Geneos 5.x Compatibility Matrix

Supported Geneos versions Copied

ITRS supports all released versions based on the current plus the previous major versions of Geneos. Only the latest major version will receive regular security updates, fixes, and enhancements. In exceptional circumstances, critical fixes may be backported to previous major versions where it is not reasonably possible to upgrade to newer versions.

The supported Geneos versions are:

For more information on compatibility between Gateway and Gateway Hub components, see the Gateway Hub Compatibility Matrix.

Upgrading between Geneos versions can introduce different changes. For more information, see the Geneos Upgrade Notes.

Geneos 5.x EOL

End of life for version 5.x.x is scheduled for 30 September 2025. If you are currently using version 5.x.x, we advise you to upgrade to the latest version before the EOL date.

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Operating system Versions supported
Windows Desktop 8.1 and 10, Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Support for Windows Server 2022 is only available beginning Geneos 5.13.x.
Linux: Red Hat RHEL 7.x [kernel 3.10]
RHEL 8.x [kernel 4.18] — supported beginning Geneos 5.1.x.
Linux: Red Hat on IBM POWER8 RHEL 7.x [Little Endian]
Linux: SUSE SLES 11.
SLES 12.x SLES 15.x — supported beginning Geneos 5.1.x.
Linux: Ubuntu 18.04x LTS — supported beginning Geneos 5.1.x.
IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2
IBM i (OS/400) 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4
macOS 10.14.x (Mojave) Available only to the Active Console.

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When Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is running in Enforcing mode, it may deny certain functions of depending on the implemented configurations and policies.

To see which functions denies, check the audit log. The log is typically located in /var/log/audit.log, where the log type entry is AVC. The audit log provides the details of any denied access. For example, denied connection to the TCP port.

If you experience issues related to this mode, you may opt to disable , or create policy modules to grant the required access. Please contact your administrator or security team for assistance.

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Geneos components Windows Linux: Red Hat Linux: SUSE Linux: Ubuntu Linux: Red Hat on IBM POWER8 IBM AIX macOS
Active Console ✓ ✓ ✓
Collection Agent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
FIX Analyser 2 File Agent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
FIX Analyser 2 Netprobe ✓
Gateway ✓ ✓ ✓
Gateway Hub ✓
Licence Daemon ✓ ✓ ✓
Netprobe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SSO Agent ✓ ✓
Web Dashboard (Web Server) ✓
Webslinger ✓

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Containerised environment support Copied

Provides docker container images of the following components. Each component should meet the documented minimum operating system requirements.

Geneos Component Enterprise version 18.06 or higher Native Kubernetes 1.18 or higher  EKS AKS
Collection Agent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Netprobe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gateway ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Cloud environment support Copied

Supports running components version 4.8.0 and newer in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. Each component should meet the documented minimum operating system requirements.

Deploying into any cloud environments should take into consideration connectivity, performance, network traffic, and cost implications.

For more information, see Geneos on Amazon Web Services Cloud.

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Netprobe plugins Copied

Supported Netprobe plug-ins Windows Linux: Red Hat Linux: SUSE Linux: Ubuntu Linux: Red Hat on IBM POWER8 IBM AIX
API (XML-RPC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
API Streams (XML-RPC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Bloomberg B-Pipe ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Clearvision Status ✓    
Control-M (BMC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CPU ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Desktop PC Monitoring ✓    
Device IO   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Disk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dynamic Entities Health ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Bridges ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Connections ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Durables ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Non-Durables ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Queues ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Routes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) Topics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
E4JMS (Tibco EMS) User Summary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Extractor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fidessa   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Fidessa DQ   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
FIX Analyser 2   ✓ ✓ ✓  
File Keyword Monitor (FKM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
File Latency Monitor (FLM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
File Transfer Monitor (FTM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GL Greffon ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL Lost Orders Only supported on Geneos 4.x versions of the Netprobe.
GL Order Book Only supported on Geneos 4.x versions of the Netprobe.
GL Permissions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL Router ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL SLC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL SLC Relay ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL SLE ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GL SLE TCP ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Hardware ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
IBM i File Member ✓ ✓ ✓
IBM i JDBC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
IBM i Job   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IBM i Log Reader ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
IBM i Member Record ✓ ✓ ✓
IBM i Message   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IBM i Pool   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IBM i Queue   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IBM i Subsystem   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IBM i System   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IPC (Shared Memory)   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IX Message Analyser ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
JMX Server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
JMX Thread Info ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Market Data Monitor (MDM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Message Tracker ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
MIB Monitor (Mibmon) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
MQ Channel (IBM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MQ Queue Info (IBM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MQ Queue (IBM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
NET Ping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Network ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
NYXT Papastats ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
OP5 Monitor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Oracle ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Orc ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
PATS Status ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
PATS Trading Breaches ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
PATS Users ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Perfmon ✓    
Processes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Publisher ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
REST API (Inbound) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
REST Extractor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
RMC Interface (Refinitiv)   ✓ ✓ ✓  
SETS SLC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
SQL Toolkit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
State Tracker ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SU Only supported on Geneos 4.x versions of the Netprobe.
Sybase ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sybase Server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TCP Links ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TIB RV ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
TIB RV Publisher ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
TIB RV Stream ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Toolkit (Scripting) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Top ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Tradeview (previously called Datacom) Supported only on Tradeview devices.
Trading Technologies ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Trap Monitor Limited ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
UNIX Users   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Uptrends ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Veritas Cluster Server ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Web Monitor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Win Apps ✓    
Win Cluster ✓    
Win Services ✓    
WMI ✓    
WTS Licenses ✓    
WTS Processes ✓
WTS Session ✓
WTS Summary ✓
X Broadcast ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Mcast ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Multicast ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Ping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Route ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Top ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
X Traffic ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  

