24x7 Scheduler v7.5 (maintenance release) - What's New

March 6, 2025 (updated April 1, 2025)

NOTE: An upgrade is provided from previous versions. See upgrade instructions for more details.


New Features and Changes
  1. Transition from Java 1.8 to Open JDK 17.
  2. New Grafana powered Performance Dashboard with advanced performance metrics and KPIs. Available for installations on Windows and Linux based systems.
  3. Multiple enhancements in the 24x7 Web-based Management Console.
  4. Prepackaged installation of Apache Tomcat web server for all platforms.
  5. Updated multi-platform installer now supports 3 different modes: graphical, command line, and command line with prompts.

Miscellaneous
  1. A number of other minor enhancements.

 

24x7 Scheduler v7.0 (major release) - What's New

March 25, 2024

NOTE: Version 7.0 brings multiple new major features and enhancements. An upgrade is provided from previous versions. See upgrade instructions for more details.


New Features and Major Changes
  1. Support for four major MQ platforms. 24x7 can consume and produce MQ events from the following platforms:
    • Apache Kafka
    • RabbitMQ
    • AWS Simple Queue Service
    • Microsoft Azure Storage Queue
  2. New and updated database drivers, including preconfigured database interfaces for Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, SQLite, and MariaDB
  3. SSH based user authentication.
  4. JavaScript engine extended to support SSH automation and MQ functions.
  5. Greatly enhanced 24x7 web console supporting several new features, including but not limited to job scripting hints, Find jobs, MQ management, and more.
  6. The command line and graphical consoles updated too.
  7. Internal libraries and interfaces upgraded including transition to the version of log4j framework 2.x.
  8. New log adapter for AWS Cloud Watch.
  9. Enhanced job database backup and restore functions, including graphical backup management.

Miscellaneous
  1. Many minor enhancements.