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PRTG Network Monitor 7 Version History

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Oct 8th 2008 - Version 7.0.9 Release Candidate 1

  • Overview: This release includes more than 200 changes. Highlights are an improved web interface (with support for IE8, Chrome & Safari browsers), new sensors for VMware servers and an improved reporting engine.
  • Beta-Status: V7.0.9 is available as release candidate, the release version is scheduled for Oct. 15th 2008
  • New: Support for additional browsers
    • Added support for Apple Safari 3.1 and Google Chrome (Webkit engine)
    • Added support for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
    • Note 1: The officially recommended browser for PRTG still is Firefox 3.0.
    • Note 2: Google Chrome is currently the fastest browser for PRTG.
  • New: Reporting Improvements
    • Reports now include more computed information about each sensor
      • Averages
      • Totals (for traffic sensors)
      • Uptime/downtime (total and percent)
      • Good and failed requests (total and percent)
    • Users can now run a report for any custom time span
    • Improved report layout
    • User can select papersize of PDF files (A4, legal, letter)
    • Printing of HTML reports now works on IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome
    • Improved page breaks in reports, removed empty last page from reports
    • HTML reports now open in a new window
  • New: Improved web interface
    • "Clone Group" function duplicates a group with all subgroups, devices and sensors
    • Devices and groups can be "Folded" and "Unfolded"
    • Sensor tree remembers "view" setting (S, M, L, XL)
    • Objects in the sensor tree display an "edit" link when hovered which takes the user directly to their edit page
    • Improved layout for object settings
    • Improved menu structure
    • Cross reference and "Top 10" lists are now also available on group level
    • Sensors with alarm status are shown on red background in tables
    • Web browser optionally plays an alarm sound if the number of sensors with "error" state is larger than zero
    • Added "Dashboard 3" as third dashboard option
    • More reliability for Ajax features
    • Better handling of unstable server connections
    • Updated jQuery Javascript library to V1.2.6. This should provide performance improvements of up to 600% for the web interface
  • New: VMware Sensors
    • Added two new sensor types: VMware Server Host sensor and VMware Virtual Machine sensor 
    • Both monitor CPU, disk, memory and network 
    • Added new device template for automatic discovery of VMware ESX servers
    • Requires VMware ESX server
  • New: Added new sensor types
    • New: "File" sensor monitors a file's existence, size, and age and also discovers changes to the file
    • New: "Folder" sensor monitors a folder's existence as well as the number of files and their ages/sizes and also discovers changes to the folder's content
    • New: "Share Disk Space" sensor monitors free disk space on SMB shares (e.g. Windows and Samba)
  • New: Improved Maps
    • Objects shown in maps can be filtered with tags (see map settings page)
    • Timezone for a map can be set by the user
    • Added new map objects (icons with large text, alarm sound)
  • New: "Change" trigger type sends notifications whenever the monitoring target changes (for WMI File sensor and HTTP Advanced sensor)
  • New: Custom EXE sensors now support DLLs
  • New: Custom EXE sensors can now report "warning" states
  • New: Unusual detection can be enabled/disabled on group level
  • Changed: New sensors are created when autodiscovery rediscoveres a device and finds ports that had been inactive before
  • Changed: For SQL sensors the returned value now is primary channel (which means that it is now used for warnings/alarms)
  • Changed: Windows 2000 is no longer supported as operating system for the core and probe
  • Changed: Updated setup binaries to latest version
  • Changed: Updated cache file version number (=> after upgrading the graph data cache will be recomputed in the background)
  • Changed: Removed the Firebird installer from the PRTG installer (is only needed when upgrading data from IPCheck on a machine that has no IPCheck installation)
  • Changed: PRTG Import Tool is now always installed
  • Bugfix: "Re-Discover Now" did not work properly
  • Bugfix: Fixed instability in SNMP V3 support
  • Bugfix: Non-Admin users were unable to delete their reports/maps/schedules/notifications
  • Bugfix: Mobile Dashboard did not automatically reload every 60 seconds
  • Bugfix: For some device templates the auto discovery re-created some sensors with each run of the auto discovery
  • Bugfix: "Save To file" icon did not work for Flash graphs
  • Bugfix: Fixed Javascript exception in the web interface when loading new pages
  • Bugfix: Could not add SNMP traffic sensors for ports with "<" or ">" in port names 
  • Bugfix: iPhone user interface only showed sensors of the last probe in the tree
  • Bugfix: Layout of Top 10 pages was broken
  • Bugfix: SNMP Counters from OIDLIB files that are marked as "delta" sensors were not evaluated as delta sensors
  • Bugfix: When cloning a device the manually selected channels were not copied
  • Bugfix: Heavy use of the search feature could cause instability
  • Bugfix: Probe connection was dropped when scanning an SNMP device with an OIDLIB that contains many items
  • Bugfix: Oracle Sensors now support port numbers <>1521
  • Bugfix: Various minor bugfixes