Collection Agent plugins operating system support Copied

Collection Agent plugin Windows Linux: Red Hat Linux: SUSE Linux: Ubuntu Linux: Red Hat on IBM POWER8 IBM AIX
Azure Monitor ✓ ✓ ✓
AWS ✓ ✓ ✓
StatsD ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Kubernetes   ✓ ✓ ✓  
Cloud Foundry End of life for this plugin is 31 May 2021.

Collection Agent plugins version support Copied

Collection Agent plugin Collection Agent 2.x  Netprobe 5.1.0 + Netprobe 5.8.0 and above
Azure Monitor ✓ ✓
StatsD 1.x End of life for version 1.x and older is 30 June 2021.
StatsD 2.x ✓ ✓
Kubernetes 1.x End of life for version 1.x and older is 30 June 2021.
Kubernetes 2.x ✓ ✓
Cloud Foundry 1.x End of life for this plugin is 31 May 2021.

Integrations support Copied

Geneos integrations are configuration templates built using plug-ins for monitoring various applications and systems.

Integration Plug-ins used Requirements
ActiveMQ 3 JMX Server plug-in instances
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the ActiveMQ instance is installed and the port ActiveMQ is listening to.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher. The Netprobe running the ActiveMQ Monitoring integration must be configured with a Java environment. See Configure the Java environment.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • ActiveMQ 5.15.3.
Amazon Web Services At least one Toolkit plug-in instance per monitored service
  • Python 2.7 or higher, or Python 3.7 or higher.
  • Python 3.3 or higher. * Boto, Boto 3 and AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
  • Connection to the AWS services using the security credentials: Access Key ID, Secret Access Key and default region. The keys are generated from your AWS account. When you run aws configure command, it will create a flat file and locate it in your home directory. This file is used by this integration. You can also set up the connection using environment variables.
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Azure Cloud At least one Toolkit plug-in instance per monitored service.
  • Python 3.6 or higher.
  • Python package manager (pip).
  • Access keys from your Azure web console: appId, password, tenant, subscription ID
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
Cassandra 6 JMX Server plug-in instances.
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Cassandra instance is installed and the port Cassandra is listening to.
  • A JMX-enabled Cassandra cluster. *Netprobe version 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway version 4.8 or higher.
  • Cassandra version 3.11.1.
Citrix 4 Toolkit plug-in instances.
  • Citrix XenApp version 7.x
  • PowerShell versions 4.0 or above must be available on the machine where the Netprobe runs.
  • PowerShell’s execution policy must be allowed to execute scripts.
  • You must have an Active Directory user account with Citrix monitoring privileges configured in the Citrix Delivery Controller.
  • Application monitoring must be enabled in the Citrix Delivery Controller.
Control-M API plug-in
  • Control-M version 9.0.0.
  • For Control-M beginning 9.0.18, use the Control-M plugin. For more information, see Application and plugin specific information.
  • Requires JRE, see Java support.
  • Control-M integration with dependent libs (these are included in the lib subdirectory)
  • Control-M integration licence: ControlmMonitor.lic. Please contact ITRS Support for a trial licence, or your ITRS Account Manager for more information. The end of life (EOL) for Control-M (9.0.00) integration is 30 November 2021. To continue monitoring your Control-M 9.0.18 and newer, upgrade to Control-M (9.0.18) plugin.
CorvilNet API plug-in, SNMP Trapmon plug-in
  • A Linux machine where the CNPI and, if applicable, the trapFOD can run.
  • The machine where the CNPI runs must be able to communicate with the CNE via HTTP or SNMP.
  • We recommend that you set up the integration on the same machine as the Netprobe. Otherwise, ensure that the machines can communicate via SNMP
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
Docker 2 Toolkit plug-in instances
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Docker instance is installed and the port Docker is listening to.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • Python 2.7 or higher.
  • Docker 17.12.0-ce.
  • CentOS 7.
Elasticsearch 8 Toolkit plug-in instances
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Elasticsearch instance is installed and the port Elasticsearch is listening to.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • Python 2.7 or 3.6 installation on the machine where the Netprobe resides.
  • Elasticsearch 6.1.2.
Google Stackdriver At least one Toolkit plug-in instance per monitored service.
  • Python 3.6 or higher.
  • Python package manager (pip).
  • Google API Client for Python.
  • Google Authentication Library.
  • Google Cloud Platform service account key in a form of a JSON file.
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
