Happy New Year! LogicMonitor has a lot of exciting initiatives planned for 2020 and we’re hitting the ground running. Rolling out through early February, our first release of the year features improved alert display, a template for monitoring data in open source OpenMetrics format (previously known as Prometheus), and new out-of-the-box monitoring for Azure backup jobs (available once release is fully rolled out), AWS CloudSearch domains, GCP Dataproc clusters, Cisco HyperFlex, and others.

HEADS UP! After running in parallel with the new Alerts page UI for 90 days, the old Alerts page UI is retiring with v.130. The temporary toggle that allowed navigation between the new and old UI is removed, leaving only the new Alerts page UI accessible. The new Alerts page does not support Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. If you are using IE11, we strongly recommend that you move to a supported LogicMonitor browser as soon as possible to avoid any disruptions in your monitoring operations.

IN THIS RELEASE: New and Updated Monitoring Coverage: OpenMetrics exposition format, numerous new cloud services including Azure backup jobs (available once release is fully rolled out), and Cisco HyperFlex

Other v.130 Enhancements: Text wrapping in alert table; new calculation available for the Resource Metrics Trends report

Looking Ahead: Integrations page

New and Updated Monitoring Coverage

Upon your account’s upgrade to v.130, import our new and updated LogicModules from the LogicMonitor repository to expand and enhance your monitoring coverage.

New Monitoring Coverage

AWS CloudSearch Domain – 1 DataSource Discovers AWS CloudSearch domains and monitors domain performance metrics including the number of search requests successfully processed, the number of searchable documents, and the index capacity utilization (as reported by CloudWatch).

1 DataSource AWS Glue Job – 1 DataSource Discovers and monitors AWS Glue job performance metrics as reported by CloudWatch.

1 DataSource Cisco HyperFlex – 15 DataSources, 2 PropertySources Using the HyperFlex REST API, LogicMonitor’s Cisco HyperFlex monitoring package monitors a variety of metrics for Cisco’s hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platform. See Cisco HyperFlex Monitoring for details on what is monitored, as well as instructions for setting up monitoring.

15 DataSources, 2 PropertySources GCP Cloud Dataproc Cluster – 1 DataSource Discovers GCP Dataproc clusters and monitors cluster metrics including storage capacity, utilization, and job data.

1 DataSource GCP Cloud Filestore Instance – 1 DataSource Discovers GCP Cloud Filestore instances and monitors storage metrics including free disk space, disk IOPs, and storage utilization.

1 DataSource Microsoft Azure Backup Job – 1 DataSource Discovers and monitors Azure backup jobs within Azure recovery vaults. Note: The Azure Backup Job DataSource will be available once release is fully rolled out (early February).

1 DataSource Microsoft Azure Batch Account – 1 DataSource Discovers Azure Batch service and monitors batch metrics including node performance, task count, task completion, jobs, and pools.

1 DataSource Microsoft Azure Network Interface – 1 DataSource Discovers Azure network interfaces and monitors sent/received metrics for bytes and packets.

1 DataSource OpenMetrics – 2 DataSources Gathers metrics from systems, like Telegraf, that expose metrics in open source OpenMetrics format (previously known as Prometheus). Because OpenMetrics data can represent any number of metrics from any number of resources, these DataSources are templates that require cloning and customization. For more details, see OpenMetrics Monitoring.

2 DataSources Topology mapping New TopologySource – 1 TopologySource New Networking_L2_snmpSwitch_Peak created to improve topology mapping and related root cause analysis operations.

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Updated Monitoring Coverage

AWS Classic ELB Service Limits – 1 DataSource Updated the ListenersPercentUsage complex datapoint to reflect aggregate load balancer limits; added some clarifications to datapoint descriptions and alerts.

1 DataSource AWS EC2 T2 Instance Credits – 1 DataSource Updated AppliesTo logic to ensure that credits are only applied to appropriate EC2 instances (i.e. instances that are not in unlimited credit mode).

1 DataSource Cisco CPU – 1 DataSource Added new overview graphs; made various improvements to datapoints.

1 DataSource Cisco UCS – 1 SNMP SysOID Map Added missing sysOIDs to extend support for Cisco UCS.

1 SNMP SysOID Map ConnectWise – All DataSources (14 total) that use ConnectWise’s REST API (as compared to its legacy SOAP API) Fixed issue of missing clientID token in subsequent requests.

