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PA Storage Monitor Change History

Updates in 2026

10.0.0.268
* Custom Status Pages
* Single Sign On
* Configure user rights via groups or continue to use per-user rights.
* A new Security Audit report
* System Audit Monitor for SIEM, etc
* Automated server to server file copy between the Central Server and Satellites.
* Execute Script action supports PowerShell 7 if it is installed on the server
* Automatic self-signed certificate renewal based on configurable maximum age (note that ACME/Let's Encrypt has been supported for a long time)
* Sections of server reports (charts, monitor status, recent alerts) can be collapsible and default to open/closed
* Partial configuration import allowing you to import pieces of other configurations or just pieces from backup files
* New maintenance mode that can still monitor and record to the database, but not fire actions
* Much faster server and group status reports
* Even tighter security
9.7.0.167
* Increasing Strict-Transport-Security maximum age to 1 year
* Stricter failed login lockout counts
* Fixed Powershell v2 Execute Scripts that stopped working
* Faster Inventory Database responses, which helps speed up server status reports
* MIB files are parsed on the Central Server, and synced in parsed form to Satellites and Fail Over
* Fixed copying custom properties to computers to not return an error when there wasn't one
* Improved server selector in a few places
* Stable inventory props that are stable don't have to be fresh (no stale check)
* Added help buttons to all monitors and actions
* Fix to handle path matching with wild cards on very long strings
* Fixed an extremely rare crash involving scanning long paths
* A better experience testing database connection strings
* Fixed issue of Console not getting monitor status updates if the Central Server restarts while the Console is running
* Improved the server type probe which affects Automatic Configuration
* Fix for File & Directory Change monitor when working with IPv6 addresses
* Fix for repeating change notifications in the System Audit database
* Inverting monitor status takes more statuses into account
* Upgraded to OpenSSL 3.5.4
* Fix for configuration sync issues between the Central Server and Satellites
* GUI Fix for changing disk space thresholds for templates
* Improved efficiency of communication with Satellites, which has also shown reduced memory usage in some cases
* Added Turkish language support
* Better handling when lack of TLS cipher support causes problems
* Added report creation, deletion and changes to the System Audit report
* Database Connection String tester/finder works better with the Encrypt keyword

Updates in 2025

9.6.2.128
* Better handling of busy monitors
* Fixed uninstaller
* Run Now (directly or via API) will allow the monitor to pass throttles and run
* Support for Import-Module in Execute Script monitor and action can be disabled
* Fixed the Satellite Configuration report
* Able to rename custom reports
* Forcing a monitor to OK state will also reset the Alert Suppression state
* Throttle CPU usage when parsing performance data objects
* More efficient use of WMI to get process information
* New Bulk Config to clear shared server name cache
* Fix of bug introduced in 9.6.0 that caused some servers to not exit maintenance mode
* Fix for renaming a computer when the new and old names overlap
* Fixed broken trend line on line charts
* Call URL Action's test will return much richer data
* File & Directory Change monitor will clean up BLOB database(s) more often
* Easier to read monitor/computer change notes
* File & Directory Change monitor will delete blobs more often
* Fixed a problem with failing PagerDuty sends when a date was null
* Added $RowVarsCSV$ expansion variable
* Added a Test button to the Write To Event Log action
* Improved auto-forwarding of group reports
* Parsing MIBs uses less CPU and is faster
* Satellites can be set to auto update from the Central Server
* F5 in the Console can Run Now on a monitor (F2 for renames was already supported)
* New user account locked out (for failed PA Storage Monitor logins) audit event
* Small CPU efficiency improvement in the PALowPriorityHelper
* Cleaning up a few old database files that are no longer in use
* Default Global Monitors and templates won't be recreated on service restart
* Upgraded AWS SDK DLLs
* MIB parser will use less CPU and throttle better
9.6.1.55
* Upgraded to SQLite 3.50.0.4
* Fix to reverse the default of EnableScriptCredentialAccess_Require_Obj2 setting for backwards compatibility
* Changing the server name in the Set Server Type dialog will correctly change the name in monitors and credentials
* Added logging for alert suppression decisions
* Fixed error message when a SNAP Tunnel can't be created
* New Set Protected Satellite Config settings Bulk Config operation
* New Satellite Protected Settings lock
* Replacement variables like $Item(x)$ can use -1 for x to get the item that has a problem
9.6.0.462
* Updated to OpenSSL 3.5.1
* Updated to latest vcredist (x86 and x64)
* Removed vcredist_x86-2012.exe from the installer
* Upgraded to Chromium 109
* Changed from SMPP v3.3 to v3.4 which is more common
* Upgraded to IPWorks SNMP 2024
* Satellites will not send down notifications if the hosting server is in a maintenance window
* Reports have the option to choose logarithmic charts
* Fixed repeating error when SNMP disk space check fails
* Added the status tab to the Advanced Options of the Inventory Collector monitor
* Added support for undocumented configuration merge. Contact Support for help
* SMPP action will try to use a persistent connection, and send one message at a time
* Syslog sender action can send using UTC (default) or local server time
* Fixed email maintenance reply command processing when email format is HTML
* Chromium helper (Console.exe) processes shut down better
* Better Console operations for a user that doesn't have Windows admin rights on the local computer
* Added $Now(spec)$ replacement variable for usings parts of the date or time
* Added audit log for monitor templates being enabled and disabled
* Minor report CSS improvement
* Deleting an item in the Console will ask for confirmation, with a checkbox to not ask again
* Fixed Dynamic Table reports that sometimes showed an empty first page
* Added Bulk Config "Computers: Copy Computer Custom Properties to Other Computers"
* Fixed a bug in a SQL Server error handler
* Added Support for {+/-}amount{d/w/m/y} for the $Now()$ replacement variable
* Visual Status Map handles the same light being on the map more than once
* Set Satellite Host can use the value DELETE to remove a setting
* Smaller MonitorStatusHistory table in busy installations
* Less CPU usage for large busy installations
* MAC address will only be used to lookup manufacturer if the source IP is from the local subnet
* 'Combined' server charts with multiple values will be guaranteed to use different colors for different stats
* Server charts will snap to the nearest value to show for the cursor
* Saves in the Console will synchronize a little quicker to the Central Server if the user does a Run Now
* Don't let computers use not-yet-loaded icons in the Console
* Fix for curl not returning last response (considering redirects)
* Satellite reports will indicate status is the Last Status if not connected
* Fix for $mon.SendMail not working when run on a Satellite
* User configurable (via registry) Execute Script editor font size, with larger default
* Monitors that were firing Alert Red were not firing actions
* Fix for web interface reports list under View Existing Reports
* Custom line chart changes to shown down events better
* Fix for regression bug when doing Run Now on monitor on a Satellite
* Added ComputerAlias to VBScript Execute Script monitor
* Simplified SQLite database cleanup
* Fixed editing content of Executive Summary parts
* A monitor won't come out of its "First Run" status if the first run is an error
* Logging failed login attempts that come through the web interface
* Giving the Helper more time to startup before timing out
* New Console status dots - can be configured to go back to the colored borders
* Expression evaluation is more performant
* Fixed a recently introduced issue with rotated log files not getting deleted
* Template propagation is faster
* Fix for the report 12/24 hour setting not being honored everywhere
* More efficient log writing
* Fixed log file temporarily locking during in recursive situations
* Self-signed SSL certificates will automatically regenerate if about to expire
* Configurable mobile notification thresholds
* Configurable, and improved, calls to get data from ESXi
* Status Overview report shows monitor status count details
* Grids take monitor scale factor into account
* Fixed erroneous unneeded ODBC access attempt
* Fixed "Force Precise Schedule" checkbox on monitor schedules not staying clicked
* Fix for login failing with 2FA
* Saving monitor templates with no changes will not actually save, and thus not trigger a propagation
* Script editor works better with tabs
* Execute Scripts (both monitors and actions) can do a Run Now on monitors ($mon.RunMonitor and $act.RunMonitor)
* Fix for custom monitor Subjects not getting used when monitor is on a Satellite
* Faster Console navigation for large installations
* Made more dialog windows resizable
* Satellite configuration database will sync more often (to prevent Satellite Down alerts during fail over)
* Fixed some errors where somethings get stuck if the computer's clock is set into the future
* Find dialog (Ctrl+F) allows searching for objects by settings and properties
* Added the safer $mon.GetCredentialsObj and $act.GetCredentialsObj which returns a PSCredentials object in the Execute Script monitor and action
* Fix for reports that broke when some selected data sources didn't have any data
* Reduced memory usage by the File & Directory Change Monitor
* Group column report differentiate disabled from maintenance with icon
* Better support for parallel database queries
* Regression fix for some reports not showing up because they were missing a dataset title
* Email failing to send will list the email address in the global status message
* Fixed an issue where MS SQL Server-based reports could end up being truncated
* Fix for Satellites not regenerating expired SSL/TLS certificate
* MessageBox action uses message templates better
* System Alerts can use monitor-specific replacement variables if defined in the alert context
* Fix for the Satellite using too much CPU when the Central Server can't be reached
* Improved some logging
* Fix for $mon.GetCredentialsObj for the Execute Script monitor
* Fixed crash in START_MAINTENANCE in External API
* Added right-click on monitor to force it to an OK state (to reset Event Escalation)
* Pasting a template into a Power Templates folders will differentiate it from existing templates if needed
* SendMail commands in Execute Script will try Direct Send if there are no SMTP server credentials
* Charts will show legend entry in tool tip, and hovering over legend will highlight chart line
* Large improvement to database cleanup on very large tables
* New report Display Type that will create one chart per data item instead of combining on the same chart
* Warning about Alert Suppression settings that are too tight and might prevent alerts
* Automatically changing Alert Suppression settings that are too tight
* Fixed how Ad Hoc/Scheduled Report charts respond to dark mode
* Slight improvement to dark mode color
* Improved handling of the Global Monitors object
* File & Directory Change monitor can limit scan depth
* GET_MONITOR_INFO supports MID parameter
* Applying host:port settings in the Satellite configuration app will take effect immediately
* Fix for exporting tables to CSV when quotes, commas or new lines are in a field
* Fix alert text format for the File & Directory Size monitor when thresholds are less than 1 MB
* Fixed a database blocking problem in the File System Analyzer monitor
* Call URL action can add extra headers
* Fixed rare database deadlock caused by specific database errors
* Improved the Monitor Changed diff for the audit report
* Registry configurable CSV separator character
* Fixed report parameter reading when the Console and Central Server are using different languages
* Error shown if empty username is used in the Credential Manager
* Import-Module will work in Powershell Execute Script monitors and actions
* Additional (redundant) protections against Satellites using extra CPU if they can't connect to the Central Server
* Satellites will use Central Server's CPU limit if a specific one was not set
* Auto-Recovery step of restarting the service (Central Service or Satellite) if the max CPU target is surpassed for 5 minutes after throttling is applied
* More thorough cleanup of network connections on shutdown
* Fix for changing where actions run from being ignore if it is the only change
* Powershell Execute Script monitors and actions can use IMPORT-MODULE
* Some fixes for the Credential Manager
* Internal improvements when looking up credentials
* Fixed throttling for File & Directory Change monitors

