NetXMS 0.1 release notes

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0.1.20

Implemented object unbinding from administrator console
Implemented template removing
Added "Change IP address" function for node objects
Added Oracle support (via ODBC driver)
Added server installation program (Windows only)
Added server configuration wizard (Windows only)
SNMP agent connectivity check improved
Added special handling for CheckPoint SNMP agent
Added "Don't cache this session" option to Windows console login dialog
Added new console command "show stats"
Windows CE Console improved:
- Added "Last DCI Values" view
- Added graph view
- Added collected DCI data view
- Added full screen mode support
- Implemented sorting in alarm browser
- Implemented alarm browser autoupdate
- Implemented object managed/unmanaged state switching
- Implementen node wakeup
Network discovery polling mechanism redesigned
Fixed bug in "show pollers" console command handler
Fixed occasional appearance of invalid objects at the root of object tree

Fixed issues (1)

NX-14 (Error handling multiline SMTP responces)

0.1.19

Data collection templates fully functional
Added possibility to use server name instead of IP address in agent configuration
Added diff() method for DCI thresholds
Added possibility to set server config file via:
- environment variable NETXMSD_CONFIG on UNIX
- registry key HKLM\Software\NetXMS\Server\ConfigFile on Windows
Fixed deadlock in status poller
Fixed incorrect socket handling in AgentConnection class
Fixed sorting bug in Windows console alarm browser
Fixed GUI unresponsiveness when acknowledging large number of alarms

0.1.18

Added support for object database caching on client side
Polling performance increased
Fix: SYS_SERVICE_DOWN event was generated in place of SYS_SERVICE_UNKNOWN
nxadm completely rewritten, and now allows to execute any command available on server console in standalone mode
Windows console:
- Implemented desktop configuration save and restore
- Added possibility to change graph's time frame
- Added support for multiple DCIs on one graph
- Added graph presets
- Many small UI improvements

0.1.17

Templates can be manually applied
Fixed bug in filling DCI cache with values from database
Server now can save and restore last DCI poll time and raw value across restarts

Fixed issues (2)

NX-21 (agent crash on multiprocessor Solaris systems)
NX-22 (server can crash after unsuccessfull interface configuration poll)

0.1.16

Added System.CPU.Usage(*), System.CPU.Usage5(*) and System.CPU.Usage15(*) parameters to WinPerf subagent
Fixed server crash sometimes caused by DCI deletion
Fixed memory leaks in DCI cache management
Added interface for processing SNMP traps by server modules
Added internal parameters AgentStatus and ChildStatus(*)
Some GUI improvements
Parameters Net.Interface.AdminStatus(*) and Net.Interface.Link(*) added to FreeBSD subagent

Fixed issues (3)

NX-1 (unable to modify network service port number)
NX-3 (server crash after DCI copy)
NX-4 (incorrect aliases handling by FreeBSD subagent)

0.1.15

DCI housekeeping implemented
Fixed server crash at forced poll time
Fixed critical bug in upgrade script starter under UNIX
Added support of HDD temperature monitoring under Windows and Linux
Added PhysicalDisk.Model, PhysicalDisk.SerialNumber and PhysicalDisk.Firmware parameters under Windows
Added parameters System.CPU.Count, System.CPU.Usage, System.KStat(*) and System.Memory.Physical.* to Solaris subagent
Parameters System.Memory.Swap.* removed from Windows agent because they are meaningless under Windows
Added parameter Disk.Used(*) to NetWare subagent

0.1.14

Parameters System.Memory.* behaves correctly under Windows
Fixed bug in loading of NetworkService objects from database
Fixed bug in interface status detection via NetXMS agent
Added support for NAT'ed nodes (correct interface polling, etc.)
Backslash () character is no longer works as escape character inside parameter arguments enclosed in quotes
Windows console: object tree works correctly for users without rights on root objects
Windows console: implemented user deletion from access lists
Implemented action delete
Windows agent deployment packages now built with InnoSetup
"Last Values" view added to Windows console
Added interface for SMS drivers
Optimized access to collected DCI data in database
Added support for System.CPU.LoadAvg to Solaris subagent
Added support for all Net.Interface.* parameters to Solaris subagent

Fixed issues (1)

NX-8 (Config file with CRLF loaded incorrectly on UNIX (OS X only?))

