* 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
* Added System Audit Events for sending commands to Endpoints
* Fix for DACL/SACL change skipping a read/write notification that followed it (not common)
* Fix for another database lock situation
* Fix for 2FA not being reliably enabled
* Performance enhancements for servers with many monitors
* 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
9.4.0.218
* Fix for LDAP directory traversal when selecting groups in Remote Access
* More database lock prevention
* Added /LOCK command line to the Central Service to lock the service from stopping
* Fix for a reporting error when selecting the Copy type of operation
* Fix for using configured database filename length value when transferring the database
* Fix a database table that is preventing some reports from Satellites being shown correctly
* Restored a database optimization
* The load of the database transformation is configurable
* Fixed a problem of template variable replacements (like $Details["$1", "$True"]$) where the replacement contained a $ character
* Improved chance of database table ID update working in Satellites without needing to call the Central Server
* Improved the selection links at the top of the Endpoints page showing connected (or not) Endpoints
9.4.0.206
* Fix potential problem of storing computer names seen from Satellites
* Restored the function of truncating long file names for the database
* Fix intermittent database locking problem
* Updated to OpenSSL 3.0.13
* Fix for reports on versions of SQL Server older than 2016
9.4.0.185
* MAJOR FILE SIGHT DATABASE FORMAT CHANGE - reports will continue to work the same
* 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
* File Sight monitor's Ignored Users list can contain local and Active Directory groups
* Users and groups can be deleted from the Ignored Users list in the File Sight monitor
* 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
* Updated File Sight Driver (non-executable memory buffers, performance boost, diagnostics)
* Can no longer preserve File Sight data from v3.3 and earlier (16 years old at this point)
* Added Execute right to the Trusted Application rules
* Preventing negative performance counter values
* Live View lets you enter multiple comma separated filters
* Give the ability to change the SSL certificate and private key filenames
* Slowly cleaning out obsolete programs from the File Sight database
* Better at finding the appropriate Endpoint if coming through a proxy, gateway or VPN
* Fix for ignoring I/O when a wild card is used in the Programs to Ignore list
* Added file counts to the User Read/Write Amounts report
* Fixed a few more places where the server status report could render twice
* File Sight reports work better when the data is stored at the Satellite
* Enabled HTTP server on IPv6 by default for new installations
* Added File Activity Level report
* Added Dynamic Rules List rule "Has Monitor of Status"
* Fixed drill down links in some reports
* 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
* File Sight prevents database errors when Satellites share a MS SQL Server with a Central Server and/or other Satellites
* 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
* Failed HTTP requests that failed to an IPv6 address will try again with IPv4
* Fix for Console not remembering login servers when logged in as non-admin
* New separate, smaller, default size for Monitoring Status History database table
* File Sight Rename/Moves will be shown in a small/more easily read format
* 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
* Satellites can correctly inherit Custom Properties from the top Servers/Devices node
* Startup wizard fixes
Updates in 2023
9.3.0.77
* 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
* Trusted Application list names are not translated to local languages
* 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 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
* Exporting a report table includes field headers
* Performance improvement in the Trusted Application rules
* 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
* Improved File Sight database transfers
* Added ADMIN_ONLY_APPS list to Trusted Applications
* Trusted Application Rules can refer to any list, not just custom lists
* Added two new Trusted Application default rules
* Trusted Application rules and lists are automatically backed up once per day
* Can import and export monitor templates in the Console
* Added triggering rule to Trusted Application alerts
* File Sight will show non-existent computers in the report picker if data exists for the computer
* All Servers report can show monitor titles
* Fix for File Sight reports to show data for computers that are no longer monitored
* Added search and replace for Custom Property operations via Bulk Config
* Fixed a bug preventing the File Sight Endpoint driver from automatically installing on 32-bit Windows
* Endpoint logs can be requested via the Endpoint Operations page
* Better performing Console, especially for large installations
* Updated ODBC Driver for SQL Server from 17 to 18 in the installer
* Fixed potential race condition in Endpoint regarding ignoring PIDs
* Fixed ordering GUI for All Servers and Group Summary reports
* Overview report (column report) can show custom columns from monitor title filter
* 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
* 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
* Fix for some File Sight reports involving the Type of Change field
* 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
* Added titles to Console nav button bar
* Added REQUESTOR_HAS_ENDPOINT, REQUEST_FROM_NETWORK and REQUEST_IPADDRESS to Trusted Application rules
* 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
* Added REQUEST_HOST statement
* 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
* Updated the File Sight driver to enable faster responses in some cases
* Fixed multiple login that happens during a web login
* Fix for crash in HTTPS server from unusual request
* Additional diagnostics and logging
* File Sight database records recorded with a more accurate time
* 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
* Fix for the Endpoints causing a crash when regenerated in the background (not the default setting)
* Web interface fixes for selecting items
* 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
* File Sight driver uses less stack space
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
* New report parameters to report on files copied to USB or local cloud folders
* "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
* 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 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
