Release Notes 1.1

RHQ Project

Release Notes for RHQ 1.1

This release introduces the high availability and failover feature set. It is available as a binary download and with upgrade capability from both 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 versions.

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New Features

  • [RHQ-3] - Have agent support Java 6
  • [RHQ-57] - Display package audit trail in the UI
  • [RHQ-176] - deployed content request history should list name of package being deployed
  • [RHQ-198] - Finish IIS Plugin
  • [RHQ-351] - Enable content discoveries to in the Embedded Console
  • [RHQ-512] - add Vendor, Model, MHz, and CacheSize traits to CPU resource type
  • [RHQ-595] - Pinging the agent should not end in an ERROR message
  • [RHQ-645] - Send full alert information in SNMP trap
  • [RHQ-650] - Timeline event grouping
  • [RHQ-678] - HA adminstrative dashboard
  • [RHQ-829] - JVM Remoting auto-discovery
  • [RHQ-872] - Provide a Resourcehub popup shortcut
  • [RHQ-880] - add new agent operation: download-server-failover-list

Sub-Features

  • [RHQ-348] - On "Servers" tab of "Browse Resources", many items can have the same name. No way to tell them apart
  • [RHQ-401] - DynaGroups Expression Builder
  • [RHQ-435] - Group plugin config edit allows changes without override checked
  • [RHQ-494] - Include resource's ancestry as a column in the "add to group" page
  • [RHQ-588] - he name of dynagroup should not be editable from the link "Group Definition's Managed Resource Group "DynaGroup -"
  • [RHQ-671] - agent failover mechanism
  • [RHQ-672] - server-side "maintenance mode"
  • [RHQ-677] - HA installer
  • [RHQ-682] - add support for substring matching on bracketed expressions
  • [RHQ-686] - support listing available property names for bracketed expressions
  • [RHQ-756] - Dynagroup calculated name should change when group name is changed.
  • [RHQ-770] - list servers
  • [RHQ-771] - list agents
  • [RHQ-772] - view server details
  • [RHQ-773] - view agent details
  • [RHQ-774] - edit server detalis
  • [RHQ-775] - view affinity group details
  • [RHQ-776] - list affinity groups
  • [RHQ-777] - edit affinity group
  • [RHQ-790] - HA event timeline view
  • [RHQ-791] - HA event details
  • [RHQ-794] - include reference to parent resource for compatible groups on monitor > visibility > resources sub-sub-tab
  • [RHQ-795] - include reference to parent resource on metric details page
  • [RHQ-796] - include reference to parent resource on resource group inventory page
  • [RHQ-852] - HA event details - improvements

Improvements

  • [RHQ-425] - group plugin config update history should be displayed by default w/ newest entries first
  • [RHQ-527] - PageList missing serialVersionUID
  • [RHQ-542] - have Server support running on Java (JRE or JDK) 6
  • [RHQ-573] - refactor how and when alert definitions are created from their corresponding alert templates
  • [RHQ-582] - WARN message implies Implementation-Version should be required in manifest
  • [RHQ-633] - Out-of-the-box RHQ Server log monitoring
  • [RHQ-666] - Change create package-backed resource response APIs to provide resource name
  • [RHQ-669] - Add package metadata to indicate if it supports multiple architectures
  • [RHQ-683] - Don't ask for package name when creating a new package-backed resource; use file name from file upload field
  • [RHQ-691] - Support compiling RHQ with JDK1.6
  • [RHQ-720] - improve cascade handling for alert templates
  • [RHQ-742] - reduce the time it takes to load/reload the alert cache
  • [RHQ-788] - Add parent name to resource names when displaying resources in a list
  • [RHQ-792] - asynchronous updating of metric tempates / schedules
  • [RHQ-866] - Need filter mechanism on Partition Events page.
  • [RHQ-939] - clean up the server's log4j xml file - make more categories