All DataSources (14 total) that use ConnectWise’s REST API (as compared to its legacy SOAP API) Dell DRAC Temperature – 1 DataSource Updated the ErrorTemperature and Warning Temperature complex datapoints to remove unkwn() from expressions.

1 DataSource EMC Avamar Client Backups – 1 DataSource Updated to auto-delete inactive instances after 30 days to prevent No Data alerts on inactive instances.

1 DataSource EMC Avamar Data Domains – 1 DataSource Fixed incorrect variable binding issue in collection script.

1 DataSource EMC Storage Pools – 1 DataSource Fixed issue with wildvalue that was preventing proper data collection; made various improvements to graphs and datapoints.

1 DataSource EMC Unity [Host Initiators | Pools] – 2 DataSources Made updates to work around API calls that were deprecated with version 5.0.

2 DataSources HP 3PAR Disks – 1 DataSource Fixed issue in collection script to address null object error.

1 DataSource HP System CPU – 1 DataSource Fixed issue in Active Discovery script that prevented all CPU instances from being discovered.

1 DataSource Ironport – 1 SNMP SysOID Map Corrected sysOID mismatch preventing “Ironport” from being added as a value to the system.categories property for Cisco Ironport devices.

1 SNMP SysOID Map Juniper Component State – 1 DataSource Updated the alert threshold and alert message for the State datapoint.

1 DataSource Juniper JUNOS – 1 ConfigSource Added timeout and retry logic to the collection script.

1 ConfigSource Kubernetes Control Plane Azure – 1 DataSource Disabled alerting for this DataSource until known external issue is resolved. Learn more about this issue on the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) GitHub issue page.

1 DataSource Kubernetes [Deployment | Service] – 2 DataSources Fixed issue caused by pods without labels.

2 DataSources Linux New Processes – 1 DataSource Added missing datapoint descriptions; improved graph display.

1 DataSource Linux SSH CPU/Memory – 1 DataSource Extended support for memory metrics for RHEL.

1 DataSource Linux SSH Filesystems – 1 DataSource Fixed issue with collection script regex expression.

1 DataSource LogicMonitor Collector Buffer Data Reporter Latency – 1 DataSource Fixed an issue with minimum latency reporting (Collector version EA28.100 or higher is required for minimum latency reporting to work properly).

1 DataSource Microsoft Exchange – 1 PropertySource Fixed typo in script for the addCategory_MicrosoftExchange PropertySource.

1 PropertySource NetApp – 1 PropertySource The addCategory_NetApp PropertySource now looks for the existence of NetApp credential properties on a host (i.e. netapp.user and netapp.pass) in its AppliesTo logic when assigning a system category of NetApp to the host. Previously, this PropertySource used isNetApp which is SNMP reliant and therefore failed to identify NetApp hosts if SNMP was disabled.

1 PropertySource NetApp Cluster NFS – 1 DataSource Removed alert threshold for write_error datapoint as it was encompassing too wide of a range of errors; made minor changes to graphs.

1 DataSource NetApp Cluster Status – 1 DataSource Fixed scripting issue causing the BrokenDisks datapoint to incorrectly enter alert condition.

1 DataSource NetApp Cluster Volumes – 1 DataSource Fixed issue in collection script instance UUID to ensure capture of metrics from all instances.

1 DataSource NetApp E-Series Troubleshooter – 1 DataSource Fixed issue in Active Discovery script and updated discovery interval; added alerting.

1 DataSource Oracle [Blocked Sessions Overview | Blocked Sessions] – 2 DataSources Fixed typos causing script issues.

2 DataSources RabbitMQ Queue Statistics – 1 DataSource Sanitized wildvalue to exclude invalid ASCII characters that were preventing it from parsing correctly; made various improvements to graphs and datapoints.

1 DataSource Raritan Power Distribution [Inlets | Outlets] Fixed issue in collection script to properly scale power metric.

Synology [RAID Status | Status] – 2 DataSources Made numerous improvements to graphs and datapoints.

2 DataSources Topology mapping Updated PropertySources – 3 PropertySources Added support for Dell Force10S switches to the addCategory_TopoSwitch and addERI_Device PropertySources ; fixed issue with improperly identified switch for addERI_Cisco PropertySource. – 3 PropertySources

Topology mapping Updated TopologySource – 1 TopologySource Added support to the Networking_L2_snmpSwitch for multi MAC interfaces/trunking, Dell Force10S switches, and CDP neighbor data from Catalyst 29XX switches; fixed issue with improperly identified switch; addressed other miscellaneous issues.

