PA Storage Monitor Release Candidate

This page is where you can find our very latest release. Versions that make it to this page are considered solid and candidates for production release, but they haven't finished testing or received enough feedback yet. If we implement a feature or fix for you, we will typically send you to this page to try it out.

Click here if you are looking for the current Production Release.

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Current Release

Version 9.6.0.59 [16 December 2024] is currently in testing.

[.165] * Satellites will not send down notifications if the hosting server is in a maintenance window
[.175] * Reports have the option to choose logarithmic charts
[.180] * Fixed repeating error when SNMP disk space check fails
[.180] * Added the status tab to the Advanced Options of the Inventory Collector monitor
[.190] * Added support for undocumented configuration merge. Contact Support for help
[.207] * Changed from SMPP v3.3 to v3.4 which is more common
[.207] * SMPP action will try to use a persistent connection, and send one message at a time
[.207] * Upgraded to Chromium 109
[.207] * Syslog sender action can send using UTC (default) or local server time
[.232] * Fixed email maintenance reply command processing when email format is HTML
[.238] * Chromium helper (Console.exe) processes shut down better
[.256] * Better Console operations for a user that doesn't have Windows admin rights on the local computer
[.259] * Added $Now(spec)$ replacement variable for usings parts of the date or time
[.270] * Added audit log for monitor templates being enabled and disabled
[.280] * Minor report CSS improvement
[.280] * Updated to OpenSSL 3.0.15
[.280] * Deleting an item in the Console will ask for confirmation, with a checkbox to not ask again
[.280] * Fixed Dynamic Table reports that sometimes showed an empty first page
[.282] * Added Bulk Config "Computers: Copy Computer Custom Properties to Other Computers"
[.295] * Fixed a bug in a SQL Server error handler
[.299] * Added Support for {+/-}amount{d/w/m/y} for the $Now()$ replacement variable
[.326] * Visual Status Map handles the same light being on the map more than once
[.326] * Set Satellite Host can use the value DELETE to remove a setting
[.342] * Smaller MonitorStatusHistory table in busy installations
[.342] * Less CPU usage for large busy installations
[.342] * MAC address will only be used to lookup manufacturer if the source IP is from the local subnet
[.344] * 'Combined' server charts with multiple values will be guaranteed to use different colors for different stats
[.344] * Server charts will snap to the nearest value to show for the cursor
[.351] * Saves in the Console will synchronize a little quicker to the Central Server if the user does a Run Now
[.351] * Don't let computers use not-yet-loaded icons in the Console
[.351] * Fix for curl not returning last response (considering redirects)
[.351] * Satellite reports will indicate status is the Last Status if not connected
[.351] * Fix for $mon.SendMail not working when run on a Satellite
[.379] * User configurable (via registry) Execute Script editor font size, with larger default
[.412] * Monitors that were firing Alert Red were not firing actions
[.432] * Fix for web interface reports list under View Existing Reports
[.440] * Custom line chart changes to shown down events better
[.440] * Fix for regression bug when doing Run Now on monitor on a Satellite
[.445] * Added ComputerAlias to VBScript Execute Script monitor
[.445] * Simplified SQLite database cleanup
[.445] * Fixed editing content of Executive Summary parts
[.456] * A monitor won't come out of its "First Run" status if the first run is an error
[.456] * Logging failed login attempts that come through the web interface
[.463] * Giving the Helper more time to startup before timing out
[.002] * New Console status dots - can be configured to go back to the colored borders
[.058] * Expression evaluation is more performant
[.058] * Fixed a recently introduced issue with rotated log files not getting deleted
[.058] * Template propagation is faster
[.058] * Upgraded to IPWorks SNMP 2024
[.058] * Fix for the report 12/24 hour setting not being honored everywhere
[.058] * More efficient log writing
[.059] * Fixed log file temporarily locking during in recursive situations

Updates / Upgrades

PA Storage Monitor can be upgraded by simply installing the latest version on top of your existing installation. Your settings and databases will be upgraded as needed.

You might need to reset the PA Storage Monitor service's Run As account (from Settings or the Windows Services applet), but other than that no further configuration changes will be needed.