Updates in 2024

9.5.0.133
* Fix for regression bug in the Email action editor
* Changes in Local Console language setting will ask if it should also be applied to the Central Service * Fixed some date/time parsing and handling of time zones and milliseconds
* Fixed a bug where the Inventory Uptime field in the CSV report output was not being written correctly
* Group Overview report can now show 20 custom columns
* Updates to OpenSSL 3.0.13
* Fix for LDAP directory traversal when LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS is returned
* Fix for not handling the truncation/replacement of the Action row variables ($Item(x)$, etc)
* Added File & Directory Size chart options for Server Status Reports
* Fixed a problem of template variable replacements (like $Details["$1", "$True"]$) where the replacement contained a $ character
* Fix for Bulk Config's "Monitors: Set Monitor Parameters" to work on the File & Directory Monitor ignored files list
* Updated to putty.exe v0.81.0.0
* Better error handling when writing to the System Monitoring Audit log
* Web login page will break out of frames
* Fix for some charts that aren't generating because of a data type change
* Symantec Endpoint Protection v14 is now detected by System Details
* Validating UTF16 before sending to the database
* Fix for 2FA not being reliably enabled
* Improved Failover setup compatibility checking
* Added $DeviceMAC$ replacement variable for using the MAC address
* Fixed bug where MonitorStatusHistory was cleaning up in batches that were too large
* MAC address lookup will use ARP table if a direct ARP request fails
9.4.0.185
* Fix for regression bug in the Email action editor
* Server status report can show monitor notes
* Current Errors group report can show monitor notes
* New user right to control who can set monitor notes
* Fixed name replacement when copy/pasting monitor to same server
* Fix for session cookies timing out when an HTTP connection is reused for a while
* Additional change to further prevent Client De-Sync (CSD) attack
* Give the ability to change the SSL certificate and private key filenames
* Fixed a few more places where the server status report could render twice
* Enabled HTTP server on IPv6 by default for new installations
* Added Dynamic Rules List rule "Has Monitor of Status"
* Doing some automatic index rebuilding to improve report performance
* Dynamic Groups can have different server chart definitions
* Improvement showing what changed in monitor configuration XML
* Web interface can scroll the navigation tree correctly
* Improved CA renewal detection to make it easier to delete the CA folder
* Fixed embedded Chromium from needing to login again so frequently
* Automatically use LDAPS instead of LDAP whenever possible
* Extra checks to remove deleted monitors from the run queue
* Updated to SQLite 3.44
* Force a good session in the External API if one doesn't exist
* Fix for some property operator handling in non-English
* Showing expired certificate errors more prominently
* Better SNMP retries
* Failed HTTP requests that failed to an IPv6 address will try again with IPv4
* File Age Monitor can ignore sub-directories
* Fix for Console not remembering login servers when logged in as non-admin
* New separate, smaller, default size for Monitoring Status History database table
* Making error when compressing databases visible
* Fixed All-Systems-GO race condition
* Fix for External API CREATE_CHART that wasn't honoring width and height
* PALowPriorityHelper_Net4 runs in 64-bit
* Added system audit entries for monitors start/ending maintenance, and for System Alerts
* Cleaning the Statistics database table more often
* Minor performance improvement - more noticable in larger installations
* Updated to curl 8.6
* Improved Broadcast message tracking
* $act.CustomProp can request custom properties from a Satellite in the case of a Satellite Down message
* Fix string sent for monitorCustomMessage in Powershell Execute Script
* Fix missing monitorCustomMessage sent with Satellite Down Messages
* Fixed Calculated Status monitor when runnnig VBScript and requesting status of a remote monitor
* Fix for crash in Disk Space Monitor when empty path is encountered
* Satellites can correctly inherit Custom Properties from the top Servers/Devices node
* Startup wizard fixes

