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Documentation updates to the Skylar One documentation site for 07/24/26: Added notes to the "Creating Services and Service Policies" chapter of the Business Services manual about the "Business Services Sample Services and Policies" PowerPack, which provides sample device services and service policies covering most scenarios a business services administrator will want to address. Added release notes for Skylar One 12.5.21, which includes updates to the Windows agent, changes to the ScienceLogic REST API, improved performance for deployment logs in large environments, a new ability to monitor non-Windows services, and package and security updates.Documentation updates to the PowerPacks documentation site for 7/24/26:Added release notes and manual updates for "Dell EMC: Isilon" PowerPack v105. This release adds two new alerts and corresponding alert policies, addresses an issue with the "Dell EMC: Isilon Node Hardware Config" Dynamic Application, and updates the minimum privileges require

Throughout the day, the ScienceLogic community explored Logicians Corner to get a hands-on look at the latest innovations across the ScienceLogic AI Platform. From Skylar One and Skylar AI to Skylar Automation, it's where ideas from the stage come to life through live demos and one-on-one conversations with our product experts. Learn more about the #NexusLive2026 agenda and speakers: https://bit.ly/4bZe9bZ Bangalore, India | July 22–23 Reston, VA | October 5–8, 2026See less

We are pleased to announce that the NetApp Base Pack v109 PowerPack has been released on 7/23/26. The download for this release can be found on the Support Portal under the PowerPack filename:https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/release-version/aBu0z000000XZUsCAO/netapp-base-pack Enhancements and Issues AddressedThe following enhancements are included in the PowerPack:Updated the PowerPack, its execution environment, and Dynamic Applications for Python 3.11 compatibility. Added support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.3, and updated the sample NetApp credentials to use TLS version 1.2 by default. Updated the "NetApp: SVM Logical Interface Config C-Mode" Dynamic Application to retrieve vserver cache data after normal logical interface (LIF) collection, and added two new collection objects to record the vserver's operational and administrative state on a per-LIF basis. Resolved an issue where disk failure alerts were not triggered for NetApp C-Mode devices due to the "NetApp: D

ScienceLogic CEO Dave Link kicked off the event with a look at what's next for AI-driven operations, and CPO Michael Nappi shared his vision for the journey to autonomous IT. Bala Peddigari of Tata Consultancy Services explored the rise of AI Agent Factories, and Computacenter UK's David Maskell and Nigel Wilks discussed how AI transformation starts with people, not just technology.  Learn more about the #NexusLive2026 agenda and speakers: https://bit.ly/4bZe9bZ Bangalore, India | July 22–23 Reston, VA | October 5–8, 2026 

Hello Attendees,You can view the full speaker lineup, giving you a preview of the industry leaders, customers, product experts, and innovators who will be taking the stage on July 22.   Additionally, you can take advantage of our Skylar One Operator Certification Training on July 23rd at 8AM. An excellent opportunity to build hands-on expertise and earn a recognized credential that validates your operational knowledge of the Skylar One platform.  Secure your spot by adding the training session to your registration. Only available to those who add this to their registration – Limited spots available. Attendees must bring a laptop and earbuds to complete the training.  July 22nd Agenda  8:00 am – 9:30 am  Check-in & Breakfast  09:30 -10:00  Opening Remarks, Introductions and Welcome  David Link, Founder & CEO, ScienceLogic   10:00 - 11:00  The Journey to Autonomous IT Operations  Michael Nappi, CPO, ScienceLogic   11:30 - 12:00 

We are pleased to announce that the HPE: Aruba Networking Central v100  PowerPack has been released on 7/21/26. The download for this release can be found on the Support Portal under the PowerPack filename:https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/release-version/aBuVL0000001dQj0AI/hpe-aruba-networking-central FeaturesThis release includes the following features:Dynamic Applications that discover and collect data from HPE: Aruba Networking Central devices. Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when HPE: Aruba Networking Central devices meet certain status criteria. A universal credential and guided discovery workflow for discovering HPE: Aruba Networking Central devices.  Please refer to the HPE: Aruba Networking Central v100 PowerPack File Details in the PowerPacks section of the Support Portal for all information pertaining to the PowerPack Support Status, Minimum SL1 Version, Solution Information, and Pricing Information. The HPE: Aruba Networking Central v100 PowerPac

