Administration Support for Older Hosts and Nodes

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administration server supports hosts and nodes of some older versions of the ActiveMatrix software.

ActiveMatrix Service Grid may support many solutions in a production environment. Upgrading to a newer version of the ActiveMatrix product may bring with it unique challenges. For that reason, some enterprises may be reluctant to upgrade their entire set of applications to the new version at once. Some businesses may choose to upgrade gradually, some may plan it in phases, and some may not upgrade their applications at all.

This release of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator can manage ActiveMatrix Hosts, Nodes, and Applications running versions 3.1.5 and higher. With this, you can install the latest ActiveMatrix software and continue to use and manage the existing ActiveMatrix environments. Limited monitoring support for select versions earlier than 3.1.5 is available.

Managing older versions of hosts and nodes

The current release of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator can deploy applications to nodes running older versions of the ActiveMatrix software. For example, you can upgrade your TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator software version 3.1.5 to the current version and still continue to run your nodes and applications from the 3.1.5. This release of ActiveMatrix Administrator makes this scenario possible and can manage both the environments seamlessly.

The auto-provisioning feature filters available nodes and product software for the target environments based on the respective TIBCO ActiveMatrix software version. The ActiveMatrix Administrator UI displays the TIBCO ActiveMatrix software version of every host and node.