* Performance gains in running the Trusted Application rules
* Fixed some parsing/displaying of expression strings with double backslashes
* Endpoints report can show Endpoints that aren't currently connected from a history database
* Added more troubleshooting hints to common errors
* New navigation bar in the Console
* Reduced load Endpoints will make on the Central Server/Satellite
* 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
* 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
* Passing Powershell the default credentials the same as we do with WMI requests
* Preventing report render "bouncing" in the Console
* Restarting the service once per day if too many SQLSetConnectAttr errors are seen
* Fix for File Sight-ReadCheck database schema version setting
* 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
* Trusted Application Rules can individually alert and/or record to the database
* Trusted Application Rules can optionally alert when access is granted
* New Trusted Application statements involving copy detection
* 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
* Alerting user to expired SSL cert on login attempt
* Fixed error when saving report PDF to archive location
* Added Box.com cloud folder detection
* Added [System Summary Reports] > Monitor Uptime report type
* Optional status colors on Console nav icons
* More advanced database connection string parsing
* Switching back to non-stubbed PALowPriorityHelper_net4.exe
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Passing service Run-As credentials in WMI request if no other credentials are being used
* Fixed high memory usage that can occur in an Endpoint when the Central Server is down
9.0.0.434
* Dark mode
* New web interface
* Trusted Applications (application white listing, file access control)
* 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
* Can now Resume paused Trusted Application Checking in Endpoints
* Can ignore small Explorer reads to cut down on noisy alerts
* Web interface handles limited-rights users better
* Fix for Endpoints not showing up as connecting to a Satellite
* When updating Satellites and Endpoints, the Satellites will update the Endpoints after they update themselves
* Fix to startup wizard
* 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
* 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
* On a failed audit alert in PAFS, log the attached drives, and force a mount recheck
* Status updates from multiple Satellites won't cause repeating alerts to fire
* Added IP address to the "Sent From" field in alerts
* New File Sight driver
* 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
* New automatic system check for the internally used SSL certificate's expiration and warn if getting close
* Fixed rare deadlock in heavily loaded system
* Protection for Action Lists to not fire non-notification actions in System Alerts
* Added 'First day of current month' time selector for reports
* 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
* Fixed case were username look up via WMI failed
* 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
* Added optional file path filter to User Read/Write Amounts and User Changes reports
* Updated 7za (7-Zip) to 21.7.0
* Simplied SSL certificate names in CA folder
* 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
* 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
* Checking DLL signatures when loading
* Added new Monitors: Replace Actions Bulk Config command
* Fix for File Sight alerting on ignored files in some cases
* 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
* Handling File Sight monitors overlapping with different Interpret Application Behavior settings
* 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
* System Alerts use a message template that can be modified
* File Sight will show a warning at the top of the server report if no File Sight monitors are created
* Fix for errorneous "monitor stuck" alerts
* File Sight won't keep alerting multiple times when different users are blocked on different Satellites
* Fixed a bug so there is better email alert throughput under load
* Added Groups: Delete Groups to Bulk Config
* PA File Sight will attach to the driver in a more robust manner
* Setting process wide COM/DCOM security to RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT_PRIVACY
* Some optimizations around checking file types
* 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
* 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
* Fix for crash when viewing report index page
* 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
* File access by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM will show IP address 127.0.0.1
* Fix to File Sight Endpoint to for some patterns of I/O
* Less CPU usage in large installations
* File Sight will show local OS file access as coming from 127.0.0.1
* 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)
* 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
* Updated File Sight Driver to fix a crash exposed by Windows Sandbox
* Run Now commands are handled asynchronously
* Added QFE Last Installed Date inventory field
* 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
* Performance improvements
* 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
* More efficient dedection of neighbor Satellites
* Performance improvements
* More reliable Satellite and Fail Over updates
* Creating SNAP Tunnels has additional security checks
* Failed login recording with automatic and configurable lockout
* 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
* Fix for processes not showing up in Ignored list from Satellites (thanks Brendan!)
* Ability to change report email subjects to just the report title
* File Copy threshold alerts will show destination files
* Can specify independent Up and Down actions for Satellites
8.2.0.74
* Fixed rare problem where older state could 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
* 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
* Change for Endpoint status communication to Satellites so their clocks don't have to be synchronized as closely
* Internal changes to reduce CPU usage
* Changes to reduce CPU usage in large installations
* 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
* Fixed case sensitive check in Include/Ignore extension check in PA File Sight monitor
* Not recording some temporary files that the File Sight Endpoint might see so it doesn't falsely consider some reads as copies
* More accurate file copy filtering in the Endpoint
* Performance improvement in File Sight monitor
* Fixed bug where directories not alerted on when two monitors watch the same folder
* Execute Script won't alert based on FireActions if $mon.ReportResults has already been called
* Larger file extension lists can be pasted into File Sight
