For problem determination tools and technologies (Log and Trace Analyzer, Generic Log Adapter, and Remote Agent Controller), try the seven downloadable packages in the Build to Manage Toolkit for Problem Determination R01.
Downloadable packages in this release include
Log and Trace Analyzer for Eclipse v4.2.0 (Linux, Windows)
Log and Trace Analyzer for Portal v4.2.0 (AIX, Linux, OS/400, Solaris, Windows)
Log and Trace Analyzer for Java Desktop v4.2.0 (Linux, Windows)
The Autonomic Computing Toolkit Release 3.1 is now available. Uninstall previous versions of each component before installing the new 3.1 versions. Release 3.1 provides the following enhancements:
Generic Log Adapter and Log-Trace Analyzer (GLA/LTA)
WEF to CBE Adapter - allows importing WEF logs into the Log and Trace Analyzer.
Updated AME Web Services outputter to specify wait time.
Web Services outputter to Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) compliant with TEC 3.9 FO.
New Adapter for importing Apache Tomcat Server Logs into the Log and Trace Analyzer
Portal Log Analyzer 3.3.
Apache Tomcat Support in the Installation.
Support for Integrated Solutions Console 6.0.1
Integrated Solutions Console
There are now two packages available for the Integrated Solutions Console. One provides a quick installer and comes with a default set of configuration parameters (Embedded WebSphere Application Server, Embedded Cloudscape and DB only security), while the other is a custom installer and provides the advanced user a choice of different options during installation
Problem Determination Scenario
PD Scenario can be run with AME, GLA, and the Integrated Solutions Console running in distributed systems.
Apache Tomcat is now supported for the scenario.
Autonomic Management Engine
Support for deploying on Apache Tomcat Container.
All the installers are supported on Japanese OS except for the Problem Determination Scenario.
Note: OS 400 support for 3.1 is currently not available, but will be made available soon.
30 Sep 2005
The following enhancements are now available in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit Release 3:
Generic Log Adapter and Log Trace Analyzer Tooling
Upgraded from Version 3.0 to Version 3.3.
Stop/cancel, progress indication, better diagnostics during log imports.
Support configuration of delta times at log level (current is server level).
Migrate SVG Chart Generator to Eclipse 3, translation update.
Integrate SVG Chart Generator into TPTP reporting services.
Generic Log Adapter Runtime and Rule Sets
Upgraded from Version 3.0 to Version 3.3.
Usability/documentation enhancements - context sensitive help during filter composition, simple time-based filters, cleaning up some UI details (button renaming, spacing, more help).
GLA import performance improvements - adapter parsers and rule sets.
Improved performance of the GLA runtime through the use of filtering techniques, both built-in and configurable.
Dynamic user-specified GLA filtering during import.
Added outputter to TEC.
Added outputter to AME using Web Services.
Added outputter to CEI.
GLA import enhancements - using client locale, sensors for database, Siebel.
New log support - Siebel, Tivoli Access Manager.
Rational Agent Controller
Upgraded from Version 3.0.2 to Version 6.0.1.
Security for both data and control.
New RAC platforms - RHEL 4, SLES 9, i5, Power 5.
Autonomic Management Engine
Upgraded from 1.1 to 1.2.
A new manageability model is supported in addition to the CIM-M12 manageability model. The Common Manageability Model (CMM) supports managed resources that send asynchronous event information (Common Base Events). A JAVA based decision algorithm is used for CMM resource models.
The Simple Agent Reference Application:
Supports a detached client interface: The main part of SARA runs in an RMI Server along with the embedded engine. The client front-end runs in a separate JVM communicating with the server portion using RMI.
Supports a detached client interface: The main part of SARA runs in a web server along with the embedded engine. The client front-end runs in a separate JVM communicating with the SARA web server application using web services.
The Mozilla Rhino based JavaScript interpreter is replaced by an IBM JavaScript interpreter.
New SARA commands and operands:
shutdownrmi - shutdown RMI server
stoprme - stop autonomic engine processing of resource models
startrme -reset - start the autonomic engine with no knowledge of previously installed resource models
The logging interface contains a new query method for use by trace entries to determine if a trace level is enabled.
Common Base Events are now processed asynchronously, allowing AME to provide faster responses to occurring events.
Receive incoming Web Services-based CBEs.
Resource Model Builder
Upgraded from Version 1.1.3 to Version 1.2.
Filtering capability on specific CBE fields.
