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** NMON legacy is superseed by the metric store version: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3947 **

The TA-nmon is the technical addon for the Nmon Performance Monitor application for Splunk Enterprise.

Appliication: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1753
Technology Addon (HEC version): https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3668
Support Addon for indexers: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4067

See: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io

Using this addon on AIX, Solaris and Linux OS to generate the performance and configuration data for the Nmon Performance application.
Using this addon on Mac and Windows OS allows managing external nmon files generated out of the TA-nmon.

NMON is short for Nigel's Performance Monitor and is available on AIX, Solaris (With Sarmon), Linux and ARM Systems.

NMON Splunk App has been designed to massively collect, convert, index and analyse NMON Metrics Data, providing an Enterprise class Application.

Welcome in Splunk for NMON, Performance Monitor for Unix and Linux Systems

The documentation for the TA-nmon addon is available online at:

http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest

The documentation for Nmon Performance Monitor is available online at:

http://nmon-for-splunk.readthedocs.io/en/latest

To get support:

http://nmon-for-splunk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/support.html

Release Notes

Version 1.3.33

April 10, 2018

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.3.33:
- fix: review sourcetypes definition #60
- Feature: mutex implementation to avoid simultaneous run of shell scripts #59
- Feature: override serial number #58
- fix: Removing crcSalt from inputs since it is not required anymore #57
- fix: Typo in nmon_helper.sh during Perl / Python detection #56
- fix: Host override feature improvement for non data sourcetypes #55

Version 1.3.32

Feb. 6, 2018

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

Version 1.3.32:

fix: batch mode and fishbuckets performance issues #53
fix: Missing rotation of external header in fifo_reader.py/pl #54

Version 1.3.31

Nov. 22, 2017

V1.3.31:

feature: Solaris - SARMON upgrade to v1.12 (Sparc FIFO mode) #51
fix: Rename eventgen.conf to avoid splunkd WARN messages #52

Version 1.3.30

Sept. 26, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.30:

fix: reactivating the JFSFILE / JFSINODE collections until new core release is available to prevent missing features

V1.3.29:

fix: Python parser - header detection correction for nmon external monitoring
fix: unexpected operator issue during process identification #48
fix: prevent bundle validation warn messages with spec files in README directory
feature: Add df information for improved file system monitoring and storage capacity planning
feature: JFSFILE/JFSINODE are being replaced (and deactivated) by external collection with DF_STORAGE/DF_INODES

Version 1.3.29

Sept. 24, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.29:

fix: Python parser - header detection correction for nmon external monitoring
fix: unexpected operator issue during process identification #48
fix: prevent bundle validation warn messages with spec files in README directory
feature: Add df information for improved file system monitoring and storage capacity planning
feature: JFSFILE/JFSINODE are being replaced (and deactivated) by external collection with DF_STORAGE/DF_INODES

Version 1.3.28

Aug. 16, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.28:

fix: Perl parser write new line after each write (Case #508792 Splunk universal forwarders duplicating data due to File too small to check seekcrc #47)
fix: minor code cleaning
feature: complete review of eventgen configuration using TA-nmon-hec samples

Version 1.3.27

Aug. 6, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.27:

feature: index and search time parsing configuration for the nmon-logger-splunk-hec package (agent less package for Splunk http input)
fix: Fully Qualified Domain Name improvements #46

Version 1.3.26

July 14, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.26:

fix: AIX - Better management of compatibility issue with topas-nmon not supporting the -y option #43
fix: AIX - fix repeated and not justified pid file removal message #44
fix: ALL OS - nmon_helper.sh code improvements #45

Version 1.3.25

July 3, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.25:

feature: Optimize nmon_processing output and reduce volume of data to be generated #37
fix: Linux issue: detection of default/nmon.conf rewrite required is incorrect #41
fix: Error in nmon_helper.sh - bad analysis of external snap processes #42

Version 1.3.24

June 27, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.24:

fix: AIX issue - non terminating processes will result in collecting stop #38
fix: time zone issue - additional sourcetypes (collect, clean) use a date format that includes TZ and can lead to confusion #39
fix: Review interpreter (python/perl) choice in all shell scripts, specially to fix some AIX issues #40

Version 1.3.22

June 14, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.22:

fix: nmon from syslog - missing indexed time creation for OStype and type fields #31
fix: nmon from syslog - uptime extraction failure #32
fix: nmon external - manager header in a dedicated file #33
fix: Perl parser - prevent error message when –json_output option is set #34
feature: Linux nmon binaries upgrade to nmon 16g #35
fix: AIX - multiplication of nmon external snap instances on some systems #36

