This topic describes new enhancements and features that are provided with WebSphere® Sensor Events 6.2.
This release provides upgrades for the middleware products, as well as the following changes.
This release includes support for a new orderable component, called Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events. This new component is a data center inventory management solution that can use barcode or passive RFID technology. For more details about it, see Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events.
This release includes the functionality that was offered in the WebSphere Premises Server 6.1 Feature Pack for Sensor Event Services, such as:
WebSphere Business Events is now bundled with WebSphere Sensor Events. WebSphere Business Events is a software system designed specifically for managing business events flowing across systems and people, with the goal of providing timely insight and response. It provides Business Event Processing and extends the capabilities and tools of traditional event processing approaches.
Starting with this release, WebSphere Sensor Events can also be installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.1.2.
This release leverages products, such as WebSphere Business Monitor and WebSphere Process Server, to enable new innovative business processes to extend legacy applications and exploit new insight from sensor information.
See Integrating WebSphere Sensor Events with WebSphere Business Monitor to get started.
In this release, you can export your server topology to an XML file through the WebSphere Sensor Events Administrative Console. See Exporting the XML configuration file using a command line for more information.
Use the Asset Management section of the WebSphere Sensor Events Administrative Console to work with asset and asset types. See Asset Management for more information.