What's new

Netcool® Operations Insight® V1.6.3 includes a range of new features and functions.

This description of new features and functions is also available in the Release notes.

New product features and functions in version 1.6.3.2

version 1.6.3.2 iconNetcool Operations Insight on OpenShift® 1.6.3.2 provides event management capabilities in IBM Cloud Pak® for Watson™ AIOps 3.2.0.

New features in version 1.6.3.2
The following features and functions are available in the Netcool Operations Insight version 1.6.3.2 product:
Single sign-on
The single sign-on feature was added in 1.6.3.2. For more information, see Configuring single sign-on and adding Web GUI customization with scripts.
Footprint
The resources required for a production deployment increased in version 1.6.3.2. For more information, see Sizing for a Netcool Operations Insight on Red Hat OpenShift deployment and Sizing for a hybrid deployment.
Updated components in version 1.6.3.2

In Netcool Operations Insight version 1.6.3.2, the following components are updated:

New product features and functions in version 1.6.3.1

version 1.6.3.1 iconSelect Availability:
Netcool Operations Insight on OpenShift 1.6.3.1 is available for select customers. Contact IBM Sales if you are interested in purchasing and using this offering. Netcool Operations Insight on OpenShift 1.6.3.1 provides event management capabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps 3.1.1.

New features in version 1.6.3.1
The following features and functions are available in the Netcool Operations Insight version 1.6.3.1 product:
Deprecated support for Db2®
Support for Db2 was removed from the Netcool Operations Insight on Red Hat OpenShift 1.6.3.1 release.

New product features and functions in version 1.6.3

New features in version 1.6.3
The following features and functions are available in the Netcool Operations Insight version1.6.3 product:
Deprecated support for IBM Network Performance Insight
Support for IBM Network Performance Insight was removed from the Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.3 release.
Edit Temporal Pattern policies
Event Analytics Temporal Pattern policies can now be edited to modify or enhance the events grouped by these policies. For more information, see Editing policies.
Dashboards
Improved integration of Grafana dashboards with Netcool Operations Insight.
Data retention policy: data older than 90 days is not displayed on Netcool Operations Insight dashboards. For more information, see Dashboards.
Dashboards
The Runbook dashboard provides usage statistics on your runbooks. The dashboard also indicates the level of runbook automation maturity, from manual runbooks to fully automated runbooks, over time.
The Operational efficiency dashboard allows you to review and monitor incident resolution efficiency within your operations.
Incident management
An incident is made up of one or more events and models a single real-life incident in your monitored environment. Using the new incident management capability, your Operations teams can perform a series of incident resolution activities, including listing current incidents, viewing all incidents, or viewing user or group assigned incidents. They can also take ownership of incidents, and work with teams and tools to resolve incidents.
For more information, see Managing incidents.
OpenShift
Support for deploying Netcool Operations Insight on Red Hat OpenShift version 4.6 was added in version 1.6.3.
Probable cause custom labels and classification column names
You can add your own and customized classification label and customize the classification column name that is used for classification when using probable cause. For more information, see Configuring probable cause.
Updated product versions in version 1.6.3

The Netcool Operations Insight version 1.6.3 solution includes features delivered by the products and versions listed in the following topics:

The on-premises products are available for download from Passport Advantage® and Fix Central.