Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
Upgrade Issue from Operations Manager 2.0.x to 2.1
Requirements for Operations Manager
Memory Usage for Multiple Phone Reports
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE AGREEMENT
Release Notes for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
Published: November 5, 2008These Release Notes contain the following topics:
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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
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SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE AGREEMENT
New Features
Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1 includes the following new features:
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Incremental support for Cisco Unified Communications family of products.
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Support for the following new devices and voice applications:
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 7.0
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Cisco Unified Expert Advisor
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Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal 7.0
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Support for routers with SIP Gateways capability.
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Broader event scope and scale:
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Broader Cisco Unified Communications Manager fault coverage by leveraging syslog messages and real-time monitoring threshold (RTMT) integration.
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Improved system capability to process higher event rate.
For a list of supported events, see Table E-1 in the "Events Processed" appendix of the User Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager. For a list of deprecated events that have been removed to improve Operations Manager performance, see Table E-2 in the "Events Processed" appendix of the User Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager.
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Auto-discovery improvements that speed the discovery process by allowing various options such as:
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Enable/disable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) discovery.
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Choice of single or multiple cluster discovery.
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Service Level View enhancements:
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Gateways and application servers are automatically grouped if the quantities grow beyond a specified limit.
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express and Cisco Unity Express information and status are displayed in the tabular form rather than in graphical form.
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Unmanaged devices are grouped under a single group to reduce clutter.
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Phone Notifications—Capability to group phones for phone outage notifications.
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Additional documentation available on Cisco.com:
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Best practices for managing voice applications.
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Deployment guide.
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Web Services API for phone inventory export.
See Table 3 for problems that are resolved in this release.
System Requirements
System requirements are documented in the the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1. For documentation updates after publication, see Documentation Updates.
Installation Notes
Upgrade paths that were tested and are supported:
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Operations Manager, release 2.0 to 2.1
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Operations Manager, release 2.0.1 to 2.1
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Operations Manager, release 2.0.2 to 2.1
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Operations Manager, release 2.0.3 to 2.1
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Operations Manager, release 2.0.3 + Service Pack 1 to 2.1
The following paths for releases prior to 2.0 are recommended:
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Operations Manager, release 1.0 to 1.1, then to 2.0, then to 2.1
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Operations Manager, release 1.1 to 2.0, then to 2.1
For complete details on installation and upgrade procedures, see the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1.
Important Notes
This section includes the following important notes:
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Upgrade Issue from Operations Manager 2.0.x to 2.1
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Requirements for Operations Manager
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Memory Usage for Multiple Phone Reports
Upgrade Issue from Operations Manager 2.0.x to 2.1
The Operations Manager 2.0.2 database may need to be unloaded and reloaded before the installation/upgrade. Sybase database failure problem can occur, causing the database to become corrupt, fail to validate, or grow too large (when it grows to over 10 GB, the backup procedure takes a long time). If your database shows any of the issues described, use the procedure in the installation guide to unload and reload the database. You must know your database password to perform this procedure. If you do not know your database password, contact your customer support representative.
For the step-by-step procedure, see "Handling Sybase Database Issues Before Installation for Operations Manager 2.1" in the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1.
Known IBM Server Problem
For IBM servers, the temperature sensor value in the Detailed Device View (DDV) may display as -1. The -1 should be interpreted as follows:
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The SNMP Agent software has not been properly integrated, or
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The vendor has not implemented the object ID (OID).
There is no workaround.
Requirements for Operations Manager
The software that you already have on the server may affect Operations Manager. Be sure to check the server and client requirements; see the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1.
Memory Usage for Multiple Phone Reports
Depending on the number of records reports, the system can only handle a certain number of large reports kept open at the same time. When a report is closed, the window task manager may not show Tomcat memory usage decreasing right away, but it will free up memory for new report to be opened. We recommend you close phone reports after you are finished with them to ensure system performance is not degraded.
Known Problems
Table 1 describes the installation or upgrade, backup and restore, and other setup problems known to exist in this release.
Table 2 describes other known problems that exist in this release.
Table 1 Known Problems with Installation, Upgrade, Backup, Restore, and Setup in Operations Manager
Bug ID Summary ExplanationCSCsv30988
Operations Manager 2.1 IPCDiscovery using excessive CPU.