Bugs

  • [RHQ-30] - Full Alert Condition Set is not displayed on the "alert detail" page
  • [RHQ-67] - on the Alert>Definitions tab, the New Definition button should be disabled or hidden if the current user does not have the MANAGE_ALERTS permission
  • [RHQ-119] - a group with 0 members shows an availability of UNKNOWN, but I think it should show an avail of UP
  • [RHQ-129] - Event creation Exception on Agent
  • [RHQ-167] - Resouce Timeline failure in Load Resource Events - unterminated literal
  • [RHQ-194] - After page refreshes, ANY button that is conditionally enabled is reset to disabled, even thought the corresponding checkboxes remain selected
  • [RHQ-205] - Jon Agent shows * [ version
  • [RHQ-221] - Weird configuration caching on resource create
  • [RHQ-222] - Resubmitting a failed configuration-backed resource create results in locked attributes
  • [RHQ-253] - Unable to inventory a postgres instance owned by 'postgres' user
  • [RHQ-262] - unable to manually add Apache server installed via yum
  • [RHQ-279] - Dashboard page: icons need hovertext
  • [RHQ-308] - "(* [.core.pc.inventory.InventoryManager)- Could not transmit availability report to server" error in agent log
  • [RHQ-322] - Error after import of a JBossAS 4.0.5
  • [RHQ-329] - Timeline view shows first 100 events, instead of the last (most recent) 100
  • [RHQ-330] - Misleading cursor on events page
  • [RHQ-333] - event list shows oldest events by default, not newest
  • [RHQ-379] - Url has no more id after uninventoy
  • [RHQ-416] - Native system fails to gather cpu metrics for dual core opterons
  • [RHQ-427] - IIS plugin generates ugly warning in agent log when IIS not installed.
  • [RHQ-436] - Creating a new configuration-backed resource needs cancel button in UI
  • [RHQ-438] - Connection properties not synced from Server to Agent after clean Agent start
  • [RHQ-447] - alert definition page does not show all details of the condition set
  • [RHQ-463] - inventory merge after discovery does not remove "missing" resources
  • [RHQ-466] - resource container goes null when deleting a platform from inventory
  • [RHQ-476] - apache response time data off by an order of magnitude
  • [RHQ-480] - Cancelling while adding a new resource doenst work if validation fails
  • [RHQ-483] - agent-side inventory not sync'ed with the server
  • [RHQ-515] - Metadata: Persistent List indexes update improperly
  • [RHQ-557] - Metadata handling for templates seems to be missing
  • [RHQ-569] - Off-by-one in Super User Role count
  • [RHQ-605] - on Configuration>History tab, the "Rollback Selected" button should be titled "Rollback to Selected" or "Revert to Selected" (i.e. the word "to" needs to be added to clarify)
  • [RHQ-613] - Recent Operations portlet shows the oldest operations executed, not the most recent
  • [RHQ-614] - Manually added resources lost from agent inventory during upgrade
  • [RHQ-622] - JMX plugin: JMXDiscoveryComponent does not support manual-add, and JMXServerComponent does not support JMX servers w/ type "JBoss"
  • [RHQ-624] - Operations portlet: error in recent group ops
  • [RHQ-627] - Apache plugin operations show success even when they fail due to lack of SNMP support
  • [RHQ-629] - Adding user notification adds the user twice
  • [RHQ-630] - Execute now on a scheduled operation causes a NPE
  • [RHQ-631] - Resource intersection of group members not working in browse resources
  • [RHQ-635] - Scheduled Group Operations not shown in RecentOperations portlet ...
  • [RHQ-637] - * [RHQ-server.sh start/stop behavior doesn't match the printed output
  • [RHQ-649] - ACL: Users w/o access to inventory mgmt shouldn't be allowed to view "Create New Group Definition"
  • [RHQ-655] - Error when creating two content sources with the same name
  • [RHQ-664] - Applying alert template to existing inventory blows up
  • [RHQ-680] - Cancel button on create new package-backed resource tries to validate configuration values
  • [RHQ-689] - "Greg's EJB3 Entity browser" title of page when you click an Availability icon
  • [RHQ-69] - Authz: Monitor>Configure tab should not be displayed if current user does not have the MANAGE_MEASUREMENTS permission
  • [RHQ-696] - removing resources from recursive groups removes too much
  • [RHQ-706] - 'avail' agent prompt command does not respect "--verbose" option
  • [RHQ-715] - AlertConditionCacheMonitor mbean cache element counts are incorrect
  • [RHQ-717] - Parentheses in JAVA_HOME path prevents * [RHQ-server.bat from running
  • [RHQ-722] - Agent wrapper script does not work as start script on RHEL 5
  • [RHQ-727] - After starting Windows service, triggering manual discovery from server causes agent to throw NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/Unmarshaller
  • [RHQ-728] - Tracebacks when trying to add new content source feeds.
  • [RHQ-730] - Add JMX Server does not fill connection properties from selected template
  • [RHQ-733] - Upgrade from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 fails with postgres
  • [RHQ-734] - alert audit trial should not include action filter of its original alert definition
