= What's New with Cloud Insights
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NetApp is continually improving and enhancing its products and services. Here are some of the latest features and functionalities available with Cloud Insights.
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== October 2022
=== Better and more accurate Ransomware detection with ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection integration
Cloud Secure improves ransomware detection through integration with ONTAP link:concept_cs_integration_with_ontap_arp.html[Autonomous Ransomware Protection] (ARP).
Cloud Secure receives ONTAP ARP events on potential volume file encryption activity, and
• Correlates volume encryption events with user activity to identify who is causing the damage,
• Implements automatic response policies to block the attack,
• Identifies which files were affected, helping to recover faster and conduct data breach investigations.
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== September 2022
=== Monitors available in Basic Edition
ONTAP link:task_system_monitors.html[Default monitors] now available to use in Cloud Insights Basic Edition. This includes more than 70 infrastructure monitors and 30 workload examples.
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Monitors and Alerting is now available in all Cloud Insights Editions, including Basic Edition. Basic Edition is subject to the following:
* You may have up to five custom monitors active at a time. Any monitors beyond five will be created in or moved to _Paused_ state.
* VMDK, Virtual Machine, Host, and DataStore metrics monitors are not supported. If you have monitors created for these metrics, they will be paused and cannot be resumed when downgrading to Basic Edition.
* The following performance metrics are collected for VM, VMDK, and Datastore, for use in dashboards and queries:
** latency
** throughput
** IOPS
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=== ONTAP Power and StorageGRID dashboards
The dashboard gallery includes a new dashboard for ONTAP Power and Temperature as well as four dashboards for StorageGRID. If your environment is collecting ONTAP power metrics and/or StorageGRID data, import these dashboards by selecting *+From Gallery*.
=== At-a-glance threshold visibility in tables
Conditional Formatting allows you to set and highlight Warning-level and Critical-level thresholds in table widgets, bringing instant visibility to outliers and exceptional data points.
image:ConditionalFormattingExample.png[Conditional Formatting Example]
=== Security Monitor
Cloud Insights can alert you when it detects that FIPS mode is disabled on the ONTAP system. Read more about link:task_system_monitors.html#security-monitors[System Monitors], and watch this space for more Security Monitors, coming soon!
=== Chat from Anywhere
Chat with a NetApp Support specialist from any Cloud Insights screen by selecting the new *Help > Live Chat* link. Help is available from the "?" icon in the upper right of the screen.
image:Help_LiveChat.png[Help Menu with Live Chat highlighted]
=== More visible Insights
If your environment is experiencing an link:insights_overview.html[Insight] such as _Shared resources Under Stress_ or _Kubernetes Namespaces Running Out of Space_, asset landing pages for resources affected now include links to the Insight itself, providing quicker exploration and troubleshooting.
=== New Data Collectors
* Amazon S3 (available in Preview)
* Brocade FOS 9.0.x
* Dell/EMC PowerStore 3.0.0.0
=== Other Data Collector Updates
All data sources are now optimized to resume performance polling after Acquisition Unit updates and/or patches.
=== Operating System support
The following operating systems are supported with Cloud Insights Acquisition Units, in addition to those link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_acquisition_unit_requirements.html[already supported]:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5, 8.6
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== August 2022
=== Cloud Insights has a new look!
Starting this month, "Monitor and Optimize" has been renamed *Observability*. You'll find all your favorite features like Dashboards, Queries, Alerts, and Reporting here. In addition, look for Cloud Secure under the new *Security* menu. Note that only the menus have changed; feature functionality remains the same.
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image:New_CI_Menu_2022.png[New CI Menu]
Looking for the *Help* menu?
Help now lives in the upper right of the screen.
image:New_Help_Menu_2022.png[Help menu is in upper right corner]
=== Not sure where to start? Check out ONTAP Essentials!
link:concept_ontap_essentials.html[*ONTAP Essentials*] is a set of dashboards and workflows that provide detailed views into your NetApp ONTAP inventories, workloads, and data protection, including days-to-full predictions for storage capacity and performance. You can even see if any controllers are running at high utilization. ONTAP Essentials is your ideal place for all of your NetApp ONTAP monitoring needs!
ONTAP Essentials--available in all Editions--is designed to be intuitive to existing ONTAP operators and administrators, easing the transition from ActiveIQ Unified Manager to service-based management tools.
image:ONTAP_Essentials_Menu_and_screen.png[Overview dashboard for ONTAP Essentials]
=== Storage Data families are merged
You asked for it, and now you've got it. Storage base-2 and base-10 data units are now combined into one family, from bits and bytes to tebibits and terabytes, making it easier to display data your way on your dashboards. Data Rates are also now one big family of their own.
image:DataFamilyMerged.png[drop-dow showing merge of base-2 and base-10 data families]
=== How much power is my storage using?
Display and monitor your ONTAP storage shelf and node power consumption, temperature, and fan speed, using the netapp_ontap.storage_shelf, netapp_ontap.system_node and netapp_ontap.cluster (power consumption only) metrics.
image:ONTAP_Power_Metrics_1.png[Storage Power Consumption metrics]
=== Features graduated from Preview
The following features have moved out of Preview and are now available to all customers:
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|*Feature* |*Description*
|Kubernetes Namespaces Running out of Space
|The _Kubernetes Namespaces Running Out of Space_ Insight gives you a view into workloads on your Kubernetes namespaces that are at risk of running out of space, with an estimate for the number of days remaining before each space becomes full.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_k8s_namespaces_running_out_of_space.html[Read More]
|Shared Resource Under Stress
|The _Shared Resource Under Stress_ insight uses AI/ML to automatically identify where resource contention is causing performance degradation in your environment, highlights any workloads impacted by it, and provides recommended actions to remediate, letting you solve performance issues more quickly.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_shared_resources_under_stress.html[Read More]
|Cloud Secure – Block user access on attack
|Greater protection for your business-critical data with the ability to block user access when an attack is detected.
Access can be blocked automatically, using Automated Response Policies, or manually from the alert or user details pages.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/cs_automated_response_policies.html[Read More]
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=== How's my data collection health?
Cloud Insights provides two new heartbeat monitors for your Acquisition Units, as well as two monitors to alert you to data collector failures. These can be used to alert you quickly to data collection issues.
The following monitors are now available in the _Data Collection_ monitor group:
* Acquisition Unit Heartbeat-Critical
* Acquisition Unit Heartbeat-Warning
* Collector Failed
* Collector Warning
Note that these monitors are in _Paused_ state by default. Activate them to be alerted about data collection issues.
=== Auto-Renewing API Tokens
API Access Tokens can now be set for auto-renewal. By enabling this feature, new/refreshed API Access Tokens will automatically be generated for expiring tokens. Cloud Insights agents using an expiring token will automatically be updated to use the corresponding new/refreshed API Access Token, allowing them to continue to operate seamlessly. Simply check the “Renew token automatically” box when creating your token. This feature is currently supported on Cloud Insights agents running on the Kubernetes platform with the latest NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator.
=== Basic Edition gives you more than before
Your trial is ending but you're not yet sure whether a subscription is right for you? Basic Edition has always given you a chance to continue using Cloud Insights with your current ONTAP data collector, but now you can continue capturing VMWare version, topology, and IOPS/Throughput/Latency data as well. NetApp customers with premium support on their storage systems will also be entitled to support for Cloud Insights.
=== Ready to learn more?
Check out the *Learning Center* section of the Help > Support page for links to NetApp University Cloud Insights course offerings!
=== Operating System support
The following operating system is supported with Cloud Insights Acquisition Units, in addition to those link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_acquisition_unit_requirements.html[already supported]:
* Windows 11
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== June 2022
=== Kubernetes cluster saturation and other details
Cloud Insights makes it easier than ever to explore your Kubernetes environment, with an improved cluster detail page that provides Saturation details as well as a cleaner view into Namespaces and Workloads.
image:Kubernetes_Detail_Page_new.png[Cluster detail page]
The Cluster list page also gives you a quick view of saturation, in addition to Node, Pod, Namespace, and Workload counts:
image:Kubernetes_List_Page_new.png[Cluster list page showing saturation numbers]
=== How old is your Kubernetes cluster?
Is your cluster just starting in the world, or has it experienced a long digital life? _Age_ has been added as a time metric collected for Kubernetes Nodes.
image:Kubernetes_Table_Showing_Age.png[Kubernetes Node Table showing age in Days]
=== Capacity Time-to-Full forecasting
Cloud Insights provides a dashboard to forecast the number of days until capacity runs out for each Internal Volume monitored. These values can help to significantly reduce the risk of an outage.
image:Internal Volume - Time to Full dashboard example.png[Internal Volume TTF forecasting dashboard]
TTF counters are also available for Storage, Storage Pool, and Volume. Keep watching this space for additional dashboards for these objects.
Note that Time-to-Full forecasting is moving out of _Preview_ and will be rolled out to all customers.
=== What's changed in my environment?
ONTAP change log entries can be viewed in the log explorer.
image:ChangeLogEntries.png[image showing change log entry examples]
=== Operating System support
The following operating systems are supported with Cloud Insights Acquisition Units, in addition to those link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_acquisition_unit_requirements.html[already supported]:
* CentOS Stream 9
* Windows 2022
=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to version *1.22.3*, with performance and security improvements.
Users wishing to update can refer to the appropriate upgrade section of the link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html[Agent Installation] documentation.
Previous versions of the agent will continue to function with no user action required.
=== Preview Features
Cloud Insights regularly highlights a number of exciting new preview features. If you are interested in previewing one or more of these features, contact your link:https://www.netapp.com/us/forms/sales-inquiry/cloud-insights-sales-inquiries.aspx[NetApp Sales Team] for more information.
|===
|*Feature* |*Description*
|Kubernetes Namespaces Running out of Space
|The _Kubernetes Namespaces Running Out of Space_ Insight gives you a view into workloads on your Kubernetes namespaces that are at risk of running out of space, with an estimate for the number of days remaining before each space becomes full.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_k8s_namespaces_running_out_of_space.html[Read More]
|Cloud Secure – block user access on attack
|Greater protection for your business-critical data with the ability to block user access when an attack is detected.
