GroundWork Monitor: What’s New

• 6.4
• 6.3

GroundWork Monitor 6.4

For MSPs

• Maps and diagrams in “Views” have been fully integrated into roles and permissions allowing strict separations between different customers sharing the same GroundWork Monitor installation.

For Windows Users

• The Windows monitoring agent (GDMA) now supports applications running on 64-bit Windows and the retrieval of measurements using Powershell for deeper monitoring.
• Windows coverage has been expanded to include Microsoft Cluster Server.

For Large, Distributed Environments

• Windows and Linux agents are now able to retrieve their configuration and plugins directly from the Groundwork Server giving admins the ability to update agents from a central location reducing maintenance overhead.
• Linux Child server will now spool measurements in the event of a network outage.

For All Users

• Integration with ActiveDirectory and LDAP is now improved with support for federated directories.
• Portal security layer has been updated to provide improved access control and authentication.
• Over 100 additional bugfixes across the product.

Release Notes

Watch the “What’s New in 6.4″ Webcast

GroundWork Monitor 6.3

Improved monitoring of network infrastructure - Release 6.3 now includes the popular cacti network polling project. Cacti enables GroundWork Monitor to effectively monitor large network environments and other SNMP-enabled infrastructure. The GroundWork user interface combines graphs and information from multiple sources, including cacti, into a coherent single-pane view of your monitored infrastructure.

Live-diagrams of your business processes, logical and physical infrastructure - Cut through the noise with diagrams that present operations information in a form that’s accessible to end customers, partners and executives. Provide timely information to non-technical stakeholders.

Support for accessing GroundWork Monitor from the Apple iPad

The trouble-view dashboard is back - Updated from Release 5 to show a targeted view of current problems in the environment with additional context information.

New event console capabilities include audible alarms when new events occur - This is particularly useful in NOCs where multiple modes of conveying the current state of the environment are useful.

The GWOS Java monitoring agent - Updated to provide support for Oracle WebLogic 10 application servers in addition to Red Hat, JBoss, Tomcat, and IBM WebSphere already supported.