Hadoop (HDFS and YARN) 4 JMX Server instances, 3 Toolkit plug-in instances.
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Hadoop instance is installed and the port Hadoop is listening to.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • Hadoop 3.0.0 or higher.
  • Python 2.7/3.6 or higher.
Ultra Messaging API plug-in
  • A Linux machine where the UMPI and the tnwgdcan run.
  • The machine where the UMPI runs must be able to communicate with UMS applications using UMS protocols.
  • The UMPI must be able to communicate with the tnwgd using HTTP.
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
ITRS Synthetic Monitoring (Apica) 4 Toolkit plug-in instances
  • Python 2.7 or newer, or Python 3.6 or newer
  • pip module
  • Python Requests module
Kafka 4 JMX Server plug-in instances.
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Kafka instance is installed and the port Kafka is listening to.
  • A JMX-enabled Kafka cluster.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • Kafka 1.0.0.
Kubernetes 14 Toolkit plug-in instances.
  • Geneos version 4.11.x or higher.
  • Python 3.4 or higher.
  • The kubectl client binary, version 1.1 or higher. It can be downloaded from the Kubernetes website.
  • When you set kubectl up, you will need a configuration file that you can use to access the Kubernetes environment.
  • Access to the Kubernetes environment version 1.1 or higher.
  • The support and compatibility that ITRS provides are only limited to the currently supported versions of Kubernetes. In addition, not all resources covered in our samplers might be available in your Kubernetes environment.
  • The end of life (EOL) date for this integration is 30 September, 2020. The Collection Agent plugin for Kubernetes now replaces this integration, see Installation in a or environment. The integration remains available to download from the Archived section of ITRS Downloads.
MongoDB 10 Toolkit plug-in instances.
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the MongoDB instance is installed and the port MongoDB is listening to.
  • Netprobe version 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway version 4.8 or higher.
  • MongoDB version 3.6.
OpenShift 14 Toolkit plug-in instances
  • Geneos version 4.11.x or higher.
  • Python 3.4 or higher.
  • The oc client binary, version 3.11 or higher. It can be downloaded from the official OpenShiftGitHub repository.
  • The package contains an executable file named oc. Use the login option to generate your OpenShift configuration file that contains a token that allows the connection to your OpenShift environment.
  • Access to an OpenShift environment version 3.10 or higher or access to the OpenShift online service. You need to be authenticated to OpenShift from the host where your Netprobe is running.
  • The support and compatibility that ITRS provides are only limited to the currently supported versions of OpenShift. In addition, not all resources covered in our samplers might be available in your OpenShift environment.
  • The end of life (EOL) date for this integration is 30 September, 2020. The Collection Agent plugin for Kubernetes now replaces this integration, see Installation in a or environment. The integration remains available to download from the Archived section of ITRS Downloads.
PostgreSQL 1 SQL-Toolkit plug-in instance PostgreSQL version 9.6
RabbitMQ 6 Toolkit plug-in instances
  • Geneos 4.11 or higher.
  • Python 2.7 or higher.
  • Access to the RabbitMQ environment (version 1.1 or higher).
Terracotta Universal Messaging API plug-in
  • Instrumentation XML-RPC API.
  • Universal Messaging Solution package with dependent libs (these are included in the lib subdirectory).
  • Universal Messaging plug-in license: UMMonitor.lic. Please contact ITRS Support for a trial licence.
TREP (Refinitiv) RMC plug-in, TCP Links plug-in, Toolkit plug-in, SQL-Toolkit plug-in, Sybase and Sybase Server plug-ins, Mibmon plug-in, Trapmon plug-in, FKM plug-in, Processes plug-in Additional licence. Please contact your ITRS account manager for more information.
Velocimetrics 5 JMX Server plug-in instances
  • Java 1.7 or higher with the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and JAVA_HOME environment variable set. For more information on how to configure the environment variables, see Configuring environment in JMX Plug-in Technical Reference.
  • URL of the service you will be connecting to and a username and password, if required.
VMWare ESXi API plug-in
  • Geneos XML-RPC API token.
  • VMWare Solution package with dependent libs (these are included in the lib subdirectory).
  • VMWare plug-in licence: VMWareMonitor.lic.
  • This requires an additional licence to use. Please contact your ITRS Account Manager for more information.
Zookeeper 2 JMX Server plug-in instances
  • A machine running the Netprobe must have access to the host where the Zookeeper instance is installed and the port Zookeeper is listening to.
  • Netprobe 4.6 or higher.
  • Gateway 4.8 or higher.
  • Zookeeper 3.4.11.

