v.179 Release Notes
Last updated on 27 March, 2024Highlights
- Feature Highlights: Deviceless logs support for LM Logs. Expanded support for monitoring Microsoft Azure Connect Sync and Azure AD Users.
- General Updates: Improvements to Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS monitoring. A new timeslice Logs aggregation function. New Argus configurations for Storage Class and Priority Class resources.
- Updated Monitoring: New modules to monitor Kubernetes configurations, Microsoft O365 Teams QoS, Selenium Grids and Nodes, AWS Direct Connect topology mapping, and more.
Feature Highlights
Deviceless Logs Support for LM Logs
You can now search and view logs in LM Logs even if the log is not associated with an LM-monitored resource. Previously, if a log could not be mapped to an LM-monitored resource, that log would be dropped. You can filter for deviceless logs using the following metadata query: _resource.id=0
Expanded Monitoring for Microsoft Azure
LogicMonitor cloud monitoring for Azure now includes support for monitoring Azure Connect Sync and Azure Active Directory (AD) Users.
- Azure Connect Sync shows you when Azure AD is enabled and the time since the last sync.
- Azure AD Users shows you the total number of users, the number of active users, and the number of inactive users.
General Updates
Cloud Monitoring
Enhancements
- Azure datasources will now show correct data for Network Interface and Load Balance metrics and will properly handle Azure metric definition responses in case an Azure resource is in an invalid state.
- The visualizations between AWS Direct Connect and the topology tab now displays similar to existing AWS resources.
Fixed Issues
- Some Azure alerts and events had HTML markup in the message, this has been fixed.
Container Monitoring
Enhancements
- You can now configure Argus to monitor Storage Class and Priority Class resources in your Kubernetes cluster.
Logs
Enhancements
- You can now customize the default time range and timestamp format for the Logs page by selecting the More Options > Profile > Appearance. These Appearance settings are unique to individual users.
- You can now group Logs query results by fixed time intervals, such as minutes and hours, using a new
timesliceaggregation function.
REST API
Fixed Issues
- The alerts API endpoint (
GET: /alert/alerts api) will return recently cleared alerts when filters such asclearedandendEpochare used.
Topology
Enhancements
- Starting from a Dynamic Map, you can now save your changes as a Saved Map.
- When exploring map from maps tab to Saved Maps page, you will be informed if there are additional topology nodes on the map canvas.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where alert thresholds were not properly respected for cloud resources.
LogicModule Releases
New and updated LogicModules are available for you to import from the LogicMonitor Public Repository. This section lists the LogicModules that are new in this release, updated in this release, or will be removed in a future release. Changes related to the LogicModule feature will be listed under General Updates.
New LogicModules
| LogicModule Name | Details |
| (3 ConfigSources) Kubernetes_NetworkPolicies Kubernetes_LimitRanges Kubernetes_ResourceQuotas | New configuration monitoring for network policies, changes to limit ranges, and resource quotas on Kubernetes. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Azure_ActiveDirectorySync | New monitoring to gather Active Directory Connect Sync data from Microsoft Graph API. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Azure_ActiveDirectoryUsers | New monitoring coverage with aggregate user data for Active Directory in Azure. |
| (1 DataSources) Microsoft_Azure_PostgreSQLFlexibleBackupStorage | Removed BackupStorageUsed datapoint and moved it to a new module due to the need for a different collection interval. For related module updates, see Updated LogicModules. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Office365_TeamsCallsQoS | New module for Microsoft Teams calls quality of service on Office365 SaaS integration. |
| (1 DataSource) Office365_Email_OAUTH | New module to check and gather tokens for Office 365 OAUTH. For related module updates, see Updated LogicModules. |
