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		theGuard! NetworkManager Release Notes for Version 6.0 Status: April 21st 2006 Last Change: August 17th 2007 Contents: How is the new version 6.0 installed and licenced? What is new in theGuard!® NetworkManager Version 6.0? Optional modules theGuard! InventoryManager Service Packs Service Pack History Update from older CINeMa™ or theGuard! NetworkManager versions Known problems How is the new version 5.2 installed and licenced? Update of an existing installation: Installation is accomplished over a normal SETUP routine. Please you consider for this the information in the Start-WEB, and in the description of installation-procedure. New installation: Installation is accomplished over a normal SETUP routine. Please you consider for this the information in the Start-WEB, and in the description of installation-procedure. . What is new in theGuard! NetworkManager Version 6.0 ? New and substantially extended Web Console (WEB-GUI) Outstanding feature is the Web ability of the product! Graphical network representation (Maps), incl. interaction! Device Manager, incl. interaction! Node Manager, incl. interaction Integrated Performance Management All Performance Evaluation per WEB! Online statistics Long-term history statistics Archive statistics Availability statistics Response Time statistics Increased scalability Constant 3-tier architecture Server as service Applicationen theGuard! NetworkManager WINGUI theGuard! NetworkManager WEB GUI Advanced features with Discovery-/Topology and VLAN View Manager Performance improvements for huges networks Optimized database functions (DB-Server) Based on Managed Object-/Property Concept Optional modules Configuration and Change Management (Provisioning) The most important functions at a glance: Reads out configuration data of different manufacturers Compares to historical configuration records Logs and/or warns of changes Editing and rewriting functions (software distribution) Creates configuration macros Integrates into NodeManager / map / PSM Scheduler-regulated Loads new firmware versions Telnet/SSH support Further information see http://networkmanager.realtech.de (Provisioning) theGuard! InventoryManager Version See separate CD-ROM "theGuard! ServiceCenter" Service Packs: ServicePack v5.0 Communication Server - Bugfix: Agents couldn't transmit their data completely Database Server - Bugfix: Error while MultiSite map import. ServicePack v4.4 NetworkManager - New Feature: Allow explicit selection of SNMPv2 polling - Improvement: Added command line arguments -user and -password (only accepted -u and -p until now) - Improvement: Selection of site names in event log filter criteria - Improvement: Extended/fixed parameter replacement in direct macro execution (date/time etc., fixed partial parameter handling) - Bugfix: On Windows 2000, unwanted automatic restarts may occur when closing NetworkManager - Bugfix: Deleted users are displayed in AuthenticationSet dialog - Bugfix: When dragging objects from physical view to the map, the progress dialog shows invalid strings Communication Server - Bugfix: Named users could login to Windows GUI. SNMP Interface - speed up SNMP and property requests Discovery Server - Speed up Scans - Bugfix: Scans didn't finish - speed up path search - Bugfix: path search didn't finish, though paths were found Database Server - Last database backup will be written to the backup directory without a name extension. Older backups will be moved to a sub directory. MultiSite Server - Improvements to merging of data which were collected by Site and Central-Site (Poll on demand) - Detection for broken connections improved - Import of very big mass data tables improved - Bugfix: Problems with very big inventory tables Process Monitor - New Feature: New Tool Button "Start server modules" in "Launch" console - Improvement: Waits up to 30 seconds for process shutdown, before process is finally killed - Bugfix: Hangs during module startup or shutdown Window Spitter - Bugfix: Macros couldn't be executed, if no SNMP window were opened since the start of Window Spitter ServicePack v4.3 NetworkManager - New Feature: Optionally disable profile activation when user logs off (Settings\|Preferences\|Allow users...) - New Feature: Option to reactivate deleted nodes (NodeManager: 'Reactivate deleted node...') - Improvement: Complete path in Goto-Submap property dialog - Improvement: Settings dialog takes long time to open - Improvement: Progress dialog when dragging objects from physical viewl to a submap - Bugfix: Filter variable $filter: to insert filter description is no more available - Bugfix: 'Locate in NodeManager' does not work for network nodes - Bugfix: Default SNMP retries cannot be changed in node properties dialog - Bugfix: After logging in, the user interface freezes, services must be restarted - Bugfix: Macro execution does not work if macro path contains blanks WebConsole - New Feature: Submap severity display in tree and graphical representation - Bugfix: Line width and default color are not displayed correctly - Bugfix: Double click on a link icon does not open the referenced submap Availability.dll/tgHistory.dll - Bugfix: Evaluation errors of statistic data after MultiSite import solved MultiSite Server - New Feature: Provisioning Data import - Bugfix: Potential problems with import of topology tree solved Database Server - Bugfix: Memory leak removed - Bugfix: Potential deadlock solved Window Spitter - Bugfix: Macro messages wasn't logged Window Spitter Server - Bugfix: Access violation during computer shutdown Communication Server - Bugfix: Access violation during computer shutdown ServicePack v4.2 Database Administrator - New Feature: Deactivation of transactions can be set for database upgrade in database wizard Database Server - New Feature: Transactions can be deactivated completely for database setup - Bugfix: Changes to default tasks were overwritten by update WebConsole - New Feature: Actuate reporting once again available as alternate to Microsoft reporting service To activate the old Actuate reporting the follwing steps are necessary: * Locate the file ReportCfg.asp in the directory ./webApps/NetworkManager/include * Replace in this file the string "MS" with "ACTUATE" using any text editor. Save the file. * Create a new menu entry in the webconsole to access the reports. The entry can be placed everywhere in the menu tree. Any name for the entry is fine, for the URL insert "reportOverviewNM.asp" (without the quotation mark). Be aware, you can not use Actuate and MS reporting simultaneously. - Bugfix: Toggle connection labels in the map results in a constant alternation between on and off. MultiSite Server/Redundancy-Option - New Feature: Optionally exclude specific objects from the redundancy backup ServicePack v4.1 NetworkManager - Bugfix: New Current Log entries are not displayed if auto scroll is turned off and the vertical scrollbar is invisible - Improvement: Auto scroll status for open log windows is saved with window settings Event Server - Bugfix: Execute action is not performed correctly if blocking interval is not set to zero ServicePack v4.0 NetworkManager - New Feature: Maintenance intervals of down to one minute - New Feature: Extended options for alarm sounds in alarm filter actions - New Feature: Option to (de-) activate automatic scrolling in log views - Improvement: Reusing active severity filters when opening new log windows - Improvement: Address specification available in log views - Bugfix: Class based context menus do not use polling addresses of type 'host' - Bugfix: Status bar in NodeManager is not updated correctly - Bugfix: Context menu in map view can lead to error message if multiple nodes are selected - Bugfix: MAC address node filtering is activated when creating a new node - Bugfix: Node group numbers are not displayed in NodeManager - Bugfix: Error message in MIB browser when using node with alias - Bugfix: Error message when opening NetworkManager while DiscoveryServer is starting up Performance Manager - last Version on current development backgroundbr> MultiSite Server/Redundancy option - Bugfix: "Fail state tolerance" was ignored - Bugfix: "Response Time" time interval for import was not evaluated - Bugfix: Statistic data import problems resolved (timestamp integrity violation) Schedule Server Monitor - New Feature: Scheduling intervals of down to one minute - New Feature: Custom Tasks for executing external applications - New Feature: Improved filter possibilities for applications and users - New Feature: Protection for several functions by user authentification Database Administrator - New Feature: Protection for several functions by user authentification - Bugfix: Tray icon was displayed incorrect on Windows 2003 Server Poll Server - Bugfix: Initial-Poll-Flag also for