Greetings from Zenoss,
We are pleased to announce the start of the beta-testing cycle for the
next major release of Zenoss, 2.4 (aka "Blue Crab"). The beta is not
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.
NEW FEATURES IN THE BETA INCLUDE:
* Setup and Configuration Wizard - Point and click guide through
the initial install and configuration of Zenoss. The wizard greatly
reduces the time it takes to setup Zenoss and simplifies configuration
tasks.
* Scalable, Agentless Monitoring of Linux/Unix Servers - Easy to
deploy, agentless monitoring for Linux with no compromise to
scalability or security.
* Normalization of Monitoring Metrics Across Platforms - A single
consistent view of your monitoring information across Linux, Unix and
Microsoft Windows platforms. Simplifies cross-platform management and
reporting in the enterprise.
SUGGESTED NEW TEST CASES
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.
INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE
1. Please go to http://www.zenoss.com/beta/2.4/ to get started
with your download.
2. Install a fresh installation of Zenoss on your platform using
your preferred installation distribution. At this point we do not
have the VMware images and Red Hat/CentOS 5 installers available for
download, they will be available shortly.
3. For customers running a development or non-production version
of Zenoss, please test the Zenoss upgrade functionality.
4. The upgrade between the 2.4 beta to the 2.4 release is not
officially supported, and we will not be testing it.
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, network map and
reports. 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 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 Linux SSH monitoring capabilities work as expected?
Did you encounter any errors? If so, please describe.
4. Did the new reporting capabilities work as expected? Did you
encounter any errors? If so, please describe.
5. Did the new setup wizard work as expected? Did you encounter
any errors? If so, please describe.
6. Do you have any additional comments or feedback on this beta
version?
There is a 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_formand select "zenoss-testing" under "Receive emails".
Announcements regarding the beta will be made to this forum.
If you are interested we can provide Trac accounts or you can use the
"zenoss" account to open defects. 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 as well.
Thank you again for participating in the Zenoss 2.4 Beta program.
Thanks,
Matt Ray
Zenoss Community Manager
community.zenoss.com
[email protected]
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