Access can be blocked automatically, using Automated Response Policies or manually from the alert or user details pages.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/cs_automated_response_policies.html[Read More]
|Shared Resource Under Stress
|The _Shared Resource Under Stress_ insight uses AI/ML to automatically identify where resource contention is causing performance degradation in your environment, highlights any workloads impacted by it, and provides recommended actions to remediate, letting you solve performance issues more quickly.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_shared_resources_under_stress.html[Read More]
|===
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== May 2022
=== Chat live with NetApp Support
You can now chat live with NetApp Support personnel! On the Help > Support page, simply click the Chat icon or click _Chat_ in the "Contact Us" section to start a chat session. Chat support is available US weekdays for Standard and Premium Edition users.
image:ChatIcon.png[Chat Icon showing the blue NetApp "N" above a smile]
=== Kubernetes Operator
We’ve made it easier to get you up and running with Cloud Insights’ advanced Kubernetes monitoring and cluster explorer.
The link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_config_telegraf_agent_k8s.html#operator-based-install-or-script-based-install[NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator] (NKMO) is the preferred method for installing Kubernetes for Cloud Insights Insights, for more flexible configuration of monitoring in fewer steps, as well as enhanced opportunities for monitoring other software running in the K8s cluster.
Click the link above for more information and pre-requisites
=== Manage Users and Invites with API
You can now manage users and invites using Cloud Insights' powerful API. Read more in the link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/API_Overview.html[API Swagger Documentation].
=== Data Collection Alerts
Don’t miss out on critical metrics due to a failed collector!
It’s easier than ever to keep track of your data collectors with new link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_system_monitors.html#data-collection-monitors[alerts] for data collector and acquisition unit failures.
Note that these Monitors are _Paused_ by default. To enable, navigate to your monitors page and locate and resume “Acquisition Unit Shutdown” and “Collector Failed”
=== Alert on ONTAP storage changes
Don’t let unexpected storage changes lead to outages!
You can now configure Cloud Insights to alert when modification or removal of FlexVols, nodes and SVMs are detected on ONTAP systems.
//Find out how
=== Preview Features
Cloud Insights regularly highlights a number of exciting new preview features. If you are interested in previewing one or more of these features, contact your link:https://www.netapp.com/us/forms/sales-inquiry/cloud-insights-sales-inquiries.aspx[NetApp Sales Team] for more information.
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|*Feature* |*Description*
|Kubernetes Namespaces Running out of Space
|The _Kubernetes Namespaces Running Out of Space_ Insight gives you a view into workloads on your Kubernetes namespaces that are at risk of running out of space, with an estimate for the number of days remaining before each space becomes full.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_k8s_namespaces_running_out_of_space.html[Read More]
|Internal Volume and Volume Capacity Time-to-Full forecasting
|Cloud Insights is able to prognose the number of days until capacity runs out for each Internal Volume and Volume monitored. This value can help to significantly reduce the risk of an outage.
|Cloud Secure – block user access on attack
|Greater protection for your business-critical data with the ability to block user access when an attack is detected.
Access can be blocked automatically, using Automated Response Policies or manually from the alert or user details pages.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/cs_automated_response_policies.html[Read More]
|Shared Resource Under Stress
|The _Shared Resource Under Stress_ insight uses AI/ML to automatically identify where resource contention is causing performance degradation in your environment, highlights any workloads impacted by it, and provides recommended actions to remediate, letting you solve performance issues more quickly.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_shared_resources_under_stress.html[Read More]
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== April 2022
=== Share your Feedback!
We want your input to help shape Cloud Insights. Earn points and prizes by participating in NetApp's *Insights to Action* program. link:https://netapp.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aVWcE58J7oIDs1[*Sign up now*]!
=== Updated Dashboard Editor
We’ve overhauled our dashboard creation tools to make it easier for you to visualize your data even more quickly. Navigate to the “Dashboards” page of Cloud Insights to edit an existing dashboard, add one from our dashboard gallery, or create a new dashboard of your own to check it out.
image:DashboardWidgetEditorScreen.png[Widget Editor Improved Layout]
A new Count aggregation method has also been introduced. When grouping data in bar chart, column chart, and pie chart widgets, you can quickly and easily show the number of relevant objects for the selected metric.
image:CountAggregationExample1.png[aggregation drop-down showing Count]
Additionally, line charts now allow you to select one of three link:concept_dashboard_features.html#line-chart-interpolation[interpolation] methods:
* None - No interpolation is done
* Linear - Interpolates a data point between the existing points
* Stair - Uses the previous data point as the interpolated data point
=== Enhanced Monitoring for Your Kubernetes Infrastructure
Cloud Insights keeps you on top of changes in your Kubernetes environment by alerting you when pods, daemonsets, and replicasets are created or removed, as well as when new deployments are created. Kubernetes monitors default to _paused_ state, so you should enable only the specific ones you need.
=== Preview Features
Cloud Insights regularly highlights a number of exciting new preview features. If you are interested in previewing one or more of these features, contact your link:https://www.netapp.com/us/forms/sales-inquiry/cloud-insights-sales-inquiries.aspx[NetApp Sales Team] for more information.
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|*Feature* |*Description*
|Internal Volume and Volume Capacity Time-to-Full forecasting
|Cloud Insights is able to prognose the number of days until capacity runs out for each Internal Volume and Volume monitored. This value can help to significantly reduce the risk of an outage.
|Cloud Secure – block user access on attack
|Greater protection for your business-critical data with the ability to block user access when an attack is detected.
Access can be blocked automatically, using Automated Response Policies or manually from the alert or user details pages.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/cs_automated_response_policies.html[Read More]
|Shared Resource Under Stress
|The Shared Resource Under Stress insight uses AI/ML to automatically identify where resource contention is causing performance degradation in your environment, highlights any workloads impacted by it, and provides recommended actions to remediate, letting you solve performance issues more quickly.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/insights_shared_resources_under_stress.html[Read More]
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=== New Data Collector
* *Cohesity SmartFiles* - This REST API-based collector will acquire a Cohesity cluster, discovering the “Views” (as CI Internal Volumes), the various nodes, as well as collecting performance metrics.
=== Other Data Collector Updates
Collection and display of performance data has been improved on the following data collectors:
• Brocade CLI
• Dell/EMC VPlex, PowerStore, Isilon/PowerScale, VNX Block/Clariion CLI, XtremIO, Unity/VNXe
• Pure FlashArray
These performance enhancements are already available in all NetApp data collectors as well as VMware and Cisco, and will be rolled out to all other data collectors over the next few months.
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== March 2022
=== Cloud Connection for ONTAP 9.9+
The link:task_dc_na_cloud_connection.html[NetApp Cloud Connection for ONTAP 9.9+] data collector eliminates the need to install an external acquisition unit, thereby simplifying troubleshooting, maintenance, and initial deployment.
=== New FSx for NetApp ONTAP Monitors
Monitoring your FSx for NetApp ONTAP environment is easy with new link:task_system_monitors.html[system-defined monitors] for both infrastructure (metrics) and workloads (logs).
image:FSx_System_Monitors_Metrics.png[FSx monitors for infrastructure]
image:FSx_System_Monitors_Workloads.png[FSx monitors for workloads]
=== New Cloud Secure features available to all
Your environment is more secure than ever with the following Cloud Secure features now generally available:
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|*Feature* |*Description*
|Data Destruction – File Deletion attack detection
|Detect abnormal large-scale file deletion activity, block malicious file access by malicious users, and take automatic snapshots with automatic response policies.
|Separate notifications for Warnings and Alerts
|Warning and Alert notifications can be sent to separate recipients, ensuring the right team can stay informed
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=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to version *1.21.2*, with performance and security improvements.
Users wishing to update can refer to the appropriate upgrade section of the link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html[Agent Installation] documentation.
Previous versions of the agent will continue to function with no user action required.
=== Data Collector Updates
* The Broadcom Fibre Channel Switches data collector has been optimized to reduce the number of CLI commands issued with each inventory poll.
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== February 2022
=== Cloud Insights addresses Apache Log4j vulnerabilities
Customer security is a top priority at NetApp. Cloud Insights includes updates to its software libraries to address the recent Apache Log4j vulnerabilities.
Please refer to the following on NetApp’s Product Security Advisory website:
link:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0007/[CVE-2021-44228]
link:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211215-0001/[CVE-2021-45046]
link:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211218-0001/[CVE-2021-45105]
You can read more about these vulnerabilities and NetApp's response at the link:https://www.netapp.com/newsroom/netapp-apache-log4j-response/[NetApp Newsroom].
=== Kubernetes Namespace Detail Page
Exploring your Kubernetes environment is now better than ever, with informative detail pages for your cluster’s namespaces. The namespace detail page provides a summary of all the assets used by a namespace, including all the backend storage resources and their capacity utilizations.
image:Kubernetes_Namespace_Detail_Example_2.png[Kubernetes Namespace Detail Page]
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== December 2021
=== Deeper integration for ONTAP systems
Simplify alerting for ONTAP hardware failures and more with new integration with NetApp Event Management System (EMS).
link:task_system_monitors.html[Explore and alert] on low-level ONTAP messages in Cloud Insights to inform and improve troubleshooting workflows and further reduce reliance on ONTAP element management tooling.
=== Querying Logs
For ONTAP systems, Cloud Insights Queries include a powerful link:concept_log_explorer.html[Log Explorer], allowing you to easily investigate and troubleshoot EMS log entries.
image:LogQueryExplorer.png[Log Queries]
=== Data Collector-level notifications.
In addition to system-defined and custom-created Monitors for alerting, you can also set alert notifications for ONTAP data collectors, allowing you to specify recipients for collector-level alerts, independent of other monitor alerts.
=== Greater flexibility of Cloud Secure roles
Users can be granted access to Cloud Secure features based on link:concept_user_roles.html#permission-levels[roles] set by an administrator:
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|Role |Cloud Secure Access
|Administrator
|Can perform all Cloud Secure functions, including those for Alerts, Forensics, data collectors, automated response policies, and APIs for Cloud Secure.