Threshold-Events Event Server - Neues Feature: EventFilter-Parameters for Agent-Data ("$agentsysname:", "$agentdescr:", "$agentcontact:" und "$agentlocation:") - Bugfix: State-relevant Events were possibly archived ServicePack v3.1 NetworkManager - Bugfix: Saving Maps (by Save-Profile), if there were multilevel Links Agents/Collector v2.4.0.6a - Bugfix: Events were send to NetworkManager with wrong destination address, thus they couldn't be processed ServicePack v3.0 NetworkManager - New Feature: possible values for Nodestatus are no longer up/down/unknown but the known six Levels (normal ... fatal) - New Feature: Improved CLI macro function handling (Provisioning) - New Feature: Improved display of site events in Current- and History log (Multi Site) - New Feature: Selection buttons in HelpDesk Call action - Bugfix: Changed message text in 'goto' filters is ignored, when originating event is a trap and short trap messages are enabled - Bugfix: Maps, that are copied using the Profile Configuration dialog, are not displayed properly in the WebGUI - Bugfix: Error when closing a map window after opening a MIB browser from this window - Bugfix: Previously defined maintenance periods for groups are not displayed when opening the group maintenance dialog Performance Manager - New Feature: Creating a new chart window opens an already stored one if it coresponds to desired values - New Feature: New export filter tsv prevents poblems with csv export - Bugfix: gauge values on sequence based histories devliverd zero - Bugfix: rounding error on rate values - Bugfix: Calcultaing "Older than..." on base of month failes Class Manager: - New Feature: Configuration for CLI macro function handling (Provisioning) Poll Server - Bugfix (SharedBuffer): If a MO Alias is edited, then further the old value appears in the threshold message text of a subordinated poll entry (up to the restart of the Poll Server) - Improved handling of Maintenance-Events (Names for Groups, Nodes etc.) Event Server - Improved handling of EventFilter-Notification (Pager-, HelpDesk-, CommCenter- and Email-Actions) - New Feature: Event-Forwarding also to NetworkManager 5.2 (attention: Event-Forwarding to NetworkManager 6.0 requires ServicePack 3.0 also for the target system) Database Server - Bugifx: If in a transaction tables were created and the transaction were cancelled, the created tables are not removed. Thus it came to problems with data import on a Backup system. Database Administrator - Bugfix: Incorrect display of the main window under "XP style" ServicePack v2.4 NetworkManager - New Feature: Configuration of scheduled event log exports to text files in Log windows - Bugfix: Status poll properties are not displayed properly in Poll Definitions dialog - Bugfix: When using https, an additional slash is inserted before the URL causing error ‚Invalid URL’ - Bugfix: Sort order for severity and status places empty entries at the end of the list (as in V 5.2) - Bugfix: When deleting nodes with deaktivated poll entries, the system may block - Bugfix: Events forwarded to SysMP always are assigned the state 'Ignored' - Bugfix: Copying profiles in the Profile Configuration dialog also includes user-profile assignments - Bugfix: Int values in view filters are limited to 100 Performance Manager - New Feature: Scheduled export of eventlog entries into a CSV separated textfile - New Feature: Added node column to chart legend entries - Bugfix: Eventlog and historydata archiving failes - Bugfix: after upgrading from nm5.2 sequencebased histories will refressh only one value - Bugfix: Webgroups are displayed without nodename - Bugfix: Overtaking values of customize duplex failes - Request errors are now logged as informational - minor bugfixes in handling chart- and tablewindows DiscoveryServer - Bugfix: Site names (Multi Site) are not displayed in the topology tree Window Spitter - New Feature: Now statistic menu items are available in online tables if there is only one variable from MIB branch ifEntry in the sequence. In the past all variables in the sequence have to reside in this branch. - New Feature: No more request will be executed, while opening edit dialogs from any window instead of a command. Data will be assumed from the calling window. - Bugfix: Search menu items ("Find Node in Node Manager", "Find Node in Map", …) works again. MultiSite Server - New Feature: Import of past events after reconnection to site - New