What's new in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.411 .NET 7.0

Mar 27, 2024
  • Previously PowerShell Templates and Actions had a hardcoded 10-minute timeout. Both components have been updated to include a timeout variable.
  • Previously triggered Templates under the root Explorer View’s Hosts node did not always show the triggered message. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several agent-based file system browsing bugs.
  • Previously when using Remote WMI to monitor Event Logs, and the state was reset, the reset line item remained in the Monitor Status View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when using Remote WMI to monitor multiple Event Logs, and one of the log monitors triggered, the line item for the other logs were removed from the Monitor Status View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when creating a File Consolidation Template, the output directory was not initialized to a valid value. The output directory is not initialized to the default Event Log File Backup Directory.
  • The Dashboard’s Host inventory View now updates each host’s agent connect state icon.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.409 .NET 7.0 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • Previously PowerShell Templates and Actions had a hardcoded 10-minute timeout. Both components have been updated to include a timeout variable.
  • Previously triggered Templates under the root Explorer View’s Hosts node did not always show the triggered message. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several agent-based file system browsing bugs.
  • Previously when using Remote WMI to monitor Event Logs, and the state was reset, the reset line item remained in the Monitor Status View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when using Remote WMI to monitor multiple Event Logs, and one of the log monitors triggered, the line item for the other logs were removed from the Monitor Status View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when creating a File Consolidation Template, the output directory was not initialized to a valid value. The output directory is not initialized to the default Event Log File Backup Directory.
  • The Dashboard’s Host inventory View now updates each host’s agent connect state icon.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.406 .NET 7.0 (Mar 20, 2024)

  • Previously after viewing the Log Viewer Settings then closing the view, users were always prompted to save changes even when no changes were made. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Red Hat Audit Log Consolidation Template specified a column with the key ‘HOST’ which was a violation of the base model causing the displayed value to always show as the host that the log was generated from rather than the remote host that caused the audit log entry to be written. The Template’s key has been changed to TARGET_HOST.
  • Previously Red Hat Audit Log “LOGIN” events displayed with a gray informational icon. The icon has been updated to convert the success value of “1” to the Success Audit icon.
  • The Microsoft Graph email has been updated to support the US Government cloud for both Level 4 and Level 5 access.
  • The automated Linux Agent installation has been updated to specify the SSH/SFTP password when prompted after executing the sudo -s command.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.399 .NET 7.0 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • Previously SQLite often threw a database is locked error when under load. Upon extensive testing, it appears the SQLite library does not support concurrent transactions, a common practice in all database base management systems. A Semaphore has been added around the Begin Transaction call which appears to significantly minimize or even eliminate the SQLite library bug.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.364 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.364 .NET 4.7.2 (Feb 3, 2024)

  • Previously when running PowerShell scripts and commands, if the script or command threw a user interface prompt, execution would hang for 10 minutes waiting for the response. The -NonInteractive flag is now passed to all scripts and commands.
  • Previously when flagging a text log monitor template to ignore files not found, the files not found would still display in the Explorer View and the Monitor History Status View. The files are no longer displayed. If no files are found, a single entry displays shown no files were found for the entire template.
  • Previously when monitoring a text log for missing entries and the file was not found, an object reference not found error was thrown. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Host Agent Properties Tab has been updated to include the last connected time, last disconnected time and current connection status.
  • The Management Console has been updated to subscribe to agent connection status enabling users to quickly identify by way of a different icon which machines are connected.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.358 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.358 .NET 4.7.2 (Jan 27, 2024)