  • [RHQ-736] - Config: config component incorrectly maintains the Configuration and ConfigurationDefinition attributes in its own state
  • [RHQ-737] - Could not load ./* [RHQ-agent-env.sh on Solaris machine while running the script ./* [RHQ-agent.sh
  • [RHQ-740] - ConcurrentModificationException is being seen in the agent log
  • [RHQ-750] - recovery alerts not working if recovery happens too quickly
  • [RHQ-751] - can't view non-measurement-based alert definitions or alert history after * [RHQ-742
  • [RHQ-752] - content deployment creates duplicate entries in the "full package audit trail" table
  • [RHQ-753] - PersistenceUtility warning in server log when viewing package upload confirmation page
  • [RHQ-755] - Members count is off in Browse Resources page (for view-only user)
  • [RHQ-757] - duplicate entries in recent alerts portlet for non-admin user
  • [RHQ-758] - resource summary portlet counts are incorrect for non-admin user
  • [RHQ-759] - compatible and mixed group totals at the bottom of res browser are incorrect for non-admin user
  • [RHQ-760] - Apache live check never happens
  • [RHQ-763] - hibernate exceptions from Agent.status field after dbupgrade to 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
  • [RHQ-781] - Installer program does not write server name into * [RHQ-server.properties (regression)
  • [RHQ-782] - missing resources on "Read Only" option for alerts created with an alert template
  • [RHQ-802] - server should add the server name in * [_server if missing
  • [RHQ-806] - EJB Exception when trying to view the resources for a mixed group
  • [RHQ-807] - Alert Definition Template UI should filter out invalid condition types for any given resource.
  • [RHQ-808] - "Super User" (admin) is shown when adding users to an alert template
  • [RHQ-809] - HA Affinity Group can be created with blank name.
  • [RHQ-812] - Very long strings submitted for Affinity Group name fails and returns cryptic message
  • [RHQ-816] - No submit button/nothing to do on listAgents.xhtml
  • [RHQ-818] - UI Allows user to create multiple Affinity Groups with the same name.
  • [RHQ-823] - Breadcrump too close to content
  • [RHQ-826] - NPE in * [ log on startup, fails to create directory
  • [RHQ-827] - Availability alerts not working on HA install
  • [RHQ-828] - Detailed chart view shows all events
  • [RHQ-830] - "Number of Concurrent Connections" metric no longer collected on apache servers
  • [RHQ-831] - can't delete HA server
  • [RHQ-834] - alert cache not reload after agent reconnection
  • [RHQ-835] - agent needs to reconnect to the cloud properly
  • [RHQ-837] - duplicate alerts generated
  • [RHQ-846] - ContentContext should be passed to any resource component that is creatable w/ content-based creation
  • [RHQ-849] - server-specific jobs only seem to be running on one server in the cloud, instead of on EACH server
  • [RHQ-850] - agent doesn't update current server relation in table upon connect after failover
  • [RHQ-851] - missing audit trail for some server OPERATION_MODE changes
  • [RHQ-853] - webapp reloads cause error in the ejb3 timer service-based jobs
  • [RHQ-855] - Clicking the simile "copyright" logo embeds the simile demo site within * [ itself.
  • [RHQ-857] - Cancelling the creation of an affinity group results in stack trace.
  • [RHQ-862] - mtime column constraint violation during server install
  • [RHQ-865] - Unnecessary operation mode changing when system known to be down.
  • [RHQ-869] - CheckForSuspectAgentsJob incorrectly marks resources RED when cloud servers are in different timezones
  • [RHQ-874] - config caching causes stale data to be seen from read-only pages
  • [RHQ-875] - Plugins should only be redeployed if they've changed
  • [RHQ-878] - upgrade install fails on oracle
  • [RHQ-881] - No trait data found ( for Xeon x5460 but also for Core Duo on Macbook)
  • [RHQ-885] - Breadcrumbs not working during browse/create dynagroup
  • [RHQ-889] - NumberFormatException when viewing partition event details
  • [RHQ-894] - Duplicate agent connect messags in log (HA)
  • [RHQ-897] - config caching causes stale data to be seen from read-only pages - redux
  • [RHQ-899] - JMX plugin: MBeanResourceComponent.getAvailability() may erroneously return DOWN for an MBean Resource that was discovered by means other than a JMX query (e.g. an EAR or WAR discovered by ApplicationDiscoveryComponent's filesystem scan)
  • [RHQ-903] - Dashboard Auto-Discovery portlet - default "maxiumum platforms to show" of 2 is way too small
  • [RHQ-908] - Agent fails to start after upgrade
  • [RHQ-922] - DELETED resources continue to be processed as part of the server resource sync info
  • [RHQ-924] - Adding resource manually results in NPE
  • [RHQ-925] - In affinity group edit page (Agents) "Agent name" column data shows server name, not agent name
  • [RHQ-935] - Invalid agent references at server startup
  • [RHQ-948] - [java.sql.BatchUpdateException: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("RHQADMIN"."RHQ_PRD_VER"."VERSION")] error in ContentSourceManagerBean during processing of sync report for JBossAS Patch content source
  • [RHQ-962] - V1.0.1 Agent upgrade scripts should be removed from 1.1.0 distribution