Sep 23rd 2008 - Version 7.0.8.1509

  • Maintenance Release (no technical changes)

Sep 3rd 2008 - Version 7.0.8.1426

  • Overview: This release includes a faster web interface, the first version of the PRTG API, an improved map editor, an iPhone-optimized user interface and a probe installer for faster remote probe updates and many more improvements
  • New: Improved map editor
    • Map items can now be resized
    • Content and template of the map items can now be edited
    • User can add own HTML code to add titles, comments or even images (e.g. a data center webcam) to a map
  • New: Improved CSS and HTML
    • Pages now use the full browser window where useful
    • New design uses fewer graphics for faster page loads
  • New: PRTG API
    • This is the first incarnation of the API, more improvements will be available soon
    • API allows access to PRTG's monitoring results
    • For details see menu item "Help|API" or this blog post
  • New: iPhone optimized user interface
    • Allows read-only access to monitoring results for Apple iPhone users
    • Your PRTG installation must be accesible from the Internet
    • Access it with your iPhone at the URL https://yourserver/iphone (where yourserver is the IP or DNS name of your PRTG installation)
    • Using HTTPS is recommended to secure credentials, but HTTP can also be used
    • See this blog post for screenshots
  • New: "Probe Only" installer
    • Provides faster distribution of the probe installer (only 4 MB) whenever a new software version is installed on the core server
    • Can be downloaded on probe computer by accessing PRTG's web interface (see item "Downloads" of the "Setup" menu).
  • New: TEXTLIST Interface
    • PRTG 7 supports IPCheck Server Monitor 5's "TEXTLIST" interface
    • This means that custom PHP scripts written by IPCheck 5 users now work with PRTG 7
    • Also, the Windows Mobile User Interface of IPCheck Server Monitor will now work with PRTG 7
    • This feature is provided for easier upgrades only and should be considered deprecated (it will not be developed further)
    • See this blog entry for screenshots and more
  • New: Sensors, devices and groups can now be paused for 5/15/60/180 minutes or one day (e.g. for maintenance or a reboot). Choose "Resume" to start monitoring before the scheduled pause is over.
  • New: Improved wording for Notifications (e.g. the subject now shows "UP" instead of "Downstate Ended")
  • New: Added a less sensitive default setting for the unusual detection
  • New: Graphs now display the primary channel's minimum and maximum values
  • New: Live graphs show a red dot for failed requests
  • New: Added sensor type "SNMP System Uptime" which monitors a SNMP device's uptime
  • New: Non-admin users are no longer able to see any system administration links and pages in the web-based UI
  • New: Improved handling of "read only" access rights for users throughout the interface (e.g. if a user does not have "write" access for a device he cannot go through the "Add Sensor" wizard anymore)
  • New: Added report template "List of Sensors (no graphs)"
  • New: Notifications can now be paused by schedules
  • New: For some sensor types (e.g. WMI Diskspace and WMI CPU) the user can now select what channel the warning/error levels are processed for (e.g. to define alarm levels for % free or GB free for disk sensors)
  • New: Namespace can now be selected for WMI Sensors
  • New: Reports can now be sent to multiple email addresses
  • New: HTTP sensors' user agent can be defined by the user (Registry Key: LocalMachine\software\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\V7\Server\useragent)
  • New: "Sensors by state" counters for groups and devices are now fully-functional links (e.g. top left corner of PRTG's web interface) 
  • New: Added several demo scripts for "Custom EXE" and "Custom WMI" sensors
  • New: Text messages from Custom EXE sensors are now shown in the web interface
  • New: "Add Autodiscovery Group" links show the Automatic Network Discovery feature more prominently
  • New: Added a "XL" view to the sensor tree (shows each sensor in a line of its own)
  • New: Updated Manual
  • Changed: Removed Root Group's default notification for new installations
  • Changed: We had to remove the AIM notifications (PRTG cannot create a connection with their servers)
  • Changed: User can enter < and > in bodies of notification emails (e.g. to enter XML)
  • Bugfix: Some Internet protocol sensors (SMTP, IMAP, POP3, FTP) would run into a frozen state
  • Bugfix: User could not create OIDLIB-based sensors 
  • Bugfix: Weekly reports were sent 1 day too early
  • Bugfix: Email footer setting in system setup did not work
  • Bugfix: Maps were broken as soon as a referenced object was deleted
  • Bugfix: Map refresh did not work correctly on URL /mapshow.htm
  • Bugfix: Some reports showed empty graphs
  • Bugfix: In some situations the live graph only showed very few data points
  • Bugfix: Latencies did not always work correctly for State Triggers
  • Bugfix: Many small bug fixes and enhancements