* Rebuilt a library with (little used) SIMD extensions removed for broader CPU support
* Fix for missing Create (Read/Write) when a SACL/DACL change happens on the same file
* 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
* The Blocked User List shows by whom/how a user account was added
* Fix for Interpret Application Behavior for files with Alternate Data Streams
* 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 File Sight not alerting on some directory reads
* 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
* Fix for report with Read setting
8.1.0.11
* Better HTTP filtering of requests that come from localhost * Better startup experience for first install * Bulk Config's Set Credentials works with using existing credentials * Registry configurable option to combine CSV report files * Added 'By Satellite' to Bulk Config's server selector * Scheduled Report 'contains' fields are restored properly * Fixed Dynamic Server List "Monitor Title" 'does not contain' operator * Added ENABLE_MONITOR external API function * Acknowledging errors can temporarily suppress alerts (see monitor's Advanced Options > Alert Suppression) * New report CSS * Change so the Endpoint can appropriately block or allow Bitlocker encrypted drives * Updated Content-Security-Policy so IFRAMEs can load poweradmin.com help pages * Upgraded to the latest PDF renderer * Added Bulk Config operation Computers: Notes to set or clear notes on multiple devices at once * Polished some start up wizard interaction * Fix for Two Factor Authentication when using Active Directory for logins * File Sight Custom Data Set report type allows filtering on the end-user's process name
8.0.4.20
* Internal Python initialized in a safer way* Added LOOKUP_CID and SERVER_ENABLE to the External API* Diagnostics for the File Sight Endpoint* Updated from OpenSSL 1.1.1c to 1.1.1d
Updates in 2019
8.0.3.113
* Minor UI update. See the View menu to change back* Fix for Satellites use of the Add to Block List action* Satellites can block users more quickly* Fix for rare crash* File Sight will fire actions after 50 reportable I/O actions have been accumulated* 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* Fix for File Sight Endpoint copy detection* Change to DriveSight and the Endpoint to better eject USB drives, necessitated by a change in Windows 10* Quicker drive ejection in the Endpoint* New Alerts menu to Broadcast text to user alert actions* Default Message Templates will use the correct default language setting after it changes* File Sight Endpoint will monitor for block USB or CD/DVDs every second* 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
* Better, Faster, Stronger - many improvements in monitor performance, template propagation, etc* 64-bit, which means almost no memory limitations.* All-Systems-GO monitor to be assured your monitoring system is up and running* IPv6 support* More Bulk Config operations* Group notes (similar to Server Notes)* New User Rights for more control* Fix for not being able to add users to the Block User List * Better check for existing child groups or contained devices before deleting a group* Fix for Copy field in Custom Data Set reports* File Sight change to better handle concurrent Interpret Application Behavior checks* Changed cipher list ordering for Weak cipher list so Windows 2003 can still connect* Improved accuracy of Interpret Application Behavior* Address Resolver handles ISATAP IPv6 addresses* Two Factor Authentication can be enabled on a per-user basis at Settings > Remote Access > Filter User Access* 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* Reordered some lines in the HTTP/S server to potentially reduce locking* Increased performance of DNS resolver
7.3.1.171
* WMI (Inventory Collector), PDF, and charts use the .NET 4 Helper* Handle double-width charts in Executive Summary/Custom Group reports* Defaulting to requiring a login to view web reports* New User Right for setting maintenance schedules* Fix for row variables in Execute Script actions* Fix for crash when setting up Fail Over
7.3.1.151
* 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* Optimizations to better handle large user lists in the File Sight monitor* Fixed Monitor Change auditing event* Fix for Satellite Up/Down messages that were missing the Satellite name* File Sight service/Satellite will use fewer driver buffers* Added new All Actions Access permission* Email send throttling can be controlled via registry setting* View System Activity shows template propagation* 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)* 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* Better performance in heavy monitoring situations* Fixed memory leak in File Sight reports* File Sight will report triggering changes more quickly* 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* Ignored File specifications in File Sight are back to being case insensitive* 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* Quieted DB_LIMIT false-positive alerts* 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* Startup Wizard fixes* 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* Added missing index for File Sight table that will speed up database cleanup* 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* Optimized internal locking to give better concurrency* File Sight can output and report on the "Read Entire File" field in reports* Ability to message digest all emails, including the first one in a while* Change that should prevent the CompNameCache database from growing so much* Performance increase in the File Sight monitor* Fix for Day Light Savings transition date calculations* Fix for Interpret Application Behavior feature in the File Sight monitor* Fix for rare race condition in Cache Manager that caused configuation updates to get lost* Enhancement that reduces CPU usage on heavliy loaded systems* Better SNAP Tunnel performance (RDP to Satellite for example)* Fixed false positive FILESIGHT_AUDIT_TEST_FILE test alerts* File Sight sends the ignored process list to the driver more reliably* Increased report refresh reliability* Added ability to have group reports refer to child group reports* Fix for incompatibility with Windows Update* Optimizations for increased performance* Configuration checker indicates which settings need to change on a monitor to match its purpose* Test File Name button to check against included or excluded file extensions* Reason shown if a user can't be added to the Blocked List (such as it being a core OS account, etc)* 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* 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* 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* Fix for possible crash in Execute Script monitor* 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* Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.1c* Satellite disconnected status shown on devices and monitors with a striped background* Explicit SSL/TLS version selection in the HTTP Settings dialog* Better Live View (with simple filtering)* 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* More robust Endpoint upgrade batch file* Logging will recover from network errors better* Upgraded to AmCharts 3.21.15 from 3.20.4* Better chart resizing* Fix for regression bug for cases where a folder is watched by multiple monitors* Fixed ignore test in File Sight configuration* Added audit change events for Servers/Devices and Actions* Updated to SQLite 3.29.0* Better database cleanup routine for Active Directory Login monitor* Top-level Monitor Templates won't propagate into the *Automatic Configuration groups* Upgraded to InnoSetup 6* Interpret Application Behavior works better with newer versions of MS Office