Updates in 2023

9.3.0.77
* Device icon selection can also be based on the manufacturer
* Manufacturer can be determined by MAC address if other methods fail
* Fixed a rare case where a monitor could be reported stuck when it is actually fine
* New External API filter in the HTTP Server Settings dialog
* Added license information to the [System Summary Reports] > System Statistics report
* Always using SHA256 with certificates, even on low sercurity setting
* Fix for regression bug in the Email action editor
9.3.0.64
* Setting to control the maximum number of propagation threads
* Using CIM APIs (WS-Man) before falling back to WMI for Inventory Collector
* Updated to amCharts 5.4.2
* Some chart performance improvements
* Fix for Satellites running monitors after the Central Server restarts
* Fix for Satellite registration table database error
* Added support for more TLS 1.3 elliptic curve sets
* Monitors on Satellites won't lose their internal status after the a reconnect with the Central Server
* Trying WMI before WS-Man by default, but showing WS-Man error if both fail
* Improved client TLS 1.3 support
* Added check box in Auto Recovery dialog to disable the notification banner
* Quieting bogus errors in the log file from OpenSSL
* Fix for Disk Space returned via WMI request signaling a false negative
* Exporting a report table includes field headers
* Better logging of errors coming from OpenSSL
* Better LDAP connection management
* Fixed a javascript quoting problem in the web interface
* Fixed error in web based report creator for a few data types
* Targeting .NET 4.8 for TLS 1.3 support (TLS 1.3 only available in Windows 11 and Server 2022)
* Updated embedded CEF (Chromium) browser
* Upgraded to OpenSSL 3.0.10
* Standardized SystemDetails_Log.txt location
* Can import and export monitor templates in the Console
* All Servers report can show monitor titles
* Added search and replace for Custom Property operations via Bulk Config
* Better performing Console, especially for large installations
* Updated ODBC Driver for SQL Server from 17 to 18 in the installer
* Fixed ordering GUI for All Servers and Group Summary reports
* Overview report (column report) can show custom columns from monitor title filter
* Fixed Disk Space retrieval error when retrieved via WMI/WS-MAN
* Fixed charts not showing in PDFs
9.2.2.98
* Limiting how large a ErrorHistoryDB description string can grow to
* Fixing when Strong cipher settings are shown if the cipher list doesn't match
* Note on Delete menu option when monitor or action is locked
* Changed File System Analyzer's Custom Data Set and Largest Files By Owner reports to use a list of users instead of a single user
* Added a new Storage Usage Per User report to the File System Analyzer
* Quieted some noisy alerts coming from the service when All-Systems-GO first can't be reached
* Fail Over Console will be able to show HTTP server settings
* Consoles connected to the Fail Over can show more reports
* Fix for some missing Inventory property values
* Made the PASystemDetails.exe NOT depends on the Windows CRT DLLs
* HTML Table and CSV reports will correctly remove the 'empty value' sentinel
* Fix for broken Satellites summary link in the web interface
* Fix for being able to view Satellites in web interface without having the View Satellite Status user right
* File Sight Endpoint ignores its own file I/O better
* Added titles to Console nav button bar
* Fixed duplicate fields in some Configuration Audit reports
* Satellites report all IP addresses
* Improved Credential Manager usability
* OpenSSL initialized with prime256v1 curve group
* Added the Satellite Configuration Summary report
* Allow access to the HTTP Settings and Database Settings dialogs from the Fail Over Slave
* Stop syncing the HTTP server port from Central Server to Fail Over Server
* Ability to disable a server that is maintenance mode in the Console
* Fixed problem with Satellites not knowing about other Satellites
* Fix for repeating text in Recent Alerts
* Fixed tooltip links in dark mode
* Added tooltips to see all errors on the All Servers report
9.2.1.53
* Templates can be marked so the derived monitors automatically disconnect from the template after propagation
* Added ability in Auto-Recovery options to enable or disable auto restart for SQLSetConnectAttr problems
* Monitors and actions can be locked and unlocked
* The Configuration Audit report can show which monitors and actions are locked
* Protection against memory leaks caused by report template problems
* New Custom credential type
* Execute Script monitors and actions can access saved credentials if enabled (disabled by default)
* Fixed multiple login that happens during a web login
* Fix for crash in HTTPS server from unusual request
* Directory Quota monitor can alert on directory separately
* Fixed Directory Quota monitor from sending bad alerts
* Fixed some web interface display issues
* Using per-product web session IDs
* SSL/TLS certificates (including CA) will be recreated if the MD hash is SHA1
* Web interface fixes for selecting items
* Option to disable the required ping response before the Inventory Collector probes run
* Erasing previously calculated inventory values if they can't be updated (i.e. no underlying data)
* Fixed bug where full reset to Satellite didn't reset the configuration database
* Fix for web based report Generate button when custom logos are used
* Fix for crash caused by asynchronous request to Satellite
* Fix for some corrupted text in certain scenarios
9.2.0.120
* Added additional details to the output of the GET_MONITOR_INFO External API call
* Cleaned up and standardized the message template implementation
* "Strong" cipher setting is using an update list of allowed encryption ciphers for SSL/TLS
* Automatically try curl when on 2012R2 or order when ERROR_WINHTTP_SECURE_FAILURE (12175) errors happen
* Limit can't run or error alerts to once every 2 minutes per monitor
* Consoles making long requests to Satellites won't time out in the Console
* Fix for regression bug that affects disk space stats for SSH and SNMP
* Performance increase throughout the product
* Current Errors report will show monitors where the Satellite is disconnected
* Satellites will dynamically scale up callback threads as needed
* Fix so same ErrorID (AlertID) is used for error and fix events in more cases
* Fix for Directory Quota database error in some cases
* Fix for template propagation timing out at Satellites
* Added Green and Grey status icons for monitors, servers and groups
* Ability to show the Startup Wizard again from the Configuration menu
* Fixed some parsing/displaying of expression strings with double backslashes
* Added more troubleshooting hints to common errors
* New navigation bar in the Console
* Fixed some HTML problems
* Changed dark mode icons
* Fixed Console resource leak
* Installer checks to ensure Satellites can't be installed on Central Servers, and vice versa
* Fix for Recent Alerts not showing up in emailed server status reports
* Improved default sorting in reports
9.1.0.23
* Ignored files in the File & Directory Change monitor can use wildcards * and ?, including in templates
* Fix for reports that contain $ which was showing an error
* Right clicking a monitor in the All Monitors trees can take you to the owning computer
* Added exception handling/logging support to PASystemDetails.exe
* Passing Powershell the default credentials the same as we do with WMI requests
* Changes to chart pagination when there are large numbers of charts
* Preventing report render "bouncing" in the Console
* Fix for cleanup of Directory Quotas and File & Directory Change databases that can delete quotas
* Better handling of missing Inventory values in the Inventory Alerter expressions
* Restarting the service once per day if too many SQLSetConnectAttr errors are seen
* Fixed some date parsing in some non-English languages such as Japanese and Chinese
* Satellite down computers/monitors are correctly shown red/yellow according to the setting
* Boosted All-Systems-GO monitor priority so it doesn't run late
* Dynamic groups can have their own server reports settings
* Improved the status pop-up for monitors at the top of group reports
* All Servers Report indicates if there are more monitors in alert state
* CSS cleanup
* Enabling Servers/Devices in Bulk Config lets you indicates whether monitors should be enabled or disabled
* New "IPv4 Address Range" rule for Dynamic Server Lists
* Fix for first item missing in some datasets in the web report interface
* Added reporting system uptime to System Details
* Alerting user to expired SSL cert on login attempt
* Fixed error when saving report PDF to archive location
* System Details can skip the Windows Update check via Inv_SkipWindowsUpdate registry setting
* Disk Space Monitor can handle 15.9 Exabyte drive sizes from 7.9 Exabyte sizes before
* If a Disk Space Monitor contains expressions, the expression will responsible to add or remove drives
* Added [System Summary Reports] > Monitor Uptime report type
* Handling WMI requests when the password contains a comma
* Optional status colors on Console nav icons
* Fix for odd numbers of combined charts missing one value
* More advanced database connection string parsing
* Fix for drives not reporting disk space overage separately with advanced deduplication
* Fixed web page request parameters display
* Disk Space monitor supports PB and EB units
* Small optimizations for Console navigation tree status updates for large installations
* Console can show Dynamic Server List <> Dynamic Group linkage
* Fix for crash in Pager Duty action
* Web interface works better if report protection is turned off
* Fixes to the Error History report
* Remove duplicate disk threshold definitions from the Disk Space monitor
* DB_LIMIT errors will show which value needs to be increased
* Protection against Client-Side Desync attack in HTTPS server
* Moved to OpenSSL 3.0.8
* Regenerating certificates to ensure SHA256 message digest
* Setting Syslog sender to use RFC 5424 format by default
* Better error when when Lock (log file lock) can't be locked
* Fix for File & Directory Change Monitor corrupting non-ASCII text
* Better handling for some non-ASCII column label images
* Moved to the richer PagerDuty v2 API
* Show message template type (alert, satellite, report, etc)
* If OpenSSL reports MD is too weak, regenerate certs as needed

