New connectors

• Exense Step REST API - Initial release of Exense Step REST API.

Enhancements

• APC UPS SNMP - Enhance replace-lasttime output to be humanly readable in battery-status mode, from a The Watch idea.
• F5 BigIP SNMP - Added new cpu-usage mode, based on community contribution PR 4701.
• Fortinet Fortigate Rest API - Added a new certificates mode, from community contribution PR 5473.
• Fortinet Fortigate SNMP - Added switch-usage mode, switch discovery rule and vdom discovery rule, from community contribution PR 5474.
• IP-Label Ekara Rest API - Steps are now displayed in the actual step order instead of alphabetical.
• MySQL/MariaDB - Enhance uptime date display in uptime mode, based on community contribution PR 4853.
• VMware8 ESX REST API - Added new diskio, network and swap modes.
• Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Rest API - Added handling of replication jobs to jobs mode.

Breaking changes

• Cisco Standard SNMP - The status metric has been changed in config-running-ahead, leading to a breaking-change state.
• F5 BigIP SNMP - Switched metrics to v2, leading to a breaking-change state.

Bug fixes

• Cisco Standard SNMP - Fixed an issue concerning wrong calculations after reboot (sysuptime was not considered) in configuration mode.
• Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT - Fixed perfdata options in numeric-value mode, from community contribution PR 5462.
• Sonus SBC SNMP - Fixed unknown call method map instance in dsp-stats mode, based on community contribution PR 5477.

New connectors

• VMware8 ESX REST API - Initial release of VMWare 8 ESX.

Enhancements

• ArubaOS-CX SNMP - Added uptime, spanning tree and spanning tree discovery modes, based on community contribution PR 5424.
• ChapsVision CrossinG SNMP - Added handling of new OIDs for antivirus mode.
• Fortinet Fortigate SNMP - Added ipsec-tunnels-count in vpn mode, from community contribution PR 5382.
• IBM AS400 Connector - Added capability to use AS400 SSL connection.
• Pure Storage FlashArray Rest API v2 - Added flagged status attribute in alerts mode, from community contribution PR 5307.

Fixes

• Azure VPN Gateway - Fixed wrong variable assignment in vpn-gateway-status mode.
• Cisco UCS SNMP - Fixed wrong count when memory component is not equipped in equipment mode.
• EMC Data Domain SNMP - Added --timezone option for equipment in cleaning mode to avoid misinterpreting the clean time frame.
• Generic SNMP - Fixed an unsafe eval for unknown status option in collection mode, based on community contribution PR 5151.
• HTTP Server - Fixed an unsafe eval for unknown status option in collection mode, based on community contribution PR 5151.
• IBM AS400 Connector - Fixed previous pending error.
• IP-Label Ekara Rest API - Fixed step metrics when scenario failed in scenario mode.
• MongoDB - Fixed an unsafe eval for unknown status option in collection mode, based on community contribution PR 5151.
• MySQL/MariaDB - Fixed an unsafe eval for unknown status option in collection mode, based on a community contribution PR 5151.
• NetApp Ontap Rest API - Fixed hardware API requests for bays.
• PostgreSQL - Fixed an unsafe eval for unknown status option in collection mode, based on community contribution PR 5151.
• Raritan PDU SNMP - Fixed an issue with sensors when powerFactor value is missing.