12. APPENDIX - Changes from 8.3 Product Catalog

Owned by Sandra Dusic
Last updated: Dec 07, 2023
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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.

8.3 ItemStatus in 9.0Comments

Automatic Audit 

cg:mz.automatic_audit 

Feature is sunset, 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.
ComXerv

cg:mz.amqpcomxerv		Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced. 

Conditional Trace 

cg:mz.conditionaltrace

Feature has been replaced with a revised version. Package naming remains the same. The new version does not support REST services for configuration.


Cloud Billers APL Plugins

cg:mz.apl.cloudbillersextensions

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced. 

Docweb 

pf:mz.documentation.docweb

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.
Hadoop (HFS Coll/Fwd)

cg:mz.hfs		Feature is sunset and replaced with HDFS agents.
HiCAP

cg:mz.hicap		Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced. 
Keystore Profile:

pf:mz.keystore_profile		Feature is sunset, and is replaced with Security Profile (which is part of core).
Latency Statistics

cg:mz.latencystat

Feature is sunset. 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

Feature is sunset. All product documentation is maintained in InfoZone

LZO Service Configuration Support

cg:mz.lzodecompress

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

cg:mz.mzsh_deamon		Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.
NordPool

cg:mz.nordpool_agent		Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced. 
Scalable Batch Transactions

cg:mz.transactions.distributed		Feature is sunset, and is replaced with the default behavior. The default behavior has been proven to be more effective thus rendering the feature obsolete.

Siddhi 

cg:mz.siddhi 

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.

Sysinfo: 

pf:mz.sysinfo

Feature is sunset, and is not being replaced.
System Insight BaseFeature is sunset, and is being replaced with a Prometheus based version.
System Insight InfluxDBFeature is sunset, and is being replaced with a Prometheus based version.
System Insight MIMsFeature is sunset, and is being replaced with a Prometheus based version.
System Insight CollectionFeature is sunset, and is not being replaced.
System Insight Forwarding

Feature is sunset, 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 Cloudwatch 

cg:mz.system_insight_cloudwatch

Feature is sunset, 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

Feature is sunset, 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. Functionality remains the same.

Task 

pf.mz.task

Merged into core package. Functionality remains the same.

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.

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.

Webrebranding: 

pf:mz.webrebranding

Feature is sunset, 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

Feature is sunset, 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 feature
ZookeeperService is sunset, and is not being replaced.

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