An Administrator can also invite other users but can only assign Cloud Secure roles.
|User
|Can view and manage Alerts and view Forensics. User role can change alert status, add a note, take snapshots manually, and block user access.
|Guest
|Can view Alerts and Forensics. Guest role cannot change alert status, add a note, take snapshots manually, or block user access.
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=== Improved Kubernetes installation
The process for installing the Kubernetes link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html#kubernetes[operator-based agent] in your environment has been streamlined to involve fewer user interactions.
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=== TBD:
* Contextual Filtering
* Improved/auto-formatted Units in Widget filters
* StorageGRID moving to tier 2 (10x less cost than tier 1)
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=== Operating System support
CentOS 8.x support is being replaced with *CentOS 8 Stream* support. CentOS 8.x will reach End-of-Life on December 31, 2021.
=== Data Collector Updates
A number of Cloud Insights data collector names have been added to reflect vendor changes:
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|Vendor/Model|Previous Name
|Dell EMC PowerScale|Isilon
|HPE Alletra 9000 / Primera|3PAR
|HPE Alletra 6000|Nimble
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== November 2021
=== Adaptive Dashboards
_New variables for attributes and the ability to use variables in widgets_.
Dashboards are now more powerful and flexible than ever. Build adaptive dashboards with attribute variables to quickly filter dashboards on the fly. Using these and other pre-existing link:concept_dashboard_features.html#variables[variables] you can now create one high level dashboard to see metrics for your entire environment, and seamlessly filter down by resource name, type, location, and more. Use number variables in widgets to associate raw metrics with costs, for example cost per GB for storage as a service.
image:Variables_Drop_Down_Showing_Annotations.png[]
image:Variables_Attribute_Filtering.png[]
=== Access the Reporting Database via API
Enhanced capabilities for integration with third party reporting, ITSM, and automation tools: Cloud Insights' powerful link:API_Overview.html[API] allows users to query the Cloud Insights Reporting database directly, without going through the Cognos Reporting environment.
=== Pod tables on VM Landing Page
Seamless navigation between VMs and the Kubernetes Pods using them: for improved troubleshooting and performance headroom management, a table of associated Kubernetes Pods will now appear on VM landing pages.
image:Kubernetes_Pod_Table_on_VM_Page.png[Kubernetes Pod table on a VM landing page]
=== Data Collector Updates
* ECS now reports firmware for storage and node
* Isilon has improved prompt detection
* Azure NetApp Files collects performance data more quickly
* StorageGRID now supports Single Sign-On (SSO)
* Brocade CLI properly reports model for X&-4
=== Additional Operating Systems supported
The Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit supports the following operating systems, in addition to those already supported:
* Centos (64-bit) 8.4
* Oracle Enterprise Linux (64-bit) 8.4
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64-bit) 8.4
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== October 2021
=== Filters on K8S Explorer pages
link:kubernetes_landing_page.html[Kubernetes Explorer] page filters give you focused control of the data displayed for your Kubernetes cluster, node, and pod exploration.
image:Filter_Kubernetes_Explorer.png[Kubernetes Explorer filtering example]
=== K8s Data for Reporting
Kubernetes data is now available for use in Reporting, allowing you to create chargeback or other reports. In order for Kubernetes chargeback data to be passed to Reporting, you must have an active connection to, and Cloud Insights must be receiving data from, your Kubernetes cluster as well as its back-end storage. If there is no data received from the back-end storage, Cloud Insights can not send Kubernetes object data to Reporting.
image:Kubernetes_ETL_Example.png[Kubernetes data showin in a chargeback report]
=== Dark Theme has arrived
Many of you asked for a dark theme, and Cloud Insights has answered. To switch between light and dark theme, click the drop-down next to your user name.
image:DarkModeSwitch.png[Switch to Dark Theme is available in the User drop-down]
image:DarkModeDashboard.png[An image of a typical dashboard shown in dark theme]
=== Data Collector Support
We’ve made some improvements in Cloud Insights Data Collectors. Here are some highlights:
* New collector for Amazon FSx for ONTAP
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== September 2021
=== Performance Policies are now Monitors
Monitors and Alerts have supplanted Performance Policies and Violations throughout Cloud Insights. link:task_create_monitor.html[Alerting with Monitors] provides greater flexibility and insight into potential problems or trends in your environment.
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=== Support and protection for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Rolling out starting in September, Cloud Insights will support data collection and ransomware protection for NetApp’s *Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP* environment.
Contact your sales representative for information on this new feature.
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=== Autocomplete Suggestions, Wildcards, and Expressions in Monitors
When creating a monitor for alerting, typing in a filter is now predictive, allowing you to easily search for and find the metrics or attributes for your monitor. Additionally, you are given the option to create a wildcard filter based on the text you type.
image:Type-Ahead_Monitor_1.png[Type-ahead filters in Monitors]
=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to version *1.19.3*, with performance and security improvements.
Users wishing to update can refer to the appropriate upgrade section of the link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html[Agent Installation] documentation.
Previous versions of the agent will continue to function with no user action required.
=== Data Collector Support
We’ve made some improvements in Cloud Insights Data Collectors. Here are some highlights:
* Microsoft Hyper-V collector now uses PowerShell instead of WMI
* Azure VMs and VHD collector is now up to 10 times faster due to parallel calls
* HPE Nimble now supports federated and iSCSI configurations
And since we’re always improving Data Collection, here are some other recent changes of note:
* New collector for EMC Powerstore
* New collector for Hitachi Ops Center
* New collector for Hitachi Content Platform
* Enhanced ONTAP collector to report Fabric Pools
* Enhanced ANF with Storage Pool and Volume performance
* Enhanced EMC ECS with Storage Nodes and Storage performance as well as the Object Count in buckets
* Enhanced EMC Isilon with Storage Node and Qtree metrics
* Enhanced EMC Symetrix with volume QOS limit metrics
* Enhanced IBM SVC and EMC PowerStore with Storage Nodes parent serial number
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=== Documentation Updates
The following additional improvements are reflected in the documentation
• Page variables
• Change GB/MB to GiB/MiB
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== August 2021
=== New Audit Page User Interface
The link:concept_audit.html[Audit page] provides a cleaner interface and now allows the export of audit events to .CSV file.
=== Enhanced User Role Management
Cloud Insights now allows even greater freedom for assigning user roles and access controls. Users can now be assigned granular permissions for monitoring, reporting, and Cloud Secure separately.
This means you can allow more users administrative access to monitoring, optimization, and reporting functions whilst restricting access to your sensitive Cloud Secure audit and activity data to only those that need it.
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_user_roles.html[Find out more] about the different levels of access in the Cloud Insights documentation.
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=== Improved User Role Management
Cloud Insights now allows greater freedom for assigning link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_user_roles.html[user roles] in each of its three distinct Feature Sets: _Monitoring and Optimization_, _Cloud Secure_, and _Reporting_. A user may be assigned a different role in each Feature Set, with accompanying permission levels specific to that Feature Set:
|===
|Role |Monitoring |Cloud Secure |Reporting
|Account Owner
3+>|Can modify subscriptions, view billing and usage information, and perform all Administrator functions for Monitoring & Optimization, Cloud Secure, and Reporting.
Owners can also invite and manage users, as well as manage SSO Authentication and Identity Federation settings.
The Account Owner is created when you register for Cloud Insights.
It is strongly recommended to have at least two Account Owners for each Cloud Insights environment.
|Administrator
|Can perform all Monitoring & Optimization functions, all user functions, as well as management of data collectors, API keys, and notifications.
An Administrator can also invite other users but can only assign Monitor and Optimize roles.
|Can perform all Cloud Secure functions, including those for Alerts, Forensics, data collectors, automated response policies, and APIs for Cloud Secure.
An Administrator can also invite other users but can only assign Cloud Secure roles.
|Can perform all User/Author functions, as well as all administrative tasks such as configuration of reports, and the shutdown and restart of reporting tasks.
An Administrator can also invite other users but can only assign Reporting roles.
|User
|Can view and modify dashboards, queries, alerts, annotations, annotation rules, and applications, and manage device resolution.
|n/a
|Can perform all Guest/Consumer functions as well as create and manage reports and dashboards.
|Guest
|Has read-only access to asset pages, dashboards, alerts, and can view and run queries.
|n/a
|Can view, schedule, and run reports and set personal preferences such as those for languages and time zones. Guests/Consumers cannot create reports or perform administrative tasks.
|===
It is recommended to verify your user's roles, including SSO roles if appropriate, following this update.
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=== More powerful Variables
Dashboards are better than ever with the ability to define link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_dashboard_features.html#variables[variables based on attributes], which can be universally applied to all widgets on your dashboard, or widgets of your choosing. Powerful filtering options allow you to set wildcards in your variables as well as select multiple individual attributes or counters.
image:Variables_Choose_Filter_Scope.png[Variable Filter and Scope]
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=== Automatic Widget Naming
Widgets are automatically named based on the first widget query. The name is created from fields such as the metric name (or object name, for tables) and "Group by" attributes (metric as well as aggregation method). Different widget types may use some or all of these when creating an automatic name.
image:WidgetNameExample.png[Widget Naming Example]
Selecting a new object or grouping attribute updates the automatic name. And of course you can always give the widget your own name if desired.
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=== Alerts and Monitors available in top search
You can now search for alerts in Cloud Insights' top search box.
image:Search_Alert.png[Top Search for Alerts]
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=== Alerts on asset landing pages
Alerts are now shown in the Expert View section of an asset landing page.
image:Alerts_In_Expert_View.png[Alerts in Expert View]
The *Related Alerts* table on an asset's landing page enables you to quickly and easily investigate alerts that occur related to the asset.
image:Alerts_on_Landing_Page.png[Related Alerts Table]
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=== Excluded devices shown in FC Resolution Status
FC Resolution now shows devices that are specifically excluded from identification with a status of _Excluded_.