Today attendees will join ScienceLogic's Josh Abraham, Director of Product Engineering, at #NexusLive2026 Bangalore for a session exploring how Skylar One Studio helps teams build high-performing, easy-to-support PowerPacks without deep Python expertise.In this session, he will cover how to: Build PowerPacks faster with modern development tools Improve performance and long-term maintainability Extend Skylar One using the latest content development capabilities Simplify PowerPack development with Skylar One Studio Learn more about the #NexusLive2026 sessions and speakers: https://bit.ly/4cw13TQ Bangalore, India | July 22–23  We will share more as soon as its available. 

Simplify issue detection and troubleshooting with Skylar Advisor. In this video, see how Skylar Advisor helps you quickly identify and investigate issues using a visual heatmap that highlights both severity and frequency. By analyzing millions of events, metrics, and logs, Skylar Advisor surfaces the most critical issues and provides clear, actionable insights.Explore how Skylar Advisor enables:• Visual heatmaps to identify issues by severity and frequency• Rapid isolation of critical events from large data sets• Correlation of events, metrics, and logs across your environment• AI driven analysis to surface the most important issues• Clear, actionable summaries through a conversational interfaceWith Skylar Advisor, complex system analysis becomes simple and intuitive, helping teams focus on what matters most and resolve issues faster. Learn more about the ScienceLogic AI Platform: https://bit.ly/4a4gIaD

Today at #NexusLive2026 Bangalore, attendees will see Nigel Wilks, Tooling Director at Computacenter, discuss how leading organizations are turning AI, automation, and analytics into lasting operational and cultural change. In this session, attendees will learn how to: Build AI initiatives on trusted data and service information Use enterprise knowledge to power AI-driven operations Understand the growing role of Knowledge Managers and AI Agents Move from reactive operations toward autonomous service delivery  Learn more about the #NexusLive2026 sessions and speakers: https://bit.ly/4cw13TQIf you couldn’t attend- Stay tuned for video recordings of presentations like this one. 

We are pleased to announce Skylar One 12.5.21 is released. The release files and associated documents can be accessed on the following support portal link: https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/release-file/aBtVL0000001cb70AA/12521If you are planning to consume Skylar One 12.5.21, be advised of the following:The 12.5.21 release is available only as a patch; there is no ISO version. All Python 2 functionality was removed from Skylar One with the 12.5.1 release. If you still use Python 2 for custom code, you cannot upgrade to this or any later releases until your custom code is Python 3-compatible. You can perform upgrades from one minor version to any later minor version within the 12.5.x series. However, as with all updates, ScienceLogic strongly recommends that you perform such upgrades in a test environment before implementing the upgrades in production environments. The ScienceLogic-validated upgrade paths to version 12.5.21 are outlined below. 12.5.20 > 12.5.21 12.5.8 > 12.5.21

We are pleased to announce that the Dell EMC: Isilon v105  PowerPack has been released on 7/21/26. The download for this release can be found on the Support Portal under the PowerPack filename:https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/release-version/aBu0z000000XZWUCA4/dell-emc-isilon Enhancements and Issues AddressedThe following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:Updated the "Dell EMC: Isilon Node Hardware Config" Dynamic Application to address an issue that prevented NVRAM battery status from updating correctly on Dell EMC Isilon devices. Added two new alerts and corresponding alert policies: NVRAM Battery Status Healthy. This alert triggers when the battery charge status returns to GREEN from any other status. NVRAM Battery Status Unhealthy. This alert triggers when the battery charge status is anything other than GREEN. Identified the minimum privileges required to monitor the Dell EMC: Isilon array. The "Dell EMC: Isilon" PowerPack communicates with the Isi

A set of Knowledgebase Articles published last week is listed below. All KBAs can be searched via Global Search on the Support Portal and filtered by various components like product release. KBA Title Portal Link and KBA Number Product Line RADIUS Configuration Changes Require a Software Restart KB21649 Skylar Compliance Generic Push Plugin Backup Failures - Verify File Transfer Connectivity KB21647 Skylar Compliance Skylar Compliance Devices Added via Automation are Using the Wrong Connection Protocol KB20898 Skylar Compliance Random Step Failures After Installing SyncPack – DocumentDBNotFound('Step %s not found in DB') KB20969 Skylar Automation Using the Files Filter to Apply a Compliance Rule to a Single File KB21651 Skylar Compliance [MINOR] Meraki device counts do not include all devices due to model naming conventions

