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UIM Probes from the Marketplace

  • 1.  UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 11:53 AM

    I have recently started using a Free/Community Supported UIM probe from the CA Marketplace and am curious about future development of these probes.  Is anyone continuing to develop them?  Is it possible to reach out to the developers to provide feedback and feature requests?  The probe I'm currently testing is restsd_gtw, but there are a couple others that interest me.  Unfortunately, I am hesitant to use them if there is no feedback loop and/or continued development.

     

    Alternatively, if the original developer is not going to maintain them, can the source code be made available so that we can add features ourselves?



  • 2.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 12:04 PM

    Could you share the link to the market place? I saw it one time during the last town hall, emailed them but never heard anything back...



  • 3.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 12:07 PM

    It is not easy to find, I struggle to find it every time - thank goodness for browser history.  http://marketplace.ca.com/shop/uim/



  • 4.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 12:24 PM

    Also in AC there's a link to it, not sure if it points to the correct place atm.



  • 5.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 12:34 PM

    In the Admin Console (AC) there's a link to the Market Place? Where?



  • 6.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 03:47 PM

    If I remember right, there's a shopping cart icon in the top right corner, at least in some version it was there. Maybe you need to go to the archive tab for it to be there.

     

    -jon



  • 7.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 04:02 PM

    Correct Jon.  When I first log on to the Admin Console (8.0) I have a shopping cart in the uppermost right corner next to the username



  • 8.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 06, 2015 04:13 PM

    Interesting, in 8.2 there is a link there, but the icon is white so I didn't realize it was there until I hovered over it.  This looks the same in both Chrome and Firefox.

    Admin Console shopping cart missing.png



  • 9.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 07, 2015 02:12 AM

    Heh yeah I just checked too, it's the same for me. I must have noticed it in a previous version, I definitely wouldn't have noticed it now

     

    "please create an idea to change the marketplace icon to a visible one"?

     

    -jon



  • 10.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 07, 2015 01:54 PM

    Okay can someone help me out here. Where do you download the items you bought from the Market Place? I bought the two free ones, I got the License Email and Order is "Completed" but I see no way to download the items I bought?



  • 11.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 07, 2015 02:11 PM

    Daniel I don't know about that new site, but the same probes are available in the archive web portal under "partner developed": http://support.nimsoft.com/Default.aspx?center=felles/archive&state=Partner%20Developed



  • 12.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 07, 2015 02:26 PM

    That's what I did. "Buy" it from the marketplace to get a license, then download it via the web archive and manually apply the license.



  • 13.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 07, 2015 07:52 PM

    What are the thoughts for marketplace improvement suggestions, since we don't reall know who the developers are? A thread for popular probes? Would love to hear your guys thoughts. 



  • 14.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 08, 2015 03:56 AM

    I think the usual online shopping options would be good. Arrange / Filter by.. category, likes, buys, comments, developer.

     

    -jon



  • 15.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 10, 2015 02:02 PM

    BryanKMorrow, I suppose it depends on how popular you expect the Marketplace to become.

     

    A thread for popular probes might be a good start, but a single thread can quickly become very confusing to follow if multiple probes are being discussed.

     

    Ideally, a section within the community that can be linked to directly (maybe a sub-category of CA Unified Infrastructure Management (f/k/a Nimsoft Monitor)) would be nice.  This would allow a link to be placed on every probe in the marketplace to easily direct users questions/feedback to a central location. 

     

    Tagging posts may work, but since tags can be created on the fly by any user, it can be difficult to ensure you capture all discussions with a tag filter.  If it is possible to place permalink to a "marketplace probes" tag on the Marketplace, it could be a workable model.  I think posting the link on the "Support Model" line of the custom probes that are Community supported could work.



  • 16.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 25, 2015 01:11 PM

    Umair.Khan  Umair, can you answer this question from Bryan ?  Thanks,



  • 17.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 10, 2015 05:39 PM

    So out of curiosity I took a look and tried to purchase a $0.00 item. Received the "you have bought ..." email. It said I (well actually the "technical contact") would immediately receive a temp license key followed up by a real key later. It has been 72 hours now waiting for the temp key which is still solidly within the CA definition of "Immediately" but I'm wondering what others' experiences have been with the delay.

     

    -Garin



  • 18.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Aug 14, 2015 12:39 PM

    Last month when I "bought" one, it took about 2.5 hours to get the temp key, then another 2 weeks for the permanent 1 year key.  I "bought" one last night and then another this morning and have already received the temp keys for both.  Yesterday's took a little over an hour and this morning was less than half an hour.  Not sure if time-of-day matters or if they are just working to optimize the system, but it seems to be getting better.  I have not yet received the permanent keys for either of the probes purchased yesterday and today - not that I am expecting them this quickly.



  • 19.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jan 05, 2016 06:33 AM

    Hi all,

     

    Can these only be purchased if you in the US?

     

    I've tried to "purchase" a free probe but the drop down menu's for the billing address do not include the UK.

     

    Regards,

    Sam



  • 20.  Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jan 05, 2016 04:42 PM

    Hi Sam

     

    The marketplace is US only at the moment.

     

    Cheers
    Raj



  • 21.  RE: Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jul 08, 2019 09:29 PM
    still working marketplace?


  • 22.  RE: Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jul 09, 2019 09:45 AM
    No, it is not.

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  • 23.  RE: Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jul 09, 2019 09:46 AM
    Why only in the US, no value for the "purchase"?  non seem to have strong crypto ? or is it because they are afraid of the GDPR requirements?

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  • 24.  RE: Re: UIM Probes from the Marketplace

    Posted Jul 10, 2019 02:26 PM
    Andrew, note that the 'US only' comment was from 2016, currently there is no marketplace at all. 
    Product management may be considering a redesign for it.
    Recommendation is to attend the next roadmap session and ask there, or via your account manager.

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