Diagnstic Manager Change Lg Updated: September 8, 2015 4.4.4090 Features and Issues Supprt fr Office 365 Tenants Yu can nw: Mnitr the status f Office 365 Services (including SharePint Online, Exchange Online, and Skype fr Business) and their features. Generate alerts and cllect Cntent Summary data fr SharePint Online site cllectins. ULS Lg Entry Enhancements The perfrmance f queries used t display ULS Lg Entries has been imprved. Yu nw have the ptin t "reset" ULS lg histry in Diagnstic Manager by clearing previus entries frm the Repsitry database. The issue Cntent Summary data cllectin fails fr Kerbers using custm accunts has been fixed. (TFS# 24531) The issue Cllectin Service ptins fr Cntent Summary schedule is nt sticking has been fixed. (TFS# 25518) The issue ULS grming shuld be perfrmed using SharePint date (lg time) instead f sync date has been fixed. (TFS# 25637) The issue Unable t sync mst recent ULS lgs due t RwID/datestamp mismatch has been fixed. (TFS# 24800) 4.3. 3608.0 Features and Issues Perfrmance Imprvements When a nde in the Management Cnsle tree is selected, backgrund tasks and peratins view lading are cmpleted mre quickly, which allws fr faster and mre efficient navigatin. The perfrmance f Cntent Summary data cllectin acrss multiple site cllectins has been imprved. User Interface Imprvements The Add Farm actin nw emplys a mre user-friendly wizard-like interface. T facilitate navigatin, previusly separate ribbns fr applicatins and features have been merged. SQL Server Mnitring Enhancements Page 1 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
In additin t SharePint databases, yu can nw mnitr the status and perfrmance f SQL System databases (master, tempdb, mdel, and msdb) and the Diagnstic Manager Repsitry Database. Yu can nw mnitr SQL instances n manually added servers, regardless f whether they are assciated with a SharePint farm. (If yu have upgraded frm a previus versin f Diagnstic Manager, these SQL instances will be added t the Management Cnsle tree nce the Farm Tplgy has been refreshed then Perfrmance data has been cllected.) Diagnstic Manager nw supprts the mnitring f SQL Server AlwaysOn (althugh sme perfrmance data will be cllected fr active ndes nly). The issue Cntent Summary grid The Managed Path Cunter is nt updated when managed paths n Web Applicatins are added r deleted has been fixed. (TFS# 2433) The issue Cnsle fails t pen after web dashbard is deplyed has been fixed. (TFS# 19889) The issue Diagnstic Manager is cunting the number f sites when raising an alert fr Cntent Summary - Cntent Database Site Cllectins Cunt has been fixed. (TFS# 19835) The issue Lg Files size (KB) alert limited t 10000000KB has been fixed. (TFS# 22345) The issue Diagnstic Manager Cntent Summary des nt retrieve sizes fr nndcument libraries has been fixed. (TFS# 15586) The issue Page Lad Time graphs randmly ppulate at different scales has been fixed. (TFS# 22323) The issue Search ptin is nt wrking fr Diagnstic Manager help has been fixed. (TFS# 20354) The issue Cllectin Service and Management Cnsle experience startup delay when an internet cnnectin is nt available has been fixed. (TFS# 14305) 4.2.2861.0 Features SQL Server 2014 Supprt Diagnstic Manager nw supprts Micrsft SQL Server 2014, bth fr hsting the Repsitry database and fr mnitring in the Management Cnsle. Kerbers Supprt Diagnstic Manager supprts Kerbers authenticatin fr the Cmpnent Analysis feature. Data Cllectin Imprvements Yu can specify the number f threads the Cllectin Service shuld use when perfrming a Cntent Summary data cllectin, t allw prcesses t run in parallel fr perfrmance imprvement. Yu can nw cllect: Page 2 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
Cntent Summary fr an individual Web applicatin r site cllectin. Cmpnent Analysis data fr a single mnitred page. Yu can disable Cntent Summary data cllectin fr individual Web applicatins. Yu have the ptin f including r excluding hidden lists and/r dcument versins when Cntent Summary data cllectin is perfrmed. Last Cllected Date and Time The Cntent Summary Overview pane and the Mnitred Pages Summary tab nw display a Last Cllected date and time fr each bject listed. Metalgix Database Mnitring Yu can nw mnitr: the Diagnstic Manager Repsitry database (if it is n the same server as SharePint databases being mnitred) databases used by the Metalgix Replicatr prduct. 4.1.2477.5 Issues The issue A new license is being cnsumed when a mnitred page is added (a) with a url that uses Alternate Access Mappings r (b) fr a server that is nt being mnitred has been fixed. (TFS#18818) 4.1.2477.0 Issues The issue Virtual server shws as physical server within Diagnstic Manager cnsle has been fixed. (TFS# 15599). The issue Cmpnent Analysis des nt wrk when the Amrein Media Player Sharepint Web Part is n the page has been fixed. (TFS# 17662) The issue Cmpnent Analysis returns incrrect values fr nn-english language packs has been fixed. (TFS# 18149) The issue Servers previusly validated as being licensed incrrectly revert t unlicensed status has been fixed. (TFS# 17559) The issue Web Dashbard fails t authenticate t Cllectin Service when using accunt frm separate dmain has been fixed. (TFS# 17143) The issue Cannt cmplete Cntent Summary fr hst-named site cllectins has been fixed. (TFS# 18875) 4.1 Features and Issues ULS Lg Entries Feature Metalgix Diagnstic Manager captures ULS lg entries frm all f yur mnitred SharePint farms and allws yu t srt, filter, and grup by a variety f criteria t enable Page 3 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
