Greetings from Zenoss,
We've been running a 2.3 beta pilot for the last few weeks and we're
going to open it up to more users today. The beta is by no means
ready for production and is not recommended for new users. Your
participation is an invaluable part of the Zenoss software development
process. It is your feedback that helps us continue developing high-
quality releases. On behalf of the entire Zenoss team, we thank you
for your time and efforts.
OVERVIEW OF THE ZENOSS 2.3 BETA
The 2.3 Core release includes updated modeling and monitoring
functionality in Windows and JMX specifically. Additionally, there are
a large number of bug fixes and other enhancements throughout the
product.
Listed below is an outline of suggested use cases that test the major
areas of new functionality. Please attempt to run through as many of
these areas as possible. The other major objective of this beta
program is to ensure the product has been exposed to real customer
environments. You are strongly encouraged to test and exercise any
part of the product in a similar manner to your production installation.
SUGGESTED NEW TEST CASES
INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE
1. Install a fresh installation of Zenoss on your platform using
your preferred installation distribution. At this point we only have
RPMs and VMware appliances available for the following platforms,
additional downloads will be available shortly.
Unified installation instructions:
http://www.zenoss.com/community/docs/install-guides/installing-with-the-zenoss-installer.pdf
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-2.2.70-112.el4.i386.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-2.2.70-112.el4.x86_64.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-core-zenpacks-2.2.70-112.el4.i386.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-core-zenpacks-2.2.70-112.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and CentOS 5
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-2.2.70-112.el5.i386.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-2.2.70-112.el5.x86_64.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-core-zenpacks-2.2.70-112.el5.i386.rpm
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-core-zenpacks-2.2.70-112.el5.x86_64.rpm
VMware Appliance
http://beta-builds.zenoss.com/zenoss-2.2.70-x86.vmware.tar.gz
2. For customers running a development or non-production version
of Zenoss, please test the Zenoss upgrade functionality.
WINDOWS MONITORING
1. Add and monitor Windows 2003 and/or Windows 2008 devices using
the new native Windows collectors.
2. Set monitoring thresholds that are representative of your
environment.
3. Ensure all Windows data of interest is being collected.
4. Ensure that events are being sent and that they contain the
necessary information to troubleshoot problems.
JMX MONITORING
1. Add and monitor a JMX-enabled application (or applications).
2. Set monitoring thresholds that are representative of your
typical environment.
3. Ensure all JMX data of interest in being collected.
4. Ensure that events are being sent and that they contain the
necessary information to troubleshoot problems.
GENERAL USAGE
1. Monitor a set of devices that represent your current production
installation.
2. Set monitoring thresholds that are representative of your
current production installation.
3. Configure events in a similar manner to your production
environment.
4. Browse dashboard, event console, device list, and network map.
Verify the necessary information is presented.
5. Configure alerts in a similar manner to your production
environment. Verify alerts are sent and contain the expected
information.
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
1. Did you encounter any fatal errors that caused Zenoss to stop
working? If so, please describe.
2. Did the user interface show unexpected exceptions or cryptic
error pages? If so, please describe.
3. Did the new Windows monitoring capabilities work as expected?
Did you encounter any errors? If so, please describe.
4. Did the new JMX monitoring capabilities work as expected? Did
you encounter any errors? If so, please describe.
5. Do you have any additional comments or feedback on this beta
version?
There is a new forum for discussing issues with the beta that is live
and called "zenoss-testing" and available at http://forums.zenoss.com
Like all of our other forums, you may subscribe to it as a mailing
list if you prefer. Just go to http://www.zenoss.com/mailprefs_form
and select "zenoss-testing" under "Receive emails". If you are
interested I can get Trac accounts created for you, or you can use the
"zenoss" account. If you have any questions about anything beta-
related please post on the "zenoss-testing" forum. Future updates to
the beta will be in the zenoss-testing forum.
Thank you again for participating in the Zenoss 2.3 Beta program.
Thanks,
Matt Ray
Zenoss Community Manager
community.zenoss.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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