v0.13.0

Overview

• Plugin improvements
• Bug fixes
• built using Go 1.15.8
• shelve building Windows binaries until feedback is provided

Breaking

Precompiled Windows binaries have been discontinued. If this affects you,
please provide feedback to
GH-160.

See the build instructions in the project README file for other options.

Added

• New monitoring mode for check_vmware_vhw plugin
  • Default is minimum required version
  • Asserts that all evaluated Virtual Machines meet or exceed the default
    version specified by either a specified host or a specified cluster

Changed

• Makefile

  • add clean recipe for single OS builds (linux, windows) to match what
    is already done for the all recipe

• README

  • Update coverage of installation steps
  • Note shelving of Windows builds until feedback is received indicating
    that others find them useful
  • Add "other OSes" section inviting requests for precompiled binaries for
    other supported OSes

Fixed

• Missing plugin "type" in log messages due to missing constant/check in
  logging setup
• Invalid preallocaction of vhw slices used by Oldest and Newest
HardwareVersionsIndex methods
• Add Deprecated section to v0.12.0 release entry of this CHANGELOG
  • this matches the current Release entry for this project's GH repo (which
    was previously labeled as Breaking)

References

• See the v0.13.0 milestone for the issues associated with this release.
• See our CHANGELOG for more information.