Roughly 4 hours to upgrade from NPM 11.0 to NPM 11.5 RC.
Below, are the basics for the environment
3 servers (all VMs w/6CPUs, 32GB RAM, & 150GB+ storage)
Orion products=NPM, NCM, NTA, ET, & Additional Poller
Server1=Primary NPM, NCM server
Server2=NTA, NCM, & Additional Poller
Server3=DataBase
Problems/Issues found so far:
- Missing Logo (shows a black box whether the logo options are checked or unchecked)
- New page resource, "Storage Forecast" (and possibly "Volume Forecast"), was added/loaded into default "Node Details" page, causing those pages to not load correctly, causing the pages to time out.
- New web alerts failed to migrate all alerts (understanding some default alerts were going to fail anyway, we also had various custom advanced alerts fail)
- Variable within various alerts either fail to show the values, show the variable instead of the value, or show an unformatted value, such as bandwidth in exponentials instead of converted values)
- Most likely just an odd personal preference here, however, I am still baffled by the use of tiny windows, being unable to adjust their sizes... still...
- Also, a few minutes ago, I was told that our guy that make our graphs in NPM, is no longer able to adjust column widths when using FireFox. It appears he can still adjust using Chrome.
- Missing Logo (shows a black box whether the logo options are checked or unchecked)
There is simply a little black box in the corner where the logo would be.
This box remains, whether the logo setting is checked or unchecked.
- New page resource, "Storage Forecast" (and possibly "Volume Forecast"), was added/loaded into default "Node Details" page, causing those pages to not load correctly, causing the pages to time out.
I opened a ticket with tech support, ticket #741777, where they were able to determine these new resources were causing the page timeouts.
Support ended up removing these resources from all views.
Afterwards, the pages loaded up without any issues.
Removing these new resources does allow us to use our system again, however, a new feature you cannot use, is, well, not of any real use.
- New web alerts
This is what the alert emails looked like when received, before the upgrade to NPM11.5RC:
This is what those same alert emails look like now, after the upgrade:
On a side note, it would be nice to be able to click on these variables, allowing you to go back in to adjust them.
I would also like to see these alerts/alert variables better managed, now they are web based.
The values, if I remember correctly, were able to be adjusted from the server based alert program, yet here, in the new web based alerts, it does not allow the advanced editing of ALL of them.
Some variables allow it, while others do not. (I do not recall as much work required with getting the converted data in the previous version, so it may simply be something I am overlooking...)
Also, it would be nice if the conversion/formula would take the current percent utilization and convert it to the corresponding Gbps/Mbps/Kbps etc... (For the example image below, the number/value did not change at all, for any of the conversion options.)
Previously, we were able to have the alert send out the current traffic value, in a readable format, for the interface(s). Currently, there is either no option to do so, or I have simply not found it.
- Most likely just an odd personal preference here, however, I am still baffled by the use of tiny windows, being unable to adjust their sizes... still...
I know I am probably the only one here that does not like to be contained in tiny little workspaces, but...PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Please give me a way to use the space I have available. Scrollbars on tiny windows are the devil!!
It would be so very very nice to be able to work within a window/space that had column widths auto adjusted, and workspaces either auto adjust as well, or just give us the option to adjust things, and then make sure to remember the settings so we do not have readjust them the next time. Just think of all those nerds, with their desktop real estate starving and wasting away... don't punish them... it's not their fault...
If/When we come across any other issues, I will update this page accordingly.
Thanks for all the help and hard work.
-Will