Updates in 2018
7.2.0.347
* 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* 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)* 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* Increased File Sight driver MaxRecords default to 150000* Fix crash that can happen when doing HTTPS logging* 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* Updated SQL ODBC driver client to version 17.2* Fixed archived log files getting deleted too soon* Cleaned up monitor changes in the audit report* 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* 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* Data from Endpoints recorded to the database in more cases* Unstable OS time alerted on (affects monitoring)* Better control of memory usage when communicating with Endpoints* Endpoint reports more concise list of files written to on a copy* Endpoint will show local IPv6 addresses* 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* Driver update to detect full file reading more accurately* Give long file operations more time before alerting* More efficient use of driver buffers* 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* Console loads much quicker* Email server connections are disconnected after a failure so subsequent connection can succeed* Better Satellite backoff when many are trying to connect at once* Satellites make initial connection quicker* No database errors if the same file is ignored twice in the same File Sight monitor* Fix for File Sight reporting file writes as Permission Changed* More diagnostics in the Satellite configuration app* More diagnostics when configuring the Fail Over* Support for using curl when the Windows TLS support is too old to connect* 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* Improved responsiveness in the File Sight Endpoint* Better Console performance for limited rights users* Added IPv4 and IPv6 Inventory fields* File Sight service reacts to file activities quicker* 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* Able to use Endpoint Operations to set Endpoint host:port pairs - will verify it can reach an active Central/Satellite* File Sight will write and then delete FILESIGHT_AUDIT_TEST_FILE.TXT in a monitored folder every 10 minutes to monitor proper functioning* CSV file output is a little easier to read* Fix rare crash/memory corruption caused by multi-threaded reports* 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* Filename field of PA File Sight's Custom Data Set report can take a comma delimited list, and ! specifier to filter out files* 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* Alert if a ineligible (non-local) drive is configured for monitoring* Satellites are automatically accepted by default
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 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* File I/O events won't be marked as failed after a failed Get End of File request* 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 Sight and the Endpoint attempt to detect copies through RDP sessions* File Sight/Endpoint report Probable Copy Yes or Yes[2] in alerts and reports* 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
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* File Sight Endpoint will filter out local writes that happen before server reads when reporting back* Fixed a rare deadlock* Monitors coming out of server maintenance will revert to their previous status instead of going to Scheduled* Drive Sight monitor supports comments via # after the ID* Drive Sight functionality (CD/USB drive blocking) supported in the PAFS Endpoints* Fix for Drive Sight monitor exceptions* New support for USB\external drive blocking in the File Sight Endpoint* Fix for rare crash while checking Endpoint alert conditions* Activity Chart shown in navigation column when the button bar is hidden* Syslog Sender action can send alert description and/or row variables* Added -LOCK command line parameter to the PAFS Endpoint * 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* Extra ENDPFLOW logging for tracking Endpoint connection/routing problems* Fix for reports on Copy operations* Fix for alert message in Drive Sight monitor* Setting to allow File Sight Satellites to see all Endpoints, when remote networks use unique IP address ranges* 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* Fix for charts not showing up in PDFs generated from the web report* Returning newly created ID for External APIs ADD_MONITOR, ADD_GROUP and optionally for ADD_SERVER* Removed 3DES ciphers from High security setting
7.0.4.209
* File Sight monitor works better with Bulk Config's Set Monitor Parameters operation* File Sight Endpoint Operations page - lock/unlock and upgrade individual/groups of Endpoints* File Sight Endpoint will no longer respond to -LOCK and -UNLOCK command line parameters (see above)* File Sight Endpoint reports added to the web interface* Fix for File Sight report bug* New Remove from Blocked List page in the Console and web interface, requires a new Right via User Access > Filter User Access* Fix for database error* New HTMLEmail_NoDataFiles setting to not attach CSV files to reports* Fix for better detecting connected Endpoints when they are connected to a different Satellite* Endpoints can connect even if there are no File Sight monitors running* 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* Fix for FS Endpoint crash* File Sight's User Activities and Copy Detection settings no longer require settings on the File Activities tab* 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* Better manageability and stability of the File Sight Endpoints* Connection string editor/parser won't remove unrecognized fields* Performance monitor will attempt to translate counter into local languages during template