  • Previously on heavily loaded systems the internal server.log file was logging MBs of data every minute. Several messages have been removed and now, when the CBSAudit Event Logging is enabled for a Template, the log entries that used to be written to the server.log file during the Template’s execution are now dropped.
  • The Agent Installer Service and Agent Server have both been updated to limit the number of current Agent installations which can be configured via the Agent Server Setting view.
  • The Agent Server has been updated so legacy Server 2008 machines running the .Net 4.72 compiled Agent are updated using the latest version from the Corner Bowl Software website. This feature required Internet access.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.338 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.338 .NET 4.7.2 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • Previously when viewing the file system for a remotely connected Windows agent, the first call to get the logical disks was incorrectly using Windows Shares. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when closing a batch window with out first saving the changes, each item was validated prior to closing causing a long loop of acknowledgements. The objects are no longer validated when saved from a batch view.
  • The NIST/JSIG event log consolidation templates have been updated with new names, non-classified retention policy and email alerts removed from the error actions.
  • The default security event log consolidation templates have been updated to filter out irrelevant event IDs: 4658,4799,5156.
  • The Executable Status view was recently updated to use a button with text rather than an icon. When this change was made the button no longer had a visual change showing users they could cancel the execution. The button now updates the text to Cancel.
  • Previously when viewing a host’s real-time syslog viewer, and regular expression columns were defined, the message did not display in the Message View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when backing up EVTX files, if the agent was running the backup or a local backup was running on the management server, the file Microsoft backs up was moved using the c$ admin share instead of the local path. The file is no longer moved to the temp directory using the UNC path but instead the local path is used.
  • Previously when dragging a template to another host’s template group then dropping and selecting Move, the template was linked rather than moved. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the File Consolidation Template was leaking a temporary file on the agent and on the management server. These two bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously several of the agent log monitor templates were not notifying the management console they were running. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when attempting to manually create a filter for regular expression driven Level Image columns, the filter failed to save. This bug has been fixed.
  • All log entry and file retention policies have been updated to save 366 days of log entries and files respectively.
  • The SSH connection properties have been updated to include a new option enabling users to install the Linux Agent without elevated privileges (None), sudo (prepend each command with sudo), and sudo -s (call sudo -s immediately after connecting). If you need options, please reach out to support.
  • Previously the real-time agent server viewer was not displaying the connected count. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when attempting to select a file or directory on the localhost, the localhost’s agent was configured to remain connected and the localhost’s agent was not running, the file system browser was not falling back to using local calls but instead threw an error stating the agent is not connected. In this scenario, the file system browser now falls back to use local calls.
  • Previously when attempting to configure a Disk Space Monitor for an agent device and the user chose to explicitly assign disks, the call to get the available disks was always using Remote WMI. The function has been updated to utilize the agent when possible.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.324 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.324 .NET 4.7.2 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • The syslog viewers have been updated to include a show debug messages toolbar button.
  • The AD User Monitor Template has been updated to hide informational results from the status view when the “Hide informational data table rows” option is selected. This option is found on the Actions Tab within the Template Properties View.
  • Previously the Task Function Template did not support calling files in the path without specifying full path to the executable. This limitation has been removed.
  • A new sample template has been added called ‘Disable Filtering Platform Connection Success Auditing’ that disables Filtering Platform Connection success auditing on the target Windows Server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.323 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.323 .NET 4.7.2 (Dec 8, 2023)

  • The Event Log Monitor actions have been updated to support the following replacement variable tags: TARGET_ACCOUNT_NAME, ACCOUNT_NAME, ITEM_MESSAGE and ITEM_MESSAGE_PREVIEW.
  • A recent change caused some of the template replacement variable tags to no longer be replaced. This bug has been fixed for most of the majorly used templates such as Disk Space Monitoring.
  • Previously when running a Summary Report with the Execute option enabled, agent-based templates were not executed. The templates are now executed.
  • Previously when running a real-time event log monitor on an agent, manually running any other template caused the real-time event log monitor to shutdown for up to one minute before restarting. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.29 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.297 .NET 4.7.2 (Nov 17, 2023)

  • I recent change to the HTML alerts which single line items to the meta data header caused email alerts that discarded the META_DATA tag in the HTML to no longer display any content. The HTML generator has been updated to check for the existence of the tag then if missing displays single line items in the table format found for multiple items.
  • In an attempt to solve a customer’s issue with connecting to SQL Server using TLS the ‘Trust Server Certificate’ flag has been changed to ‘TrustServerCertificate’,

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.295 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.295 .NET 4.7.2 (Nov 16, 2023)

  • I bug was introduced several months ago that may have caused Weekly Range Schedules with exclusion periods to be skipped. This bug has been fixed.
  • I bug was introduced some time ago that left CRLF at the end of Microsoft error messages. The bogus CRLFs are once again being removed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.293 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.293 .NET 4.7.2 (Nov 15, 2023)

  • I bug was introduced several months ago that may have caused Weekly Range Schedules with exclusion periods to be skipped. This bug has been fixed.
  • I bug was introduced some time ago that left CRLF at the end of Microsoft error messages. The bogus CRLFs are once again being removed

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.286 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.286 .NET 4.7.2 (Nov 13, 2023)