July 31st 2008 - Version 7.0.7.1206/1207

  • Overview: This version mainly includes bugfixes based on users' feedback
  • New: Notifications can be sent to one or more email address(es)
  • New: Notifications can optionally be sent to PRTG's internal user groups
  • New: Internal web server applies deflate compression to HTML, JS and CSS files for HTTP/1.1
  • Changed: Improved layout for core connection settings in the Probe Admin Tool
  • Bugfix: Context menu item "Toggle Favorite" did not work (groups, devices, sensors)
  • Bugfix: Top 10 list "Best/Worst Availability" was sorted incorrectly
  • Bugfix: Notification emails used incorrect priority setting
  • Bugfix: Notifications contained incorrect downtime values
  • Bugfix: Various minor issues

July 22nd 2008 - Version 7.0.6.1172/1173

  • Overview: This version includes new features, usability improvements and a number of bugfixes
  • New: "Clone Device" function duplicates a server with all settings
  • New: "Zoom Table": Most data tables now offer a zoom icon that expands the table to full size in a new browser window
  • New: "Compare" function enables the user to compare 48h/30d/365d graphs of two groups/devices/sensors
  • New: "Quick Login": Added a "use default login" option to the login window (only when default login parameters prtgadmin/prtgadmin are used)
  • New: Improved context menus use cascading menus for faster and easier navigation
  • New: "Dashboard 2": Alternate dashboard layout
  • New: Added "Open Support Ticket" link to the Help menu (Commercial Edition only)
  • New: Added custom SMS gateway functionality for notifications
  • New: Tray Tool is automatically closed by the installer before installing a new version (to avoid reboots)
  • Changed: Faster rendering for "Dashboard 1" (does not use IFRAMEs anymore)
  • Changed: The Import Tool now automatically saves logs to a file
  • Changed: Revised manual and help information
  • Changed: Todo list now sorted by date only (was priority/date)
  • Changed: Enabled browser's context menu for charts and links (to make it easier to copy links/content) and for edit boxes (to make it easier to use copy/paste via the browser context menu)
  • Changed: SNMP Helper installer can be downloaded from the PRTG web interface (Setup|Downloads)
  • Changed: Improved compatibility for HTTP sensors with NTLM authentication
  • Changed: Improved WMI Vital System Data sensors
  • Changed: Improved MultiEdit menu
  • Changed: Various Import Tool tweaks (mainly for importing IPCheck data)
  • Changed: Dropped the Mini Browser (based on Mozilla Prism) and the Adobe Flash installer from the setup to create a smaller download (both files are available online)
  • Bugfix: Top 10 list selection filter settings were dropped upon auto-refresh
  • Bugfix: When creating new SNMP Helper sensors some selection items were truncated
  • Bugfix: System Tray Tool failed to open web pages if the webserver was running on ports other than 80
  • Bugfix: Some WMI sensors showed red error states after a certain navigation path between the pages of sensors, devices and groups
  • Bugfix: URLs with more than one parameter (e.g. the Alarms page) were not stored correctly as "My Homepage"
  • Bugfix: Postdata for HTTP notification was not being transmitted
  • Bugfix: Some WMI sensors sporadically showed incorrect "No data" messages when down
  • Bugfix: Report PDF files were still stored in default folder when data file location for the core was changed within the Core Admin Tool
  • Bugfix: Remote Probes with Packet Sniffing sensors sometimes crashed upon reconnection after the initial connection to the core was dropped for a few minutes

July 14th 2008 - Version 7.0.5.1117/1118

  • Overview: This version mainly covers bugfixes based on user feedback
  • Changed: Community password is now stored in an encrypted format (in configuration XML file)
  • Changed: Improved web server initialization code for handling of IP/port bindings that manages already occupied IP/port combinations better. User can now select only one TCP Port setting.
  • Bugfix: On some systems WMI Traffic Sensors had trouble with counter rollovers
  • Bugfix: In some installations probes stopped working (due to a bug in the Packet Sniffing Sensors)
  • Bugfix: Notification settings were lost when editing particular sensors
  • Bugfix: Various import issues
  • Bugfix: Limit error/warning states display was being delayed
  • Various minor bugfixes

July 7th 2008 - Version 7.0.5.1097/1098

  • Overview: This version covers a number of bugfixes that are based on user feedback
  • Bugfix: Fixed sporadic freezes of packet sniffing sensors
  • Bugfix: PRTG did not work on Windows in Czech language
  • Various minor bugfixes

July 4th 2008 - Version 7.0.4.1085/1086

  • Overview: This version covers a number of bugfixes that are based on user feedback
  • New: Import process writes its logfile to the disk for later review
  • Changed: Published Maps now use the faster PNG-based graphs instead of Flash-based graphs
  • Bugfix: Custom EXE sensors are not fully compatible with IPCheck Custom EXE sensors
  • Bugfix: In some situations the Import process did not import historic sensor data
  • Bugfix: Some users experienced an error message when they tried to add a new user
  • Bugfix: Some users experienced a crash when starting the service (only when SQL sensors were configured)
  • Various minor bugfixes

June 30th 2008 - Version 7.0.4.1033

 

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