propagation* Fix for Active Directory Login database writer that would write multiple copies to the Overflow database when erroring* Changes to help the StatIDs stay synced between the Central Service and Satellites* Detailed logging added to the Endpoint* Fix for extra data from Endpoints not showing up in reports (be sure to update Satellites) * Satellites dynamically throttle how quickly data is sent to the Central Service based on load* Enhanced Endpoint Operations filtering* 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* File Sight Endpoint files will always be in C:\Windows\Temp\~PAFSEndp if access to that folder is available* New Endpoint alerts for detecting when Endpoints aren't reporting in* Added more Endpoint Operations filters* Improved Endpoint communications* User File Activities alerts are triggered sooner when Endpoints are in use* Added $Notes$ replacement variable for us in actions, email templates, etc* Protection against very large HTTP to HTTPS URL overflow* Fixed memory leak* Instructional message boxes added to the Block User action* File Sight monitors run more often to more quickly respond to ransomware* 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
7.0.3.242
* The Blocked Users List will block access to all files on all drives for all servers monitored by PA File Sight. * The File Sight Endpoint keeps track of where server files go on the client computer. With this information, it can detect file copy operations* System Audit Report lets you easily run a report and see what email alerts have been sent, when and how users were added or removed from the Blocked Users List, etc* User Activity Report lets you see a list of users that have done X number of activities of a certain
Updates in 2016
6.4.0.307
* Fixed sorting problem in the Console's navigation tree
6.4.0.306
* Added new All Servers part for Executive Summary reports* Added Debug Logging as a setting that can be set via Bulk Config to Satellites* Added Satellite name to Configuration Audit report* Fixed slow startup if server can't resolve SIDs* Additional logging and diagnostics added* Added File Sight bulk Rename alerting, same as bulk Read, Write and Delete alerting* Fix for File Sight database cleanup on Satellites* Changed installer's ODBC driver to: Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server* Fixed problem with the Console viewing the Fail Over Slave's status page* Won't sync DB Connection string to Fail Over Slave so it can be different if needed (different driver version for example)* Fix for the local Console so it can login using the hostname, and not just 127.0.0.1* Added IsDeviceType dynamic rule* Added the $WinDir$ replacement variable* Updated EULA indicating a customer's logos can be shown on our website unless asked not to* Added option to control whether TLS 1.2 can be disabled (like for SSLv3, TLS1, and TLS1.1)* Fix for broken import when PAFS Ultra is doing a complete configuration import* Satellites forcing command filter to * so that PASystemDetails and PALowPriorityHelper can connect* First character of Live View can be a ! to show all lines that are NOT the given line* Fix for broken language translation in the service* Added a filter to View System Activities* Fixed API_GET_MONITOR_INFO which was not checking all status values* Better interface for Dynamic Server List rule selection* New registry-value based Dynamic Server List rule* Don't block the email sending thread with an exception message box* New GET_PERF_STATS external API* More robust initialization* Ignored files (full path) get picked up by the monitor immediately* Removed some internal bottlenecks* Fix for very rare database locked-caused crash* Added options for what alerts to combine in Email Digests* Fix for thread balancing error* Increased shutdown timeout value that was too short* The Group Summary Report won't show dynamic group contents to prevent massive reports* Additional efforts to get Central Service and Satellite to shutdown nicely* Subscriptions will report sooner to prevent becoming unlicensed* Diag's SETCONFIG command can set numeric values now as well as text* Quicker service start reporting* File System Analyzer will report failure if the top folder could not be monitored* File System Analyzer will show folders that couldn't be scanned in monitor status summary* File & Directory Size monitor will report failure if the top folder could not be monitored* File & Directory Change monitor is recording file size and date to the database for reports* Reports stuck in a loop will break out and fail so other reports can run* Fix for reports that can get stuck in a loop* The Group Summary report will NOT show Dynamic Groups by default, but report settings can change that* Disk Space monitor will remove drives when templates are propagated, and use settings during normal running of the monitor
6.3.0.361
* Fix for missing database table when using MS SQL Server
6.3.0.356
* Change to handle Slack call in Call URL action* MAINT x can be added to Ack emails to put a server into maintenance, though it has to be enabled via the registry. Acknowledge Alerts* Upgraded AmCharts and ExtJS* Can paste list of file extensions to watch or ignore into File Sight monitor* New File Sight Live Stream chart and live File List on Server Status report* Changed how often a Satellite will switch hosts, and don't switch until trying for 45 seconds* Fix for not being able to remove a report part for the Server Status report* Handle file types of TEST.* by silently changing it to *\TEST.** File Sight database writer has it's own thread to keep up better under heavy load* Updated to Chromium 3.2623* Updated to SQLite 3.13.0* Fix for email ack checker that was checking too many lines* Added Credentials button to the Call URL configuration dialog* Getting email bodies handles mulitpart/alternative which helps the Email Ack processing* Look for Microsoft's ODBC Driver for SQL Server when building connection strings* PagerDuty action can report configuration errors* New FORCE parameter for the START_MAINTENANCE external API command* Template propagation will take the target server type when progating a template* Template progagation can be disabled on an individual server basis via right-click menu* Fixed Scheduled Report renaming GUI bug* Console poll cycle time can be synced from Central Service* Added permission change values to File Sight reporting options* Monitoring System Auditing (user logins, service restarts, etc) added. Not visible yet - contact us for access* Protection against a slowing Console when there are thousands of reports* Added Bulk Config - Cleanup: Reset All Server and Group Reports to Top Node* Fixed RegEx filter to use regex_search instead of regex_match* New $FILEONLY$ variable that