NetCrunch Release Notes

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Version 10.4.0

Fixes27
Features83

Release notes / All versions / 10.4.0

NetCrunch 10.4.0

83 new 27 fixed

New features and improvements 83

  • New'Data Center' custom field added 'Data Center' default value is the same as the read-only 'DataCenterInfo' field from ESXi system. The field value can be modified in NetCrunch, although the change is not transferred outside to the ESXi system.
  • New100+ precompiled SNMP MIBs added with support for various vendors and devices
  • New3000+ Device Vendors added to OUI database
  • New5 Monitoring Packs Updated Cisco ASA VPN Tunnels (SNMP), Dell OpenManage (SNMP), HP Systems Insight Manager (SNMP), IIS, Juniper EX Switches HealthMon (SNMP), Juniper SRX (SNMP)
  • NewAdded Pick List field type in custom node fields
  • NewAdded support for /31 and /32 network mask nodes with such masks are added to "Singletons" view under IP Networks
  • NewAmazon SNS Integration Send message through Amazon Simple Notification Service
  • NewAPC UPS Hardware (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewBasic SIP Sensor Checks connection and session negotiation with SIP server
  • NewBuffalo TeraStation (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewCisco ADSL (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewCisco CBQoS (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewCisco Nexus Monitoring Pack added
  • NewCisco UCS (Unified Computing System) (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewConsole performance enhanced several important performance and stability improvements (e.g. reduced the number of requests from console to server)
  • NewDell EMC Isilon OneFS (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewDell EMC Sensor
  • NewDell EqualLogic Disk (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewDell EqualLogic Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewDell iDRAC (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewDELL iDRAC IPMI Sensor
  • NewDevice Types added Cisco Nexus n6000 and Dell Networking N2048 are now recognized by NetCrunch
  • NewDICOM C-Echo Sensor
  • NewDocker Container Sensor Allows remote monitoring of docker containers
  • NewEaton ATS (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewEaton UPS (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewESXi/VM View Page added, it contains all virtual machines from a given Atlas view
  • NewFiltering of interface improved New ifAlias filter added to interface monitor filters
  • NewFolder Sensor Improvement New counter and two new alert conditions for Folder Content check added
  • NewFortinet Fortigate Monitoring Pack added
  • NewFujitsu iRMC (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewGeneric UPS (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewHP BladeSystem Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewHP iLO IPMI Sensor
  • NewHP ProLiant Disk (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewHP ProLiant Network Adapter (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewHTTP Basic and REST HTTP Sensor Improvement Two new counters for HTTP Basic and REST HTTP sensor added
  • NewHyper-V Host Monitoring NetCrunch now detects and allows you to configure Hyper-V monitor
  • NewHyper-V VM monitor Monitors statuses of VMs and gets important VM metrics from Hyper-V
  • NewIBM IMM (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewIBM IMM IPMI Sensor
  • NewIBM System x Disk (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewIBM System x System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewICMP Jitter Sensor for checking network connection quality
  • NewImportant Security Update! OpenSSL updated to 1.0.2p version
  • NewImproved monitoring of Juniper switches Traffic data on Physical Segments is read from the physical interfaces instead of logical ones
  • NewImproved Searching of Monitoring Packs All Monitoring Packs can be filtered by search tags; Monitoring Packs and Policies display the number of matching entries
  • NewiNodes Sensor
  • NewInterface monitoring improvement Creation of event rules for Network Interface State - now it's possible to select interface by filtering interface properties
  • NewInterface monitoring improvement Interface monitoring for secondary interfaces is disabled automatically now to prevent duplicated monitoring and unnecessary license consumption
  • NewInterface monitoring improvements Added one new alert: Event Trigger for Network Interface Performance Counter and one new collector: Network Interfaces Trend Report
  • NewinterSeptor Pro Environment (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewIPMI Log Sensor allows monitoring messages in IPMI log
  • NewIPMI Sensors Improvement Added support for authentication with the encryption key (KG) for all IPMI Sensors
  • NewJuniper NetScreen (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewLenovoEMC System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewMessagebird SMS Integration Send messages through MessageBird service
  • NewMicrosoft Teams Integration Send messages to Teams server
  • NewMikrotik Router (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewMonitoring Pack QNAP Disk (SNMP)
  • NewMS Project Server 2013 Monitoring Pack added
  • NewMS Project Server 2016 Monitoring Pack added
  • NewMS SQL Server 2012-2017 Monitoring Pack added
  • NewNetgear ReadyNAS System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewOrganization Filter for Actions allows executing an action only for nodes that belong to given organizational group
  • NewPalo Alto Networks Firewall (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewPhysical Segments improvement Interface utilization on physical segments map is displayed with more precision now (up to five decimal places)
  • NewPoseidon (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewQNAP System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewRemote Script Sensor Allows executing monitoring scripts remotely using SSH (scripts must be present on a remote machine)
  • NewRMON Traffic (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewScript Sensor allows executing scripts located on NetCrunch server machine
  • NewSharePoint 2013 Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSharePoint 2016 Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSonicWall System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSonicWall VPN Traffic (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSSL Certificate Sensor improvement added new alerts (e.g. weak public key) and additional certificate fields checked by sensor
  • NewSynology Disk (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSynology System Health (SNMP) Monitoring Pack added
  • NewSystem Views added Services, Processes and Sessions lists displayed in the Node Status of Windows nodes
  • NewTraceroute Sensor
  • NewWeb Browser Window GrafCrunch or a device web page can be added as a window or tab in NetCrunch desktop console
  • NewWindows Print Queue Monitoring Pack added