Supported characters Copied

All Geneos components only support ASCII characters 32-126.

Extended ASCII characters are not supported.

Database support Copied

Database Versions Supported Database Support Notes
MySQL 5.6, 5.7, 8.0 The authentication plugins mysql_native_password and caching_sha2_password are supported. The caching_sha2_passwordauthentication plugin can only be used with secure connections. To do this, the MySQL server should be configured to use secure connections, and the SSL mode in the SQL Toolkit configuration should be set to Preferred, Required, Verify_ca, or Verify_identity.
SAP ASE (Sybase) 15.7, 16.x
Oracle 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c Connecting to Oracle 19 from Linux requires at least RHEL 7.x.
MSSQL Server (MS ODBC Driver 13 and 17) 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
IBM DB2 10.1, 10.5, 11.1
PostgreSQL 9.5, 9.6, 10, 11, 12
  • For Gateway database logging, only PostgreSQL versions 10, 11, and 12 are supported. Support for PostgreSQL 12 is only available beginning Geneos 5.7.2. SQL 1.0.0 plugin is supported for all versions indicated in the column.
  • PostgreSQL is not supported in IBM AIX platforms.
  • PostgreSQL connections configured with SSL or TLS are not supported in SUSE 12 platforms.
MariaDB (use MySQL configuration option) 10.3, 10.4, 10.5

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Database MySQL Sybase Oracle MSSQL DB2 Postgres MariaDB
Active Console ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓   ✓ ✓
Web Dashboard ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gateway * MSSQL server is supported only for Gateway running on Linux platform. * For Gateway database logging, only PostgreSQL versions 10, 11, and 12 are supported. Support for PostgreSQL 12 is only available beginning Geneos 5.7.2. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓   ✓ ✓
Plug-in: FIX Analyser 2 ✓            
Plug-in: Message Tracker ✓   ✓        
Plug-in: Oracle     ✓        
Plug-in: SQL-Toolkit* MSSQL server is supported only for Netprobes running on Linux and Windows platforms. * Sybase and MSSQL server are NOT supported on IBM POWER8. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Plug-in: Sybase   ✓          
Plug-in: Sybase Server   ✓          

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Browser Versions Supported
Chrome Latest stable version
Firefox ESR 60.x, 68.x
Internet Explorer 11
MS Edge 44.x
Geneos Component IE MS Edge Firefox ESR Chrome
FIX Analyser 2 Netprobe: Show Orders Report ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Web Dashboard (Web Server) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Webslinger ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Web Console ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Java support Copied

Beginning Geneos 4.12, Java support is standardised among all Geneos components based on the Long-Term Support (LTS) Java versions, namely Java 8 and 11.

Lower Java versions are no longer supported, unless otherwise indicated.

Platform support Copied

Asterisk (*) indicates build version.

Platform Java version 8 Java version 11
Linux ✓ ✓
IBM POWER88 ✓ ✓
Windows ✓ ✓
IBM AIX ✓

Verified versions Copied

All Geneos components, excepting the Active Console and Web Dashboard, are tested using OpenJDK Java 8 and 11. The Active Console and Web Dashboard are tested using OpenJDK Java 8.