– 1 TopologySource Topology mapping VMware vCenter – 2 DataSources, 1 PropertySource Updated the VMware vCenter Host Performance and VMware vCenter Host Status DataSources, as well as the addERI_ESXi PropertySource, to block MAC ERI setting for Cisco UCS running VMware.

– 2 DataSources, 1 PropertySource VMware ESXi Datastore Capacity – 1 DataSource Updated the PercentUsed complex datapoint.

1 DataSource VMware Troubleshooter – 1 DataSource Updated Active Discovery interval; added alerting.

1 DataSource Windows Cluster Disk Partitions – 1 DataSource Fixed issue in graph datapoint; improved alert message.

1 DataSource Win2k16 HyperV Virtual Machines – 1 DataSource Added status codes.

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Other v.130 Enhancements

Alerting

Old Alerts page UI retiring. In October of 2019, the new Alerts page launched with a temporary toggle that allowed navigation between the new and old UI. Access to this toggle (and therefore the old Alerts page) is now removed. Only the new Alerts page UI will remain accessible. The new Alerts page does not support Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. If you are using IE11, we strongly recommend that you move to a supported LogicMonitor browser as soon as possible to avoid any disruptions in platform functionality.

In October of 2019, the new Alerts page launched with a temporary toggle that allowed navigation between the new and old UI. Access to this toggle (and therefore the old Alerts page) is now removed. Only the new Alerts page UI will remain accessible. The new Alerts page does not support Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. If you are using IE11, we strongly recommend that you move to a supported LogicMonitor browser as soon as possible to avoid any disruptions in platform functionality. Wrapped text in the alert table. By default, text now wraps in the Alert table found on the Alerts page. Previously, text wrapping was not an option. A new setting titled Enable Text Wrap is now available from the Alert Table Settings dialog that supports toggling between wrapped and truncated text display.

By default, text now wraps in the Alert table found on the Alerts page. Previously, text wrapping was not an option. A new setting titled Enable Text Wrap is now available from the Alert Table Settings dialog that supports toggling between wrapped and truncated text display. Removal of time zone designation from alert table display. In the new Alerts page UI, time zone designation was displaying in the “Effective Threshold” column for alerts, regardless of whether the threshold had time-based considerations. Moving forward, time zone designation will only display for alerts in which the designation is relevant (i.e. alerts triggered by time-based thresholds). Note: Alerts generated by thresholds that have previously generated alerts will still include the time zone designation regardless of relevancy. If desired, you can manually edit/resave these thresholds to prevent time zone designation from displaying.

EventSources

Alert testing permissions restricted . Users with read-only permissions were previously able to test alert routing for EventSource alerts from the Resources page. This has been fixed.

. Users with read-only permissions were previously able to test alert routing for EventSource alerts from the Resources page. This has been fixed. Maximum value imposed for Clear After configuration. The Clear After configuration found on EventSource definitions is now limited to a maximum value of 5760 minutes (four days). This configuration is responsible for determining how long an EventSource’s alert remains active before auto clearing. EventSources will need to comply with this new limit in order to be successfully added or updated.

Reports

Resource Metrics Trends report. A “sum” aggregation calculation is now available as an output value for the datapoint(s) included in the Resource Metrics Trends report. This is useful for reporting on the sum of a specific metric over a period of time.

REST API

alertTransitionInterval and alertClearInterval settings available at DataSource level. When getting DataSourceInstanceAlert information via API, you can now see alertTransitionInterval and alertClearInterval settings configured at the DataSource level as read only values. Previously, these values were always displayed as “-1” at the instance level via API.

SAML

Permission restrictions for SAML users. SAML users are no longer able to edit username and email fields to enforce use of data populated by SAML/SSO during provisioning. In addition, SAML users are no longer able to perform password resets.

Tokens

##WILDVALUE##. The ##WILDVALUE## token now resolves to instance value. Previously it was resolving, incorrectly, to instance name.

Looking Ahead: Integrations Page

As part of LogicMonitor’s ongoing UI initiative, we’ll soon be launching a brand new interface for the management of LogicModules. This new interface, called the Integrations page, will provide a centralized view into all LogicModule integrations (e.g. DataSources, PropertySources, EventSources, etc.) that are available for use in your monitoring activities.

▲ The new Integrations page brings the LogicMonitor repository right into the platform. Using the LM Exchange tab, you can easily browse, search, and import new and updated LogicModules—whether published by LogicMonitor or by a member of the LogicMonitor user community. (UI image captured from alpha version; subject to change.)