Updates in 2022

9.0.1.12
* Added new Wait action (useful for Action Lists and Scheduled Actions)
* Fixed some bugs in the Configuration Audit report
* Registry configurable number of records for a drill-down link in the File System Analyzer reports
* Passing service Run-As credentials in WMI request if no other credentials are being used
* Less memory and CPU usage when shrinking File & Directory Change monitor databases
9.0.0.434
* Dark mode
* New web interface
* When Network Scanner copies computer configuration, it will also copy credentials
* Fix for Console sorting issue
* Better report template error handling
* Exception logging in PALowPriorityHelper_Net4
* Fixed XML unescaping
* Fix for escaping strings sent to Helper for Powershell scripts
* Restored PALowPriorityHelper_Net4 to a 64-bit process
* Introduced $CustomProp_Raw(x)$ custom property which does not do any character escaping
* Applying computer config (from a Bulk Config copy operation, or a Network Scanner monitor) can copy credentials even when they are remote
* Fix for PALowPriorityHelper_Net4 having wrong version in some build scenarios
* Updated amCharts5 version
* Web interface handles limited-rights users better
* File & Directory Change monitor database sizes drastically reduced
* Fixed rare problems in the Directory Quota monitor
* When updating Satellites and Endpoints, the Satellites will update the Endpoints after they update themselves
* Added a message template to the Syslog Sender action
* Reflecting device's Satellite-disconnected state out to Consoles better
* Discovery end IP address is now inclusive
* Fixed passwords getting lost when configurations are imported
* Fixed credentials not getting propagated when the Network Discovery monitor finds new devices
* Fixed report parsing bug when language is set to French
* Failed emails don't send System Alerts so soon
* Reduced CPU usage
* Setting failed mail sending global status after 3 failures
* Improved cases where PDF renderer works
8.5.0.291
* Added OAuth support to the Email Action and Error Acknowledgement
* Error message from PASystemDetails will be shown in the monitor status
* Added an Auto Recovery feature to automatically rename corrupted database files. See Settings > Auto Recovery
* Added support for $TunneledHostPort(remote_port)$ to Console_Operations.ini
* Added putty to build, and new SSH to Device command option
* Status updates from multiple Satellites won't cause repeating alerts to fire
* Auto-scaling unit added to many reports
* Added Most Recent Value report summarization type
* Added IP address to the "Sent From" field in alerts
* When an Action can't run, the source monitor will be shown when possible
* Fix for rare case where reports that get stuck looping while generating
* Fix for the HTTPS client accepting an expired certificate
* Limit the number of times the Reboot action will try to reboot a server
* New automatic system check for the internally used SSL certificate's expiration and warn if getting close
* File & Directory Change monitor can scan sub-folders for specific files
* Protection for Action Lists to not fire non-notification actions in System Alerts
* Added 'First day of current month' time selector for reports
* Fix for correct Smart Config dialog showing up in Remote Consoles
* More efficient sending of large emails
* Monitors don't lose their Last Run time on a Satellite after a restart
* Added ALIAS option to the ADD_SERVER External API
* Inventory Collector collects serial numbers/service tags from more devices for your local database
* Added ignored sub directories for File/Dir Size monitor
* Additional internal security checks
* Fix for a string comparison bug
* Cleaning up extra tabs in critical fields during an import/read
* Updated to zlib 1.2.12
* Updated to curl/libcurl 7.82.0_2 (because of zlib)
* Using UTC time for maintenance end times so time zones are not an issue
* Fix for some default monitors not showing up after adding a new computer
* Updated 7za (7-Zip) to 21.7.0
* Simplied SSL certificate names in CA folder
* Improved monitor dependency mapping when copying monitors and templates
* PDF renderer will wait longer for retries
* Prevent HTTP request storms to/from Satellites
* Fix for some template changes not getting propagated
* Greatly improved efficiency of device mapping and finding
* Fix for custom chart editor sorting
* Improved automatic language translation process
* Added registry-based extra Play Sound methods
* Fixed promoting a monitor to a template when the monitor is selected in a different category
* Use a shorter timeout for remote requests on the UI thread in the Console to keep it more responsive
* Local IP address shown in reports, etc can be changed by index number into list of local addresses
* Updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1o
* Better job figuring out system PID
* Fix for File System Analyzer Custom Data Set use field
* Updated to latest PAExec
* Updated .config files to reference .NET 4.8 and 4.8.1
* Better XML diff in audit messages