Version 1.3.21

June 6, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.21:

fix: AIX issue - fifo_reader regex match some monitors into header #29
fix: Nmon external issue - manage metrics collection into a dedicated file #30

Version 1.3.19

May 31, 2017

Requirements:

Splunk 6.x / Universal Forwarder v6.x and later Only
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.19:

fix: fifo mode implementation in parsers and several corrections #27
fix: CIM compliance improvements and corrections
fix: missing oshost tag for ITSI
fix: fifo_consumer.sh error in file naming for rotated files purge
fix: fifo_consumer.sh issue generates gaps in data #28
feature: Allows deactivating fifo mode and switch to old mechanism via nmon.conf #26
feature: Allows deactivating nmon external generation via nmon.conf #25

Version 1.3.15

May 3, 2017

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

V1.3.15:

Fix: nmon external load average extraction failure on some OS
Fix: TA-nmon local/nmon.conf from the SHC deployer is not compatible #23
Fix: Use the nmon var directory for fifo_consumer.sh temp file management
Fix: solve nmon_external issues with AIX 6.1/7.1 (collection randomly stops)
Fix: manage old topas-nmon version not compatible with -y option
Feature: binaries for Ubuntu 17 (x86 32/64, power)

Version 1.3.13

April 7, 2017

This is a major release of the TA-nmon:

See the complete release notes: http://ta-nmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes.html

Feature: fantastic reduction of the system foot print (CPU,I/O,memory) with the new fifo implementation, the TA-nmon cost is now minimal!
Feature: easily extend the native nmon data with any external data (OS commands, scripts of any kind, shell, perl, python...) in 2 lines of codes
Feature: easily customize the list of performance monitors to be parsed (using the nmonparser_config.json)
Feature: choose between legacy csv and json data generation (limited to Python compatible hosts), you can now choose to generate performance data in json format and prioritize storage over performance and licensing volume
Feature: new dedicated documentation for the TA-nmon, https://readthedocs.org/projects/ta-nmon
Feature: nmon binaries for Amazon Linux (AMI)
Fix: Removal of recursive stanza in inputs.conf #21
Fix: ...

Version 1.2.54

Feb. 25, 2017

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

Version 1.2.54:

Potential redirection issue at binary startup
NFS options and custom unlimited processes capture issue for Linux OS

Version 1.2.52

Feb. 14, 2017

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

Version 1.2.52:

nmon for Linux 16f update
prevents binary startup failure on old systems and nmon release due to auto disk group no function not compatible
Better multi line events management for rsyslog deployments

Version 1.2.51

Jan. 7, 2017

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

Version 1.2.51:

Implementation of Linux disks extended statistics (DG* sections), new data model, interfaces, Howto
Nmon Analyser update, Nmon Summary and WOF will now automatically choose disks extended statistics when available
Implementation of monitors assets description (monitor description enrichment)
Allow nmon.conf on a per server basis (/etc/nmon.conf can be set to customize parameters on a per server basis)
Generic Nmon binaries not recognized for Linux 32 bits systems

Version 1.2.50

Dec. 20, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.50:

TA-nmon update - Allow host name override #58 (feature request)
TA-nmon and PA-nmon update to v1.2.50
Minor corrections

Version 1.2.48

Oct. 17, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.48:
- Technical addons issue with Oracle Solaris 10 using Python interpreter (https://github.com/guilhemmarchand/TA-nmon/issues/11)

Version 1.2.47

Aug. 31, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.47:
- Feature request - Linux_unlimited_capture improvement #9
- Nmon binary issue with SLES 11.3 #10

Version 1.2.46

Aug. 26, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.46

Perl parser nmon2csv.pl does not generate OStype field for TOP/UARG #8

Version 1.2.45

Aug. 22, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.45

For Windows - error in csv path for csv_repository data inputs.conf (Issue #3)
Various typo (Issues #4 to #7)
Adding the addon_type and add_version to be used in nmon core addon reporting

Version 1.2.42

July 30, 2016

Splunk or Universal Forwarder v6.x is required
Universal Forwarders clients system lacking a Python 2.7.x interpreter requires Perl WITH Time::HiRes module available

V1.2.42:
- addon certification path #1: Use $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log for working directory and files generation

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