yu t further mnitr the health f yur SharePint envirnment and diagnse ptential issues. Enhanced User Interface The Management Cnsle interface has been revamped t enhance the user experience. Mre detailed Last Cntent Summary run times The Management Cnsle nw displays the last time the Cntent Summary was run against Web Applicatin, Site Cllectin, and tp sites. The issue Manually (Offline) activated licenses revert t unlicensed status upn restart f Cllectin Service has been fixed. (TFS #14007) The issue SQL Server "cunted" twice in license cunt when shared between multiple farms has been fixed. (TFS #14536) The issue Cntent Summary uses https even thugh web app des nt has been fixed. (TFS # 13895, 2201) The issue The Cntent Summary cllectin fails when a library has items with special characters has been fixed. (TFS #13965, 14467, 14921, ) The issue Unable t see any SQL Servers in SQL Server sectin f cnsle since upgrade has been fixed. (TFS #13576) The issue Errr: Failed t add requested farm. The INSERT statement cnflicted with the FOREIGN KEY cnstraint FK_SQLInstance_Server_Servers has been fixed. (TFS #14336) The issue Cmpnent Analysis errr: Culd nt lad type 'HtmlNdeEnumeratr' frm assembly 'HtmlAgilityPack' has been fixed. (TFS #14943) The issue Web Dashbard fails t authenticate t Cllectin Service has been fixed. (TFS #15609) 4.0 Features and Issues Metalgix Diagnstic Manager 4.0 supprts SharePint 2013 Metalgix Diagnstic Manager4.0 supprts SharePint 2013 including the Dashbard and cmpnent analysis features. While Metalgix Diagnstic Manager3.0 and previus versins d nt fficially supprt SharePint 2013, yu are free t cntinue using thse versins t mnitr SharePint 2013 farms knwing that sme features d nt fully wrk. Imprved licensing functinality Metalgix Diagnstic Manager4.0 ffers simplified license key management with a single license key fr all farms and servers. Page 4 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
An issue preventing sme users frm pening the Metalgix Diagnstic Manager Management Cnsle, and resulting in n related entries in the lgs, n lnger ccurs. Users wh have "phantm" SharePint databases that remain in a SQL Server database list after remval but d nt exist in their envirnment n lnger experience this issue. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager is nw able t mnitr sites cnfigured with Claims authenticatin. Diagnstic Manager is still using Active Directry Authenticatin t mnitr these sites, s the web applicatins cnfigured with Claims authenticatin must als have Active Directry Authenticatin enabled and an accunt with Active Directry Authenticatin shuld be used t mnitr these sites. The Cllectin Service is nw cnfigured t start after rebting a server and autmatically restart after the Cllectin Service crashes r fails. The Cntent Summary Cllectin request was imprved and nw it is taking less time significantly reducing the chances f timing ut. When Refresh tplgy r Data cllectin ptins are executed Metalgix Diagnstic Manager is skipping the SQL instances that are unavailable and SQL instances available are displayed crrectly n the Tree view and data fr them is cllected. Similar lgic was applied t Add Farm feature, SQL instances that are unavailable will nt be mnitred by Diagnstic Manager. 3.0 Features and fixed issues The new Dashbard prvides a quick glance at the perfrmance data cllected by Metalgix Diagnstic Manager t help yu mnitr yur SharePint farms and pages. Fr mre infrmatin abut the Dashbard, see Using the Diagnstic Manager Dashbard. A new SQL Servers nde in the Metalgix Diagnstic Manager tree prvides all f the infrmatin yu need cncerning yur SQL Server cnfiguratin, active alerts, and perfrmance issues. This feature prvides views acrss all SQL Servers in yur farm and als drills int the individual SQL Servers. Fr mre infrmatin abut the SQL Servers view, see Viewing the status f all SQL Servers in a farm. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager nw mnitrs SharePint Health Analyzer issues. As f SharePint 2010, SharePint can raise issues surrunding the health f yur farm. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager nw mnitrs these issues s that yu can get alerted when new issues are raised r whether any issues currently exist n yur farms. New SQL Server metrics allw yu t mnitr and alert n mre cnfiguratin and perfrmance values: Page life expectancy SQL server instance hsted n a virtual center Data and Lg Files n Same Drive Data File Aut grwth Data File Aut grwth is by Percentage Data Files Full Data Files Near Maximum Size Instance Hsted n Virtual Server Page 5 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
