Just noticed that Intermapper Flow is not yet out for testing... Is there an ETA on this? I am anxious to test it since we are looking for a flow collector right now and would prefer to use Intermapper since we have it and love your software to date.
JDP Jason D. Poley Lead Network & Security Engineer Information Technology Services County of Santa Barbara (805) 568-2680 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janice Losgar Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 3:24 PM To: 'InterMapper Discussion' Subject: [IM-Talk] InterMapper 5.0b10 is available Folks: A new public beta version of InterMapper 5.0b10 is now available. We would be delighted to have you use it and send us comments and bug reports. NOTE: Although this beta-test version is stable, it is still in testing. We encourage you to install it on a separate server. To help with that installation, the download page has a test serial number that will unlock the software for the test period. InterMapper 5.0b10 contains a many bug fixes and enhancements. Please see the Release Notes for a complete list. - Added server-wide find-by-label. - InterMapper's built-in DNS resolver now uses AAAA and ip6.arpa PTR queries to match DNS names and IPv6 addresses. - Map/folder name editing can be started by double-clicking an entry in the Enabled Maps pane. - Database Schema: Added indices on (server_id, map_id, device_id, alarmpt) and (end_time) to improve events table performance. InterMapper 5.0 includes the following new features. Please see the Release Notes for a complete list of changes. 1) InterMapper Database Technology Preview: InterMapper 5.0 can collect data from networked devices, inserting it into a SQL database. You can write your own SQL queries, based on various Crystal Reports and sample reports. Note: We have chosen to label the InterMapper Database as "technology preview" because it is stable, but not ready for production use. We have tested it enough to believe that the fundamentals all work. However, a great deal more testing is required before we can claim that it meets our standards for a final product, and there are a number of optimizations yet to be implemented. 2) InterMapper Flows: Dartware is bringing out InterMapper Flows, a NetFlow-compatible add-on to InterMapper. From the InterMapper GUI, you will be able to access NetFlow information received from Cisco-compatible NetFlow v1, v5, and v9 exporters. (InterMapper Flows requires a separate download from the same downloads page as InterMapper.) InterMapper Flows is not available in this beta-test release; we will send a note when there is a version to download. 3) IPv6 Support: InterMapper 5.0 tests devices that have IPv6 addresses, and supports IPv6 client connections. You can test devices with IPv6 addresses using Pings, TCP- and UDP-based probes, and IPv6-based DNS queries. 4) Enhanced Nagios Plug-in support: InterMapper has long supported command-line probes and has supplied a template specific to Nagios plugins. In Version 5.0, there is a new Nagios Plugin probe (Miscellaneous/Nagios/Nagios Plugin in the Set Probe... window) that displays the plugin's output string and makes chartable values for all the performance data ("perfdata"). 5) Folders in the Map List: You can now organize your maps into folders, reducing clutter for those who have lots of maps. 6) Ack Filtering in List views: There are two new buttons (at the top right of the window) that hide or show devices that have been acknowledged. This will make it easier to spot new trouble areas. 7) Server-wide find on DNS name, IP address, or IMID: The "Find Devices..." menu item allows you to search either a map or the entire InterMapper Server for a given DNS name, IP address, or IMID. Searching by IMID can be helpful for relating a device in InterMapper Database to a device on the map. 8) Server Discovery Preference: InterMapper RemoteAccess now implements a preference allowing you to turn off server discovery, so that the only servers which appear in the Map List window are those servers you have added yourself. As always, thanks for your interest and enthusiasm for InterMapper. The InterMapper Team LINKS: Download: http://dartware.com/downloads/binaries/?release=beta Beta Tester Guide: http://dartware.com/support/tech_notes/im50/beta_test_guide.html Release Notes: http://dartware.com/downloads/binaries/intermapperbetarelnotes.html What's New: http://dartware.com/network_monitoring_products/whatsnew50.html Documentation: User Guide: http://download.dartware.com/IMUserGuide50/ Developer Guide: http://download.dartware.com/IMDevGuide50/ InterMapper Database Overview Tech Note: http://dartware.com/support/tech_notes/im50/imdatabase.html Disk Space Estimator for InterMapper Database: http://dartware.com/support/tech_notes/im50/imdbspace.html ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
