Release notes

This topic contains information on new features, known issues, and updates as we version the Splunk App for Windows Infrastructure.

The latest version of the Splunk App for Windows Infrastructure was released on Thursday, February 26, 2015.

What's new

Here's what's new in the latest version of the Splunk App for Windows Infrastructure:

Bug fixes.
Internal improvements have been made to better handle testing, event generation, and CIM compliance. (TAG-3183, TAG-8599, TAG-8937, TAG-9030)
The interface for enabling and disabling hosts has been improved. (TAG-8818, TAG-8820)
The user experience on the Perfmon page has been improved. (TAG-2908)
The app no longer requires you to have Active Directory data available to pass data checks. (TAG-8916, TAG-9012)

The Splunk App for Windows Infrastructure has the following known issues:

In certain cases, the app setup prerequisite check prevents you from proceeding even though all prerequisite checks have passed. To work around the problem, confirm that the Splunk Add-on for Windows and the Splunk Supporting Add-on for Active Directory (SA-LDAPSearch) have been activated (and not just installed) in the Apps page in Splunk Web. (TAG-9012)
The app does not currently work with search head pools or search head clusters. (TAG-8776, TAG-9208)
The Host Inventory and Host Overview pages do not function in the app due to a missing configuration in the Splunk Add-on for Windows. To work around the problem, add the following stanza to the inputs.conf in the Splunk Add-on for Windows and deploy it to all of the servers in the environment:

[WinHostMon://OperatingSystem]
interval = 600
disabled = 0
type = OperatingSystem
index = windows

(TAG-8544)

The dashboard builder does not work properly with Internet Explorer version 8 or earlier. To work around the problem, use another Splunk Enterprise-supported browser. (MSAPP-2259, MSAPP-2277)
Some minor artifacts occur when you collapse the "Add Panels" sidebar on the Dashboard Builder page. (MSAPP-2109)

A cosmetic error where a disabled swim lane in Service Analyzer could not be re-enabled was fixed. (TAG-8790)
A problem where the Perfmon counter table failed to show up intermittently when using page from Internet Explorer version 11 was fixed. (TAG-8914)
The Windows Overview page no longer references the incorrect "windows_events" event type. (TAG-8822)
The "Host Performance" graph no longer goes to a non-existing page when you click on it to drill down (It no longer attempts to go to any page.) (TAG-9079)
Some inconsistencies in the documentation were fixed, and the upgrade procedure has been improved. (TAG-9056)