Updates in 2021

8.4.0.174
* Added more diagnostic logging
* Fix for slow right-click on Devices nodes in the Console
* New self-signed certificates default to being sha256 signed instead of sha1
* Server charts will show an additional decimal point's info in the tool tip
* Fix for server chart tool tips
* Fix for custom charts not being sized as desired
* Checking DLL signatures when loading
* Server/group charts with 6 or more data lines will show the title next to the value in the tooltip
* Added new Monitors: Replace Actions Bulk Config command
* Added /AUTO_LOGIN Console command line option
* Configuration Audit report will be written to unique directory so it doesn't overwrite other similar reports
* Fix for very rare crash in the Console
* Fix for some non-English date parsing
* Added new Monitor Statuses custom group report part
* Fix for crash during configuration restore from disk
* Added auditing entries for moving computers to different groups, and running Bulk Config
* Console updates status icons in navigation panel better
* Updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1l
* Updated to libcurl 7.78.0
* Updated to libssh2 1.10.0
* System Details WMI calls will use packet level authentication
* Added Regular Expression support to Dynamic Server List and Inventory Alerter monitors
* New hourly System Audit event that the service/Satellite is running
* Logging a host ping if the database connection is reconnected
* Dynamic Groups with missing base Dynamic Server List monitor will be deleted
* Disk Space monitor templates can use expressions to specify which disks to monitor
* System Alerts use a message template that can be modified
* Fix for errorneous "monitor stuck" alerts
* Collecting disk status via WMI Inventory Collector similar to System Details
* Fixed a bug so there is better email alert throughput under load
* Added Groups: Delete Groups to Bulk Config
* Setting process wide COM/DCOM security to RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT_PRIVACY
* Disk Space monitor can check for new drive in an external process
* Console remembers navigation panel width between restarts
* Added Italian translation files
* Fix for configuration import problem
* Handle canceling out of the startup wizard better
* Added mouse scroll wheel support to some grids in the Console
* Fix for disk space monitors that would not configure drives that were found
* Will attempt to get remote drive list from Windows via WMI
* Updated to NAudio 1.8 with new API to play sounds more quickly
8.3.0.262
* New default self-signed certificates will use sha256 instead of sha1 for signature
* Fix for slow right-click on Devices nodes in the Console
* Added better error reporting to the Upgrade to 64-bit helper application
8.3.0.260
* Upgraded to amCharts4
* Fixed database transfer for the Directory Quota monitor
* Clicking the Parent Group button will refresh the parent report
* Configurable cache minutes for Server Status Report
* Pasting monitor will no longer try to customize them but will paste as-is
* Increased timeout when communicating with ESXi
* Disk Space monitor won't remove mount points when deriving from a template
* Less CPU usage in large installations
* Fix to prevent monitors disappearing under heavy load
* Multiple stats combined into a single CSV file will show stat names at the stat change boundary
* Servers coming out of Maintenance will be able to regardless of whether the Satellite is connected or not
* Fix for occasional problem in the Console when moving computers would show a double shadow computer
* Reduced CPU usage for large installations
* Variables html page written out in UTF-8 to handle non-ASCII characters
* Configuration to hide empty datasets when running a report on multiple datasets
* Speed increase for Console startup and in the Service and Satellite
* Rebuild with new code signing scheme
* Fix for START_MAINTENANCE and END_MAINTENANCE with GID of 0
* Better support for downloading CSV files from reports
* Fix for server charts showing wrong date
* Fix for rare Console synchronization bug
* Charts render asynchronously so the browser responds quicker
* Satellites and Endpoints have a better back-off when failing to connect
* Performance boost (less CPU usage)
* Fix for failing to get a list of drives from a server
* Additional XSS protection added (credit to Ryan Jones)
* Added CSV export icon to tables in most reports
* Report CSV files that are empty will have _no_data appended to the filename
* New user right for View Satellite status
* Starting and ending Immediate Maintenance handled asynchronously
* Enhancement to speed up chart rendering
* Significantly faster internal HTTPS server
* Fix for MONITOR_ENABLE External API call
* Entering and leaving maintenance will only fire the associated System Alert, not the "changes might affect monitoring" alert
* Added FORCE to Smart Config to force duplicates if specified
* HTTPS client reading much larger chunks to speed up Console sync
* Fix for some garbled PDF attachment filenames for non-latin character sets
* Run Now commands are handled asynchronously
* Added QFE Last Installed Date inventory field
* Faster operation for large installations (1000's of devices)
* Fix for Inventory Report date parsing
* Can set Use Curl via Bulk Config for Satellites
* TLS 1.3 support added to the user interface
* Better dynamic TLS support for the Helper application based on installed .NET version
* Fix for charts that cover the daylight savings shift
* SystemDetails module of Inventory Collector uses correct domain with credentials
* Added Device IP/Hostname, Device Alias Only and Device Aliased Name inventory fields
* Set a maximum size of email message digests
* Performance improvements
* Added Source ID and ExternalRef columns to the Error Audit report and database
* Fixed the enabling and disabling of Automatic Configuration in the Console
* Performance improvements
* More reliable Satellite and Fail Over updates
* Creating SNAP Tunnels has additional security checks
* Failed login recording with automatic and configurable lockout
* Added support for ignoring uninteresting folder paths in the SSH Disk Space monitor
* Added support for defining "Instances" in Execute Script reported statistics
* Group chart height grows dynamically with legend size
* New Bulk Config operation to securely copy device credentials from one Satellite to another
* Prevent overlapping template propagations
* Selecting device in a Dynamic Group won't cause the selection to jump to the 'home' group of the device
* Account locked messages show calling application type
* Changes to template propagation to increase robustness
* Fix for a few template propagations that would happen repeatedly

