File monitoring sensor releases

Instana monitors files or directories by using the Instana file monitoring sensor. The sensor provides insights into the overall health and performance of the file system. For more information, see Monitoring File.

1.0.4

File monitoring sensor 1.0.4 is released on 20 February 2025.

Improvements

Starting from 10 March 2025, the file monitoring sensor supports Solaris SPARC and AIX systems.

Fixes

  • Fix for Dynamic sensor status update: Now File monitoring sensor can be enabled or disabled without restarting the agent.

1.0.3

File monitoring sensor 1.0.3 is released on 19 November 2024.

Improvements

  • Performance optimization: Now events are sent only at the intervals that you set.

1.0.2

File monitoring sensor 1.0.2 is released on 15 October 2024.

Improvements

  • An enabled flag is added to the file monitoring sensor to provide more flexible control over file monitoring.
  • Metrics charts are implemented for Issue Triggered metrics.
  • The directory size monitoring feature is improved.
  • A checksum flag is added to the file monitoring sensor. You can set the file size limit for checksum operations by using the checksum flag.

Fixes

The inconsistencies and errors that are related to LAST_MODIFIED_TIME are fixed.