Java based resource models.
Solution Installation Using Macrovision FNPIM
Upgraded from Version 1.2.0 to Version 1.2.1.
Performance enhancements during installations.
The three existing SI Scenarios will be upgraded from V2.0 (in R2) to V3.0 in R3. The scenarios are updated to use the GA-level of partner products (FLEXnet Publisher Installation Module, ZeroG's Solution Architect) featuring SI V.1.2.1 performance enhancements.
Solution Installation Scenarios
Existing Solution Installation scenarios have been upgraded from Version 1.2.0 to Version 1.2.1.
Usability enhancements have been added to improve understanding of the Samples Scenario.
The upgraded scenario is JSR 168 compliant.
Integrated Solutions Console
Upgraded from Version 5.0.2 to Version 6.0.0.
Added JSR 168 support.
Improved installation (versus ISC 5.0.2).
WebSphere Application Server 6 support
ISC plug-ins include RITE and other plug-ins that can be used in Rational Application Developer 6.0
Eclipse Tooling
Upgraded from Version 3.0.2 to Version 3.0.3.
RMB and GLA/LTA tooling now run on this version of Eclipse.
The Eclipse components included are:
Eclipse IDE Runtime Version 3.0.3 with NLS
JDT Runtime Version 3.0.3 with NLS
PDE Runtime Version 3.0.3 with NLS
EMF Version 2.0.3 with NLS
XSD Version 2.0.3 with NLS
Problem Determination Scenario
Upgraded from Version 2.0.1 to Version 3.0.0.
Updated with new component versions (AME, GLA, ISC) to take advantage of their performance improvements and demonstrate Web Services interfaces.
Asynchronous processing of CBEs from GLA to AME.
The Resource Model has been updated to Java-based CMM.
Updated to output critical events to TEC.
Usability enhancements have been added to improve understanding of the scenario.
The upgraded scenario is JSR 168 compliant.
Embedded version of IBM WebSphere® Application Server - Express, V6.0
New package for Release 3.
Allows development of Web Services-based AC solutions using asynchronous CBEs from GLA to AME.
Additional Run time Platform Support
AIX 5.3
Red Hat Linux AS 3.0
Solaris 9
20 Apr 2005
The following enhancements are now available in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit Release 2:
Generic Log Adapter and Log Trace Analyzer Tooling
A fixpack has been applied to the Generic Log Adapter Configuration Editor and Log and Trace Tooling package.
Added Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Request Profiler example. In Version 3.0, a sample referenced in the documentation was omitted from the packaging. With this fix, it has been added.
New sample for creating and configuring Common Base Events. This new sample demonstrates creating and configuring Common Base Events using the Common Base Event XML file template Event Factory, and logging the newly created Common Base Events to the console. The sample includes the Java source code, dependencies, and a configuration file necessary to create and configure a Common Base Event.
Generic Log Adapter Runtime and Rule Sets
Outputter to support Web services.
A fixpack has been applied to the Generic Log Adapter Runtime and Rule Sets package.
Added log adapter for Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance. An adapter has been added for importing logs from Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance into the Log and Trace Analyzer.
Improved performance for AIX Errpt adapters. In Version 3.0, AIX Errpt adapters performed poorly when converting product-generated logs into a Common Base Event form. The performance of these adapters has been improved.
Improved performance for IBM WebSphere Commerce Server ecmsg adapters. In Version 3.0, WebSphere Commerce Server V5.4 ecmsg parsers took a long time to convert product generated logs into a Common Base Event form. This performance has been improved.
Removed hard coded year value from AIX Errpt parser. In Version 3.0, the AIX Errpt parser was using a hard coded year value (2003) in the rules for the logs that do not have year value in the log records. It now places the current year of the system in the timestamp instead.
Corrected the static parsing of IBM DB2 V7.1 diagnostic log. In Version 3.0, importing an IBM DB2 V7.1 diagnostic log using the static parser sometimes causes the parser to go into an infinite loop. The static parser fails to correctly parse logs that contain error messages at the end of lines. The static parser class is now able to parse these types of records.
Improved performance of IBM DB2 V8.2 diagnostic log adapter. In Version 3.0, IBM DB2 V8.2 diagnostic log parsers take a long time to convert product-generated logs into a Common Base Event form. This performance has been improved.