IPCDiscovery uses 99% of the CPU in the first run after a fresh installation/upgrade of Operations Manager 2.1.This problem is a rare occurrence.
Workaround: Stop the autodiscovery process by clicking Cancel, then restart the autodiscovery.
CSCsv30367
Operations Manager 2.1 needs to toggle Service Monitor for cross-launch and Service Quality Alerts..
Service Monitor configured in Unified Communications Management Suite does not cross-launch. This problem occurs after an upgrade from Operations Manager 2.0.3 to 2.1.
Workaround: Service Monitor must be toggled from active to inactive, then back to active in order to cross-launch. Select UC Management Suite > Service Monitor, click the Service Monitor you want to activate, click Edit, and then click Apply (without making any changes to the Service Monitor). This changes the Service Monitor status to active.
CSCsv29605
Large perf:Backup UI times out if the page is open for more than an hour.
Backup user interface times out if the page is open for more than one hour. This happens when the data to be backed up is huge.
Workaround: Even though the user interface times out, the backup process is actually running on the server. Check the backup directory and backup log to determine the status.
CSCsu79668
Backing up to network drive not supported in Operations Manager.
Backup on a network drive is not supported. Even though the CLI is functional, its use is not recommended due network connectivity issues. As a result, the mapped network drive on the server will not be seen from the user interface for drive selection.
CSCsr95019
Internet Explorer may unexpectedly quit with error in module Mshtml.dll.
Install the latest security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, install all high-priority updates from the following Microsoft Update website: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3646728. The fix for this problem is included in security update 918899. For more information about security update 918899, open the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 918899 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899) MS06-042: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer.
CSCsr62206
Operations Manager backup failure: Sybase dependency.
Use the steps documented in the installation guide on how to rebuild the database. See "Handling Sybase Database Issues Before Installation for Operations Manager 2.1" in the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager.
CSCsr58990
Uninstalling gives errors
During uninstallation, the Common Services installation framework stops the daemon manager and then deletes all the files. If some process is not stopped properly then you will see the following error messages during uninstallation and the files XXXX.jar and YYYY.dll depends upon the process which was not stopped properly.
...../XXXX.jar . The process can not access the file because it is being used by another process"
..../YYYY.dll. Access is denied.
Workaround: Click OK and proceed with the uninstallation. At the end of the uninstallation, you will need to manually cleanup the remaining files in CSCOpx folder.
CSCsr21803
Service Statistics Manager stops collecting data or cannot create monitor elements.
Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager (SSM) stops collecting data from Operations Manager, Service Monitor, or both. This happens after Operations Manager, Service Monitor, or both are reinstalled to folders that are different from those in which they were located when Service Statistics Manager performed discovery. For example, the problem happens as follows:
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Operations Manager is located in C:\Program Files\CSCOpx.
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Service Statistics Manager performs discovery.
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Operations Manager is reinstalled and, in place of C:\Program Files\CSCOpx, the following destination location is selected: C:\CSCOpx.
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When polling for new data, the SSM agent continues to use the original path, C:\Program Files\CSCOpx, to look for the Operations Manager files and database.
Workaround: In a coresident system where SSM coresides with Operations Manager and/or Service Monitor, edit configuration files and update the path to Operations Manager, Service Monitor, or both on each system as follows:
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Change the paths as needed in both of these files:
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<Service Statistics Manager Installation Directory>\pw\custom\conf\ciscodetails.conf
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<Service Statistics Manager Installation Directory>\pw\custom\conf\pnagent.conf
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Restart the server:
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Select Start > Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager > Stop Server
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Select Start > Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager > Stop Server
On a remote system where SSM Agent is installed:
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Change the paths as needed in both of these files:
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<SSM Agent Installation Directory>\Agent\custom\
conf\ciscodetails.conf–
<SSM Agent Installation Directory>\Agent\custom\
sconf\pnagent.conf2.
On a system where SSM Administration Console is installed:
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Log in to the SSM Administration Console.
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Expand the Advanced Options and SSM Agent folders.
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Right-click the IP address for the remote SSM agent and select Restart Agent.
CSCsq86226
Operations Manager 2.1 Backup Restore issues.
Restore does not restore the following configuration settings:
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Export Settings of the following reports not restored
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Alert and Event History
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Service Quality History
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IP Phones and Applications
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Video Phones
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All Export settings disabled for Personalized Report
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IP Phone Major Discovery Schedule not updated.