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=== Viewing Proxy URLs
You can view your proxy endpoint URLs by clicking the *Proxy Settings* link when choosing a data collector during onboarding, or the link under _Proxy Settings_ on the *Help > Support* page. A table like the following is displayed.
image:ProxyEndpoints_NewTable.png[Proxy Endpoints Table]
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=== Improved auditing
The Audit page includes improvements in viewing and filtering audit events, as well as clearer audit messages. Read more about Audit features link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_audit.html[here].
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=== AHR Onboarding
An Automatic Device Resolution tutorial video is available during user onboarding as well as in the link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_feature_tutorials.html[Feature Tutorials] documentation.
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=== Additional Operating Systems supported
The Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit supports the following operating systems, in addition to those already supported:
* Centos (64-bit) 7.9 and 8.3
* Debian (64-bit) 10
* Oracle Enterprise Linux (64-bit) 7.9 and 8.3
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64-bit) 7.9 and 8.3
* Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
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'''
== June 2021
=== Autocomplete Suggestions, Wildcards, and Expressions in Filters
With this release of Cloud Insights, you no longer need to know all the possible names and values on which to filter in a query or widget. When filtering, you can simply start typing and Cloud insights will suggest values based on your text. No more looking up Application names or Kubernetes attributes ahead of time just to find the ones you want to show in your widget.
As you type in a filter, the filter displays a smart list of results from which you can choose, as well as the option to create a *wildcard filter* based on the current text. Selecting this option will return all results that match the wildcard expression. You can of course also select multiple individual values that you want added to the filter.
image:Type-Ahead-Example-ingest.png[Wildcard Filter]
Additionally, you can create *expressions* in a filter using NOT or OR, or you can select the "None" option to filter for null values in the field.
Read more about link:task_create_query.html#more-on-filtering[filtering options] in queries and widgets.
=== APIs available by Edition
Cloud Insights' powerful APIs are more accessible than ever, with Alerts APIs now available in Standard and Premium Editions.
The following APIs are available for each Edition:
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|===
|API Category|Basic|Standard|Premium
|Acquisition Unit|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Data Collection|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Alerts| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Assets| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Data Ingestion| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|===
//|Data Warehouse| | |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
=== Kubernetes PV and Pod Visibility
Cloud Insights provides visibility into the back-end storage for your Kubernetes environments, giving you insight to your Kubernetes Pods and Persistent Volumes (PVs). You can now track PV counters such as IOPS, latency, and throughput from a single Pod’s usage through a PV counter to a PV and all the way to the back-end storage device.
On a Volume or Internal Volume landing page, two new tables are displayed:
image:Kubernetes_PV_Table.png[Kubernetes PV Table]
image:Kubernetes_Pod_Table.png[Kubernetes Pod Table]
Note that to take advantage of these new tables, it is recommended to uninstall your current Kubernetes agent, and install it fresh. You must also install Kube-State-Metrics version 2.1.0 or later.
=== Kubernetes Node to VM links
On a Kubernetes Node page, you can now click to open the Node's VM page. The VM page also includes a link back to the Node itself.
image:Kubernetes_Node_Page_with_VM_Link.png[Kubernetes Node Page showing VM link]
image:Kubernetes_VM_Page_with_Node_Link.png[Kubernetes VM Page showing Node link]
=== Alert Monitors replacing Performance Policies
To enable the added benefits of multiple thresholds, webhook and email alert delivery, alerting on all metrics using a single interface, and more, Cloud Insights will be converting Standard and Premium Edition customers from *Performance Policies* to *Monitors* during the months of July and August, 2021. Learn more about link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_create_monitor.html[Alerts and Monitors], and stay tuned for this exciting change.
//Some of the new and exciting things we've been working on:
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=== ONTAP System Monitors
Cloud Insights now includes the following ONTAP monitors, in the noted monitor groups:
• *ONTAP Infrastructure* includes monitors for infrastructure-related issues in ONTAP clusters.
• *ONTAP Workload Examples* includes monitors for workload-related issues.
image:Monitors_Custom_System.png[Syetem Monitor Groups]
See the link:task_create_monitor.html[Monitors] documentation for a list of the dashboards included in each group.
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=== Cloud Secure supports NFS
Cloud Secure now supports NFS for ONTAP data collection. Monitor SMB and NFS user access to protect your data from ransomware attacks.
Additionally, Cloud Secure supports Active-Directory and LDAP user directories for collection of NFS user attributes.
=== Cloud Secure snapshot purge
Cloud Secure automatically deletes snapshots based on the Snapshot Purge Settings, to save storage space and reduce the need for manual snapshot deletion.
image:CloudSecure_SnapshotPurgeSettings.png[Purge Settings]
=== Cloud Secure data collection speed
A single data collector agent system can now post up to 20,000 events per second to Cloud Secure.
'''
== May 2021
Here are some of the changes we've made in April:
=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to version 1.17.3, with performance and security improvements.
Users wishing to update can refer to the appropriate upgrade section of the link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_config_telegraf_agent.html[Agent Installation] documentation.
Previous versions of the agent will continue to function with no user action required.
=== Add Corrective Actions to an Alert
You can now add an optional description as well as additional insights and/or corrective actions when creating or modifying a Monitor by filling in the *Add an Alert Description* section. The description will be sent with the alert. The _insights and corrective actions_ field can provide detailed steps and guidance for dealing with alerts and will be displayed in the summary section of the alert landing page.
image:Monitors_Alert_Description.png[Alert Corrective Actions and Description]
=== Cloud Insights APIs for All Editions
API access is now available in all editions of Cloud Insights.
Users of Basic edition can now automate actions for Acquisition Units and Data Collectors, and Standard Edition users can query metrics and ingest custom metrics.
Premium edition continues to allow full use of all API categories.
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|===
|API Category|Basic|Standard|Premium
|Acquisition Unit|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Data Collection|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
//|Alerts| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Assets| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Data Ingestion| |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]|image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|Data Warehouse| | |image:SmallCheckMark.png[]
|===
For details on API usage, please refer to the link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/API_Overview.html#api-documentation-swagger[API documentation].
'''
== April 2021
=== Easier Management of Monitors
link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_create_monitor.html#monitor-grouping[Monitor Grouping] simplifies the management of monitors in your environment. Multiple monitors can now be grouped together and paused as one. For example, if you have an update occurring on a stack of infrastructure, you can pause alerts from all those devices via one click.
Monitor groups is the first part of an exciting new feature bringing improved management of ONTAP devices to Cloud Insights.
image:Monitors_GroupList.png[Monitor Grouping]
=== Enhanced Alerting Options Using Webhooks
Many commercial applications support link:task_create_webhook.html[Webhooks] as a standard input interface. Cloud Insights now supports many of these delivery channels, providing default templates for Slack, PagerDuty, Teams, and Discord, in addition to providing customizable generic webhooks to support many other applications.
image:Webhooks_Notifications_sm.png[Webhooks Notifications]
=== Improved Device Identification
To improve monitoring and troubleshooting as well as deliver accurate reporting, it is helpful to understand the names of devices rather than their IP addresses or other identifiers. Cloud Insights now incorporates an automatic way to identify the names of storage and physical host devices in the environment, using a rule-based approach called link:concept_device_resolution_overview.html[*Device Resolution*], available in the *Manage* menu.
=== You asked for more!
A popular ask by customers has been for more default options for visualizing the range of data, so we have added the following five new choices that are now available throughout the service via the time range picker:
* Last 30 Minutes
* Last 2 Hours
* Last 6 Hours
* Last 12 Hours
* Last 2 Days
=== Multiple Subscriptions in one Cloud Insights Environment
Starting April 2, Cloud Insights supports multiple subscriptions of the same edition type for a customer in a single Cloud Insights instance. This enables customers to co-term parts of their Cloud Insights subscription with infrastructure purchases. Contact NetApp Sales for assistance with multiple subscriptions.
=== Choose Your Path
While setting up Cloud Insights, you can now choose whether to start with Monitoring and Alerting or Ransomware and Insider Threat Detection. Cloud Insights will configure your starting environment based on the path you choose. You can configure the other path at any time afterward.
=== Easier Cloud Secure Onboarding
And it is easier than ever to start using Cloud Secure, with a new step-by-step setup checklist.
image:CloudSecure_SetupChecklist.png[Cloud Secure Checklist]
As always, we love to hear your suggestions! Send them to ng-cloudinsights-customerfeedback@netapp.com.
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== April 2021
=== Cloud Secure supports NFS
Cloud Secure now supports NFS event collection from ONTAP devices, which means ransomware attacks are detected on NFS in addition to SMB.
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'''
== February 2021
=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to version 1.17.0, which includes vulnerability and bug fixes.
=== Cloud Cost Analyzer
Experience the power of Spot by NetApp with Cloud Cost, which provides a detailed link:http://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_getting_started_with_cloud_cost.html[cost analysis] of past, present, and estimated spending, providing visibility into cloud usage in your environment. The Cloud Cost dashboard delivers a clear view of cloud expenses and a drill down into individual workloads, accounts, and services.
Cloud Cost can help with these major challenges:
* Tracking and monitoring your cloud expenses
* Identifying waste and potential optimization areas
* Delivering executable action items
Cloud Cost is focused on monitoring. Upgrade to the full Spot by NetApp account to enable automatic cost saving and environment optimization.
=== Querying for objects having null values using filters
Cloud Insights now allows searching for attributes and metrics having null/none values through the use of filters. You can perform this filtering on any attributes/metrics in the following places:
* On the Query page
* In Dashboard widgets and page variables
* On the Alerts list page
* When creating Monitors
To filter for null/none values, simply select the _None_ option when it appears in the appropriate filter drop-down.
image:Filter_Null_Example.png[Null filter in dropdown]
=== Multi-Region Support
Starting today we offer the Cloud Insights service in different regions across the globe, which facilitates performance and increases security for customers based outside the United States. Cloud Insights/Cloud Secure stores information according to the region in which your environment is created.
Click link:http://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/security_information_and_region.html[here] for more information.
