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The following list of items have been replaced with a functional equivalent, or have been sunset from prior versions as part of the 9.0 release.

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This section describes:

  • Features that are deprecated and removed.

  • Feature parity between legacy MZ8.3 and the new versions of MediationZone and Private Edition.

    • Items that are missing in the new SDR / Product Catalog.

    • Features in the product in general.

Explanation of the symbols used:

Image Added Feature has been removed and is not being replaced.
Image Added Feature has been removed and has been replaced with similar feature.
Image Added Feature is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. May be replaced.
Image Added Feature is missing but will be included in future release.

8.3 Feature

Removed

Version

Comment

Recent

Desktop Launcher

pf:mz.desktop.launcher

(warning)

11.0

Obsolete once the Desktop is removed.

HTTP Realtime (HTTPD)

cg:mz.http.rt

(warning)

11.0

Feature will be replaced with HTTP/2.

A redesign of legacy workflows is required; new agent and new UDR types apply.

Kafka (legacy version)

(warning)

11.0

Feature is replaced with a new reworked Kafka version.

A redesign of legacy workflows is required; new agent and new UDR types apply.

Real Time Disk Collection

cg:mz.diskrt.collection

(warning)

11.0

Feature is removed and is being replaced with:

  • Disk Collection Realtime

    cg:mz.batchrt.collection.disk

A redesign of legacy workflows is required.

Real Time Dis Forwarding

cg:mz.diskrt.forwarding

(warning)

11.0

Feature is removed and is being replaced with:

  • Disk Forwarding Realtime

    cg:mz.batchrt.forwarding.disk

A redesign of legacy workflows is required.

REST Client Agent

cg:mz.rest.client

(warning)

11.0

Feature is removed and is being replaced with:

  • HTTP2 Client Agent

    cg:mz.http2.client

A redesign of legacy workflows is required; new agent and new UDR types apply.

REST Server Agent

cg:mz.rest.server

(warning)

11.0

Feature is removed and is being replaced with:

  • HTTP2 Server Agent

    cg:mz.http2.server

A redesign of legacy workflows is required; new agent and new UDR types apply.

Ultra Avro (legacy version)

Legacy add-on to Ultra package

pf:mz.ultra.avro

(warning)

11.0

Feature

  • AVRO Decoder/Encoder:
    pf:mz.decoder_avro

Historical

AFT/TCP Nortel

cg:mz.afttcp.nortel

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed, and is not being replaced.

Automatic Audit 

cg:mz.automatic_audit 

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed, and is not being replaced. The standard Audit functionality, which is part of all product core deliveries, can be used to configure any type of customized audit.

  • MediationZone Core: 
    pf:mz.core

BatchRT GZIP Decompressor 

cg:mz.gzipdecompress

Merged into the agent packages. Functionality remains the same.

9.0

The functionality has been merged to file agents' configuration (Decompression tab).

Branding

Configuration Spaces

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed. Similar functionality can be achieved with Workflow Packages.

Cloud Billers APL Plugins

cg:mz.apl.cloudbillersextensions

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed, and is not being replaced. 

ComXerv

cg:mz.amqpcomxerv

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed, and is not being replaced. 

Conditional Trace (legacy)

cg:mz.conditionaltrace

9.1

Feature has been replaced with a revised version. Package naming remains the same. Legacy/old configuration cannot be imported. The new version does not support REST services for configuration.

Containerized deployment on AWS

9.0

This deployment option is removed and replaced with a dedicated product for cloud-native deployments Usage Engine - Private Edition.

Desktop In Browser

cg:mz.webdesktop

9.2

Replaced with new Browser UI (based on Vaadin).

Docweb 

pf:mz.documentation.docweb

9.0

Replaced with https://infozone.digitalroute.com/ .

Embedded Spark for KPI Management Distributed

(error)

9.

Cloud Billers APL Plugins

0

Spark is decoupled from the product, and is installed as a separate cluster. Configuration and functionality of KPI Management remains the same.

Export/Import Directory Mode

TBD

9.0

TBD

FTAM Alcatel S12

cg:mz.ftam.alcatel.s12

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

FTAM Lucent 5ESS

cg:mz.ftam.lucent.5ess

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

FTAM Nokia DX200

cg:mz

.apl.cloudbillersextensions

.ftam.nokia.dx200

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

 

Docweb 

GRIB APL Plugin

pf

cg:mz.

documentation.docweb

grib

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

Hadoop (HFS Coll/Fwd)

cg:mz.hfs

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed and replaced with HDFS agents.

HiCAP

cg:mz.hicap

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed, and is not being replaced. 

Keystore Profile:

pf:mz.keystore_profile

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed, and is replaced with Security Profile (which is part of core).

Latency Statistics

cg:mz.latencystat

9.0

Feature is

sunset

removed. The aggregation of statistics can be created using Aggregation or KPI Management. The following feature sends any metrics to Prometheus

and can be used as replacement

.

  • Prometheus Forwarding Agent
    cg:mz.prometheus_forwarding

Legacy documentation

pf:mz.documentation.legacy.base

9.1

Feature is

sunset

removed. All product documentation is maintained

in InfoZone

on https://infozone.digitalroute.com/ .