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Collection Agent Libraries Copied

Collection Agent library Supported Collection Agent Supported Netprobe
Collection Agent 2.x Netprobe 5.1.0 +
StatsD-client 1.x End of life for version 1.x and older is 30 June 2021.
StatsD-client 2.x ✓ ✓
itrsstatsd 1.x End of life for version 1.x and older is 30 June 2021.
itrsstatsd 2.x ✓ ✓

Application and plug-in specific information Copied

Geneos Component Application Support Notes
Control-M plug-in
  • Verified with Control-M versions 9.0.18.200, 9.0.19.200, and 9.0.20.020.
  • Requires JRE, see Java support.
E4JMS (TIBCO EMS) plug-ins
  • Supports TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) versions 8.3, 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.5.0, and 8.5.1.
  • Requires JRE, see Java support. It is recommended you configure the plugin to the use Java version that is packaged with or supported by your version of EMS.
Fidessa plug-in (Users View) Fidessa plug-in uses a command line utility called netstat. On Linux this utility is part of net-tools package. By default, net-tools package is no longer included in minimal RHEL 7 + distributions. Please make sure netstat utility is available on the host where Fidessa plug-in is run.
FIX Analyser 2 plugin Requires FIX Analyser 2 Netprobe (Linux 64-bit only) with File Agents that can run on Linux, Windows, and IBM AIX for collecting FIX Logs. FIX Analyser 2 plugin tracks the state of FIX protocol version 4.2 orders.
IBM i plugins
  • IBM i Operating system supported versions, see Operating system support.
  • IBM i Server must be IBM i, i5/OS, OS/400 V4R3 or higher.
  • Requires JRE, see Java support.
JMX plug-ins
  • Generic connection to a JMX-enabled application is supported for Java, see Java support.
  • WebSphere connection to an IBM WebSphere Application Server is supported on WebSphere versions 8.5 and 8.5.5 (9.0 coming soon). It is recommended you configure Netprobe to use Java version that is packaged with your version of WebSphere.
  • WebLogic connection to an Oracle WebLogic Server is supported on WebLogic versions 10.3, 11.1, 12.1 and 12.2. It is recommended you configure Netprobe to use the Java version that is packaged with your version of WebLogic.
MQ plugins
  • Supported IBM MQ versions beginning Geneos 5.0.x to Geneos 5.12.x, 7.5.x, 8.0.x, 9.0.x.
  • Supported IBM MQ versions beginning Geneos 5.13.x, 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x. This plugin only supports AIX for IBM MQ 9.1.x.
Netprobe and Collection Agent From Geneos 5.0 the Netprobe comes packaged with Collection Agent and StatsD plug-in on Linux and Windows platforms. Collection Agent can be started by the Netprobe via its configuration, or run standalone as containerised or non-containerised application. A version 5.1.2 or later, that is configured with a Mapping type, will not connect to a version 5.0.x or earlier. A failed connection will be recorded in the log, with a warning that the version is too old.
REST API
  • Requires JRE, see Java support.
  • Netprobe version 4.12.x or higher.
  • Connection to the Licence Daemon version 4.12.x or higher.
REST Extractor
  • Requires JRE, see Java support.
  • Uses jq for Jackson Java JSON Processor version 0.0.9.
SSL/TLS TLS connections are supported up to TLS 1.2. Beginning Geneos 5.6.x, you can run SSL/TLS connections on RHEL 8 platform. The minimum Geneos version for SSL/TLS connections to work on RHEL 8 is 4.9.x or higher.
TIB RV plug-in Verified with TIBCO Rendezvous Service versions 8.2 and 8.4.5.
TCP-Links TCP-Links plug-in uses a command line utility called netstat. On Linux this utility is part of net-tools package. By default, net-tools package is no longer included in minimal RHEL 7 + distributions. Please make sure netstat utility is available on the host where TCP-Links plug-in is run.
Veritas Cluster Server plug-in Veritas Cluster Server plug-in supports Symantec Veritas Cluster Server versions 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0.
Web Dashboard (Web Server) There is a Web Dashboard package available without a JRE packaged. Users need to make sure Web Dashboard can access a supported JRE environment, version Java 8.
Win Cluster plug-in Win Cluster plug-in supports Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 Enterprise and Datacenter editions. 
WTS Plug-ins WTS Licenses plug-in requires Microsoft Licensing Reporter Tool (lsreport.exe) installed and functioning. This tool is no longer supported by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008 and newer. 