Documentation updates to the Skylar Automation documentation site for 07/17/2026:Added release notes for version 108 of the Skylar Compliance PowerPack, which updates the PowerPack to support Python 3.11 in order to resolve an issue where Dynamic Applications failed SSH authentication due to a cipher negotiation error. Added release notes and updated the manual for version 3.2.0 of the Skylar Compliance SyncPack, which adds support for domain-level credential filtering and routing, adds the new generate_report toggle to the "Skylar Compliance: Get the List of Logs" application, and addresses an issue with the "Skylar Compliance: Gather Compliance Logs" application. Added release notes and updated the manual for version 1.0.0 of the Skylar One Base SyncPack, which adds the new "Fetch Skylar One Organizations" application, which retrieves organization data from Skylar One by region.Documentation updates to the Skylar Compliance documentation site for 07/17/2026:Updated the release notes

Hello, We are pleased to announce a hotfix for Skylar Compliance that addresses an issue found on the RP 5.6 20260715 release. Today’s release contains the following update:Added support for Critical risk alerts to compliance policies. You can now define the specific number of violations required to trigger an alert for Critical severity issues,Thank you, Release Management

We are pleased to announce that the Skylar Analytics Events Policies v102 PowerPack has been released on 7/15/26. The download for this release can be found on the Support Portal under the PowerPack filename:https://support.sciencelogic.com/s/release-version/aBuVL00000012vp0AA/skylar-analytics-event-policies FeaturesThe following feature was added to this release of the "Skylar Analytics Event Policies" PowerPack:Added the following Skylar One event policies to Skylar One based on Skylar Advisor Advisories: Advisory: Catch All Policy Advisory: Critical Advisory: Healthy Advisory: Major Advisory: Minor Advisory: Notice  Please refer to the Skylar Analytics Events Policies v102 PowerPack File Details in the PowerPacks section of the Support Portal for all information pertaining to the PowerPack Support Status, Minimum SL1 Version, Solution Information, and Pricing Information. The Skylar Analytics Events Policies v102 PowerPack Release File Details also contains links to the Release

Hello, We are pleased to announce the release of the Skylar Compliance PowerPack version 108. This version of the "Skylar Compliance" (formerly "Restorepoint") PowerPack updates the PowerPack to support Python 3.11 in order to resolve an issue where Dynamic Applications failed SSH authentication due to a cipher negotiation error.This release includes the following features:With this release, ScienceLogic has rebranded the "Restorepoint" PowerPack to the "Skylar Compliance" PowerPack. You will notice this rebranding throughout the PowerPack, along with the Skylar One (formerly SL1) platform. This change, as well as similar branding changes to the other products offered by ScienceLogic, reflects ScienceLogic's commitment to delivering intelligence that accelerates outcomes through service-centric observability, AI-driven operations, and intelligent automation. For more information, see the ScienceLogic website (https://sciencelogic.com/platform/overview).The following issues were address

Hello, We are pleased to announce the release of the Skylar Compliance SyncPack version 3.2.0. This release has many important updates, particularly for larger customers. Version 3.2.0 of the "Skylar Compliance" (formerly Restorepoint) SyncPack adds support for domain-level credential filtering and routing, adds the new generate_report toggle to the "Skylar Compliance: Get the List of Logs" application, and addresses an issue with the "Skylar Compliance: Gather Compliance Logs" application.This section describes the new features and enhancements included in this release:What's new: Support for domain-level credential filtering and routing. Version 3.2.0 of the Skylar Compliance SyncPack adds support for domain-level filtering and routing to allow multiple Skylar One instances to connect to a single Skylar Compliance instance. This includes the following enhancements:Updated the "Skylar Compliance: Fetch Credentials from Skylar One" application to read domain information while processin