Updates in 2020

8.2.1.1
* Fix for regression bug where Inventory Collectors on Satellites stopped reporting
* Ability to change report email subjects to just the report title
* Can specify independent Up and Down actions for Satellites
8.2.0.74
* IgnoreScriptErrors variable added to $mon for Powershell Execute Script * Fixed rare problem where older state would show up in monitor status * Added RENAME_USER_ACCESS command line to rename user access settings * Fixed Bulk Config's Monitors: Delete Monitors to work on template-derived monitors * Fixed some problems with database transfers * Fixed race condition during template propagation where some monitors might get lost * Disk Space Full Check will by default use straight line prediction instead of looking at quadratic * When a monitor comes out of Satellite Disconnected it will show its previous status * Improvement to help prevent the internal HTTP server from getting behind * Fix for UI glitch when chosing field values for reports * Internal changes to reduce CPU usage * File & Directory Change monitor doing proper impersonation on one call where it was missing before * Changes to reduce CPU usage in large installations * Fixed trial license selector * Fix for report link drill down when File System Analyzer is not monitoring file owners * More shutdown logging * GET_SERVER_PROP API function supports multiple property look ups per request * Emailed report PDFs will use the report title for the PDF file name * Better check for customer SSL/TLS certificates before regenerating * Execute Script won't alert based on FireActions if $mon.ReportResults has already been called * Rebuilt a library with (little used) SIMD extensions removed for broader CPU support * Added Group Name to Custom Group Report email subjects * Better LDAP error when credentials are wrong * Protect Console against a rare crash * Added $mon.ComputerAlias for the Execute Script monitor * Added operators % ^ & | to the expression evaluator * Added support for multi-Item escalation in Execute Script monitors * When exporting computer config as a template, monitors are disconnected from templates as needed * When importing computer config from a file, do not 'fit' monitors - import as-is * Fix for group reports not showing internationalized titles * Fix for duplicate rows in the Largest Directories report for the Directory Quota monitor * Disk Space monitor can retrieve disk stats via SSH * Registry setting for optionally forcing HTTP connections to not get reused * Registry setting so Run Now can optionally NOT override monitor period and dependencies * Fix for Executive Summary report section titles * Fixed testing Execute Script powershell monitors when they are a template
8.0.4.20
* File & Directory Change monitor works with Bulk Config's Monitors: Set Monitor Parameters operation * Charted titles change more reliably when the underlying statistic's alias is changed * Added LOOKUP_CID and SERVER_ENABLE to the External API * Updated from OpenSSL 1.1.1c to 1.1.1d

Updates in 2019

8.0.3.113
* Minor UI update to look less dated. See the View menu to change back * Fix for rare crash * Fixed the PDF button when used within the Console * Decreased short term memory use, and a small performance increase * Fix for form-post escaping * Dynamic Server List rule for Server/Device names accepts wildcards * Error History OK Time field will be filled in even if unacknowledged alerts * Fix for User Access interface when rights not automatically granted to new users * Quiet a false database error * PALowPriorityHelper_net4 (Powershell 4/5) is now 64-bit * Charts that are all 0 values show up better * New Alerts menu to Broadcast text to user alert actions * Default Message Templates will use the correct default language setting after it changes * Run Now will override the monitor's schedule or dependencies * Uninstaller will unregister from All-Systems-GO as needed * Failed action notifications won't cycle and alert via the same failed action, causing a crash * Improved computer name mapping, better local computer detection * More helpful diagnostic message when a report fails to run * Fix for Set Maintenance Schedule user right * CSS change to prevent wrapping in the report index tree * Added GET_NOTES and SET_NOTES to External API * Protection against bad response from DNS server
8.0.2.15
* Two Factor Authentication can be enabled on a per-user basis at Settings > Remote Access > Filter User Access * New User Right to control who can update Satellites and Fail Over * Internal pings will work around Windows DNS cache failures * Fix for race condition when launching the PALowPriorityHelper application * Increased SQLite memory usage limit * Changed cipher list ordering for Weak cipher list so Windows 2003 can still connect * Address Resolver handles ISATAP IPv6 addresses * Can use a remote login to the local Central Monitoring Service to get a full Local Console if: local Admin, admin rights in app, rights to top Servers/Devices group * Can disable the local credential-less login * Trend lines go out 33% beyond the chart * Reordered some lines in the HTTP/S server to potentially reduce locking * ReqResponseDN.dll is correctly updated by the installer * Fixed internal lock that can freeze the service
8.0.1.172
* WMI (Inventory Collector), PDF, and charts use the .NET 4 Helper * Current Errors Report will succeed in more situations * Switched to newer MIB parser, and added a larger MIB library * Defaulting to requiring a login to view web reports * New User Right for setting maintenance schedules * Fix for row variables in Execute Script actions * Handle double-width charts in Executive Summary/Custom Group reports
8.0.1.150
* Old v7 Console will be replaced with a message to update short cuts * Protection against crash in PAPDH * Fix for Welcome Dialog with newer versions of IE * A little better tracking of who creates computers when done via Network Scanner * Remote Console failure to write to its log file will not broadcast a System Alert * Master server won't do a Fail Over file sync for first 10 minutes of the service starting up * Don't alert on monitors missing actions if the monitor (or server) is disabled * Fixed rare crash triggered by mobile app usage * Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.1c * Satellite disconnected status shown on devices and monitors with a striped background * Fix to ignore PAExec in the File & Directory Change monitor * Explicit SSL/TLS version selection in the HTTP Settings dialog * Better Live View (with simple filtering) * Credential Manager will prompt if deleting credentials referred to by other devices * Explicit SSL/TLS version selection in the HTTP Settings dialog * Better Live View (with simple filtering) * Resolve IP addresses in Active Directory Login Monitor for more meaningful alerts * Fixed rare crash in IPv6 address resolver * Logging will recover from network errors better * Fix for File & Directory Change monitor so it again shows full path for Changed files * Upgraded to AmCharts 3.21.15 from 3.20.4 * Charts can now be normal width, double width, or full width (double width is new) * Execute Script monitors can overwrite their own status as they run * Better chart resizing * Event Log monitor will go into Can't Run Now if the search for bookmark times out * Added audit change events for Servers/Devices and Actions * Shortened Ping failures message with highlight on DNS lookup failure, and hint to cache DNS lookups * Updated to SQLite 3.29.0 * Top-level Monitor Templates won't propagate into the *Automatic Configuration groups * Upgraded to InnoSetup 6 * Satellites are automatically accepted by default
8.0.1.51
* 64-bit, which means almost no memory limitations. * All-Systems-GO monitor to be assured your monitoring system is up and running * IPv6 support * Better performance when using RDP through a SNAP Tunnel * More Bulk Config operations * Group notes (similar to Server Notes) * More flexible and powerful monitor settings * New User Rights for more control * SNMP Monitor uses the SNMP Retries registry setting instead of being hard-coded * Monitors that cannot run will fire System Alerts at most once every 15 minutes (instead of on every run) * Added SNAP Tunnel audit events * Advanced Deduplication will block all actions on a duplicate as documented, not just notifications * ChangeMonitorStatus from Execute Script monitors and actions can correctly update the running monitor's status * Change to report page refresh functionality if an HTTP error happens * Fixes for duplicate columns in the Group Overview report (column report) * New Bulk Config to cleanup unknown Actions * New Credential Manager * Don't show Top X chart on a group when there are no devices in the group * Fix for generating PDF of Custom Reports that might be for a different report * Fixed a small memory leak * Outgoing alert emails will be processed in parallel more for greater throughput if needed * Restored the missing Hourly Error Count chart * Write to Log File action has a configurable output template