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The following information is stored in the chosen region:
* Telemetry and asset/object information, including counters and performance metrics
* Acquisition Unit information
* Functional data
* Audit information on user activities inside Cloud Insights and Cloud Secure
* Cloud Secure Active Directory information imported via the data collector you configure
The following information resides in the United States, regardless of the region hosting your Cloud Insights environment:
* Environment site (sometimes called "tenant") information such as site/account owner.
* Information that allows NetApp Cloud Central to communicate with regional Cloud Insights sites, including anything to do with user Authorization.
* Information related to the relation between the Cloud Insights user and the tenant.
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'''
== January 2021
=== Additional ONTAP Metrics Renamed
As part of our continuing effort to improve efficiency of data-gathering from ONTAP systems, the following ONTAP metrics have been renamed.
If you have existing dashboard widgets or queries using any of these metrics, you will need to edit or re-create them to use the new metric names.
[%header, cols="1,1"]
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|Previous Metric Name|New Metric Name
|netapp_ontap.disk_constituent.total_transfers|netapp_ontap.disk_constituent.total_iops
|netapp_ontap.disk.total_transfers|netapp_ontap.disk.total_iops
|netapp_ontap.fcp_lif.read_data|netapp_ontap.fcp_lif.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.fcp_lif.write_data|netapp_ontap.fcp_lif.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.iscsi_lif.read_data|netapp_ontap.iscsi_lif.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.iscsi_lif.write_data|netapp_ontap.iscsi_lif.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.lif.recv_data|netapp_ontap.lif.recv_throughput
|netapp_ontap.lif.sent_data|netapp_ontap.lif.sent_throughput
|netapp_ontap.lun.read_data|netapp_ontap.lun.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.lun.write_data|netapp_ontap.lun.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.nic_common.rx_bytes|netapp_ontap.nic_common.rx_throughput
|netapp_ontap.nic_common.tx_bytes|netapp_ontap.nic_common.tx_throughput
|netapp_ontap.path.read_data|netapp_ontap.path.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.path.write_data|netapp_ontap.path.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.path.total_data|netapp_ontap.path.total_throughput
|netapp_ontap.policy_group.read_data|netapp_ontap.policy_group.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.policy_group.write_data|netapp_ontap.policy_group.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.policy_group.other_data|netapp_ontap.policy_group.other_throughput
|netapp_ontap.policy_group.total_data|netapp_ontap.policy_group.total_throughput
|netapp_ontap.system_node.disk_data_read|netapp_ontap.system_node.disk_throughput_read
|netapp_ontap.system_node.disk_data_written|netapp_ontap.system_node.disk_throughput_written
|netapp_ontap.system_node.hdd_data_read|netapp_ontap.system_node.hdd_throughput_read
|netapp_ontap.system_node.hdd_data_written|netapp_ontap.system_node.hdd_throughput_written
|netapp_ontap.system_node.ssd_data_read|netapp_ontap.system_node.ssd_throughput_read
|netapp_ontap.system_node.ssd_data_written|netapp_ontap.system_node.ssd_throughput_written
|netapp_ontap.system_node.net_data_recv|netapp_ontap.system_node.net_throughput_recv
|netapp_ontap.system_node.net_data_sent|netapp_ontap.system_node.net_throughput_sent
|netapp_ontap.system_node.fcp_data_recv|netapp_ontap.system_node.fcp_throughput_recv
|netapp_ontap.system_node.fcp_data_sent|netapp_ontap.system_node.fcp_throughput_sent
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.cifs_read_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.cifs_read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.cifs_write_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.cifs_write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.nfs_read_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.nfs_read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.nfs_write_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.nfs_write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.iscsi_read_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.iscsi_read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.iscsi_write_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.iscsi_write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.fcp_read_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.fcp_read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume_node.fcp_write_data|netapp_ontap.volume_node.fcp_write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume.read_data|netapp_ontap.volume.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.volume.write_data|netapp_ontap.volume.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.workload.read_data|netapp_ontap.workload.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.workload.write_data|netapp_ontap.workload.write_throughput
|netapp_ontap.workload_volume.read_data|netapp_ontap.workload_volume.read_throughput
|netapp_ontap.workload_volume.write_data|netapp_ontap.workload_volume.write_throughput
|===
=== New Kubernetes Explorer
The link:kubernetes_landing_page.html[Kubernetes Explorer] provides a simple topology view of Kubernetes Clusters, allowing even non-experts to quickly identify issues & dependencies, from the cluster level down to the container and storage.
A wide variety of information can be explored using the Kubernetes Explorer's drill-down details for status, usage, and health of the Clusters, Nodes, Pods, Containers, and Storage in your Kubernetes environment.
image:Kubernetes_Cluster_Detail_Example.png[The Kubernetes Explorer]
'''
== December 2020
=== Simpler Kubernetes Installation
Kubernetes Agent installation has been streamlined to require fewer user interactions. link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html#kubernetes[Installing the Kubernetes Agent] now includes Kubernetes data collection.
'''
== November 2020
=== Additional Dashboards
The following new ONTAP-focused dashboards have been added to the gallery and are available for import:
* ONTAP: Aggregate Performance & Capacity
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - Capacity Utilization
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - Cluster Capacity
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - Efficiency
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - FlexVol Performance
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - Node Operational/Optimal Points
* ONTAP FAS/AFF - PrePost Capacity Efficiencies
* ONTAP: Network Port Activity
* ONTAP: Node Protocols Performance
* ONTAP: Node Workload Performance (Frontend)
* ONTAP: Processor
* ONTAP: SVM Workload Performance (Frontend)
* ONTAP: Volume Workload Performance (Frontend)
=== Column Rename in Table Widgets
You can rename columns in the _Metrics and Attributes_ section of a table widget by opening the widget in Edit mode and clicking the menu at the top of the column. Enter the new name and click _Save_, or click _Reset_ to set the column back to the original name.
Note that this only affects the column's display name in the table widget; the metric/attribute name does not change in the underlying data itself.
image:Table_Widget_Column_Rename.png[Table Widget Rename Column]
'''
== October 2020
=== Default Expansion of Integration Data
Table widget grouping now allows for default expansions of Kubernetes, ONTAP Advanced Data, and Agent Node metrics. For example, if you group Kubernetes _Nodes_ by _Cluster_, you will see a row in the table for each cluster. You could then expand each cluster row to see a list of the Node objects.
//CIS-10642
=== Basic Edition Technical Support
Technical Support is now available for subscribers to Cloud Insights Basic Edition in addition to Standard and Premium Editions. Additionally, Cloud Insights has simplified the workflow for creating a NetApp support ticket.
=== Cloud Secure Public API
Cloud Secure supports link:concept_cs_api.html[REST APIs] for accessing Activity and Alert information. This is accomplished through the use of API Access Tokens, created through the Cloud Secure Admin UI, which are then used to access the REST APIs. Swagger documentation for these REST APIs is integrated with Cloud Secure.
'''
== September 2020
=== Query Page with Integration Data
The Cloud Insights Query page supports integration data (i.e. from Kubernetes, ONTAP Advanced Metrics, etc.). When working with integration data, the query results table displays a "Split-Screen" view, with object/grouping on the left side, and object data (attributes/metrics) on the right. You can also choose multiple attributes for grouping integration data.
image:QueryPageIntegrationData.png[Query showing integration data]
=== Unit Display Formatting in Table Widget
Unit display formatting is now available in Table widgets for columns that display metric/counter data (for example, gigabytes, MB/second, etc.). To change a metric's display unit, click the "three dots" menu in the column header and select "Unit Display". You can choose from any of the available units. Available units will vary according to the type of metric data in the display column.
//image:TableWidgetUnitManagement.png[Table Widget Unit Management]
image:TableWidgetUnitManagement1.png[Table Widget Unit Management]
=== Acquisition Unit Detail Page
Acquisition Units now have their own landing page, providing useful detail for each AU as well as information to help with troubleshooting. The link:task_configure_acquisition_unit.html#viewing-au-details[AU detail page] provides links to the AU's data collectors as well as helpful status information.
=== Cloud Secure Docker Dependency Removed
Cloud Secure's dependency on Docker has been removed. Docker is no longer required for Cloud Secure agent installation.
=== Reporting User Roles
If you have Cloud Insights Premium Edition with Reporting, every Cloud Insights user in your environment also has a Single Sign-On (SSO) login to the Reporting application (i.e. Cognos); by clicking the *Reports* link in the menu, they will automatically be logged in to Reporting.
Their user role in Cloud Insights determines their link:reporting_user_roles.html[Reporting user role]:
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|Cloud Insights Role|Reporting Role|Reporting Permissions
|Guest|Consumer|Can view, schedule, and run reports and set personal preferences such as those for languages and time zones. Consumers cannot create reports or perform administrative tasks.
|User|Author|Can perform all Consumer functions as well as create and manage reports and dashboards.
|Administrator|Administrator|Can perform all Author functions as well as all administrative tasks such configuration of reports and the shutdown and restart of reporting tasks.
|===
NOTE: Cloud Insights Reporting is available for environments of 500 MUs or more.
IMPORTANT: If you are a current Premium Edition customer and wish to retain your reports, read this link:reporting_user_roles.html#important-note-for-existing-customers[important note for existing customers].
=== New API Category for Data Ingestion
Cloud Insights has added a *Data Ingestion* API category, giving you greater control over custom data and agents. Detailed documentation for this and other API Categories can be found in Cloud Insights by navigating to *Admin > API Access* and clicking the _API Documentation_ link. You can also attach a comment to the AU in the Note field, which is displayed on the AU detail page as well as the AU list page.
'''
== August 2020
=== Monitoring and Alerting
In addition to the current ability to set performance policies for storage objects, VMs, EC2, and ports, Cloud Insights Standard Edition now includes the ability to link:task_create_monitor.html[configure monitors] for thresholds on Integration data for Kubernetes, ONTAP advanced metrics, and Telegraf plugins. You simply create a monitor for each object metric you want to trigger alerts, set the conditions for warning-level or critical-level thresholds, and specify the email recipient(s) desired for each level. You can then link:task_view_and_manage_alerts.html[view and manage alerts] to track trends or troubleshoot issues.
image:define_monitor_conditions_2.png[Monitor Conditions]
'''
== July 2020
=== Cloud Secure _Take a Snapshot_ Action
Cloud Secure protects your data by automatically taking a snapshot when malicious activity is detected, ensuring that your data is safely backed up.
