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Integration with Other HP Software Products

HP Performance Manager integrates with these HP Software products:

• HP Operations Manager for Windows versions:
  • 8.16 (with the latest patch)
  • 9.00 (with the latest patch)
• HP Operations Agent versions:
  • 8.60, 11.00 (with the latest patch), 12.00
• HP Performance Agent version 5.00
• HP Reporter version 3.80, 4.0
• HP SiteScope version 11.00

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Acknowledgment

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).

This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).