Feature: Import of past events after reconnection to site - New Feature: RMON data can be imported independently of Inventory data Database Server - No separate files for MS SQL Server database log backups will be created any more. Database and transaction log backups will be integrated into one file. Database Administrator - New Feature: Database Wizard simplifies creation of a database configuration. ServicePack v2.3 Event Server - Bugfix: CommCenter-Action ServicePack v2.2 Poll Server - Bugfix: For the SNMP-Polling was no positiv Event sent after an error that occured synchronously from the transport layer Trap Server - Bugfix: Include- and Exclude-Filters do not consider snmpTrapOID WebChart.dll and WebLicense.dll - Bugfix: Rebuild without runtime library to prevent error message at the end of the setup process ServicePack v.2.1 : NetworkManager: New Feature: Copy function for threshold sets, predefined sets are all visible New Feature: Assign integer thresholds to mapped integer MIB variables (‚Treat mapped value as integer’ in Polling Properties dialog) New Feature: Option to delete existing availability and response time data when disabling corresponding statistic New Feature: Default values for response time interval and history poll parameters New Feature: Moving of ManagedObject instances using drag&drop in Node properties dialog Bugfix: Packet sizes greater than 2033 bytes always result in timeout error Bugfix: Closing Ping- and Trace route windows while function is active causes access violation Bugfix: Topology vies is not refreshed when changing the parent tree node Bugfix: Node attributes changed’ does not contain a node reference when changing a poll definition or Managed Object instance Bugfix: Error message occurs when opening threshold set dialog for history response time statistics Performance Manager: New Feature: default interval for polling, history and responsetime over class possible Bugfix: Windows are stored more often than once a time Bugfix: Last open window is always opened when starting Bugfix: Changes on chartitems are not stored Bugfix: Error Message "Class TLabel not found" on editing window titles Class Manager: New Feature: Poll-Default-Settings also for History-Polling Event Server: New Feature: Interface to ServiceCenter Bugfix: EventFilter for groups Bugfix: EventForwarding and node-assignement Bugfix: P- und S-Severity don't fit to the Current-Log-Entries after some day Bugfix: Misrepresentation of date and time Trap Server: New Feature: Trap-Listening is deactive for the Redundanz-System Service Pack Installer: New Feature: Added context menus to list views New Feature: Automatc or manual selected MIBs displayed in list view with closed or open padlock Discovery Server: Bugfix: Sorting of neighbour nodes (e.g. received from Cisco Cdp) diddn't work if a sublot was missing better performance on initialising the scans Device Manager/Server: Bugfix: Mapping error in "viewdev.exe" calls from the PSM Database Server: Bugfix: Memory leak removed Bugfix: A copied database was probably not recognized as "copied", so taking over ownership was refused Database structure is compatible to ServiceCenter 2.5 SP 5 Better performance on upgrade of a NM 5.2 database Multiple writing of events will be suppressed for 5 minutes if there are problems with the database Database Stored Procedures will be recreated with the "dbo" user Database Administrator: Bugfix: Making a copy of a configuration results to problems with extended Archive connections MultiSite/Redundancy and Schedule Server Settings added Display of next database backup and compact times MultiSite Server: MultiSite/Redundancy option for NM 6.0 available "Conflict" dialog extended Process monitor: Bugfix: Links in the ,About’ and ,Order Information’ dialog does not work Update from older CINeMa™ respectively theGuard!® NetworkManager versions If you want to update from NetworkManager version 5.x you have to call up the NetworkManager 6.0 Setup Please backup all data before installing the update! After installation the old database will be automatically imported respectively updated. Note: Detailed installation information can be found in the installation manual. Known problems: Common: When using lots of Agents: SQL-Server databases and distributed database servers are recommended. Big Networks: An ample measure of events or traps may overload the system. Prefilter can avoid this problem.