You can define automated response policies that take a snapshot when ransomware attack or other abnormal user activity is detected.
You can also take a snapshot manually from the alert page.
//When Cloud Secure detects risky user behavior, Alert Actions allow Administrators to trigger manual snapshots. Snapshots can also be associated with policies which can be triggered on alerts.
Automatic Snapshot taken:
image:AlertActionsAutomaticExample.png[Alert Action Screen,1000]
Manual Snapshot:
image:AlertActionsExample.png[Alert Action Screen,1000]
=== Metric/Counter updates
The following capacity counters are available for use in Cloud Insights UI and REST API. Previously these counters were only available for the Data Warehouse / Reporting.
[%header,cols=2*]
|===
|Object Type |Counter
|Storage |Capacity - Spare Raw
Capacity - Failed Raw
|Storage Pool |Data Capacity - Used
Data Capacity - Total
Other Capacity - Used
Other Capacity - Total
Capacity - Raw
Capacity - Soft Limit
|Internal Volume |Data Capacity - Used
Data Capacity - Total
Other Capacity - Used
Other Capacity - Total
Clone Saved Capacity - Total
|===
//Additionally, Virtual Machine Peak Memory and CPU utilization values are available for use in the Data Warehouse.
=== Cloud Secure Potential Attack Detection
Cloud Secure now detects potential attacks such as ransomware. Click on an alert in the Alerts list page to open a detail page showing the following:
* Time of attack
* Associated user and file activity
* Action taken
* Additional information to assist with tracking down possible security breaches
Alerts page showing potential ransomware attack:
image:RansomwareAlertExample.png[Ransomware Alert Example]
Detail page for potential ransomware attack:
image:RansomwareDetailPageExample.png[Ransomware Detail Page Example]
=== Subscribe to Premium Edition through AWS
During your trial of Cloud Insights, you can link:concept_subscribing_to_cloud_insights.html[self-subscribe] through AWS Marketplace to either Cloud Insights Standard Edition or Premium Edition. Previously, you could only self-subscribe through AWS Marketplace to Standard Edition only.
=== Enhanced Table Widget
The dashboard/asset page Table widget includes the following enhancements:
* "Split-Screen" view: Table widgets display the object/grouping on the left side, and the object data (attributes/metrics) on the right.
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image:TableWidgetLeftRightPanes.png[Table Widget showing left and right panes]
* Multiple attribute grouping: For Integration data (Kubernetes, ONTAP Advanced Metrics, Docker, etc.), you can choose multiple attributes for grouping. Data is displayed according to the grouping attributes/you choose.
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Grouping with Integration Data (shown in Edit mode):
image:TableWidgetIntegrationEditMode.png[Integration Data Grouping in Table Widget]
* Grouping for Infrastructure data (storage, EC2, VM, ports, etc.) is by a single attribute as before. When grouping by an attribute which is not the object, the table will allow you to expand the group row to see all the objects within the group.
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Grouping with Infrastructure data (shown in display mode):
image:TableWidgetPerformanceData.png[Infrastructure Data Grouping in Table Widget]
=== Metrics Filtering
In addition to filtering on an object's attributes in a widget, you can now filter on metrics as well.
image:MetricsFiltering.png[Metrics Filtering]
//When working with integration data (Kubernetes, ONTAP Advanced Data, etc.), metric filtering works against the data samples themselves, not the objects as with infrastructure data (storage, VMs, ports, etc.).
When working with integration data (Kubernetes, ONTAP Advanced Data, etc.), metric filtering removes the individual/unmatched data points from the plotted data series, unlike infrastructure data (storage, VM, ports etc.) where filters work on the aggregated value of the data series and potentially remove the entire object from the chart.
image:IntegrationMetricFilterExample.png[Integration Metric Filtering]
=== ONTAP Advanced Counter Data
Cloud Insights takes advantage of NetApp's ONTAP-specific *Advanced Counter Data*, which provides a host of counters and metrics collected from ONTAP devices. ONTAP Advanced Counter Data is available to all NetApp ONTAP customers. These metrics enable customized and wide-ranging visualization in Cloud Insights widgets and dashboards.
ONTAP Advanced Counters can be found by searching for "netapp_ontap" in the widget's query, and selecting from among the counters.
image:netapp_ontap counters.png[Searching for ONTAP Advanced Counters]
You can refine your search by typing additional parts of the counter name. For example:
* _lif_
* _aggregate_
* _offbox_vscan_server_
* and more
image:ONTAP_Widget_Example2.png[ONTAP Widget Example - WAFL]
image:ONTAP_Widget_Example1.png[ONTAP Widget Example - Cp Reads]
Please note the following:
* Advanced Data collection will be enabled by default for new ONTAP data collectors. To enable Advanced Data collection for your existing ONTAP data collectors, edit the data collector and expand the _Advanced Configuration_ section.
* Advanced Data collection is not available for 7-mode ONTAP.
=== Advanced Counter Dashboards
Cloud Insights comes with a variety of pre-designed dashboards to help get you started on visualizing ONTAP Advanced Counters for topics such as _Aggregate Performance_, _Volume Workload_, _Processor Activity_, and more. If you have at least one ONTAP data collector configured, these can be imported from the Dashboard Gallery on any dashboard list page.
=== Learn More
More information on ONTAP Advanced Data can be found at the following links:
* https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/tools/tool-eula/netapp-harvest (Note: You will need to sign in to NetApp Support)
* https://nabox.org/faq/
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=== Advanced Data Polling
Be aware that ONTAP Advanced Data is polled at a more rapid rate than polling for traditional inventory and performance data, with the result that the Cloud Insights Data Collector list page may appear to show ONTAP devices in a state of near-constant polling. This is expected and does not indicate a problem in the Acquisition Unit, Cloud Insights, or the monitored cluster.
image:ontap_advanced_polling.png[ONTAP Advanced Data polling]
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=== Policies and Violations Menu
Performance Policies and Violations are now found under the *Alerts* menu. Policy and Violation functionality are unchanged.
image:PoliciesMenuChange.png[Policies and Violations Menu]
=== Updated Telegraf Agent
The agent for ingestion of telegraf integration data has been updated to link:https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.14/[version 1.14], which includes bugs fixes, security fixes, and new plugins.
Note: When configuring a Kubernetes data collector on the Kubernetes platform, you may see an "HTTP status 403 Forbidden" error in the log, due to insufficient permissions in the "clusterrole" attribute.
To work around this issue, add the following highlighted lines to the _rules:_ section of the endpoint-access clusterrole, and then restart the Telegraf pods.
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rules:
- apiGroups:
- ""
- apps
- autoscaling
- batch
- extensions
- policy
- rbac.authorization.k8s.io
attributeRestrictions: null
resources:
- nodes/metrics
- nodes/proxy <== Add this line
- nodes/stats
- pods <== Add this line
verbs:
- get
- list <== Add this line
--------------------------
'''
== June 2020
=== Simplified Data Collector Error Reporting
Reporting a data collector error is easier with the _Send Error Report_ button on the data collector page. Clicking the button sends basic information about the error to NetApp and prompts investigation into the problem. Once pressed, Cloud Insights acknowledges that NetApp has been notified, and the Error Report button is disabled to indicate that an error report for that data collector has been sent. The button remains disabled until the browser page is refreshed.
image:DCErrorReportButton.png[Error Report Button]
=== Widget Improvements
The following improvements have been made in dashboard widgets. These improvements are considered Preview functionality and may not be available for all Cloud Insights environments.
* New object/metric chooser: Objects (Storage, Disk, Ports, Nodes, etc.) and their associated metrics (IOPS, Latency, CPU Count, etc.) are now available in widgets in a single inclusive drop-down with powerful search capability. You can enter multiple partial terms in the drop-down, and Cloud Insights will list all object metrics meeting those terms.
image:Object_Metric_Chooser.png[Object/Metric Chooser]
* Multiple tags grouping: When working with integration data (Kubernetes, etc.), you may group the data by multiple tags/attributes. For example, Sum memory usage by Kubernetes Namespace and Container name.
image:MultipleGroupsIntegrationLineChart.png[Multiple grouping when displaying integration data]
'''
== May 2020
=== Reporting User Roles
The following roles have been added for Reporting:
* Cloud Insights Consumers: can run and view reports
* Cloud Insights Authors: can perform the Consumer functions as well as create and manage reports and dashboards
* Cloud Insights Administrators: can perform the Author functions as well as all administrative tasks
=== Cloud Secure Updates
Cloud Insights includes the following recent Cloud Secure changes.
In the Forensics > Activity Forensics page, we provide two views to analyze and investigate user activity:
* Activity view, focused on user activity (What operation? Where performed?)
* Entities view, focused on what files the user accessed.
image:CSActivityForensicsExample.png[Entities Page Example]
Additionally, the Alert email notification now contains a direct link to the alert page.
=== Dashboard Grouping
Dashboard grouping allows better link:concept_dashboard_features.html#dashboard-groups[ management of dashboards] that are relevant to you. You can add related dashboards to a group for "one-stop" management of, for example, your storage or virtual machines.
Groups are customized per user, so one person's groups can be different from someone else's. You can have as many groups as you need, with as few or as many dashboards in each group as you like.
image:DashboardGroupNoPin.png[Dashboard Groups]
=== Dashboard Pinning
You can pin dashboards so favorites always appear at the top of the list.
image:DashboardPin.png[Dashboard Pins]
=== TV Mode and Auto-Refresh
link:concept_dashboard_features.html#tv-mode-and-auto-refresh[TV Mode and Auto-Refresh] allow for near-real-time display of data on a dashboard or asset page:
* *TV Mode* provides an uncluttered display; the navigation menu is hidden, providing more screen real estate for your data display.
