Release Notes
The following features have been made available for general availability in the Cloudamize platform. Please note that these features are only available in the AWS hosted version of the Cloudamize. There will be no further feature or function development made available on the legacy system.
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2023-09 Feature Release
Updated: September 21, 2023
ERP Data Capture and Report - GA Release - 2023-09-21
Cloudamize can capture details for five common ERP systems including Oracle:
EBS
Peoplesoft
JDE
Hyperion
SAP
Oracle databases
A detailed report is available in the Assessments Reports section of Cloudamize so you can download a report that contains:
ERP Details
ERP Applications on Servers
ERP Applications
2023-08 Feature Release
Updated: September 5, 2023
VMWare Cloud on AWS - GA Release - 2023-08-31
Cloudamize now can make VMWare Cloud on AWS recommendations
This new design will show TCO as well as recommended instances with optimized host packing
You can create new designs to optimize your specific needs
2023-02 Feature Release
Updated: February 7, 2023
Cloudamize Console Light - GA Release - 2023-02-06
Modernized User Interface with a new look and feel.
Refined and crisp User Experience with additional feature sets and better performance.
Enhanced navigation so user can easily move to any component directly from the home page.
2022-11 Feature Release
Updated: November 28, 2022
Decarbonization Report - GA Release - 2022-11-15
Cloudamize can estimate your carbon reduction when you migrate to AWS.
You can download a report that shows what your potential carbon reduction after you migrate to AWS. This is only an estimate and actual reduction cannot be fully realized until you perform a decarbonization assessment and migrate your workloads.
2022-10 Feature Release
Updated: November 15, 2022
Ability to add nodes after assessment start - GA Release - 2022-10-20
Cloudamize is now able to automatically include nodes added after an assessment has started.
Once the agent is installed or the agentless data collector includes the node, the Cloudamize console will start to show the node and it will be included in the final assessment data.
The limitation here is that there must be at least 3 days left prior to the end of the assessment collection period.
2022-07 Feature Release
Updated: July 15, 2022
SQL Telemetry - GA Release - 2022-07-15
Cloudamize is now able to report on additional SQL telemetry data.
After running SQL Server Telemetry executable on the SQL server that is missing data, you can upload the file that is created.
Missing SQL data points will be generated in the OLA Accelerator Report.
OLA 8 - SQL RDS Recommendations - GA Release - 2022-07-06
Cloudamize can now make RDS recommendations for SQL servers automatically with a new design called OLA 8 as well as with custom design creation through the Designer feature
This feature is enabled through a new design element added to the Compute Tuning you can select RDS instance types when building a new design
SAP Certified EC2 Instance Recommendations - GA Release - 2022-07-06
Cloudamize will now make EC2 recommendations for SAP when SAP is discovered during the assessment
This feature will also have a new design element added to the Compute Tuning you can select SAP instance types when building a new design
OLA Accelerator Report Storage Tab - GA Release - 2022-07-01
The OLA Accelerator Report now has a tab including all of the observed Storage data
This information makes it easier to review the specifics and identify areas where single machines may be increasing a recommended instance where it is not necessary.
2022-06 Feature Release
Updated: June 9, 2022
Dedicated Host View - GA Release - 2022-06-08
The Cloudamize console now has a view showing only Dedicated Host data when available
Dedicated Host view can be exported
2022-03 Feature Release
Updated: March 31, 2022
Oracle Assessment Data - GA Release - 2022-03-31
Cloudamize now supports data gathered from Oracle Databases on monitored servers
This feature is only available on the Windows Agent Collector at this time
Data gathered is available for download including an excel master report as well as text files with the Oracle instance details
The text output files are able to be uploaded into the DBCSI tool for further analysis. If you have questions about the DBCSI tool, please contact your AWS representative.
2 and 3 Standard Deviation Logic - GA Release - 2022-03-31
Cloudamize designs now have the ability to apply 2 and 3 standard deviation logic to CPU, memory, IOPS and Storage.
OLA generated designs will start to apply the standard deviation logic from this date going forward
2 standard deviation applies to CPU and Memory
3 standard deviation applies to IOPS and Storage
Designer also allows you to customize your designs to apply whatever logic you would like to any of the design elements
2022-02 Feature Release
Updated: February 22, 2022
vCenter Results - GA Release - 2022-02-28
On day zero, we will gather 30 days historical vCenter information if the vCenter Stats Level is set at Level 3 or Level 4 (VMWare Stats Collection Info)
After 24 hours, servers being monitored by Agent or Agentless Data Collector, the vCenter data will be overwritten with updated information
This feature will be available per assessment on request. Notify bhorine@cloudamize.com or support@cloudamize.com
Additional SQL Data in Agentless Data Collector - GA Release: 2022-02-04
Agentless Data Collector now gathers the same MS SQL data as the Agents
Dedicated Host Recommendations - GA Release - 2022-02-15
Support for the new t3, c5, r5, m5, c6i, m6i and m6a instances in dedicated host recommendations
Along with this change, we will only be recommending the newest instances when they are available.
Two Factor Authentication - GA Release - 2022-02-21
Support for time-based one time password authentication
Supports Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, OneLogin Protect and others.
You can enable or disable this feature per user
2022-01 Feature Release
Updated: January 31, 2022
Order/User Groups - GA Release: 2022-01-26
On the Overview Dashboard, dashboard administrators can now create Order Groups that will contain only the orders associated with that group
There is also a new user role called Group User
Orders can then be linked to Order Groups and/or User Groups
Group Users will be able to access all the orders available in assigned groups.
Daily Design Updates - GA Release: 2022-01-31
Every 24 hours designs will be updated with the most recent results
While the assessment is running, these are lower confidence results that continue to refine as more data is collected. When the assessment completes the standard quality review and release processes will be executed and the results formally released.
There will be a banner on the initial page indicating that the results are preliminary. You will see how many days of data have been collected to indicate how complete the results are. Prior to the final release, these results will still be lower confidence.
Purpose of this feature is to give initial insight into server results, helping to provide early directional guidance.
Shared Tenancy Recommendations for c6i, m6i, m6a - GA Release: 2022-01-31
Support for the new m6i (Intel), c6i (Intel), and m6a (AMD) instances in shared tenancy recommendations
Homogeneous Dedicated Host designs are in progress and will be made available at a later time.