| Index |
| |
| ID |
Title |
Platform |
Area |
Type |
|
497
|
Distinquish between attributes and perf data
|
All
|
Agent
|
Feature |
|
561
|
License exp will no longer prohibit agent startup
|
All
|
Agent
|
Feature |
|
505
|
Alarm history
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Feature |
|
517
|
User defined alarm constants
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Feature |
|
541
|
Link to edit alarm rule in active alarm list
|
All
|
Alarms
|
Feature |
|
518
|
Standard Edition feature changes
|
All
|
All
|
Feature |
|
521
|
Show scanner and alarm configuration text in popup
|
All
|
Configuration
|
Feature |
|
556
|
Ability to test custom scripts in web config
|
All
|
Configuration
|
Feature |
|
507
|
Breakout custom scanners on console
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
509
|
Show optional alarm details on console views
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
511
|
Add new window option on main console
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
522
|
Console agent auto-discover
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
553
|
Console - scanners only shown inactive if in error
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
559
|
Agent inventory page on Console
|
All
|
Console
|
Feature |
|
519
|
Standard Error on custom scanners displayed
|
All
|
Custom Scanner
|
Feature |
|
552
|
Log a message if a custom scanner reports no data
|
All
|
Custom Scanner
|
Feature |
|
539
|
InErr, OutErr, Collisions now reported as a rate
|
All
|
Network Scanner
|
Feature |
|
498
|
Alternate SMTP server
|
All
|
Notifications
|
Feature |
|
512
|
Improved plugin scanner parameter configuration
|
All
|
Plugin scanners
|
Feature |
|
525
|
Repository auto set
|
All
|
Repository Link
|
Feature |
|
503
|
Do not stop scanners when they error
|
All
|
Scanner
|
Feature |
|
550
|
Scan interval adjusted for scan duration
|
All
|
Scheduler
|
Feature |
|
554
|
Custom scanners scheduling enhanced
|
All
|
Scheduler
|
Feature |
|
543
|
Ability to specifiy which resources are stored
|
All
|
Storage
|
Feature |
|
548
|
Link to edit scanner settings on scanner page
|
All
|
Web Interface
|
Feature |
|
549
|
Make pending config changes msg more noticable
|
All
|
Web Interface
|
Feature |
|
514
|
Faster reloading of pages using image caching
|
All
|
Webserver
|
Feature |
|
515
|
New session data behavior
|
All
|
Webserver
|
Feature |
|
516
|
Agent and Console session data stored seperately
|
All
|
Webserver
|
Feature |
|
551
|
Extend login/pass security to www pages.
|
All
|
Webserver
|
Feature |
|
513
|
Webserver plugin status code for unavail host
|
All
|
WsPlugin
|
Feature |
|
562
|
Solaris 9 Support
|
Solaris (All)
|
Application
|
Feature |
|
520
|
Custom scanners may now contain pipes, etc
|
Solaris (All)
|
Custom Scanner
|
Feature |
|
504
|
Support systems with more than 2GB of memory
|
Windows (All)
|
Memory Scanner
|
Feature |
|
523
|
Virtual memory usage added to Memory scanner
|
Windows (All)
|
Memory Scanner
|
Feature |
|
495
|
Add IO rates to process scanner
|
Windows (All)
|
Process Scanner
|
Feature |
|
524
|
Add IOKBps to Process/App scanner
|
Windows (All)
|
Process Scanner
|
Feature |
|
557
|
Hostnames starting with a digit treated as IP addr
|
All
|
Agent
|
Defect |
|
555
|
Scanner summary pages show inaccessible scanners
|
All
|
Web Interface
|
Defect |
|
560
|
Removed alarm notification not detected
|
All
|
Web-based configuration
|
Defect |
|
546
|
duplex mode of network interfaces incorrect
|
Solaris (All)
|
Network Scanner
|
Defect |
|
536
|
Core dump while loading Solaris Disk map
|
Solaris 2.6
|
Solaris2Adapter
|
Defect |
|
547
|
Agent service can GPF during shutdown
|
Windows (All)
|
Application
|
Defect |
| Details: |
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ID: 497
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Title: Distinquish between attributes and perf data
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Platform: All
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Area: Agent
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Type: Feature |
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Distinquish between attributes (that don't change) and performance data that does change between scans. |
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|
ID: 561
|
Title: License exp will no longer prohibit agent startup
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Platform: All
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Area: Agent
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Type: Feature |
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An expired license will no longer prohibit agent startup. Instead the status of a trial (with expiration) is checked by the web server. In the event that the license expires, all scanner web pages will be redirected to the set license page. |
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ID: 505
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Title: Alarm history
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Platform: All
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Area: Alarms
|
Type: Feature |
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Store and display alarm history for scanners and the console |
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Example:
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|
ID: 517
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Title: User defined alarm constants
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Platform: All
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Area: Alarms
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Type: Feature |
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All user to define constants to be used in alarm rules. They are prefixed with a colon ":". In addition, alarm rule popup windows will now allow users to add variables and constants to an existing condition |
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Example:
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ID: 541
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Title: Link to edit alarm rule in active alarm list
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Platform: All
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Area: Alarms
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Type: Feature |
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Now you can edit an alarm rule by clicking a link in the active alarm list (at bottom of scanner pages). Requires admin login. |
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Example:
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|
ID: 518
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Title: Standard Edition feature changes
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Platform: All
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Area: All
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Type: Feature |
| |
Standard Edition now supports the repository and plugins (only one instance per plugin type allowed). Failover and custom scanners are still non-functional in this edition. |
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|
ID: 521
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Title: Show scanner and alarm configuration text in popup
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Platform: All
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Area: Configuration
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Type: Feature |
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Show the text for an alarm or scanner configuration as a pop up window in the web-based configuration. |
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Example:
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ID: 556
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Title: Ability to test custom scripts in web config
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Platform: All
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Area: Configuration
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Type: Feature |
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Ability to test custom scripts in the web configuration. |
|
| |
|
ID: 507
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Title: Breakout custom scanners on console
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Feature |