Updates in 2018

7.3.0.435
* Monitors that cannot run will fire System Alerts at most once every 15 minutes (instead of on every run) * Added SNAP Tunnel audit events * Advanced Deduplication will block all actions on a duplicate as documented, not just notifications * Added some database caching for frequent requests to increase performance * Fix for Calculated Status monitor for rapidly running monitors * Fixed Monitor Change auditing event * Fix for Disk Space Monitor reporting predicted full disks, and then immediately reporting it is OK and under threshold * Fix for Satellite Up/Down messages that were missing the Satellite name * Added new All Actions Access permission * Email send throttling can be controlled via registry setting * View System Activity shows template propagation * Disk Space monitor status will show all disks, even when alerting on each separately * Removed [ ] around monitored values in Disk values * Fix for template dependencies not propagating properly * Enforce OpenSSL server cipher order * Template propagation speed improvement when Satellites are involved * Group-level Notes that can be added to Group reports (similar to Server Notes) * Easy Config can query for IPv6 Neighbors * Added $DeviceNameOrAliasOnly$ replacement variable * Fix for Smart Config that wasn't adding actions when using a template as the base monitor * Fixed device property "Date Added for Monitoring" from getting reset * Prevent memory fragmentation when cleaning up the Login Event Database * Reports can be run that are not limited by memory size * Fix for dependencies on templates * Fix for rare crash in SNAP Tunnels * Increased reporting speed in some cases * Updated expiring SHA1 code signing certificate * Upgraded to IPWorks 16 * Handle very large emails more efficiently * Using different heap memory management settings * First template propagation will wait until the Central Service has been running for two mintues * More efficient log file writer (easily handles 10X the logging) * Added Bulk Config to enable/disable monitoring of Servers/Devices * Bulk Config can be used to disable the internal HTTPS service within the Satellite (will break Inventory Collector) * New Bulk Config operation - Computers: Allow/Prevent Template Propagation * Improved Network Map device layout * Fix for rare configuration synchronization failure * Disabled servers leaving maintenance mode won't become enabled * Prevent Bulk Config from misconfiguring a template with the Monitors: Set Monitor Parameters operation * Much faster processing of GetNextID for large installations (used in template propagation) * Added the ability to block some accounts (external customers for example) from seeing Recent Alerts on servers and Current Errors in groups * Can start and end Immediate Maintenance on servers in Dynamic Groups * Bulk Config's Monitors: Set Monitor Parameters works with the Active Directory Login Monitor filters * Fix for regression crash in SNAP Tunnels * Fixed View Template button at the top tempate bar in the Console * Added Show Monitoring Coverage on Group reports user right * Retry on failure to get VMWare ESX information * Fix to the Startup Wizard * Fixed the "Show devices that do not contain specified monitors" parameter for the Configuration Audit report * Removed source of some Audit Failure login events in target servers' Security Event Logs * Small reduction in memory usage for large installations * Tool tips for most fields that are too long to display * Caching domain lists * Additional support for IPv6 for SNMP-based requests * The Central Service and Fail Over Service will wait longer for Satellites to reconnect after just starting up * Central Service will sync a fresher copy of the Satellite status database to the Fail Over Service * Set Server Maintenance action shows server names with groups * Monitors in Can't Run state (or Internal Error) will NOT move through Event Escalation steps, but instead reset escalation to the beginning. * Email Message Digest age is registry configurable (defaults to 1 minute) * Less memory usage when sending large host name lists to the central server * Tighter syncing between the Console and Central Service * Fix for ability to disable Drag and Drop in the Console * Fix for very rare memory corruption bug that can happen during log rotation * Added time stamps to Satellite up/down and also System alerts * Ability to message digest all emails, including the first one in a while * Change that should prevent the CompNameCache database from growing so much * Fix for Day Light Savings transition date calculations * Fix for rare race condition in Cache Manager that caused configuation updates to get lost * Fixed units in the charts in email alerts * Retries when an error occurs while retrieving ESX disk space * Enhancement that reduces CPU usage on heavliy loaded systems * Better SNAP Tunnel performance (RDP to Satellite for example) * File & Directory Change monitor speed increase * Increased report refresh reliability * Added ability to have group reports refer to child group reports * Data Sets in the report builder will show device aliases if defined * Custom Group report Custom Charts can be separated by device * Optimizations for increased performance
7.2.0.346
* Newly pasted servers will be disabled to give a chance to make any changes before enabling for monitoring * Added explicit locale to javascript date/time rendering * Update to enable retrieving monitoring data from ESXi 6.7 * Object selection user interface with very large lists (thousands) loads much quicker * Fix for Bulk Config not filtering on monitor templates correctly in all cases * Automatically use IE embedded browser if older than Windows 7 (Chromium browser won't work) * Change FileNameID column into bigint for File System Analyzer tables FileName and FileInfo * Don't clear actions when coming out of Can't Run if also now in Alert state * Fixed hot-links to help pages * Additional logging added * Large report warning/redirect page will not be used when generating PDFs * More diagnostics when Satellites can't connect * External diagnostic ping done on a failed connection to the Central Service * Fix crash that can happen when doing HTTPS logging * Fix for crash in the File System Analyzer * Satellite has 'FTP Logs to Support' button * Fixed some non-English date parsing for report periods * Calling StoreValue in scripts won't trigger a Monitor Changed audit event * Newly added Custom Properties will show up in the Alert Reminders editor * Trend lines in reports are shown with dashed lines * Updated SQL ODBC driver client to version 17.2 * Fixed archived log files getting deleted too soon * Fix for second try on failed File & Directory Change monitor's prescan count * Cleaned up monitor changes in the audit report * Added ChangeMonitorStatus to Execute Script monitors and actions * Fix for potential missing status in the Group Overview (Column) report for CPU, Memory and Bandwidth * Fix for users with low rights being able to register their mobile phone for alerts * Find dialog can now also find monitors, actions and groups * New Bulk Config operation to force re-propagation of all templates * Copy Computer option in the Console will remap Monitor Dependencies * Scheduled Reports and Ad Hoc reports can be grouped into folders via the new Report Group tab * Extra logging around the Fail Over Slave status * Unstable OS time alerted on (affects monitoring) * Syslog action can send alerts in a single line of text for easier 3rd party integration * Pasting a monitor will put it in a 5-minute maintenance mode. This behavior can be changed in Advanced Services > Advanced Settings "PastedMonitorMaintMin" * Right-clicking a monitor in the Console will show the monitor's status information line (with truncation if needed) * Fail Over Slave will do less when it is not active * Fix for broken $DeviceName$ variable * Large configurations are sent in batches to the Console if needed * Similar to maintenance mode, monitors will ignore activity that happened while they were disabled * New Monitoring Coverage report which can output data to CSV, etc * PA Helper net4 will target .NET 4.6.1 to gain better access to TLS 1.2 support * Fix for Directory Quota monitor not cleaning up directory records that no longer exist * More flexible configuration for using only the Alias in reports * Console loads much quicker * Email server connections are disconnected after a failure so subsequent connection can succeed * Fix for custom monitor templates turned into default monitors during Smart Config * Better Satellite backoff when many are trying to connect at once * Satellites make initial connection quicker * Disk Space monitor won't automatically add both ESX and SNMP drives (which are duplicates) * Event Deduplication closing of events will use the monitor's true type * More diagnostics when configuring the Fail Over * Support for using curl when the Windows TLS support is too old to connect * Fix for converting non-English counter paths when propagating templates * Disk Space monitor propagation will add new disks according to the Add Disks setting on the monitor * Faster Console response * Listing all .NET 4 versions that are supported in the .config files * Fix for Fail Over Slave not receiving all configuration data * Better Console performance for limited rights users * Added IPv4 and IPv6 Inventory fields * Protection against Action List loops * Fixed issue with Inventory data getting deleted * Quieted some nuisance alerts from the Fail Over * Added $Satellite_Name$ replacement variable * Configurable timeout while communicating with ESX, with increased default time * CSV file output is a little easier to read * Fix rare crash/memory corruption caused by multi-threaded reports * Better mapping of templated dependencies to server-local monitors * Fix for missing report PDF in email when email report images are disabled * Better Satellite configuration message when a Satellite is connected to an inactive Fail Over * Configuration syncing to a Fail Over works better with very large installations * Limited access users will see the group reports defined at the top Servers/Devices level
7.1.1.54
Windows 7/2008 R2 or newer is required for the Console to use the embedded Chromium browser. Otherwise IE with some limitations will have to be used. * Able to clear credentials in the Changed Stored Passwords dialog by entering a blank password * Auto report forwarding in groups now works with the Executive Summary report * Improved credential caching for remote cases * Execute Script action will use a thread pool to control CPU and memory usage * Execute Script actions run faster and more can run at once * Execute Script and Call URL actions can be configured to run wherever the calling monitor ran * Thread Pool will alert if it is falling far behind * Updated 7za to version 18.05 because of CVE-2018-10115 * Added $AlertType$ replacement variable * Added $AlertID$ and $AlertType$ columns to the Write to Log File * Added warning to installer about Windows 7/2008 R2 requirement for embedded Chromium browser * Fix for regression bug in ADD_SERVER external API function * Fix for very rare crash when backing up the Configuration database for a Fail Over Slave * File & Directory Change monitor is much faster * Fix for remote access filter user interface involving groups that get moved * Ability to copy and paste devices * Better reconnection attempts for Satellites that are disconnected * Alert Reminders can use Custom Properties * Fix for Full Disk Date calculation
7.1.0.108
Windows 7/2008 R2 or newer is required for the Console to use the embedded Chromium browser. Otherwise IE with some limitations will have to be used.
* System Alerts that are fired for servers entering and leaving maintenance will use a Maintenance status instead of Alert status
* Possible to use the Fail Over without a shared database, though data monitored during Fail Over will NOT be available to reports
* New flat icons and buttons to modernize the look of the Console a bit
* Fixed rare deadlock
* Faster MIB parsing
* Monitors coming out of server maintenance will revert to their previous status instead of going to Scheduled
* Activity Chart shown in navigation column when the button bar is hidden
* Syslog Sender action can send alert description and/or row variables
* Changes to speed up Snap Tunnels, for better RDP tunneling experience
* Bulk Config's Computers: Set Automated Maintenance Schedule can clear all maintenance schedules if specified
* Fix for servers on Satellites that would come out of maintenance when the central service was restarted
* Ability to force Full Disk Prediction to only use a straight line formula
* Added SET_GROUP_PROP and GET_GROUP_PROP to the External API
* Added "Last" {day} of month to scheduled items (monitor, reports, maintenance, etc)
* Improved initial database connection error reporting
* Fixes for some errors in the language translation files
* Upgraded to CEF (Chromium) 3.3325.1756
* Monitors are automatically enabled (if needed) when promoted to a template
* Removed duplicate custom logo when report shown within frame of outer page when using Web interface
* Faster group reports in large installations
* Directory Quota monitor will erase quotas for monitors that have been deleted
* Fix for charts not showing up in PDFs generated from the web report
* Fix for SNMP drive names on Windows containing volume names and serial numbers
* Fix for File & Directory Monitor that could get stuck and always be busy
* ESX host connections will be cached for only 5 minutes
* Returning newly created ID for External APIs ADD_MONITOR, ADD_GROUP and optionally for ADD_SERVER
* Removed 3DES ciphers from High security setting

