IANN Monitor Release Notes – 6.3.2

Contents -
Introduction
1. New Features:
2. Enhancements:
3. Bug Fixes:
4. Known Constraints:
5. Imminent Updates:

Introduction

We are excited to introduce version 6.3.2 of our IANN Monitorproduct, packed with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to optimize your monitoring experience. Here’s what’s new: 

1. New Features:

  1. Enriched UI:
    Visual Redesign: The new UI has been redesigned with a focus on usability and visualization, making it easier to monitor critical data at a glance.
    Logo customization: We have the option to personalize their interface with their own logos. 
  2.  System Health Dashboard:
    Comprehensive Monitoring: This Landing page provides a holistic view of system health, including metrics for CPU usage, RAM consumption, network performance, and disk status. It also displays the status of key adapters and uptime of SI and Alerts. 
  3.  Enhanced Monitoring Capabilities of Node Metrics:
    Node File System Monitoring: Track the usage and performance of file systems across nodes to ensure data storage efficiency and prevent potential issues.
    Network Monitoring: Monitor network input/output metrics to assess network traffic, detect bottlenecks, and optimize network performance.
    Performance Tracking: These enhancements allow for more granular tracking of node performance (Node CPU, Node Memory), helping administrators optimize resource allocation. 
  4.  Enhanced Monitoring Capabilities of Azure Metrics:
    VM Metrics: Monitor various performance metrics for Virtual Machines (VMs), including CPU usage, memory usage, disk I/O, and specific metrics such as OS Disk Latency (Preview), OS Disk Queue Depth, OS Disk IOPS Consumed Percentage, OS Disk Write Operations/Sec, OS Disk Read Operations/Sec, OS Disk Write Bytes/Sec, OS Disk Read Bytes/Sec, Outbound Flows, Inbound Flows Maximum Creation Rate, Available Memory Bytes (Preview), Network Out Total, Network In Total, Disk Write Bytes, Disk Read Operations/Sec, Disk Read Bytes, Percentage CPU, and CPU Credits Remaining. This provides a comprehensive view of VM performance and storage efficiency.

    Database Metrics: Monitor critical database metrics such as IO bytes read, IO bytes written, Storage space reserved details to maintain optimal database performance.
    Activity Logs: Keep track of all activities within the Azure environment to ensure compliance and security.
    NetApp Storage Monitoring: Monitor NetApp storage systems to ensure high availability and performance of your cloud storage solutions. 
  5.  SAML / OKTA Integration:
    Single Sign-On (SSO): Integration with SAML and OKTA enables seamless single sign-on, reducing the need for multiple logins and enhancing security.
    User Management: Administrators can manage user access more efficiently, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access critical applications. 
  6.  Configure Warning and Critical Alerts:
    User Alert Management: Users can configure and manage alerts for various system metrics, including warning and critical thresholds, to ensure timely notifications. They can customize alert thresholds and enable “No Data” alerts for specific metrics to reduce unnecessary notifications. Alerts are automatically sent via email to be designated users, ensuring the right people are promptly informed to act. 
  7.  Default Dashboard:
    Predefined Dashboards: With a one-click setup, users can quickly access predefined dashboards that are critical to their operations. These dashboards come with built-in alerting features, providing instant access to essential metrics and notifications. 
  8.  Download CSV Option:
    This feature allows users to easily export data in CSV (Comma-Separated Values) format. By selecting the “Download CSV” option, users can export specific data sets or reports from the application for offline analysis. 

2. Enhancements:

  1. Infrastructure Upgrade: 
    Elasticsearch and Kibana 8.12 Support: The system has been upgraded to support the latest versions of Elasticsearch and Kibana, ensuring better performance, security, and access to the latest features. 
  2. Updated Jarvis Client Agents: 
    Performance Improvements: The client agents have been upgraded from version 6.2.0 to 6.3.0, providing better performance and stability. 
    Compatibility with Elasticsearch: The new agent version is fully compatible with the upgraded Elasticsearch, ensuring smooth operation without compatibility issues

3. Bug Fixes:

Reduced Number of Duplicate Alerts: 
Alert Optimization: The system now reduces the number of duplicate alerts, ensuring that users are not overwhelmed with unnecessary notifications. 

4. Known Constraints:

  1. Decimal Number Configuration: When configuring alerts using decimal numbers, they are considered whole numbers, affecting the accuracy of the alert. 
  2. Warning Alerts Range: When configuring warning alerts with a range, the range value is exclusive. For example, setting an alert for the range 2 to 5 means that if the current value is exactly 2 or 5, no alert will be raised. Alerts are only triggered for values within the exclusive range (3, 4). 

5. Imminent Updates:

  1. Alert Check Issue: When switching from a table graph to another graph type and back, the alert check may turn false. Users must visit the alert page to re-enable the alert check. 
  2. Table Graph Filtering and Data Accuracy: In the table graph, filtering data with spaces and hyphens is problematic, and data points may not show exact values according to timestamps when data is collected every minute. This will be addressed in the next release. 
  3. Table Graph Sorting: After sorting in the table graph, data may not revert to its original state, affecting data visibility. 

Note: 

  • Line Graph Alerts: You can create several alerts in a line graph, but the graph will only display the first three alerts. 
  • Bytes Field Alerting: Alerts are fully supported for byte values, ensuring precise monitoring at the byte level. Support for MB or GB units can be considered for future enhancements. 
  • No Reminder Alerts: Users can focus entirely on new and critical notifications without the distraction of reminder alerts.