User Manual
Updated feature documentation for NG 2.16.12 capabilities.
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NG 2.16.12
19O11y SourcesExpanded in NG 2.16
4Stability FixesAlerts, pipeline, retention
6Platform UpdatesSearch, dashboards, guardrails
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New Deployment
Step-by-step guide for fresh installations from scratch.
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Upgrade Guide
In-place upgrade guidance from NG 2.15.0 to NG 2.16.12.
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Demo Videos
Walkthroughs of new features and O11y source configurations.
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NEW
O11y Sources
- Cloud and firewall coverageAdded Azure Firewall, Checkpoint Firewall, Azure CDN WAF Policy, and broader firewall observability coverage.
- Kafka and KubernetesAdded Kafka Data Collector and OCI Kubernetes Engine monitoring for stream and cloud-native workloads.
- Database and storage monitoringAdded SAP ASE, Apache Solr, Azure MySQL, Azure Redis, Azure SQL, Azure Storage Blob, NetApp Storage, and Hitachi Storage coverage.
- Oracle Cloud and network eventsAdded OCI Autonomous Database, OCI Compute, and SNMP Trap event monitoring.
IMPROVED
NG 2.16.12 Patch Updates
- Federated SearchAdded unified Log Analytics search across multiple vuSmartMaps clusters with site-level result visibility.
- Platform self-observabilityAdded ingestion pipeline and workflow health alerts for Kafka, ContextStreams, HyperScale, and related services.
- HyperScale guardrailsAdded query execution controls, memory utilization limits, and guardrail dashboards for resource protection.
- Monitoring enhancementsImproved F5 WAF metrics, WebLogic ThreadDetails, HP-UX socket metrics, Cisco Switch support, and Cisco Firepower monitoring.
- Stability fixesFixed user deletion data protection, retention archival handling, alert timestamp mismatch, pipeline CrashLoopBackOff, and large alert update handling.
