Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server

Version 5.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server was released on October 6, 2022

About this release

Version 5.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions	8.1.x, 8.2.x, 9.0.x
CIM	5.0.1
Platforms	Platform independent
Vendor Products	IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 8.5.x, 9.0.0, 9.0.5.6, 9.0.5.8, and 9.0.5.12

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

New features

Version 5.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server has the following new features.

• Support for IBM Websphere version 9.0.5.12
• Compatibility with CIM version 5.0.1
• Corrected the input for the ibm:was:profileCreationLog sourcetype to monitor only the expected files.

Fixed issues

Version 5.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server has the following fixed issues.

Known issues

Version 5.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for IBM WebSphere Application Server has the following known issues.

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2022-09-27	ADDON-56098, ADDON-55876, ADDON-56099	First and Last events are containing garbage values. Events are not breaking properly.
2022-09-27	ADDON-56105, ADDON-56100	Unwanted events are getting ingested in serverExceptionLog sourcetype.

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a text file for download:
Splunk Add-on for IBM WAS third-party software credits.