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Breakout custom scanners on console catagory view. |
|
| |
|
ID: 509
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Title: Show optional alarm details on console views
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Show optional alarm details on console views. Add new console By Alarm view. |
|
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Example:
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|
ID: 511
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Title: Add new window option on main console
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Platform: All
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Area: Console
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Add new window option on main console like on the console summary page |
|
| |
|
ID: 522
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Title: Console agent auto-discover
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Any host IP address specified as a broadcast address (contains a 255) will be sent a broadcast packet in order to auto-discover agents on that subnet. For example: hosts=192.168.3.255:8080 or 255.255.255.255:8080. |
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|
ID: 553
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Title: Console - scanners only shown inactive if in error
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Platform: All
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Area: Console
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Type: Feature |
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The meaning of "inactive" on the Console display has been changed to indicate the the scanner has encountered a runtime error and no data was returned. |
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|
ID: 559
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Title: Agent inventory page on Console
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Platform: All
|
Area: Console
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Type: Feature |
| |
Add an agent inventory page so that users can see the number of licenses in use. Provide a summary of platforms and agent versions. Plus, show agent version details with upgrade recommendations. |
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Example:
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ID: 519
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Title: Standard Error on custom scanners displayed
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Platform: All
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Area: Custom Scanner
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Type: Feature |
| |
When a custom scanner fails, the output from standard error of the process is captured and displayed in the log (and optionally on internal alarm) up to 40 characters. |
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Example:
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ID: 552
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Title: Log a message if a custom scanner reports no data
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Platform: All
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Area: Custom Scanner
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Type: Feature |
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(Optionally) Log a message if a custom scanner reports no data. raw=no bytes, name value=no nv pairs, tabular=no rows, perfmon=no instances. This feature is configurable using the log_nodata custom scanner property and defaults to false. |
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ID: 539
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Title: InErr, OutErr, Collisions now reported as a rate
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Platform: All
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Area: Network Scanner
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Type: Feature |
| |
The InErr, OutErr, Collisions(unix) will now reported as a rate. This is, input errors detected per second rather than the raw accumlated number, which is not a useful. |
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ID: 498
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Title: Alternate SMTP server
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Platform: All
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Area: Notifications
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Type: Feature |
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Allow the user to specify an alternate smtp server. |
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|
ID: 512
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Title: Improved plugin scanner parameter configuration
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Platform: All
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Area: Plugin scanners
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Type: Feature |
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Plugin scanner parameters now present formatted options using text boxes, drop down lists, and check boxes. In addition, some basic validations are performed. In addition, each virtual scanner can optionally have storage parameters specified. |
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ID: 525
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Title: Repository auto set
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Platform: All
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Area: Repository Link
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Type: Feature |
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A new auto_set option can be enabled to allow the repository host and port to be automatically set by a Repository broadcast message. The agent will only be set if auto_set is enabled and the host is NOT currently defined. |
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|
ID: 503
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Title: Do not stop scanners when they error
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Platform: All
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Area: Scanner
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Type: Feature |
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Do not stop a scanner if it encounters an error. This situation may be temporary. Continue to log the error and allow internal alarms to be generated. |
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ID: 550
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Title: Scan interval adjusted for scan duration
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Platform: All
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Area: Scheduler
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Type: Feature |
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The sleep between scans is now adjusted to take the scan duration into account. For example: if a scan takes 3 seconds and the interval is 60, then the scheduler will sleep for 57 seconds not 60. However, the scheduler will always sleep for at least 1s. |
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ID: 554
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Title: Custom scanners scheduling enhanced
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Platform: All
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Area: Scheduler
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Type: Feature |
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Custom scanners may now specify a "schedule" property that overrides the "interval" property. The format is: mins(0-59) hours(0-23) monthday(1-31) weekday(0-6); where each can be a list having a single number, range(low-high), or "*" any. See details. |
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ID: 543
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Title: Ability to specifiy which resources are stored
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Platform: All
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Area: Storage
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Type: Feature |
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Each scanner now has the optional ability to only store data to the local datastore or repository based on a specified list of resources. This specification is not case sensitive and may contain wildcards. If blank, all are stored |