Fixes 27

  • CriticalAfter an upgrade from NC9.3 to 10, sensor counters (for EmailMailbox:POP3, Generic Agent, File:Windows, File:Text and Folder:Windows) were not updated properly
  • CriticalConnection to server could be lost after choosing certain Performance Objects during alerts or data collectors' setup
  • CriticalDiscovery packet error in SNMPv3 monitor
  • Major'Node is DOWN' alert was not generated under certain circumstances related to monitoring dependencies
  • MajorAfter applying 'All Alerts' filter in Custom View in Event Log, pending alerts from whole atlas were displayed
  • MajorAfter some time 'no data' was displayed on the Availability chart located in the Node Status > Network Services view
  • MajorAlerts for counters containing colon in instance couldn't be displayed in Node Status > Performance view
  • MajorCustom HTTP Headers fields in sensor settings became empty and could not be modified
  • MajorData collectors for Flow Global Counters could not be added because of empty source node list
  • MajorData wasn't shown in port mapping for specific HP switch
  • MajorFile Sensor using Windows protocol could stop working after second monitoring time due to interference with Windows Monitor
  • MajorIssue with incorrect MIB grouping after adding new MIBs to NetCrunch
  • MajorIssue with rendering Atlas folders
  • MajorMissing value alert wasn't working for Generic Agent Sensor
  • MajorMonitoring VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with OS Linux monitor could fail because of "SSH handshake" error
  • MajorPort mapping and VLANs weren't displayed for specific Juniper switch models
  • MajorPort Mapping is visible now regardless of interfaces monitor status
  • MajorPrinter Sensor worked incorrectly on non-printer SNMP devices
  • MajorREST HTTP sensor's counters couldn't be added to data widgets and performance charts
  • MajorSelecting some WMI namespaces was impossible. Now NetCrunch scans namespaces three levels down and allows entering any namespace by hand
  • MajorSometimes after server restart creating performance triggers alerts was not possible
  • MajorSometimes, AdRemCefHelper processes were running after closing NetCrunch console and they could overutilizing the processor
  • MajorState of Atlas Tree loaded incompletely after console restart (missing bookmarks)
  • MajorWrong data was displayed for particular SNMP counters
  • MinorDown by Dependency  state wasn't displayed in Node Status
  • MinorMissing icons in Select Monitoring Pack dialog
  • MinorMonitoring Time displayed in Node Status wasn't displayed for non-IP nodes