FLM Plug-in Copied

The table below illustrates the support matrix for the different market data feeds currently supported in FLM plug-in.

Netprobe Platform RFA (OMM) GL TT NYXT
netprobe-windows-x64 ✓ ✓ ✓
netprobe-linux-x64 ✓ ✓ ✓

Note

RFA version 8 supports the microseconds and nanoseconds timestamps that are useful for RawLatency and DataQuality solutions. MDI connections on RFA are no longer supported.

Gateway Hub Copied

Provides the support matrix for Gateway Hub, Gateway, and Active Console.

Feature Gateway Hub version Compatible versions
Anomaly Detection 1.5 or higher

Gateway 4.13 or higher

Gateway Setup Editor 4.13 or higher
Centralised configuration 1.6 or higher

Gateway 5.0 or higher

Gateway Setup Editor 5.0 or higher
Publish data to Gateway Hub 1.4 Gateway 4.8 to 4.13
Publish data to Gateway Hub 1.5 Gateway 4.8 or higher
Publish data to Gateway Hub 1.6 or higher Gateway 4.12 or higher
View data in Active Console 1.4 or higher Active Console 4.9 or higher

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Market Data Monitor provides feed adapter libraries used for subscribing to market data feeds. Table below illustrates the different market data feeds and their supported platforms.

Netprobe Platform RFA (OMM) GL TT NYXT Bloomberg Exegy QuantFeed
netprobe-windows-x64 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
netprobe-linux-x64 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

QuantFeed no longer supports Red HatEnterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) platforms. This is due to a change in requirements for the QuantFeed OS 3.8.4.8 library.Note:* RFA version 8 supports the microseconds and nanoseconds timestamps that are useful for RawLatency and DataQuality solutions. MDI connections on RFA are no longer supported.

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The Trapmon plugin supports the following SNMP versions:

SNMP version Linux Windows
1 ✓ ✓
2c ✓ ✓
3 ✓

This plugin does not support the new MIB files, Custom View, and Clear Trap command features.

Geneos compatibility and lifecycle Copied

This section outlines all the changes to Geneos compatibility and lifecycle. ITRS will always work with you to minimise impact of any changes, and listen to your feedback. If you have any queries, please contact ITRS Support.

The notice of change in the Geneos compatibility identifies the components, plug-ins, or features that will no longer be supported by ITRS in any future releases.

End of support notices Copied

The end of support means that the affected component, plugin, or feature is no longer supported and this ends the release of binaries. The table below lists the affected components, plugins, and features:

Notice of change Affected components Effective date Alternative or Upgrade path
End of life for version 5.x.x Geneos version 5.x.x 30 September 2025 Upgrade to the latest version before the EOL date
End of support for 4.x.x All components version 4.x.x 31 May 2023 If you are using 4.x.x, we advise you to upgrade to 6.x.x or newer.
End of support for Solaris operating system All components and versions 31 May 2023 Upgrade to a supported operating system.

End of releasing binaries Copied

The end of releasing binaries means that the affected components, plug-ins, or features are no longer getting binaries for certain platforms, but the support continues. The table below lists the affected components, plug-ins, and features:

Notice of Change Affected Components Effective Date Alternative/Upgrade Path
End of releasing binaries for Netprobe for 32-bit Windows platforms Netprobe on 32-bit Windows 30 April 2019 Use 64-bit Windows Netprobe.
End of releasing binaries for Licence Daemon for Solaris platforms. Licence Daemon on Solaris x64 and Solaris Sparc 31 July 2019 Use Linux distribution of Licence Daemon. Solaris distribution of Licence Daemon is still supported for already available versions of Geneos 4.x.
End of releasing binaries for Web Dashboard for Solaris platforms. Web Dashboard on Solaris (x64 and Sparc) 31 July 2019 Use Linux distribution of Web Dashboard. Solaris distribution of Web Dashboard is still supported for already available versions of Geneos 4.x.
End of releasing binaries for Webslinger for Solaris platforms. Webslinger on Solaris (Sparc) 31 July 2019 Use Linux distribution of Webslinger. Solaris distribution of Webslinger is still supported for already available versions of Geneos 4.x.
End of releasing binaries for Gateway for Solaris platforms. Gatewayon Solaris (x64 and Sparc) 31 July 2019 Use Linux distribution of Gateway. Solaris distribution of Gateway is still supported for already available versions of Geneos 4.x.
End of releasing binaries for Netprobe for Solaris platforms. Netprobe on Solaris (x64 and Sparc) 30 October 2019 Use Linux, Linux on Power 8, Windows or AIX distribution of Netprobe.Solaris distribution of Netprobe is still supported for already available versions of Geneos 4.x.