Corrected the timestamp format in sample adapter files. In Version 3.0, some of the sample adapter files included with the Generic Log Adapter contain Implementation and Role creation date values for the Context and Components in an incorrect timestamp format. When these files are opened in the Generic Log Adapter Configuration Editor, the following message is displayed: "Year separator is missing or misplaced." The affected adapter files have been corrected so that the creation date values have the correct XML Schema dateTime format.
Rational Agent Controller
A fixpack has been applied to the Agent Controller package.
Updated Agent Controller for iSeries. This fix pack release makes available to consuming products a more recent version of the Agent Controller for iSeries, making it compatible with other tools that require it.
Eclipse Tooling
Upgraded from Version 3.0.1 to Version 3.0.2.
The Eclipse components included are:
Eclipse IDE Runtime Version 3.0.2 with NLS
JDT Runtime Version 3.0.2 with NLS
PDE Runtime Version 3.0.2 with NLS
EMF Version 2.0.2 with NLS
XSD Version 2.0.2 with NLS
Problem Determination Scenario
Upgraded from Version 2.0 to Version 2.0.1.
The Resource Model has been updated so that it operates the same from the SARA command line as in the PDScenario.
29 Oct 2004
The following enhancements are now available in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit Release 2:
Generic Log Adapter and Log Trace Analyzer
Upgraded from Version 1.3 to Version 3.0.
Improved usability and documentation.
The Adapter Configuration Editor and Log Trace Analyzer tooling are now in a separate plug-in bundle to be used with Eclipse 3.0.
The GLA Runtime and rule sets are now a separate bundle.
The Agent Controller is now a separate bundle.
Rule editor syntax validation. Problems with rule syntax are identified in the problems view, increasing the efficiency of new rule development.
New sequence diagrams for log interactions and profiling views.
Improved profiling integration into Eclipse.
More samples.
Addition of progress bars during log running operations.
Enhanced internationalization support. Support for developing parsers for DBCS log files.
Improved scalability for large log files. Relational database store for Common Base Events.
Additional log file support.
Enhanced Common Base Event programming model for those creating Common Base Events directly.
JDK 1.4 support.
Includes additional platform support for the Generic Log Adapter Runtime covering Solaris 8, OS/400 V5R3, and Windows2003 server.
Solution Installation and Deployment technologies
Upgraded from Version 1.1 to Version 1.2.
Added Change Management capabilities.
Improved Dependency Management capabilities.
Version 1.2 is used for the packaging and installation for the Autonomic Computing Toolkit download bundles.
The two Release 1 Solution installation and deployment scenarios utilizing InstallShield and ZeroG have been upgraded to use and demonstrate Version 1.2.
A third Solution installation and deployment scenario added to demonstrate specific features of Version 1.2.
The Solution installation and deployment schemas published in the Autonomic Computing Toolkit documentation.
Includes additional platform support covering Solaris 8, OS/400 V5R3, and Windows2003 server.
Autonomic Management Engine
Upgraded from Version 1.0 to Version 1.1.
Includes additional platform support covering Solaris 8, OS/400 V5R3, and Windows2003 server.
Resource Model Builder
Upgraded from version 1.2 to Version 1.1.3.
The Resource Model Builder is now an Eclipse 3.0 based plug-in.
IBM Integrated Solutions Console
Upgraded from Version 5.0.1 to Version 5.0.2.
Install into an existing WebSphere Application Server.
Install Integrated Solutions Console Toolkit separate from run time.
Updated to WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0.2.
Support for WebSphere Studio Site Developer and WebSphere Studio Application Developer Version 5.1.
Includes additional platform support covering Solaris 8, and OS/400 V5R3 server.
Eclipse Tooling
A new bundle has been introduced that provides the Eclipse SDK 3.0, EMF 2.0.0, and XSD 2.0.0 to serve as the base for the Autonomic Computing Toolkit tooling plug-ins. The Eclipse workbench base elements included are:
Eclipse IDE Runtime Version 3.0.1 with NLS
JDT Runtime Version 3.0.1 with NLS
PDE Runtime Version 3.0.1 with NLS
EMF Version 2.0.1 with NLS
XSD Version 2.0.1 with NLS
Problem Determination Scenario
Usability Improvements.
Incorporates upgraded Autonomic Computing Toolkit components (ISC Version 5.0.2, AME Version 1.1, GLA Version 3.0).
Adds Windows XP, OS/400, and Solaris platform support.
The prerequisite for Gnu-regexp has been removed.
Miscellaneous
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) prerequisites have been removed by including them in each bundle as required.