can be used in alerts - only shows the filename, not the full path* New Advanced Settings dialog make obscure settings more visible* Fix for Desktop Notifier not connecting* Complete logging for CRT installation* Fixed deleting of empty groups (and not deleting non-empty groups)* Better handling MIME encoded emails in Email Ack* Fix for possible incomplete exports from the Console* Added Group, Computer, Monitor, Template, and Action creation and deletion to the coming audit log* Additional Satellite connection logging* Call URL action correctly escapes variable values when using application/json content type* Fix for Satellite Down notifications that use escalation, but none in the Do Immediately node* Fix to handle credentials with a few specific characters* Applying a configuration file to a device will also set the device type* The Satellite update will update the installed Console as well* Fix for VCRedist failing to install during setup when the temp folder contains a ~* Fixed $CustomProp()$ in Satellite Down notifications* Added in-depth heart beat chart in the Console (double-click current chart)* Added ADD_MONITOR to External API* Uninstall will not show the uninstall web page for Satellite or remote Consoles* Added a filter to the Live View dialog* Fixed bug where Custom Properties set on templates could get reverted* Added rel="noreferrer noopener" to target="_blank" links* Added support for PA File Sight subscriptions* Fix for custom message templates that were not imported from file* Bulk Config's Set Event Deduplication ID will also set the fire actions override values* Fix in File Sight reports to sort by Process* Can save PDF files directly when generating them from within the Console* Smart Config's Action selection dialog supports multi-select, and has Select All and Unselect All buttons* Setting to control truncation in Recent Alerts* SimpleStatDB initialized by monitors in cases where it fails initially* Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.2j, and disabled Triple-DES cipher when using High Security to prevent SWEET32 attacks* Desktop Notifications will use top-most message boxes* Fix for reports that get their cookie values mixed up* Drop down list for help setting Custom Properties* Network Message action properly truncates messages* Added SATID parameter for ADD_SERVER external API* File Sight monitor will load the Ignored list asynchronously to protect it against database down timeouts* Less memory reallocation* Multiple monitors watching the same files won't write duplicate entries into the database* New optional parameters supported for GET_MONITOR_INFO* Added support for a configurable Details column in the ErrorHistory database
6.2.0.220
* Template monitor dependencies on non-template monitors works better* SetMonitorStatus support added to Execute Script for PowerShell* Fix: Ability to uncheck dependency even if the hosting server exists in multiple groups (dynamic groups)* Configuration Audit report has an option to show servers that have or don't have the specified monitors* Fix for Network Map reports when displaying Dynamic Groups* Fix for a monitor skipping sending Fixed alerts if it goes from Alert to Busy to OK* Can't Run 'fixed' actions only run if 'alert' actions were also run for the original Can't Run event* Monitor starvation (never getting to run) alert moved to System Alerts instead of putting monitor into Alert state* Extra diagnostic logging added* Upgraded to SQLite 3.11* Console won't show login page after service is restarted* Fix for internal Satellite StatID mismatch* Less memory used to send configuration to Console and Satellites* Limit Satellite requests for the statID cache* Fix for database locking when cleaning up some SQLite-based databases* Changes to allow for larger report generation* Fix for database conversions (from SQLite to MS SQL, and vice-versa)* Fix so Satellite starting/stopping System Alerts come through* Optimization to use a little less memory* Fix so Dynamic Server List monitors can be renamed* Change to make adding new computers faster in large installations* Registry setting to compress configuration backup* Menu options for moving Groups and Computers* Fix to prevent accidental drag-drop and icon stickiness* Satellites forward data sooner when memory is tight* Recent Alerts acknowledge buttons at the top and bottom of the report section* Configuration backups use much less memory* Fix for file handle leak when syncing files to Satellites and Consoles* Logging thread will keep up under load better* Optimization to make HTTPS requests quicker* Closing SSL connections that are stuck sooner* Fix for File Sight database cleanup that didn't happen when no local monitors* HTTPS handling threads ramp down as need allows* Fix for some memory leaks in the central service* Fixes so jumping forward with Day Light Savings will NOT make a monitor count as being behind* Fixed Execute Script monitor which ignored alert suppression rules* Monitors derived from templates will not be shown for Bulk Config operations that will get overwritten by the template anyway* Added GroupPath property to Execute Script monitors (VBScript, Javascript and Powershell)* Added source IP address to File Sight's row variables * Optimized HTTP server's thread usage -- can handle larger loads and is more responsive* Not running Satellite reports if not requested* Tracking memory usage in OpenSSL, SQLite and zLib* Fixed memory leak in template propagation* Preventing a possible deadlock when setting servers in maintenance via Bulk Config* New CREATE_CHART External API function* Logging who does RunNow commands* Can indicate to add computers by IP in Network Scanner and Discovery dialog* Fix for Message Templates not being backed up to the backup.axml file* Protection against a type of corrupted database problem* Added ToLog to PowerShell Execute Script action and monitor* Better delete SQL for StatData tables - performs better in large installations* Ability to initiate database cleanup from the Console (in Reports - right-click on the report type)* Configurable Console "Operations" commands when right-clicking a server/device - see Console_Operations.ini* Fixed bug where row variables were not receiving OVERLIMIT_READ, OVERLIMIT_WRITE, or OVERLIMIT_DELETE in File Sight* Registry control of when cleanup happens for Error History table* Cleaned up some long standing language translation file problems* Enhanced diagnostic logging added* Custom icons will be shown in the navigation tree of the web view* Single dynamically resizing chart for generated reports (can be disabled via registry)* User Access Control dialog allows a simpler view of the user list* New User Access report* Fix for SQL Native Client not getting installed with Easy Deploy* Console will show maintenance/disabled on Servers/Device icon* PA Desktop Notifier can show the last 20 alerts it has received* Richer Error Audit report* Error Audit and Configuration Audit reports can query on Custom Properties* Can reply with ACKALL to alert email to ack all alerts from the current computer(s)* Logging failed CallURL POST data* Option to allow Satellites to handle server's Scheduled Maintenance, which means the Satellite's timezone would be used
