Presentation of Performance Vision Version 3.3
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This document summarizes the new features and improvements in Performance Vision version 3.3. Key updates include upgrading the operating system to the latest stable Debian release, improving performance through better handling of TCP keepalives and updated SSL libraries, adding over 250 new fields for custom filters, and making the system configuration update process transactional using Pulsar. The upgrade to version 3.3 involves a two-step process and may take a few minutes per probe.
Presentation of Performance Vision Version 3.3
- 1. © SecurActive 2015 WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3.3?
- 2. © SecurActive 2015 PERFORMANCE VISION VERSION 3.3 System Upgrade New Features & Improvements
- 3. Performance Vision 3.3 © SecurActive 2015 SYSTEM UPGRADE
- 4. © SecurActive 2015 OPERATING SYSTEM UPGRADE Has to be a transparent operation for most users Represent a tremendous amount of internal work
- 5. © SecurActive 2015 UPGRADE OS TO CURRENT STABLE RELEASE Squeeze Debian 6.0 2011 Wheezy Debian 7.0 2013 Jessie Debian 8.0 April 2015 Lenny Debian 5.0 2009
- 6. © SecurActive 2015 MAJOR BENEFITS Linux Kernel Bugs Corrections Updated SSL Libraries VMware tools availability
- 7. © SecurActive 2015 DATA PRESERVED FOR ALMOST ALL USERS User data is preserved by the upgrade! Except for: Old SPV 500 collectors with a single hard disk
- 8. © SecurActive 2015 A SIMPLE TWO-STEPS PROCESS Upgrade to 3.2.99 version (ftp) Restart Upgrade to 3.3.x version (http) Preparatory Stage for all probes Backup configuration (optional) Launch migration to 3.3 version First on each pollers Then finish with the central collector 1. 2.
- 9. © SecurActive 2015 MIGRATION EXAMPLE
- 10. © SecurActive 2015 DOWNLOAD THE UPGRADE FILE Get the upgrade 3.2.99 upgrade on our partner’s portal: http://www.securactive.net/en/support
- 11. © SecurActive 2015 MIGRATE PROBES TO PREPARATORY STAGE Use your favorite FTP client to: upload the migration package on all your probes You need: Probes IPs Account: ftp Password: refer to documentation Wait (can be few minutes) until the update process starts…
- 12. © SecurActive 2015 PREPARATORY STAGE UPGRADE Wait until the probe reboots automatically or click on the restart button The probe will then restart
- 13. © SecurActive 2015 REVIEW THE PROBE LIST Collector: OK - 3.2.99 (preparatory stage) Poller: Not Ok Must be upgraded via FTP before next step
- 14. © SecurActive 2015 UPGRADE POLLERS FIRST TO 3.3 Once all probes are in the 3.2.99 version, start upgrading Pollers to 3.3 Use “Download” button to backup configuration files Click on “Start Upgrade” to launch the upgrade process to the 3.3 version on each poller
- 15. © SecurActive 2015 POLLER IS UPGRADING TO 3.3 VERSION During upgrade process, the poller state is: « Down »
- 16. © SecurActive 2015 POLLER UPGRADE TO 3.3 VERSION: COMPLETED When the upgrade is completed, the poller state is: « Done »
- 17. © SecurActive 2015 FINISH 3.3 MIGRATION WITH THE COLLECTOR Once all pollers are in the 3.3 version, you can start upgrading the Collector This page will be unavailable during the Collector upgrade. It can take more than 15 minutes!
- 18. © SecurActive 2015 CONGRATULATIONS, 3.3 UPDATE COMPLETED! Congratulations! Your probe(s) is (are) now in 3.3
- 19. Performance Vision 3.3 © SecurActive 2015 NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
- 20. © SecurActive 2015 SORT BCA BY CRITICALITY BCA can be sorted by criticality level BCA with most alerting events are shown first One Red > Any Oranges One Orange > Any Greens
- 21. © SecurActive 2015 TOP DATABASE Display the most requested databases Per server or for all servers
- 22. © SecurActive 2015 ERROR RATE IN SQL PAGES Display the error rate (in percentage) Display, sort, filter…
- 23. © SecurActive 2015 IMPROVED CUSTOM FILTERS Examples: ip=172.*.*.* and protostack='*TDS*' and sql.error.count > 1 http.response.server = 'apache' and vlan = 10 and device > 100 cifs.error.count > 0 and srt > 5ms and protostack = 'IPv6' icmp.type = 11 and icmp.err.zone.clt = 'Local' 0win.count.clt > 0 and bandw > 1MB and diffserv > 0 Power of customized filters has been more than doubled! 3.2 version: ~ 230 fields 3.3 version: ~ 500 fields For more information: User Guide > Appendix > Custom Filters
- 24. © SecurActive 2015 MPLS SUPPORT The sniffer now natively supports parsing of: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol Activate / Inactivate in the Configuration section
- 25. © SecurActive 2015 BETTER HANDLING OF TCP KEEPALIVES Better handling of TCP KeepAlive packets More accurate Server Response Times to reflect application’s real workload Impact on SRT / EURT metrics
- 26. © SecurActive 2015 IMPROVED LDAP(S) CONNECTIVITY Improved LDAP(S) connectivity Configuration 〉 Settings 〉 Users Supports non anonymous binding
- 27. © SecurActive 2015 TRANSACTIONAL CHANGES IN PULSAR System configuration with Pulsar is now transactional Pulsar 〉 changes Pulsar 〉 commit Pulsar 〉 rollback Prompt warns when there are uncommitted changes
- 28. © SecurActive 2015 VPN WITH PROXY AUTHENTICATION VPN connectivity now supports Proxy Authentication Pulsar 〉 config 〉 support Support access is mandatory for the best service
- 29. © SecurActive 2015 ENABLE/DISABLE SUPPORT ACCESS AT BOOT TIME Setup support access: manually or at boot time Pulsar 〉 support start|stop|enable|disable Support access is mandatory for the best service
- 30. © SecurActive 2015 CHANGE FTP ACCOUNT PASSWORD Pulsar administrator can change the ftp account password Pulsar 〉 passwd ftp Account is used only for new licenses or version updates
- 31. © SecurActive 2015 LIST/RE-ORDER NETWORK INTERFACES Review and re-order network interfaces Pulsar 〉 edit_interfaces removed Pulsar 〉 interfaces List mac address interfaces Pulsar 〉 config interfaces Reorder interfaces Pulsar 〉 network Up, down, IPv4, IPv6
- 32. © SecurActive 2015 MONITORING GRAPHS Monitor Performance Vision’s activity Configuration 〉 Information 〉 Monitoring Graphs Helps support team to have best efficiency demo
- 33. © SecurActive 2015 HTTPS WARNING For security reasons, HTTP will be disabled in a future release 3.3 should be the last version to accept HTTP connections Please, use HTTPS instead of HTTP!
- 34. © SecurActive 2015 VERSION 3.3: IMPACTS SUMMARY Major impacts compared to 3.2: Full operating system upgrade Data preserved except on some old SPV 500 collectors SRT/EURT metrics Two steps upgrade! Upgrade to preparatory stage, and then to 3.3 Update should take few minutes per probe
- 35. © SecurActive 2015 SOMETHING BIG IS COMING Q4 2015 Something BIG is coming
- 36. © SecurActive 2015 YOU'RE READY TO GO, ENJOY VERSION 3.3!
- 37. What’s New in Version 3.3? © SecurActive 2015 THANK YOU! For any Question sales@securactive.net support@securactive.net Follow Us on @SecurActivePV www.securactive.net blog.securactive.net