| (7 DataSources) Oracle_Database_ASMStorage Oracle_Database_ConnectionStatus Oracle_Database_DatafileStatus Oracle_Database_DiskUsage Oracle_Database_FRAUtilization Oracle_Database_MonitorUser Oracle_Database_RMANBackupSetsAge | LogicMonitor has rewritten the Oracle modules to be consistent with the other database modules in LogicMonitor. The new modules will now require a JDBC connection string and port is no longer required but can still be used. The exposure of the connection string as a property on a device now allows LogicMonitor to monitor any Oracle database as long as there is a connection string, a username, and password. This can be an Oracle cloud database, an Azure Oracle DB, or an AWS RDS instance. Oracle_Database_MonitorUser: New monitoring coverage to report the number of connections used by the Oracle Monitoring User and alert if that number exceeds 25 which may indicate code errors in monitoring scripts causing connections to leak. For related module updates, see Updated LogicModules and Deprecated LogicModules. |
| (2 DataSources) Selenium_Grid_Info Selenium_Grid_Nodes | New monitoring for Selenium Grids and Nodes on the Selenium Grid on a given address. |
| (2 PropertySources) Config_Cisco Config_Cisco_Generic | New modules to provide a common configuration for Cisco devices. These modules require a property of config.beta to be set to 1 or true on the host to function. If you have pre-release beta versions of this module, those devices will continue to apply upon importing this new official release version even without the config.beta property. Note: WLC devices have proven very unstable under normal usage, so the instances created for these devices are heavily reduced. |
| (1 TopologySource) AWS_DirectConnect_Topology | New topology mapping for AWS Direct Connect. |
Updated LogicModules
| LogicModule Name | Details |
| (5 ConfigSources) SCP_Standard SFTP_Standard SSH_Exec_Standard SSH_Interactive_Standard Telnet_Interactive_Standard | Improved filters for common configs to better handle whitespace. |
| (1 DataSource): AWS_ElastiCache_Redis- | Added datapoints for more robust monitoring. New datapoints include DatabaseMemoryUsagePercentage and EngineCPUUtilization. |
| (1 DataSource) Cisco_HyperFlex_HypervisorVMS | Added error check to prevent out of bounds array. |
| (1 DataSource) Cisco_Meraki_Licenses | Added handling to verify whether we can access the expiry time for the license. |
| (1 DataSource) Cisco_Transceiver_Sensors | Filters out “Optics” interfaces when finding a parent, as these are often duplicates. |
| (1 DataSource) CommVault_Storage_Pools | Fixed a typo in graphs. |
| (2 DataSources) Email_RoundTrip Email_TransitTime | Added OAUTH IMAP authentication. For related module updates, see New LogicModules. |
| (1 DataSource) HP_MSA_VoltageSensors | Fixed alert message and datapoint consolidation method in graph. |
| (3 DataSource) HTTP- Kubernetes_KSM_Nodes Kubernetes_KSM_Pods | Updated appliesTo statements to ensure the proper Kubernetes devices were excluded (HTTP-) or included. |
| (1 DataSource) LogicMonitor_Portal_Resources | Fixed exception causing typo in proxy debug line. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Azure_APIManagement | Updated collection interval to match Azure polling intervals. |
| (2 DataSources) Microsoft_Azure_NetworkInterface Microsoft_Azure_StandardLoadBalancers | Adjusted to provide rates per second. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Azure_PostgreSQLFlexible | Removed BackupStorageUsed datapoint and moved it to a new module due to the need for a different collection interval. For related module updates, see New LogicModules. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Windows_Cluster_Network_Interfaces | Fixed an incorrect reference in the collection script that caused the wildvalue to be incorrectly assigned. |
| (1 DataSource) Microsoft_Office365_SharepointStorage | Removed the “Site Type” datapoint because it was not accurate. |