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ID: 548
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Title: Link to edit scanner settings on scanner page
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Platform: All
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Area: Web Interface
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Type: Feature |
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Add a link on each scanner page to jump to that scanners configuration settings. Requires admin login. |
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Example:
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ID: 549
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Title: Make pending config changes msg more noticable
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Platform: All
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Area: Web Interface
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Type: Feature |
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The pending changes message at the top of each configuration page needs to be more noticable. |
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|
ID: 514
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Title: Faster reloading of pages using image caching
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Platform: All
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Area: Webserver
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Type: Feature |
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All web pages will now reload faster because images are allowed to be cached by the browser. In addition, the main console will reload faster since window.location.reload() is no longer called. This caused all objects to be reload from the server. |
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ID: 515
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Title: New session data behavior
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Platform: All
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Area: Webserver
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Type: Feature |
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All sessions by the same username will not share persistant session data. For example, this means that the anonymous user on several different browse sessions will share the same view, sort criteria, and scanner expansion settings. |
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| |
|
ID: 516
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Title: Agent and Console session data stored seperately
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Platform: All
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Area: Webserver
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Type: Feature |
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The agent and console now store persisted session data in seperate files (login.sess and login_c.sess) in order to keep them from clobbering each other when run on the same machine and directory. |
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|
ID: 551
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Title: Extend login/pass security to www pages.
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Platform: All
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Area: Webserver
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Type: Feature |
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Extend (optional) login/password security to files located in the www subdirectory. To access these pages, you must be in either the "admin" or (new) "www" access group. |
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|
ID: 513
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Title: Webserver plugin status code for unavail host
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Platform: All
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Area: WsPlugin
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Type: Feature |
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The returned status codes for webservers that cannot be contacted is changed from 404 to: Connect Failure=0, Bad URL=1, Connect Timeout=2 |
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|
ID: 562
|
Title: Solaris 9 Support
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Platform: Solaris (All)
|
Area: Application
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Solaris 9 Support |
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| |
|
ID: 520
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Title: Custom scanners may now contain pipes, etc
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Platform: Solaris (All)
|
Area: Custom Scanner
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Type: Feature |
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The custom scanner on all unix version will now use the shell to help process external commands. This means that pipes and redirects are now allowed |
|
| |
|
ID: 504
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Title: Support systems with more than 2GB of memory
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Platform: Windows (All)
|
Area: Memory Scanner
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Type: Feature |
| |
Support systems with more than 2GB of memory. |
|
| |
|
ID: 523
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Title: Virtual memory usage added to Memory scanner
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Platform: Windows (All)
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Area: Memory Scanner
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Type: Feature |
| |
Virtual memory available, used, and percent used has been added to summary data in the memory scanner. |
|
| |
|
ID: 495
|
Title: Add IO rates to process scanner
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Platform: Windows (All)
|
Area: Process Scanner
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Add platform specific IO rate information for each process. |
|
| |
|
ID: 524
|
Title: Add IOKBps to Process/App scanner
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Platform: Windows (All)
|
Area: Process Scanner
|
Type: Feature |
| |
Add IOKBps (Disk/Network) IO KBps to the process and application scanner. This information is not available seperately (ie Disk only) |
|
| |
|
ID: 557
|
Title: Hostnames starting with a digit treated as IP addr
|
Platform: All
|
Area: Agent
|
Type: Defect |
| |
Hostnames starting with a digit are incorrectly treated as an IP address. |
|
| |
|
ID: 555
|
Title: Scanner summary pages show inaccessible scanners
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Platform: All
|
Area: Web Interface
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The scanner summary page lists scanners that are not accessible due to access group security. This should be changed to only list those scanners that are accessible to the current user. |
|
| |
|
ID: 560
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Title: Removed alarm notification not detected
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Platform: All
|
Area: Web-based configuration
|
Type: Defect |
| |
When all notification specifications for an alarm are deleted and the form Applied, the update is not recorded and no Save message appears at the top of the screen. |
|
| |
|
ID: 546
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Title: duplex mode of network interfaces incorrect
|
Platform: Solaris (All)
|
Area: Network Scanner
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The duplex mode of a network interface can be incorrect if more than one NIC exists. |
|
| |
|
ID: 536
|
Title: Core dump while loading Solaris Disk map
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Platform: Solaris 2.6
|
Area: Solaris2Adapter
|
Type: Defect |
| |
A core dump can occur during startup while loading the Solaris disk map. This only occurs when a device cannot be matched to a pseudo-name and is rare. |
|
| |
|
ID: 547
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Title: Agent service can GPF during shutdown
|
Platform: Windows (All)
|
Area: Application
|
Type: Defect |
| |
The agent can generate a fatal error while shutting down in rare instances. This is due to a timing issue between the service thread and the main process exit. |
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