Sub-Bugs

  • [RHQ-168] - Event Alerts not working properly
  • [RHQ-328] - After creating a resource group definition, the next screen should allow you to enter conditions
  • [RHQ-404] - group operation history shows FAILURE when it should read IN PROGRESS
  • [RHQ-411] - "Required" error message on group definition change is unreadable
  • [RHQ-448] - Link from Alert email links to a page where the actual condition is not shown
  • [RHQ-628] - Operations that are in progress, show an error for their results
  • [RHQ-746] - Bracketed sub-expressions with '=' in them don't work
  • [RHQ-747] - ClassCastException when defining GroupDefinition
  • [RHQ-803] - ClassCastException when specifying a pluginConfiguration or resourceConfiguration property whose type is logically an integer
  • [RHQ-821] - group def allows string functions to be suffixed onto non-string types, but then blows up during calcuation

Code Changes

  • [RHQ-369] - NPE when clicking on "OK" when no config is present
  • [RHQ-508] - RecursiveGroupTest swallows NPEs
  • [RHQ-554] - One filesystem discovery blowing up shouldn't stop all the others being inventoried
  • [RHQ-597] - Ensure purge operations handle symbolic link following, if necessary
  • [RHQ-713] - ConcurrentModificationException in ResourceMetadataManagerBean during plugin registration
  • [RHQ-735] - alert cache needs to be resiliant to failure
  • [RHQ-785] - ResourceContainer.measurementSchedule set goes null under certain conditions, causes NPEs
  • [RHQ-820] - allow alerts cache to load and unload cache elements on an agent-by-agent basis
  • [RHQ-838] - EMS and overloaded operations
  • [RHQ-845] - colliding plugin configs cause inventory report failure
  • [RHQ-859] - logic error - check for whether a resource is new is reversed in RuntimeDiscoveryExecutor.discoverForResource()
  • [RHQ-898] - ConcurrentModificationException in AvailabilityExecutor.checkInventory()
  • [RHQ-926] - move updated to agent.lastAvailabilityReport into a separate transaction
  • [RHQ-927] - use direct jdbc insertion for out-of-bound message data
  • [RHQ-936] - reduce contention on * [_agent table by updating status bit in a single update statement in a REQUIRES_NEW txn
  • [RHQ-941] - MeasurementScheduleRequest is put into a Set/HashSet, but doesn't implement required contract methods
  • [RHQ-942] - oob insertion failures crop up when under high load

Tasks

  • [RHQ-95] - General Jira for UI issues with IE 6.0.2, post as comments each issue
  • [RHQ-556] - publish javadocs
  • [RHQ-568] - Disable web services
  • [RHQ-890] - ensure that plugin configurations make it back down to the agent after starting --clean

Sub-Tasks

  • [RHQ-652] - button beneath alert definition table are in a column, instead of across the screen
  • [RHQ-668] - alert condition cache segmentation
  • [RHQ-670] - HA schema, entities, dbsetup and dbupgrade scripts
  • [RHQ-674] - distribution algorithm for server primary
  • [RHQ-679] - make sure quartz jobs are clusterable
  • [RHQ-698] - document use cases so QA can generate a test plan
  • [RHQ-703] - HA handshaking
  • [RHQ-786] - use simple text summaries when displaying recovery info within alerts audit trail pages
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