Updates in 2020

7.0.4.209
* SSH Execute Script monitors can use replacement variables now just like the Actions have been able to do * Template selection in Smart Config is an extended-selection instead of single-selection control * New HTMLEmail_NoDataFiles setting to not attach CSV files to reports * Fix for saved CSV and PDF filenames (@@@ was getting appended) * Log ping result if an HTTP/S connection fails * Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2n * Detailed monitor activity chart can show data from the Satellites * Ensure sent emails go to the Audit Log, regardless of the (separate) Perm Log setting * Connection string editor/parser won't remove unrecognized fields * Changes to help the StatIDs stay synced between the Central Service and Satellites * Fix for editing Dynamic Server List rules (or any rules) to show enumerated values on existing rules * Fixed broken translations * Detecting SNMP errors more robustly * Prevented DB_LIMIT errors when calculating monthly uptime * Disk Space monitor will by default ignore temporary drives from /dev, /run, etc * The Syslog Action can use replacement variables and custom monitor messages * Diagnostic access checks are performed when the Service/Satellite starts to report to the user if there are problems with their configuration * Dynamic Server Lists will trigger template propagation on server removes too * Added $Notes$ replacement variable for us in actions, email templates, etc * Protection against very large HTTP to HTTPS URL overflow * Fixed memory leak * Fixed small memory leak * Users with limited rights will only see Actions that are attached to Monitors that they can see * Fix for Restart Satellite command in the Console which would restart the Satellite service more than once * Added several HTTP/S security headers * Fix for sending emails when graphics, PDFs and attachments have all been disabled

Updates in 2017

7.0.3.242
* Alert Reminder messages will indicate which rule fired the reminder * Fix so the Visual Status Map report can be used with the Lite License * Better monitor dependencies from templates * Forcing TLS 1.2 support when using Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 where we know it is supported * Added MERGEIMPORT command line option to import a configuration into an existing configuration * Fix for Satellite Up/Down messages that use a different template * Extra protection against corrupted MIB files * Added rHTMLEMAIL_NO_PDF to disable PDF attachments in reports * HTTP Server allocates less memory * Fix for Log File action truncation when using UTF-8 files * Dynamic Groups will be empty if their source Dynamic Server List is disabled (or not in an OK state) * Double-signing (SHA1 with MS Cross-signing certificate, and SHA256) installers * Added System Activity events for database cleanup activities * The Start Application action can specify it should be run on the "Central/Satellite where the alerting monitor runs" * Registry setting for Disk Space monitor to use previous Can't Run status instead of Alert if a drive can't be found * Fix for the Service Monitor not keeping must run/must not run services when propagated from a template * Importing BLOCK_AUTO_CONFIG setting from config cxml files * Improved Windows AV detection in Inventory Collector * Better error message when Powershell-based Execute Script times out * Fix for Consoles not being able to login when "Local only" HTTP server filtering is on * Fix so Satellites can do Smart Config with templates * Fixed some error messages in the PA Desktop Notifier * Satellite Down messages will have an AlertID like monitors so they can be tracked in third party systems * Fixes for issues introduced in build 201 * Slightly less CPU usage * Syslog sender optimization and logging

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