Deprecated and removed features Copied

This section documents any features deprecated or removed in Geneos 4.x.x versions to date, and lists any useful alternatives or upgrade paths.

Deprecated features Copied

Deprecated features are no longer supported by ITRS, but users can continue to use them if they wish. Users should avoid depending on any deprecated features as they may be removed in any future releases.

Geneos components Affected versions Description Alternatives
Netprobe: deprecated plug-ins* Brass – QMS * Wombat-Papa Stats * Wombat-Mama Stats * Latency – RTT * BGD – TRIARCH * BGS – TRIARCH * ISFS – TRIARCH * SNMP – MIBS * Sink * Source * TIB – Link * Reuters Bridge Feed * Reuters Plus * Remote SQL * Fidessa-Markets * Fidessa-To Geneos 3.0.0 + Support ended 30 June 2013  * Brass – QMS –> No Planned Replacement * Wombat-Papa Stats –> NYXT Mama Stats * Wombat-Mama Stats –> NYXT Papa Stats * Latency – RTT –> Message Tracker * BGD – TRIARCH –> No Planned Replacement * BGS – TRIARCH –> No Planned Replacement * ISFS – TRIARCH –> No Planned Replacement * SNMP – MIBS –> Mib Monitor * Sink –> No Planned Replacement * Source –> No Planned Replacement * TIB – Link –> No Planned Replacement * Reuters Bridge Feed –> No Planned Replacement * Reuters Plus –> No Planned Replacement * Remote SQL –> SQl Toolkit * Fidessa-Markets –> No Planned Replacement* Fidessa-To –> No Planned Replacement
Netprobe: Datacom Plug-in Geneos 3.0.22 + Plug-in renamed in Geneos 3.0.22 Datacom Plug-in renamed to Tradeview Plug-in
Netprobe: plug-ins * MQ Channel Details * MQ Channel Overview * MQ Queue Details * MQ Queue Overview * Win-CPU* X-25 Links Geneos 3.1.x + Support ended 31 March 2015 * MQ Channel Details à MQ Channel * MQ Channel Overview à MQ Channel * MQ Queue Details à MQ Queue* MQ Queue Overviewà MQ Queue * Win-CPU à CPU * X-25 Links à No Planned Replacement
Netprobe: plug-ins * Effix Status * Fix Analyser * Fix Cameron Status * Gissing * NYXT mama * RTIC Latency * SWX * TIB GSM * TIB Tic * Tib View * Triarch Latency * UL Bridge Geneos 4.2.x + Support ended 30 April 2017  * Effix Status–> no replacement * Fix Analyser –> upgrade to Fix Analyser 2 * Fix Cameron Status –> no replacement * Gissing –> Upgrade to TR ConteX * Integration to Geneos provided by TR * NYXT mama –> no replacement * RTIC Latency –> Upgrade to Market Data * Monitor (MDM) * SWX –> no replacement * TIB GSM –> no replacement * TIB Tic –> no replacement * Tib View –> no replacement * Triarch Latency –> no replacement * UL Bridge –> Upgrade to ULLink * Integration to Geneos provided by ULLink
Gateway Setup Editor setting: Managed Entities > Banner setting Geneos 5.0 + No replacement
Gateway Setup Editor setting: Sampler > Publish Geneos 5.0 + No replacement
Netprobe: SU plugin Geneos 5.0 + Support ended 31 July 2019 No replacement

Removed features Copied

Removed features are no longer supported and have been removed or disabled in Geneos.

To view the list of other features that have been removed in the past release, see Removed features in 4.x Compatibility Matrix.