Hello, We are pleased to announce the release of Skylar One Base SyncPack version 1.0.0. Version 1.0.0 of this SyncPack includes the following features:This SyncPack was previously known as the Skylar One SyncPack when version 0.1.0 was released. It has been renamed as “Skylar One Base SyncPack” to reduce potential confusion. Added the new "Fetch Skylar One Organizations" application, which retrieves organization data from the Skylar One API, serializes it, and stores all organization records in the cache. The cache uses the region name as a unique identifier to ensure region-specific data isolation. The cached organization data serves as a shared source for all other SyncPacks, allowing them to retrieve and utilize the appropriate organization information based on the specified region.Thank you, Release Management

Hello, We are pleased to announce the release of Skylar Compliance version 5.6 20260715 for appliances.This release includes the following updates:Added the new "Critical" severity level to compliance rules, supplementing the existing "High", "Medium", "Low", and "None" options to provide more finely-tuned risk classification. Adjusted the size of drop-down fields to ensure text is more visible when selecting an option. If the text would be cut off by the edge of the field, a tooltip with the full text displays if you hover your cursor over the text. (Case: 00684184) Selecting individual files to export inside a multi-file backup using the "Local via SFTP/FTP/TFTP" option will now export only the selected files, instead of the complete backup. (Case: 00672594) If a plugin does not support comparison between different configuration types, and there was no change between the same configuration type, "Configuration Change" emails will no longer include a diff. To accommodate for this chan

Hello -We are pleased to announce the release of Skylar Compliance RPM Agent version 5.6 20260715. What's New: Enhanced Lua Function type for Device Controls.This release introduces a more robust and flexible alternative to the existing Lua Applet system. The new Lua Function type is now fully supported in backup jobs, including Additional Info and Runtime commands. The following updates have been made to support this feature:New Lua Function commands are executed using protected function calls. If a command errors at runtime, the error is captured and stored as the output of that command. The backup job continues and other commands are unaffected. You can no longer create new Lua Applets, but existing Lua Applets will continue to function properly. You can still run a mixture of existing Lua Applet and new Lua Function command types in the same backup job. All new device controls must use the new Lua Function type. The new Lua Function type is fully supported in scheduled Device Contr

 Welcome — Introduce Yourself to the Nexus Community We’re excited you’re here! This thread is a friendly space for Nexus Community members to introduce themselves, connect with peers, and share a fun fact to break the ice. Whether you’re new to the product, a longtime user, an SME, or part of the product team, we’d love to learn a bit about you.What to post (suggested format)Name / Role: e.g., Jane Doe — Site Reliability Engineer Company / Team: optional How you use Nexus: short summary — monitoring, incident response, dashboards, automation, etc. Something fun: a hobby, favorite snack, a weird skill, or a memorable travel story — keep it light! One thing you’d like to learn from the community: topic, tip, or resource requestExample introductions (copy and modify)Hi everyone — I’m Alex (SRE). I use Nexus to correlate performance signals across our multi-region services. Fun fact: I’ve completed three half-marathons. Happy to share dashboards and alert tuning tips!Hey all — I’m Priya,

A set of Knowledgebase Articles published last week is listed below. All KBAs can be searched via Global Search on the Support Portal and filtered by various components like product release. KBA Title Portal Link and KBA Number Product Line [MAJOR] Proxmox Virtual Environment PowerPack: Ceph Cluster Configuration Dynamic Application does not collect MON, Pool, or OSD cluster objects KB21586 Skylar One [MINOR] Proxmox Virtual Environment PowerPack: VM IP Address field empty in Proxmox VE: QEMU VM Configuration Dynamic Application KB21587 Skylar One [MINOR] Extended Custom Attributes are not available for selection in AP2 Dashboard Device and Event table widgets KB21468 Skylar One How to Create a Business Service that Alerts if Devices are Not Available KB21600 Skylar One  

Hi to all, we configured a Global Manager in our QA env for 2 stacks but there is something that it's not really clear to me.The global manager is not capable to manage PP on the stacks (in AP2 UI there is any menu entry for PP), is not capable to retrieve device groups defined on the stacks, is not capable to retrieve device class from the stack, is not possible create device groups and add devices monitored by the stacks.My first question is: how can we create a dashboard that can filter panels based on custom device group?