Lg File Aut grwth Lg File Aut grwth is by Percentage Lg Files Full Lg Files Near Maximum Size Metalgix Diagnstic Manager has new features fr mnitring servers hsted in a virtual envirnment such as VMware and Hyper-V. These include shwing whether a server is virtual r physical in the server views and reprts a new alert when a SQL Server instance is hsted n a virtual server. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager nw allws yu t exclude multiple disks and databases frm certain alerts. The Alert Threshlds dialg bx includes a field in the disk and SQL Server database alerts where yu can include the disk r database name fr exclusin. Fr mre infrmatin abut excluding certain instances frm alerting, see Setting default alert threshlds. The Metalgix Diagnstic Manager Web part and the Web Part Installer have been crrectly repackaged as SharePint slutins. All references in the prduct have been apprpriately renamed. The Cllectin Service includes new ptins fr immediate grming and statistics updates. These ptins allw yu t: Set the frequency when the Cllectin Service gathers cnfiguratin and SharePint Health Analyzer reprts. Immediately run a grming jb (Grm Repsitry Nw) r update statistics (Update Statistics Nw). Metalgix Diagnstic Manager3.0 fixes an issue in the cmpnent analysis lgic that caused extremely high cmpnent lad times. Often the times displayed were ver20 secnds even n pages that wuld lad reasnably quickly. Users wh run sme reprts n nn-english perating systems n lnger received the errr message, The definitin f the reprt Main Reprt, and are able t view the reprt. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager detects all the servers acting as Web frnt ends (WFEs)fr mnitred SharePint farms. Befre Metalgix Diagnstic Manager3.0, any machine that previusly had the Web Applicatin Service running was treated as a WFE. This release changes that prcess s that nly machines currently running the Web applicatin service are treated as WFEs. An issue preventing Metalgix Diagnstic Manager frm perfrming cntent summary cllectins against hst-named site cllectins n lnger ccurs. Metalgix Diagnstic Manager3.0 nw fully supprts hst-named site cllectins. 2.7 Features New security mdel lets yu restrict access t the cnfiguratin and perfrmance infrmatin t selected users r grups. Added additinal reprts fr the fllwing: Page 6 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
Capacity planning SQL Server Page health Page uptime Cntent summaries Cntent Summary infrmatin nw includes additinal infrmatin abut the dcument versins t help yu plan fr capacity needs. Full supprt fr Micrsft SQL Server2012. 2.6 Features Imprved infrmatin in alerts, including knwledge base infrmatin. Custmizable knwledge base articles fr every metric. New alert respnse rules. Custmizable rules fr alert respnses. Imprved email handling, including custm recipients fr each alert respnse rule. SNMP trap generatin. 2.5.1 Features Imprved handling f Windws Management Instrumentatin (WMI) data. 2.5 Features Enhanced metrics fr SQL Servers, including detailed cnfiguratin infrmatin, database fragmentatin and detailed data file and lg file strage infrmatin. Added the ability t wait a user-specified perid f time befre triggering alerts fr certain metrics. Added the ability t clear alerts. Imprved handling f Micrsft SQL Server Clusters. Virtual Servers nw appear in the list f farm servers, as d the cmpnent servers. The Virtual Server lists the servers that the cluster lists each f the servers that make up the cluster. Each cmpnent server appears separately in the list f servers. 2.0.2 Features Added the ability t manually add a server t a farm. 2.0.1 Features Crrected an errr that caused CPU usage t appear at 100% n Windws Server2003 servers. 2.0 Features Added mre than 100 new Server, SharePint, and SQL Metrics, including the fllwing: Disk Space. SQL Server perfrmance metrics. Page 7 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm
SharePint perfrmance metrics. Instance-based metrics. Added SharePint Cntent Summary f mnitred farms, Web applicatins, and site cllectins, including bject sizes and grwth rates and graphical views f cntent. Added Cntent Summary-based alerts. Yu can nw create and manage custm reprts. Yu can create custm views fr any cllected metric. Added the ability t verride alert threshlds per server. 1.3 Features Changed defaults when adding a new page. By default, new pages are nw tested using the URL the user prvides. Added the ability t ignre errrs caused when the Cllectin Service cannt verify the SSL certificates that yur Windws frnt end servers use. Updated the installer t verify the sftware and the permissin requirements befre installatin. Imprved errr handling and reprting. 1.2 Features Cntinuus, autmated 24/7 mnitring frm a central cnsle. Intuitive dashbard UI prvides "at-a-glance" view f SharePint health. Page cmpnent level perfrmance analysis. Summary and detail perfrmance metrics. Autmated alerting f prly perfrming pages, cntrls & server perfrmance issues. Repsitry f histrical perfrmance enables trending and analysis. Cmprehensive reprting. Page 8 f 8 Cpyright Metalgix Internatinal GmbH and Idera, Inc., 2004-2015. All rights reserved. metalgix.cm