| (18 DataSources) Oracle_Database_BlockedSessionOverview Oracle_Database_BlockedSessions Oracle_Database_IndividualSchemaSize Oracle_Database_LibraryCache Oracle_Database_LongOperations Oracle_Database_RMANBackupAsyncIOByType Oracle_Database_RMANBackupSyncIOByType Oracle_Database_RMANLatestBackupFiles Oracle_Database_RMANLatestBackupJobByType Oracle_Database_ResourceLimits Oracle_Database_SessionsWaiting_LockRelease Oracle_Database_SystemMetrics Oracle_Database_SystemStats Oracle_Database_TableSpaceStatus Oracle_Database_TableSpaceUsage Oracle_Database_TableSpaceUsageMaxGrowth Oracle_Database_Troubleshooter Oracle_Database_WinServices (2 PropertySources) Oracle_Database_Names addCategory_OracleDatabase | LogicMonitor has rewritten the Oracle modules to be consistent with the other database modules in LogicMonitor. The new modules will now require a JDBC connection string and port is no longer required but can still be used. The exposure of the connection string as a property on a device now allows LogicMonitor to monitor any Oracle database as long as there is a connection string, a username, and password. This can be an Oracle cloud database, an Azure Oracle DB, or an AWS RDS instance. Added the ability to check for Linux Oracle without ports and check for AWS RDS instances with a standard collector. For related module updates, see New LogicModules and Deprecated LogicModules. |
| (1 DataSource) SaaS_Zoom_SubAccountUtilization | Updated display name to be consistent with other modules in the package, for example “Zoom Sub Account Utilization”. |
| (1 DataSource) SNMP_Network_Interfaces | Updated reserved addresses based off of lm.data.topo snippet and blocked bad CDP and LLDP ERIs. Fixed a bug in Active Discovery that evaluated CDP rather than LLDP. Updated Timeouts to make best use of the available execution time. Timeouts added to AD in an attempt to exit the script within execution limits and exit early when SNMP issues are identified. Fixed a bug in alert filter properties for instance descriptions, adjusted filter handling with more robust and simplified approach, and added alertFilterDebug mode to give users the ability to get additional information about alert filters alone. |
| (1 DataSource) SSL_Certificates | Expanded active discovery to allow for LDAP and LDAPS ports to be discovered and accurately labeled. |
| (2 DataSources) Win2k12_HyperV_HypervisorMemory Win2k12_HyperV_HypervisorStats | Updated descriptions, tech notes, and graphs to emphasize conditions in which HypervisorStats will not return memory and when HypervisorMemory DataSource should be used instead. |
| (1 DataSource) WinIf- | Updated reserved addresses based off of lm.data.topo snippet and blocked bad CDP and LLDP ERIs. |
| (1 DataSource) Windows_Events_LMLogs | Added support for proxy connections. |
| (1 PropertySource) addERI_Cisco | Added default ERT of router. |
| (1 PropertySource) addCategory_Cohesity | Fixed the missing output of clusterSoftwareVersion on newer API versions. |
| (1 PropertySource) addCategory_TopoSwitch | Added default community string of “public” when none is provided. |
| (1 PropertySource) addERI_Device | Added additional check before Pure Storage ERI. |
| (1 PropertySource) Device_BasicInfo | Updated to expand entPhysical properties to include Arista devices. |
| (1 PropertySource) Microsoft_SQLServer_Connections | This will prevent temporary failures from deleting instance names and JDBC connection strings (mssql.url) from the resource. To force the delete of old instance names and URL on a resource set a property mssql.deletenames = true. |
| (1 TopologySource) Networking_L2_snmpSwitch | Added multiple bridge MAC threshold to prevent bridge leakage. Added equipment OUIs and bridge MACs threshold. Added default community string of “public” when none is provided. |
Deprecated LogicModules
| LogicModule Name | Details | End of Support Date |
| Deprecation: Oracle_Database_RMANLatestBackupFileSets Oracle_Database_Info Replacement: Oracle_Database_RMANLatestBackupFiles Oracle_Database_Names | LogicMonitor has rewritten the Oracle modules to be consistent with the other database modules in LogicMonitor. The functionality of these modules were moved into existing modules. For related module updates, see New LogicModules and Updated LogicModules. | 11/30/22 |
Looking Ahead
In this section, you will find announcements about upcoming beta features, updates about ongoing beta features, and information about the end-of-life of existing features.
Jira Service Management Integration
You can now integrate LogicMonitor with Atlassian’s Jira Service Management to automate your incident management workflows in Jira based on LogicMonitor alerts. This feature is currently in Beta. To become a Beta participant, contact Customer Success.