* Data in widgets on Dashboards and Asset Landing Pages *Auto-Refresh* according a refresh interval (as little as every 10 seconds) determined by the Dashboard Time Range selected (or widget time range, if set to override the dashboard time).
Combined, TV Mode and Auto-Refresh provide a live view of your Cloud Insights data, perfect for seamless demonstrations or in-house monitoring.
'''
== April 2020
=== New Dashboard Time Range Choices
Time range choices for dashboards and other Cloud insights pages now include _Last 1 Hour_ and _Last 15 Minutes_.
=== Cloud Secure Updates
Cloud Insights includes the following recent Cloud Secure changes.
* Better file and folder metadata change recognition to detect if the user changed Permission, Owner, or Group Ownership.
* Export user activity report to CSV.
Cloud Secure monitors and audits all user access operations on files and folders. Activity auditing allows you to comply with internal security policies, meet external compliance requirements such as PCI, GDPR, and HIPAA, and conduct data breach and security incident investigations.
=== Default Dashboard Time
The default time range for dashboards is now 3 Hours instead of 24 hours.
=== Optimized Aggregation Times
Optimized link:concept_dashboard_features.html#aggregating-data[time aggregation] intervals in time-series widgets (Line, Spline, Area, and Stacked Area charts) are more frequent for 3-hour and 24-hour dashboard/widget time ranges, allowing for faster charting of data.
* 3 hour time range optimizes to a 1 minute aggregation interval. Previously this was 5 minutes.
* 24 hour time range optimizes to a 30 minute aggregation interval. Previously this was 1 hour.
You can still override the optimized aggregation by setting a custom interval.
=== Display Unit Auto-Format
In most widgets, Cloud Insights knows the base unit in which to display values, for example _Megabytes_, _Thousands_, _Percentage_, _Milliseconds (ms)_, etc., and now link:concept_dashboard_features.html#choosing-the-unit-for-displaying-data[automatically formats] the widget to the most readable unit. For example a data value of 1,234,567,890 bytes would be auto formatted to 1.23 gibibytes. In many cases, Cloud Insights knows the best format for the data being acquired. In cases where the best format is not known, or in widgets where you want to override the automatic formatting, you can choose the format you want.
image:used_memory_in_bytes_gb.png[Auto Format in Widgets,width=480]
=== Import Annotations Using API
With Cloud Insights Premium Edition's powerful API, you can now link:task_annotation_import.html[import annotations] and assign them to objects using a .CSV file. You can also import applications and assign business entities in the same way.
image:api_assets_import.png[Importing Annotations]
=== Simpler Widget Selector
Adding widgets to dashboards and asset landing pages is easier with a new widget selector that shows all widget types in a single all-at-once view, so the user no longer needs to scroll through a list of widget types to find the one they want to add. Related widgets are color-coordinated and grouped by proximity in the new selector.
image:NewWidgetPicker.png[New widget selector]
'''
== February 2020
=== API with Premium Edition
Cloud Insights Premium Edition comes with a link:API_Overview.html[powerful API] that can be used to integrate Cloud Insights with other applications, such as CMDB’s or other ticketing systems.
Detailed, Swagger-based information is found in *Admin > API Acccess*, under the *API Documentation* link. Swagger provides a brief description and usage information for the API, and allows you to try each API out in your environment.
The Cloud Insights API uses Access Tokens to provide permission-based access to categories of API, such as ASSETS or COLLECTION.
image:API_Documentation.png[API Documentation]
=== Initial Polling After Adding A Data Collector
Previously, after configuring a new data collector, Cloud Insights would poll the data collector immediately to gather _inventory_ data, but would wait until the configured performance poll interval (typically 15 minutes) to gather initial _performance_ data. It would then wait for another interval before initiating the second performance poll, which meant it would take up to _30 minutes_ before meaningful data was acquired from a new data collector.
Data collector link:task_configure_data_collectors.html[polling] has been greatly improved, such that the initial performance poll occurs immediately after the inventory poll, with the second performance poll occurring within a few seconds after completion of the first performance poll. This allows Cloud Insights to begin showing useful data on dashboards and graphs within a very short time.
This poll behavior also occurs after editing the configuration of an existing data collector.
=== Easier Widget Duplication
It is easier than ever to create a copy of a widget on a dashboard or landing page. In dashboard Edit mode, click the menu on the widget and select *Duplicate*. The widget editor is launched, pre-filled with the original widget's configuration and with a “copy” suffix in the widget name. You can easily make any necessary changes and Save the new widget. The widget will be placed at the bottom of your dashboard, and you can position it as needed. Remember to Save your dashboard when all changes are complete.
image:DuplicateWidget.png[Duplicate a widget]
=== Single Sign-On (SSO)
With Cloud Insights Premium Edition, administrators can enable *link:concept_user_roles.html#single-sign-on-sso-accounts[Single Sign-On]* (SSO) access to Cloud Insights for all users in their corporate domain, without having to invite them individually. With SSO enabled, any user with the same domain email address can log into Cloud Insights using their corporate credentials.
NOTE: SSO is only available in Cloud Insights Premium Edition, and must be configured before it can be enabled for Cloud Insights. SSO configuration includes link:https://services.cloud.netapp.com/misc/federation-support[Identity Federation] through NetApp Cloud Central. Federation allows single sign-on users to access your NetApp Cloud Central accounts using credentials from your corporate directory.
'''
== January 2020
=== Swagger documentation for REST API
Swagger explains each available REST API in Cloud Insights, as well as its usage and syntax. Information on Cloud Insights APIs is available in link:http://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/API_Overview.html[documentation].
=== Feature Tutorials Progress Bar
The feature tutorials checklist has been moved to the top banner and now features a progress indicator. Tutorials are available for each user until dismissed, and are always available in Cloud Insights link:concept_feature_tutorials.html[documentation].
image:TutorialProgress.png[Tutorial Checklist Progress]
=== Acquisition Unit Changes
When installing an Acquisition Unit (AU) on a host or VM that has the same name as an already-installed AU, Cloud Insights assures a unique name by appending the AU name with "_1", "_2", etc. This is also the case when uninstalling and reinstalling an AU from the same VM without first removing it from Cloud Insights. Want a different AU name altogether? No problem; AU's can be renamed after installation.
=== Optimized Time Aggregation in Widgets
In widgets, you can choose between an _Optimized_ time aggregation interval or a _Custom_ interval that you set. Optimized aggregation automatically selects the right time interval based on the selected dashboard time range (or widget time range, if overriding the dashboard time). The interval dynamically changes as the dashboard or widget time range is changed.
=== Simplified "Getting Started with Cloud Insights" process
The process for getting started using Cloud Insights has been simplified to make your first-time setup smoother and easier. Simply select an initial data collector and follow the instructions. Cloud Insights will walk you through configuring the data collector and any agent or acquisition unit required. In most cases it will even import one or more initial dashboards so you can start gaining insight into your environment quickly (but please allow up to 30 minutes for Cloud Insights to collect meaningful data).
Additional improvements:
* Acquisition Unit installation is simpler and runs faster.
* Alphabetical Data Collectors choices make it easier to find the one you’re looking for.
* Improved Data Collector setup instructions are easier to follow.
* Experienced users can skip the getting started process with the click of a button.
* A new Progress bar shows you where you are in the process.
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image:Onboarding_Progress.png[Progress Bar]
'''
== December 2019
=== Business Entity can be used in filters
Business Entity annotations can be used in filters for queries, widgets, performance policies, and landing pages.
=== Drill-down available for Single-Value and Gauge widgets, and any widgets rolled to by "All"
Clicking the value in a single-value or gauge widget opens a query page showing the results of the first query used in the widget. Additionally, clicking the legend for any widget whose data is rolled up by "All" will also open a query page showing the results of the first query used in the widget.
=== Trial period extended
New users who sign up for a free trial of Cloud Insights now have 30 days to evaluate the product. This is an increase from the previous 14-day trial period.
=== Managed Unit calculation
The calculation of Managed Units (MUs) in Cloud Insights has been changed to the following:
* 1 Managed Unit = 2 hosts (any virtual or physical machine)
* 1 Managed Unit = 4 TB of unformatted capacity of physical or virtual disks
This change effectively doubles the environment capacity that you can monitor using your existing Cloud Insights subscription.
'''
== November 2019
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=== Single Sign-On (SSO)
In addition to inviting users, administrators can enable link:#single-sign-on-(sso)-accounts[Single Sign-On (SSO)] access to Cloud Insights for all users in their corporate domain, without having to invite them individually. With SSO enabled, any user with the same domain email address can log into Cloud Insights.
SSO is available in Cloud Insights Premium Edition, and must be configured before it can be enabled for Cloud Insights. SSO configuration includes link:https://services.cloud.netapp.com/misc/federation-support[Identity Federation] through NetApp Cloud Central. Federation allows single sign-on users to access your NetApp Cloud Central accounts using credentials from your corporate directory.
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=== Editions Feature Comparison Table
The *Admin > Subscription* page link:concept_subscribing_to_cloud_insights.html#key-features[comparison table] has been updated to list the feature sets available in Basic, Standard, and Premium Editions of Cloud Insights. NetApp is constantly improving its Cloud Services, so check this page often to find the Edition that's right for your evolving business needs.
'''
== October 2019
=== Reporting
link:reporting_overview.html[*Cloud Insights Reporting*] is a business intelligence tool that enables you to view pre-defined reports or create custom reports. With Reporting you can perform the following tasks:
* Run a pre-defined report
* Create a custom report
* Customize the report format and delivery method
* Schedule reports to run automatically
* Email reports
* Use colors to represent thresholds on data
Cloud Insights Reporting can generate custom reports for areas like chargeback, consumption analysis, and forecasting, and can help answer questions such as the following:
* What inventory do I have?
* Where is my inventory?
* Who is using our assets?
* What is the chargeback for allocated storage for a business unit?
* How long until I need to acquire additional storage capacity?
* Are business units aligned along the proper storage tiers?
* How is storage allocation changing over a month, quarter, or year?
Reporting is available with Cloud Insights *Premium Edition*.
