MagniComp(tm) SysInfo(tm) 9 GA

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May 11, 2009

MagniComp(tm) announces the General Availability (GA) release of SysInfo(tm) 9 with major new features such as support for XML output, new Virtual Machine enhancements, and support for discovery of 17 additional enterprise software products.

NEW FEATURES

The following are major new features introduced in this release:

XML output encoding has been implemented for the first time. This allows a customer supplied XML parser to read all SysInfo data in a program readable format. All data available through SysInfo's field deliminated Report encoding is available as XML. See the SysInfo Reference Manual for the --encode xml option.
Additional Virtual Machine platforms are now supported. The VmGuest class now supports VMware Virtual Server 2.0. VMware ESX is now also officially supported as a valid Linux platform with full discovery capabilities.
New Process Class has been introduced with this release. The Process class provides a list of all processes running on a system at run-time. Attributes include the process ID, command name, command line, CPU time, CPU percentage, virtual memory size, and resident memory size.
An additional 17 Enterprise Software products now discovered. The new product discovery support includes: Apache Tomcat, CA BrightStor Server, HP OpenView Data Protector, IBM DB2, IBM Informix C-ASAM, IBM Informix Enterprise Gateway Manager, IBM Informix I-SPY, IBM Informix MaxConnect, IBM Informix Extend\ ed Parallel Server, IBM Tivoli App Dependency Discovery Manager, IBM Tivoli COmposite App Manager for WebSphere Data Collector, IBM Tivoli Configuration Discovery and Tracking, IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console, IBM Tivoli Netcool, IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployments, Sun Java/JRE.
Chassis Serial Number is a new General class attribute which reports the serial number of the system chassis. This value is usually only reported on blade systems where the Chassis Serial Number differs from the System Serial Number. Support is limited to systems which support IPMI access to Baseboard Management Cards (BMC).
SMBIOS 2.6.0 is now supported. The previous release supported 2.4.0 features.
CPU Core and Thread count is now reported for Intel and AMD CPU's as attributes CoreCount and ThreadCount.
Improved SMBIOS device handling Hardware devices discovered via SMBIOS are more tightly aligned and automatically intergrated with devices discovered via other means. This should result in fewer duplicate devices and increased attribute reporting for devices discovered via both SMBIOS and other means.
Additional Monitor hardware capability data is now included. The additional attributes are MinVerRefresh, MaxVerRefresh, MinHorRefresh, MaxHorRefresh, and MaxPixelClock.
Increased stability from a major overall of how Class data is handled internally should continue to make SysInfo™ one of the most stable asset and configuration agents available.
Bug fixes from the previous release have now been all rolled up into this release to provide a more stable and reliable product.
Documentation has been updated and expanded.

Please see the Release Notes at http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/9/doc/ReleaseNotes/html for more details.

NEW AND CHANGED PLATFORM SUPPORT

The following platform changes have taken place in this release:

FreeBSD is no longer supported. Customers should use SysInfo 8 for FreeBSD.
IBM AIX 4.3 is no longer supported. Customers running AIX 4.3 should use SysInfo version 7.
HP HP-UX 10.20 is no longer supported. Customers running HP-UX 10.20 should use SysInfo version 7

LICENSING

Existing Customers

Customers with existing licenses for prior versions must obtain a new license. License upgrades are available for free to customers with a valid Maintenance Agreement or for a 50% discount for upgrading a previous version license. To obtain your free or discounted upgrades, please visit the MagniComp online Customer Service Center:

	http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcservices.cgi

New Customers

This release will run in demo mode with full functionality for thirty (30) days. Permanent licenses are available for purchase online from the MagniComp Customer Service Center:

	http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcservices.cgi

Add-on Licenses

The Storage System class requires a license in order to use this feature. A Storage System Base license is built into the SysInfo product and provides basic storage system data such as make, model, serial number, and storage capacity. A Storage System Professional license is required to receive the full spectrum of storage system data. Storage System Professional licenses must be purchased either with a SysInfo product license purchase or seperately. For a comparison of Base vs. Professional, please see

	http://www.magnicomp.com/storsys/compare.shtml.

A demo license of Storage System Professional is built into the SysInfo product and is enabled automatically for 30 days - with or without a permanent SysInfo product license - after which time the license reverts to a Storage System Base level. You always need a valid demo or permanent SysInfo product license in order to use any edition of the Storage System feature.

DOWNLOAD

To download, please visit:

	http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcdownload.cgi

INSTALLATION

Instructions on how to install SysInfo are available as:

 	http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/9/doc/InstallGuide/html

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