Workaround: Manually configure the Export settings and other settings after Restore.
CSCsm52953
There are a few issues to be aware of after upgrading to Operations Manager 2.0.2.
After upgrading to Operations Manager 2.0.2, you will see the following issue after upgrading from Operations Manager 2.0.1 plus SP1.
If there is a master group (call it Master) with two devices (call them D1 and D2) and a child group under Master (call it C1), then device D1 and both Master and C1 are enabled for Service Level View. If D1 is suspended, after upgrade from Operations Manager 2.0.1+ Service Pack 1 to Operations Manager 2.0.2, both Master and C1 appear empty in the Service Level View. The Alerts and Events display does show all the devices for these groups.
Workaround: Restart TopoServer. Run the following commands:
pdterm TopoServerpdexec TopoServerCSCsk21700
Minor Issues with upgrade from OM 2.0 to OM 2.0.1.
Personalized reports are disabled after upgrading from Operations Manager 1.1 or 2.0. This problem does not occur for Operations Manager 2.0.1 and later.
Workaround: You must manually enable or disable the desired personalized reports.
CSCsh72308
VHMIntegrator memory leak.
Unable to launch Detailed Device View (DDV). DDV.log contains the following:FATAL|DDV|Ajp13Processor[9009][1]
|DDVVHMInteractor|DDVVHMInteractor|null|Error returned by VHMI is:com.cisco.nm.xms.ctm.common.CTMException: URN_NOT_FOUND : urn "Interactor_URN" : Not found !! |ERROR|DDV|Ajp13Processor[9009][1]|DDVAction|perform|null|The CTM module or the Interactor module is currently down, please report this problem to the system administrator.Error.log contains the following: Internal error: Cannot get device information from PTM. This has been observed with Operations Manager.
Workaround: Download the CUOMWindowsWMIPatch.zip patch on Cisco.com in the following location: http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cuom20.
CSCsc07502
Some screens in Operations Manager are not sized correctly when opened.
Several popup screens open with the status bar covering the bottom of the screen. Some popups are not resizable, and the buttons located at the bottom right are covered by the status bar.
This occurs only with Windows XP Service Pack 2 using Microsoft Internet Explorer, and with certain security settings configured. The security settings are applied when the Operations Manager server is put in a security zone where the sizing of popups opened by scripts is disabled.
Workaround: For detailed instructions, access this bug through Cisco Software Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. (You will be prompted to log into Cisco.com.)
To fix the problem, the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option should be enabled for the security zone that the Operations Manager server is in.
Do one of the following:
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Enable the setting, Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints, for the security zone that the Operations Manager server is in.
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Add the Operations Manager server site to the local intranet or trusted security zone.
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In many cases, using the server name instead of the IP address in the browser will fix the problem. But the Operations Manager server must be in the same domain as the client, and DNS must be configured correctly. Alternatively, you can add the IP address to the Local Intranet or Trusted security zone.
Table 2 describes other known problems that exist in this release. For information on installation or upgrade, backup and restore, and other setup problems, see Table 1.
Resolved Problems
The Operations Manager 2.1 release is focused on quality improvements and software fixes that are not all listed here for the sake of brevity. For information on bugs that are not included below, see the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl.
Table 3 describes problems that were fixed in this release.
Product Documentation
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The originally published printed and electronic documentation is included with your product. Any changes after original publication are reflected on Cisco.com, where you will find the most up-to-date documentation. Table 4 describes the product documentation that is available.
Table 4 Product Documentation
Document Title Available FormatsSupported Devices Table for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
On Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/products_device_support_tables_list.html
Release Notes for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
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In PDF on the product CD-ROM
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On Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/prod_release_notes_list.html
Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
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In PDF on the product CD-ROM
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On Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/prod_installation_guides_list.html
User Guide for Cisco Unified Operations Manager 2.1
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In PDF on the product CD-ROM
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On Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/products_user_guide_list.html
Context-sensitive online help
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Select an option from the navigation tree, then click Help
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Click the Help button on the page
Documentation Updates
The following errors exist in the Operations Manager online help:
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The PDF export option is removed from Alert, Event, and Service Quality event history reports.
Related Documentation
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We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.
Table 5 describes the additional documentation that is available.