* Fix for extremely large emails that block future alerts* Call URL Action can now post arbitrary text with configurable encoding (for Slack integration, among others)* CPU throttling is no longer a System Alert* Fix for intermittent report failures* Added PermLog for user logins for the application* GroupID can be used for Event Deduplication* Fix for Console showing a login page* Added DO_QUIET and END_QUIET to the external API* File Sight monitor can include and exclude files based on paths with wildcards (i.e. C:\Audit\*.pdf )* Added a Duplicate option to Scheduled Reports* Fix for Customize option on Copy Monitors to Computer Bulk Config operation* Windows 2003/XP installs will create SSL certs with SHA1, and lower HTTPS security to compatible settings* Upgraded to SQLite 3.8.10.2* Fixed "Hide OK" Error Audit check box* Reduced database access* Queued data is now correctly dropped when a monitor is disabled* Updated CEF (Chromium) to 3.2171.1979* Change to configuration backup and restore to handle coming v6 features* Report won't auto-refresh if you have scrolled down a bit* Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1p and disabled DHE ciphers to protect against LogJam* Added support for 2048 and 4096 bit Diffie-Helman key-exchange setup parameters* Shipping dh2048.pem and dh4096.pem files rather than take hours to generate them* Fixed variables used in Satellite up and down alerts* Upgraded to ExtJS build 4.2.3* Fix for Corporate Ultra unlimited license not being recognized as unlimited* Fix for some grid columns not lining up under headers when using Chromium* Fix for Ack race condition for alerts coming from Satellites* Added GID and ALL options to external API request API_GET_SERVERLIST* Interpret Application behavior recognizes the pattern used by AutoCAD software* E-mail alert Acknowledgement will ignore auto-responder messages* Fix for event escalation that would run actions too often if it got behind* Fix for read only access to whole device tree when a PDF is generated* Updated to EVO PDF converter v6.2* Acknowledging an alert can stop further alerts via Event Deduplication* HTTPS server will send configurable X-Frame-Options header to protect against click jacking* Fix for errors showing up in Recent Alerts with a blank description* Fix for bad tag in XML Configuration Audit report* Changes so initial license installation is smoother* First time SSL certificate creation via OpenSSL will use low priority processes* Event Deduplication will look at the monitor's true Event/State type, rather than the Actions setting* Acknowledge All Errors in Bulk Config gives the option to not fire acknowledgement actions* Configurable info box sizes for the All Servers and Group Summary reports* Group reports will indicate if a server's status is questionable because of a Satellite being offline
5.7.0.295
* Can require Console remote login to use same version as Central Service* New Connected Sessions report* New SSL certificates will use SHA-256 instead of SHA-1* New installs will NOT support SSLv3 by default - existing users can go to Settings -> HTTP Server Settings* New installs will use the strong cipher list by default* Upgraded to EvoPDF 5.11* Recently Acknowledged Alerts report part added to Server Status Reports* 10% reduction in data exchanged between Central server and Consoles and Satellites* Protection against 'connection storms' for sites with hundreds of Satellites* Server Status Report charts can be disabled* TLS 1.0 and 1.1 can be disabled via registry (SSLv2 and SSLv3 can already be disabled)* Additional protection against cross-linked groups* Overlapping custom properties are correctly overridden going down the device tree* Indication will show why an IP address might be missing* Error History updates should post before actions fire* Significant performance boost in core functions* Bulk Config copy config to computers is handled asynchronously* ActionType variable available in Execute Script actions* Satellite down notifications were not replacing replacement variables* Race condition in Write to Log File actions fixed* Random deduplication field added to disable deduplication on individual monitors* Prevent crash when simultaneous requests for File Sight's Live View are processed* Better output for the HTML Configuration Audit report* Less internal locking -- can support even more monitors* Helper log file is log rotated* Can disable image in outgoing report emails via registry setting HTMLEmail_NoImage = 1* Fix for not being able to end immediate maintenance at the top level* Fix for crash in report when access is denied for server* Fixed incorrect MIME type when a report redirect happens* Fix to CallURL action that was stuck using GET command* Improved resolving of SIDs to usernames* More flexible "Console needs to match service version" settings* Suppressing error messages in reports that limited accounts (probably end customers) see* Better memory management for large installations* Fix for Fail Over file sync that sometimes fails* Update Manager will only show automatically once per version update* File sync to Fail Over will compress files before sending* Digitally Signing all executables, including 3rd party where needed* Throttling Console config download if needed to reduce memory usage* Compressing XML sent between Central Service and Consoles and Satellites* Fix for $act.TimeInErrorStr not being correctly set in the Execute Script* Added <generatePublisherEvidence enabled="false"/> to .config files so .NET apps won't authenticate their digital signature* Less database locking during cleanup operations* Fixed a few dialogs where the time unit could set incorrectly if using not using English* Added SetComputerPropertyByID to Execute Script* Sub-groups with no access to parent can correctly still read inherited report settings* Scheduled reports not shown to users who shouldn't have access* Fix for extremely large reports displaying internal scripts* Bug fixes* Registry controllable PALowPriorityHelper drop-dead timer and thread levels* Server order in the Group Summary and Group Overview reports can be configured* Restricted user accounts can put servers/monitors into maintenance if they have that right* Fix so unlicensed servers can be disabled* Can set Max CPU throttle setting on Satellites via Bulk Config* Fix for putting deep groups of servers into maintenance* Sending LastRun as UTC to account for time zone differences in Satellite deployments* Improved hand off from one PALowPriorityHelper to another* Fix for resolving IPv6 client addresses