0.1.13

Fixed bug which cause server to hang when deleting unreacheable node
Added basic checking of node and interface objects to nxdbmgr

0.1.12

Added new object class - NetworkService, for simplified network service health checking
Server internal synchronization mechanisms improved to increase stability and performance
Fixed deadlock sometimes caused by retrieving DCI collected data
Added parameters System.Hostname, System.Uname and System.Uptime to Solaris subagent
Object status now recalculated after binding change
Implemented primary IP address selection for nodes
Added OSPF support detection
Fixed bug with StartupDelay parameter handling in core agent
Fixed communication problems on FreeBSD
Bug fixed: objects was not marked as modified when platform name or agent version changes
Windows console: implemented cell edit by double click in policy editor
Implemented external command execution under UNIX

Fixed issues (1)

NX-3 (Object status indicator in console not always updated correctly)

0.1.11

Fixed incorrect behavior of Process.Count() parameter under Linux and FreeBSD

0.1.10

Support for centralized upgrade added to agents
Implemented agent packages upload to server from console
New parameters added to Solaris subagent
Alarm deletion implemented
Implemented all delta calculation methods for DCI
Implemented thresholds for average values
Fixed bug with policy editor header drawing

0.1.9

Added support for server modules
Initial version of web interface created (for Microsoft IIS)
Microsoft SQL driver improved
Added file upload to agents (as preparation for centralized agent update)
Client library redesigned to support multiple connections within one process
Windows console: added automatic refresh in graphs
Very basic Solaris subagent added

0.1.8

Added support for System.CPU.Count and System.ProcessList parameters under Windows
Created our own SNMP library (currently SNMP versions 1 and 2c are supported). Server is no longer needs net-snmp library.
Component locks moved to RAM from SQL database
Added support for SNMP traps
Removed access right "View server configuration" as unneeded
Windows console: Added sorting to event selection dialog
Windows console: Objects in object browser are now sorted with respect to IP addresses when object name is an IP address
Windows console: Fixed bug with MDI window position restoration when window is maximized
Windows console: Fixed bug with duplication of child window title in parent's title when child is maximized
Windows console: Status icons now placed over object icons in object browser
Windows console: Policy editor drawing code improved
Added StartupDelay parameter to agent's configuration file
Windows console: Added "Save policy" function to policy editor
Fixed deadlock in Queue::GetOrBlock() which sometimes cause communication failures between client and server
Server now can detect that SNMP variable is not supported by agent and change DCI status to "Not supported" accordingly
Added interface status polling via SNMP
Agent: Fixed bug in interface operational status detection under Windows
Added server version checking in client connection procedure. If versions mismatch, client will not connect to server.
Windows console: when searching object in object browser, * characters assumed at the beginning and the end of search string
Added parameter File.Count(*) to core agent
Added possibility to change status of many DCIs status at once

0.1.7

Added more customized events for threshold violation
Added ability to send Wake-On-LAN packets to managed nodes
Fixed serious bug in DCI copy

0.1.6

Added parameter System.ServiceState(*) to core agent (Windows only)
Implemented user-defined counters in WinPerf subagent
Added support for macros in e-mail subject
Added support for data collection item duplication within same node
Now possible to copy DCIs to many nodes at once
Fixed memory management bugs in Windows console DCI editor
Added "instance" field to DCI which can be used as information text in user-defined data collection events and alarms
Client library do cleanup after NXCDisconnect()
User system rights now ORed with its group(s) system rights
Added database checking/upgrade utility (nxdbmgr)

0.1.5

Object access mutexes changed to read/write locks in server to improve performance
Algorithm of placing nodes into subnets improved
System no longer needs network mask when creating new node manually
Detection of incorrect network masks on interfaces added
Windows console: fixed bug in object browser which cause console to crash
Added internal statistics collection for average data collector queue length and average database writer queue length
All IP addresses now stored in database as text
Added external event sender (nxevent)
Fixed bug with user password change (new password was not saved to database)
Configuration script ("configure") improved

0.1.4

Created performance subagent for Windows (winperf.nsm)
Added SNMP OID to node type translation
Added support for Nortel Networks Passport routing switches
"configure" script improved

0.1.3

Added 64-bit string-to-binary conversion
Added MAC address property to interface objects
Added Template and TemplateGroup object classes
It's now possible to configure data collection items for templates

0.1.2

Added possibility for copying DCIs from one node to other(s)
Added server's startup script for RedHat Linux
Numerous bug fixes

0.1.1

First version number given to system: a lot of things works, and lot of things have to be done.