Netsweeper is pleased to announce the Netsweeper 8.1.5 EA release. This release fixes some stability issues with the policy service, directory service, and a few WebAdmin interface issues.
If you have any questions or concerns about planning an upgrade to this release, please contact Netsweeper Technical Support (support@netsweeper.com).
8.1.5 New Features
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WebDB Hostname validation now uses 'Server Hostname' and 'Server Name' for authentication instead of only the IP Address
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'Server Hostname' added to Add/Edit Host window
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First Name, Last Name, and Email Address added to Accounts window
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Ability to optionally backup Reporter database with the instances
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Downloads
To download the latest release, please use the following link:
https://repo.netsweeper.com/netsweeper-el8-x86_64-8.1.5-1.iso (md5) (sha256)
Change Log 8.1.5
Issue Type |
Ticket |
Summary |
|---|---|---|
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New Feature |
NS-187 |
WebDB Hostname validation can now use the 'Server Hostname' and 'Server Name' for authentication instead of only the IP Address. 'Server Hostname' has been added to the Add/Edit Host window. |
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Bug |
NS-199 |
The Client Filter Profile Manager Software Updates page had a random number 34. |
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Improvement |
NS-306 |
An Account can now be created without a password in the Radius Parser. The account_create API no longer requires a password. |
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Bug |
NS-310 |
The Translations window displayed a 'Failed to read catalog file' message when the 'Extract Catalog' button was pushed. |
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Bug |
NS-313 |
The Policy Service had CNS stability issues in 7.2.1 to 8.1.4. |
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Bug |
NS-318 |
Many of the Advanced Filters tables required fixes and updates. |
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Bug |
NS-320 |
There was a Database error when using the simple search bar. |
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Improvement |
NS-322 |
There is now the ability to optionally backup the Reporter database with the instances. A new setting 'Report Instance References' has been added to the Backup > Settings tab that will, if checked, include the Demand and Scheduled Report Instances. |
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Improvement |
NS-324 |
More indexes have been created to improve database and WebAdmin performance. |
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Improvement |
NS-325 |
The database triggers have been changed to only update the tables when the update time is != NOW() to reduce write locks. |
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Bug |
NS-328 |
The response message did not properly show the language name in the Translation Editor window. |
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Improvement |
NS-331 |
The tcp_sack has been enabled to improve performance with tcp windows scaling with packet loss. |
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Improvement |
NS-336 |
First Name, Last Name, and Email Address have been added to the Accounts window. |
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Improvement |
NS-337 |
A database error could occur when importing Clients without the 'Extended Stats Enabled' making the import default to 0. |
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Bug |
NS-338 |
Accounts, with managed Groups assigned, could not be deleted. |
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Bug |
NS-339 |
A corrupt HTTP request via ICAP could cause a Policy Service abort and stability issues in 6.4.10 to 8.1.4. Customers impacted by this issue can upgrade to 7.2.11.908 or 8.1.5. |
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BUG |
NS-340 |
The 7.2.3 to 8.1.4 release will copy the directory sync external ID when c reating IP based clients causing problem. |
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Bug |
NS-344 |
Netsweeper 7.2.5 to 8.1.4 was not able to import a Reporter database. |
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Improvement |
NS-347 |
The haproxy config is now generic so if you have an http/https frontend, a single backend can be used for customers who add a load balancer. |
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Improvement |
NS-350 |
The server display in 'Request Logs' is now validated to ensure that the selected servers are 'active' and 'defined'. |
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Bug |
NS-352 |
The new Advanced Search introduced some cross-site scripting issues which have now been fixed. |
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Improvement |
NS-354 |
The Request Log Advanced Filter 'Select All' did not select the logger servers that were not policy servers. |
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Bug |
NS-355 |
Directory Sync 'Sync by Timing' did not populate properly on Edit and would show as Sync by Interval. This made it impossible to reset Sync by Timing back to Sync by Interval using the WebAdmin. |