The September 2011 Patch Release for Operations Center v5.0 contains the following functionality and enhancements described in the following topics:
Operations Center officially integrates to the following management systems:
IBM Micromuse Netcool 7.3
A specialized configuration of Operations Center Server and Dashboard provides the ability to easily interface with AppManager Control Center installations to provide AppManager Control Center users with a personalized and portable view into the Control Center server. For more information, see the NetIQ AppManager Operations 5.0 Portal Getting Started Guide.
The following Operations Center Dashboard portlets now have the following additional features:
Alarms Portlet: select from list of alarm columns when configuring the portlet.
Navigation Portlet: configuration options allow for hierarchy tree expansion or element selection in “driven” portlets by clicking element name links.
Performance Portlet: define profile expressions using regular expressions and define multiple configurations for use when the portlet is dynamically updated via a selection in another portlet.
The NetIQ AppManager Operations 5.0 Portal Getting Started Guide has been added to the Operations Center documentation library to describe a new and customized implementation of Operations Center software.
In addition, a few of the Operations Center guides have been reorganized and/or renamed for improved usability and comprehension:
The Operations Center 5.0 User Guide, previously the Console Guide, provides a reference for non-administrative users. All topics and tasks relate to basic features and functionality found in the Operations Center console that do not require administrator permissions. Topics include:
The Operations Center 5.0 Server Configuration Guide now has a Part II, Customizing the Implementation
, that contains any console configuration and customization topics that require administrator permissions. These topics were previously covered in the Console Guide and the Monitoring Guide. Topics include:
The Operations Center 5.0 Service Modeling Guide now contains a Part III, Using The View Builder Repository
.
The Layout Guide has been renamed to the Operations Center 5.0 Custom Drawing and Layout Guide.
The Console Guide and the Monitoring Guide are no longer available as of this release.