=== Active IQ Enhancements
link:concept_activeiq.html[Active IQ Risks] are now available as objects that can be queried as well as used in dashboard table widgets. The following Risks object attributes are included:
* Category
* Mitigation Category
* Potential Impact
* Risk Detail
* Severity
* Source
* Storage
* Storage Node
* UI Category
'''
== September 2019
=== New Gauge Widgets
Two new widgets are available for displaying single-value data on your dashboards in eye-catching colors based on thresholds you specify. You can display values using either a *Solid Gauge* or *Bullet Gauge*. Values that land inside the Warning range are displayed in orange. Values in the Critical range are displayed in red. Values below the Warning threshold are displayed in green.
image:Gauge-Solid.png[Solid/Traditional Gauge]
image:Gauge-Bullet.png[Bullet Gauge]
=== Conditional Color Formatting for Single Value Widget
You can now display the Single-Value widget with a colored background based on thresholds you set.
//image:SVW-Formatted.png[Single-Value Widget with Formatting]
image:Single-Value Widgets - Formatted.png[Single-Value widgets with formatting]
=== Invite Users During Onboarding
At any point during the onboarding process, you can click on Admin > User Management > +User to invite additional users to your Cloud Insights environment. Be aware that users with _Guest_ or _User_ roles will see greater benefit once onboarding is complete and data has been collected.
=== Data Collector Detail Page improvement
The data collector detail page has been improved to display errors in a more readable format. Errors are now displayed in a separate table on the page, with each error displayed on a separate line in the case of multiple errors for the data collector.
'''
== August 2019
=== All vs. Available Data Collectors
When adding data collectors to your environment, you can set a filter to show only the data collectors available to you based on your subscription level, or all data collectors.
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=== Business Entity Annotations
_Business Entity_ is now an annotation type provided by Cloud Insights, which can be used for monitoring and reporting of assets in your business hierarchy. An example business entity annotation might have a value of .... An example might look like "Netapp.Cloud Services.Saas.Cloud Insights".
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=== ActiveIQ Integration
Cloud Insights collects data from NetApp ActiveIQ, which provides a series of visualizations, analytics, and other support related services to NetApp customers and their hardware / software systems. Cloud Insights integrates with ONTAP Data Management systems. See link:concept_activeiq.html[Active IQ] for more information.
'''
== July 2019
=== Dashboard Improvements
Dashboards and Widgets have been improved with the following changes:
* In addition to Sum, Min, Max, and Avg, *Count* is now an option for roll up in Single-Value widgets. When rolling up by “Count”, Cloud Insights checks if an object is active or not, and only adds the active ones to the count. The resulting number is subject to aggregation and filters.
* In the Single-Value widget, you now have a choice to display the resulting number with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 decimal places.
* Line charts show an axis label and units when a single counter is being plotted.
* *Transform* option is available for Services integration data now in all time-series widgets for all metrics. For any services integration (Telegraf) counter or metric in time-series widgets (Line, Spline, Area, Stacked Area), you are given a choice of how you want to link:concept_telegraf_display_options.html[Transform the values]. None (display value as-is), Sum, Delta, Cumulative, etc.
=== Downgrading to Basic Edition
Downgrade to Basic Edition fails with an error message if there is no available NetApp device configured that has successfully completed a poll in the last 7 days.
=== Collecting Kube-State-Metrics
The link:task_config_telegraf_kubernetes.html[Kubernetes Data Collector] now collects objects and counters from the kube-state-metrics plugin, greatly expanding the number and scope of metrics available for monitoring in Cloud Insights.
'''
== June 2019
=== Cloud Insights Editions
Cloud Insights is available in different Editions to fit your budget and business needs. Existing NetApp customers with an active NetApp support account can enjoy 7 days of data retention and access to NetApp data collectors with the free *Basic Edition*, or get increased data retention, access to all supported data collectors, expert technical support and more with *Standard Edition*. For more information on available features, see NetApp's link:https://cloud.netapp.com/cloud-insights[Cloud Insights] site.
=== New Infrastructure Data Collector: NetApp HCI
* link:task_dc_na_hci.html[NetApp HCI Virtual Center] has been added as an Infrastructure data collector. The HCI Virtual Center data collector collects NetApp HCI Host information and requires read-only privileges on all objects within the Virtual Center.
Note that the HCI data collector acquires from the HCI Virtual Center only. To collect data from the storage system, you must also configure the NetApp link:task_dc_na_solidfire[SolidFire] data collector.
'''
== May 2019
=== New Service Data Collector: Kapacitor
* link:task_config_telegraf_kapacitor.html[Kapacitor] has been added as a data collector for services.
=== Integration with Services via Telegraf
In addition to acquisition of data from infrastructure devices such as switches and storage, Cloud Insights now collects data from a variety of Operating Systems and Services, using link:task_config_telegraf_agent.html[Telegraf as its agent] for collection of integration data. Telegraf is a plugin-driven agent that can be used to collect and report metrics. Input plugins are used to collect the desired information into the agent by accessing the system/OS directly, by calling third-party APIs, or by listening to configured streams.
Documentation for currently supported integrations can be found in the menu to the left under *Reference and Support*.
=== Storage Virtual Machine Assets
* Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs) are available as assets in Cloud Insights. SVMs have their own Asset Landing Pages, and can be displayed and used in searches, queries, and filters. SVMs can also be used in dashboard widgets as well as associated with annotations.
=== Reduced Acquisition Unit System Requirements
* The system CPU and memory requirements for the Acquisition Unit (AU) software have been reduced. The new requirements are:
|===
|*Component*|*Old Requirement*|*New Requirement*
|CPU Cores|4|2
|Memory|16 GB|8 GB
|===
=== Additional Platforms Supported
* The following platforms have been added to those currently link:https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/concept_acquisition_unit_requirements.html[supported for Cloud Insights]:
|===
|Linux|Windows
|CentOS 7.3 64-bit
CentOS 7.4 64-bit
CentOS 7.6 64-bit
Debian 9 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 64-bit
Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
|Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
|===
'''
== April 2019
=== Filter Virtual Machines by Tags
When configuring the following data collectors, you can filter to include or exclude virtual machines from data collection according to their Tags or Labels.
* link:task_dc_amazon_ec2.html#advanced-configuration[Amazon EC2]
* link:task_dc_ms_azure.html#advanced-configuration[Azure]
* link:task_dc_google_cloud.html#advanced_configuration[Google Cloud Platform]
'''
== March 2019
=== Email Notifications for Subscription-related Events
* You can select recipients for email link:concept_notifications_email.html[notifications] when subscription-related events occur, such as upcoming trial expiration or subscribed account changes. You can choose recipients for these notifications from among following:
** All Account Owners
** All Administrators
** Additional Email Addresses that you specify
=== Additional Dashboards
* The following new AWS-focused link:concept_import_from_dashboard_gallery.html[dashboards] have been added to the gallery and are available for import:
** AWS Admin - Which EC2 are in high demand?
** AWS EC2 Instance Performance by Region
'''
== February 2019
=== Collecting from AWS Child Accounts
* Cloud Insights supports link:task_dc_amazon_ec2.html#collecting_from_aws_child_accounts[collection from AWS child accounts] within a single data collector. Your AWS environment must be configured to allow Cloud Insights to collect from child accounts.
=== Data Collector Naming
* Data Collector names can now include periods (.), hyphens (-), and spaces ( ) in addition to letters, numbers, and underscores. Names may not begin or end with a space, period, or hyphen.
=== Acquisition Unit for Windows
* You can configure a Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit on a Windows server/VM. Review the Windows link:concept_acquisition_unit_requirements.html[pre-requisites] before installing the link:task_configure_acquisition_unit.html[Acquisition Unit software].
'''
== January 2019
=== "Owner" field is more readable
* In Dashboard and Query lists, the data for the "Owner" field was previously an authorization ID string, instead of a user-friendly owner name. The "Owner" field now shows a simpler and more readable owner name.
=== Managed Unit Breakdown on Subscription Page
* For each data collector listed on the *Admin > Subscription* page, you can now see a breakdown of Managed Unit (MU) counts for hosts and storage, as well as the total.
'''
== December 2018
=== Improvement of UI Load Time
* The initial loading time for the Cloud Insights user interface (UI) has been significantly improved. Refresh time for the UI also benefits from this improvement in circumstances where metadata is loaded.
=== Bulk Edit Data Collectors
* You can edit information for multiple data collectors at the same time. On the *Admin > Data Collectors* page, select the data collectors to modify by checking the box to the left of each and click the *Bulk Actions* button. Choose *Edit* and modify the necessary fields.
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The data collectors selected must be the same vendor and model, and reside on the same Acquisition Unit.
=== Support and Subscription pages are Available During Onboarding
* During the onboarding workflow, you can navigate to the *Help > Support* and *Admin > Subscription* pages. Returning from those pages returns you to the onboarding workflow, providing you have not closed the browser tab.
'''
== November 2018
=== Subscribe through NetApp Sales or AWS Marketplace
* Cloud Insights subscription and billing is now available directly through NetApp. This is in addition to the self-serve subscription available through AWS Marketplace. A new *Contact Sales* link is presented on the *Admin > Subscription* page. For customers whose environments have or are expected to have 1,000 or more Managed Units (MUs), it is recommended to contact NetApp sales via the Contact Sales link.
=== Text Annotation Hyperlinks
* Text-type annotations can now include hyperlinks.
=== Onboarding Walkthrough
* Cloud Insights now features an onboarding walkthrough for the first user (administrator or account owner) to log in to a new environment. The walkthrough takes you through installing an Acquisition Unit, configuring an initial data collector, and selecting one or more useful dashboards.
=== Import Dashboards from the Gallery
* In addition to selecting dashboards during onboarding, you can import dashboards via *Dashboards > Show All Dashboards* and clicking *+From Gallery*.
=== Duplicating Dashboards
* The ability to duplicate a dashboard has been added to the dashboard list page as a choice in the options menu for each dashboard, and on a dashboard's main page itself from the _Save_ menu.
=== Cloud Central products menu
* The menu allowing you to switch to other NetApp Cloud Central products has moved to the upper right corner of the screen.
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