Updates in 2014
5.6.0.163
* Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1j (to protect against POODLE vulnerability)* Server Status report charts shown in user's local time zone* Find dialog works via Ctrl-F in more areas of the Console* User can control Sent Email, Service Start/Stop and Monitor Change permanent logs* Fixed problem where some .CSV files couldn't get saved from a Scheduled Report* Fixed Execute Script (PowerShell) StoreValue method* Satellite up/down notification template can be left empty, in which case the email template will be used* Log rotation puts files into an Archive folder* Fix for busy Satellites sending error events too slowly when under load* Logging and fix for generating SSL certificates* Users on Satellite servers will get their username added to the central server* Performance increase* Alerts will specify "File:" or "Directory:" when reporting changes* New PermLog for servers entering and leaving maintenance* Fix for importing configurations, and for new installations* Console will give a hint if the HTTP server didn't start because of SSL certificate issues* Standardized Permanent Log output, made easier to use in Excel, etc.* SendMail function in VBScript will send as HTML if it sees a <!DOCTYPE in the body* Smart Config can set server alias on new servers* Fixed rare crash when network connection is dropped while SSL negotiation is taking place* Fixed date in Permanent Logs
5.5.0.147
* Server Status report has new Full History links below Recent Alerts to see alerts from 1, 5, 15, 30 and 60 days back* Recent Alerts can not only hide ack'd alerts, but now hide them when the monitor is OK* For monitor copy/paste, copy now copies to TEXT and UNICODETEXT parts of clipboard* Rotating and compressing log files* Registry configurable custom chart sizes for Scheduled Reports (for use in your own pages/apps)* Configuration Audit report has option to show or not show item IDs* Can right-click an Action and select Duplicate* User Access gives the option of granting non-admins ability to put servers/monitors/groups into maintenance* Event Escalation for Satellite Down notifications* Fix to a specifically ignored file not matching in a rename* HTTP Server Settings option to choose stronger SSL/TLS settings* Fix for Support & Maintenance expired reminders that come out too often* Configuration Audit report shows Event Escalation * New long term log file of email sent, and service start/stop times* Removed odd character at the end of emailed SMS alerts* Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1h to fix the ChangeCipherSpec vulnerability* Discovery scanner will check with Active Directory for list of server names* Added Bulk Config option to set monitor Deduplication Field IDs* Added SET_SERVER_PROP and GET_SERVER_PROP external APIs* Added row Description value to Execute Script action* Sending simultaneous reports with PDFs works better* Improved the Group Overview report* Fixed sorting of server names in All Errors report* Exporting as a template gives an option to export Actions * Updated to CEF 3.1750.1738* Fix for security bug that could allow users to see servers outside their group
5.4.0.156
* Removed the RecommendUs dialog based on customer feedback
5.4.0.154
* Email addresses can be marked as admin, and only admin will receive Broadcast messages (System Alerts)* Passwords in Userlist.txt are encrypted when next used or service is started* Added /norestart to vcredist during install* Can set embedded Chromium proxy server via user-specific registry setting* Report folders use IDs instead of names -- handles non-ASCII computer and group names better
5.4.0.148
* Configuration Audit report can be output in text, HTML or XML* Deduplication state is persisted across restarts* Configuration Audit report can show Custom Properties* Updated Monitor Status report with more information* Changes to try and get diagnostic dumps in a few extreme circumstances* Email alert subject and body can be overridden via script * Upgraded to SQLite 3.8.3.1* Fix for Alert Reminder emails that get the subject prepend or {id:} appended multiple times* The application can remind you about Support & Maintenance expiring* Two new fields added to the SNMP Trap action* Loading PDFs, CSVs in the Console works now* Fix for ErrorHistory2 table creation* Recent Alerts will show up for new installations* Fixed broken this month/last month uptime calculator for inventory* Fix for rare crash* Can reset immediate maintenance period while already in maintenance on servers and monitors* Added subdirectory support for the Log File monitor* Inventory Collector monitor filters on computer type* Differentiating better between same-named Groups in expressions* Inventory Collector is prevented from firing alerts* Protection against divide by zero when sizing Javascript grids* External API can start and end maintenance on individual monitors* Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1g to protect against the heartbleed vulnerability* Upgraded Chromium embedded browser* Fix Console delay for limited-scope users
5.3.0.188
* Updated to latest stable build of all 3rd party components* Increased and made configurable mail connection timeout* Won't fire a global error message when a new version is out* Fix for broken reports based on bad date range parsing* Fix for Acknowledge notifications that were not being sent* Execute Scripts won't send email when Quiet! is enabled* Alert Reminder defaults to 7 days if no time frame is given* Add Actions Bulk Config operates on Acknowledge Actions now* Event Deduplication (in Advanced Services in the Console)* Monitors can be put into maintenance mode individually* Fix for backup SMTP server not being used when needed* Additional memory buffer checks* Slightly less CPU usage* Fix for driver exception for very long file names* Database connection string handles the Failover Partner parameter* Error Audit report, and Alert Reminders, now have Recorded Monitor Status and Current Monitor Status fields* Alerts without a defined From address can get sent* Settings get synchronized to Satellites more regularly* Scheduled Reports with archived CSV and PDF can control overwriting* Configuration setting to skip troubleshooting hint on a per-monitor-type basis* Sending event Acks to Satellites in batches instead of individually* Configurable Recent Alerts columns* Time parser can handle 'Current time - 0 hours'* Added EXPORT_SERVER to the External API
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