Geneos Components Description Alternative/Upgrade Path
Gateway and Netprobe 5.11.0 and newer The end of support for the currently deprecated Mappings configuration in the GatewayDynamic Entities ended on 30 November 2021. The currently deprecated Mappings configuration in the GatewayDynamic Entities will be removed from Geneos 5.11.0. You must update the configurations to use the simplified Mapping configuration. For more information, see Dynamic Entities.
Control-M Integration 1.x and older The end of support for Control-M Integration (third-party solution) ended on 30 November 2021. Upgrade to the Control-M plugin for Control-M 9.0.18 and newer.
All versions of Collection Agent, Gateway, Licence Daemon, SSO Agent, Web Dashboard, Webslinger The end of support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x ended on 31 July 2021. Upgrade to RHEL 7.x or higher. For more information, see the notice from Red Hat article. ITRS will continue to support running the Netprobe and plugins on RHEL 6.x at least until the end of 2021.
Collection Agent, Cloud Foundry The end of support for Cloud Foundry plugin ended on 31 May 2021. This plugin is designed to work with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) version 2.6 and older. These versions of PCF are no longer supported by its vendor VMware. There is no replacement for this plugin.
Gateway 5.8.x and newer Removed Express Reports feature of Gateway on 31 May 2021. Express Reports will continue to be available and supported for Geneos 5.7.x and older until 31 December 2021.
Collection Agent 1.x and older The end of support for Collection Agent 1.x and older ended on 30 June 2021. Upgrade to Collection Agent 2.x or higher.
Kubernetes plugin 1.x and older The end of support for Kubernetes plugin 1.x and older ended on 30 June 2021. Upgrade to Kubernetes plugin 2.x or higher.
StatsD plugin 1.x and older The end of support for StatsD plugin 1.x and older ended on 30 June 2021. Upgrade to StatsD plugin 2.x or higher.
All Geneos components version 3.x.x The end of support for all Geneos versions 3.x.x ended on 30 April 2020. Upgrade to Geneos version 4.x.x or newer.
Kubernetes integration The end of support for Kubernetes integration ended on 30 September 2020. Use Collection Agent plugin for Kubernetes. See Installation in a or environment.
OpenShift integration The end of support for OpenShift integration ended on 30 September 2020. Use Collection Agent plugin for Kubernetes. See Installation in a or environment.
Web Montage (Web Services) The end of support for Web Montage ended on 31 January 2020. To be announced.
Open Access Cluster Node, Open Access Java Client (API) The end of support for Open Access ended on 31 January 2020. To be announced.
All Geneos components version 3.0.x The end of support for all Geneos versions 3.0.x ended on 30 October 2019. Upgrade to Geneos version 4.x.x or newer.
SSO Agent The end of support for SSO Agent NTLM authentication method ended on 30 October 2019. Use SSO Agent with Kerberos or HTTP Basic authentication method.
EUEM Netprobe and Plug-in The end of support for End User Experience Monitoring (EUEM) Netprobe and Plug-in ended on 30 April 2019 . ITRS Synthetic Monitoring User Guide
FIX Plug-in The end of support for FIX Plug-in ended on 30 April 2019. FIX Analyser 2 Netprobe User Guide
Combo Plug-in The end of support for Combo Plug-in ended on 31 July 2019. Gateway-SQL in Gateway Plug-Ins
Component Versions Plug-in The end of support for Component Versions ended on 31 July 2019. No alternative.
FLM Plugin on Solaris (x64 and Sparc) The end of support for Feed Latency Monitor Plug-in (FLM) on Solaris platforms ended on 31 July 2019. Run FLM Plugin on Linux or Windows platforms.
MDM Plug-in on Solaris (x64 and Sparc) The end of support for Market Data Monitor Plug-in (MDM) on Solaris platform on 31 July 2019. Run MDM Plug-in on Linux or Windows platforms
Informix Plug-in The end of support for Informix Plug-in ended on 31 July 2019. 1.0.0 script.
Nanomsg Gateway Publishing adapter The end of support for Nanomsg Gateway Publishing adapter ended on 30 November 2018. Kafka Gateway Publishing adapter.
Geneos: Platform Support End support for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2. Migrate to Windows 8.1 / 2012 or newer.
Geneos: Platform Support End support for AIX 5.3 and 6.1. Migrate to AIX 7.1 or newer.
Geneos: Platform Support The end of support for Linux 5 and older for all other components ended. Migrate to Linux 6 or newer.
MiniGeneos The end of support for MiniGeneos ended on 31 March 2022. Docker images for Gateway and Netprobe are now available to use. The Gateway can also be run in -demo mode for limited use.
Geneos: Platform Support The end of support for Red Hat Enteprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x for all other components ended on 31 December 2021. Upgrade to RHEL 7.x or higher. For more information, see the notice from Red Hat article.
Express Reports feature of Gateway The end of support for the Express Reports feature of Gateway ended on 31 December 2021. No alternative.
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