LGU GTP

cg:mz.lgu.gtp

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

LZO Service Configuration Support

cg:mz.lzodecompress

9.0

Merged into package LZO Support (cg:mz.decompress_lzo). Functionality remains the same.

MZSH Daemon

cg:mz.mzsh_deamon

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

mzsh interactive mode

TBD

9.0

TBD

MML Agent

cg:mz.mmlagent

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

Nokia IACC:

cg:mz.nokia.iacc

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

NordPool

cg:mz.nordpool_agent

(error)

9.0

Feature

is sunset,

is removed and is not being replaced. 

On-Premise Private Container Deployment

9.0

This deployment option is removed and replaced with a dedicated product for cloud-native deployments Usage Engine - Private Edition.

Pico Management UI

(info)

9.0

TBD

PSI Processing Agent:

cg:mz.psi.processing

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced. 

RTBS Forwarding agent:

cg:mz.comverse.rtbs

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced. 

Scalable Batch Transactions

cg:mz.transactions.distributed

9.0

Feature is

sunset, and is replaced with the default behavior. 

removed. The default behavior has been

proven to be more effective thus rendering the feature obsolete

improved.

Siddhi 

cg:mz.siddhi 

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

Sysinfo: 

pf:mz.sysinfo

Sybase ASE

cg:mz.db.sybase.ase

(error)

9.0

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

Sysinfo: 

pf:mz.sysinfo

(info)

9.0

TBD

System Insight Base

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and

is being

replaced with a Prometheus based version.

System Insight InfluxDB

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and

is being

replaced with a Prometheus based version.

System Insight MIMs

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and

is being

replaced with a Prometheus based version.

System Insight Collection

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced.

System Insight Forwarding

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced. The following feature sends any metrics to Prometheus, which can be used as a replacement for dashboards and alarms. 

  • Prometheus Forwarding Agent
    cg:mz.prometheus_forwarding

For legacy workflows, replace the agents. The new agent consumes the legacy UDR types, hence no need to change APL code.

System Insight Cloudwatch 

cg:mz.system_insight_cloudwatch

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced. The following feature sends any metrics to Prometheus, which can be used as a replacement for dashboards and alarms. 

  • Prometheus Forwarding Agent
    cg:mz.prometheus_forwarding

System Insight RestClient 

cg:mz.system_insight_restclient

9.1

Feature is

sunset,

removed and is not being replaced. The following feature sends any metrics to Prometheus. The same Prometheus storage can be used to send any other metrics originating from other systems.

  • Prometheus Forwarding Agent
    cg:mz.prometheus_forwarding

System Monitor 

pf.mz.system_monitor

Merged into core package

9.0

Feature was previously a separate item in the Product Catalog, but has now been merged into core. Functionality remains the same.

Task 

pf.mz.task

Merged into core package

9.0

Feature was previously a separate item in the Product Catalog, but has now been merged into core. Functionality remains the same.

TMO PCC Generation Tools

cg:mz.pcc_generation_tools

9.0

Feature is removed and replaced with:

  • PCC Generation Tools

    cg:mz.pcc_generation_tools

TMO Stand-alone WebUI

cg:mz.webui_standalone_build

9.0

Feature is removed and replaced with:

  • PCC Generation Tools

    cg:mz.pcc_generation_tools

Usage Management WebUI

pf:mz.webui

The 8.3 WebUI is replaced with new technology, look and feel. It will automatically be part of the product, hence no separate package is needed

9.0

Replaced with new Browser UI (based on Vaadin).

Web API

cg:mz.webapi

9.0

Feature is removed, and is replaced with Operations API. Note that full coverage and synch PE vs MZ is done incrementally.

Web Extension User Interface: 

pf:mz.webinterface

The 8.3 WebExtensionUI is replaced with new technology, look and feel. It will automatically be part of the product, hence no separate package is needed

(error)

9.0

Replaced with new Browser UI (based on Vaadin).

Webrebranding: 

pf:mz.webrebranding

9.0

Feature is

sunsetFeature is sunset,

removed, as a brand-new rebranding framework has been introduced.

Nokia IACC:

cg:mz.nokia.iacc

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.

RTBS Forwarding agent:

cg:mz.comverse.rtbs

Workflow Profiling

(error)

9.0

Feature is removed and is not being replaced.

PSI Processing Agent:

cg:mz.psi.processing

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.Containerized deployment on AWSThis deployment option is sunset and replaced with a dedicated product for cloud-native deployments Usage Engine - Private Edition.On-Premise Private Container DeploymentThis deployment option is sunset and replaced with  a dedicated product for cloud-native deployments Usage Engine - Private Edition.Configuration SpacesFeature is sunset, replaced by the new Configuration Packages featureZookeeperService is sunset, and is not being replaced

Zookeeper

(error)

9.0

Functionality is obsolete.

See Important Information for the list of agents and features that are present in 8.3, not available in 9.0, but scheduled for inclusion in a subsequent release