  • Email and Save to HTML/PDF File Actions have been updated to optionally include historical graphs and timeline images. The historical graphs are currently limited CPU and Memory Monitor Templates. All templates support timeline images. The options to includes these images can be found in the Email and Save to File Action Properties Views.
  • Previously the syslog monitor was not batch processing entries received in each batch which had the effect of triggering actions for each triggered entry rather that one alert that contained all of the entries. This bug has been fixed.
  • A bug was recently introduced that caused the Text Log Monitors size, change in size and idle monitors to error when triggered. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.260 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.260 .NET 4.7.2 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • The Options Tab now includes an option to automatically delete saved log tables when a host is deleted from the system.
  • The Dashboard’s Log Database Views now include an icon on each row. The blue information icon indicates the host is actively configured while the gray information icon indicates the host has been deleted from the system. You can use these icons to quickly delete log tables for decommissioned hosts.
  • The Explorer View’s Data Providers tree now grays the host image once the host has been deleted from the system.
  • Fixed a race condition on the startup of the log viewers that caused the view to miss the call to generate the columns leaving the view without any columns.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.257 .NET 4.7.2 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • The Windows Agent has been updated to support running CPU and Memory Templates using Fixed Seconds Schedule, for example “Every 1 Second”.
  • Previously Template Summary Reports were not updating the Gauge Control found within CPU and Memory Monitor Templates. The Gauge is now updated.
  • Template Summary Reports have been updated to append the latest results to CPU and Memory History Charts.
  • Previously the Monitor and Report Status Views were leaving 20% of the old history entries in the viewer when new items caused an overflow in the page size. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Host Inventory Report has been updated to enable users to attach any column from any template to each line item, for example, CPU and Memory Load gauges can be added to the report. Also, all updates are applied to the report in real-time.
  • The Summary Report has been updated to update Gauges as values are received as well as add values to the CPU and Memory graphs enabling users to create custom Dashboards.
  • Previously, when saving some reports such as Inactive User Accounts to HTML, inactive accounts or other rows which had an empty date and time value were displayed an uninitialized time value. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously, when monitoring disk space and using the and option to minimize false positives, the monitor would trigger on small disks often found on machines. For example, when monitoring a small disk such as a 10 GB drive with the following rules, < 15% fee and < 30 GBs, the drive was triggered. The monitor now ignores the second rule when the disk size is less than the minimum threshold size.
  • Previously when restarting the service, agent-based hosts configured to keep their connection alive triggered idle connection alerts. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Windows MSI installers have been updated to automatically add all required inbound and outbound TCP and UDP ports.
  • The CPU and Memory Monitor real-time views now utilize the agent to retrieve their values.
  • A new sample Syslog Monitor Template called Syslog Backup. When assigned to a syslog device, all syslog messages are appended to a CSV file per NIST requirements.
  • The Errors Report now includes a field that shows the row count.
  • Previously when using an Append to CSV or TXT File Action, each monitor entry, for example each file change detected by a File Integrity Monitor, were appended with the headers defined each time the monitor triggered. The behavior has been changed so the header is now only applied one time then entries appended.
  • The PowerShell Template has been updated to support executing commands and a new sample Template called Inactive Local Accounts is not included.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.248 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.248 .NET 4.7.2 (Oct 26, 2023)

  • Updated the Windows Agent to support more schedule and updated the Host Inventory and Summary Reports. 2023-10-25
  • The Windows Agent has been updated to support running CPU and Memory Templates using Fixed Seconds Schedule, for example “Every 1 Second”.
  • Previously Template Summary Reports were not updating the Gauge Control found within CPU and Memory Monitor Templates. The Gauge is now updated.
  • Template Summary Reports have been updated to append the latest results to CPU and Memory History Charts.
  • Previously the Monitor and Report Status Views were leaving 20% of the old history entries in the viewer when new items caused an overflow in the page size. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Host Inventory Report has been updated to enable users to attach any column from any template to each line item, for example, CPU and Memory Load gauges can be added to the report. Also, all updates are applied to the report in real-time.
  • The Summary Report has been updated to update Gauges as values are received as well as add values to the CPU and Memory graphs enabling users to create custom Dashboards.
  • Previously, when saving some reports such as Inactive User Accounts to HTML, inactive accounts or other rows which had an empty date and time value were displayed an uninitialized time value. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously, when monitoring disk space and using the and option to minimize false positives, the monitor would trigger on small disks often found on machines. For example, when monitoring a small disk such as a 10 GB drive with the following rules, < 15% fee and < 30 GBs, the drive was triggered. The monitor now ignores the second rule when the disk size is less than the minimum threshold size.
  • Previously when restarting the service, agent-based hosts configured to keep their connection alive triggered idle connection alerts. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Windows MSI installers have been updated to automatically add all required inbound and outbound TCP and UDP ports.
  • The CPU and Memory Monitor real-time views now utilize the agent to retrieve their values.
  • A new sample Syslog Monitor Template called Syslog Backup. When assigned to a syslog device, all syslog messages are appended to a CSV file per NIST requirements.
  • The Errors Report now includes a field that shows the row count.
  • Previously when using an Append to CSV or TXT File Action, each monitor entry, for example each file change detected by a File Integrity Monitor, were appended with the headers defined each time the monitor triggered. The behavior has been changed so the header is now only applied one time then entries appended.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.223 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.223 .NET 4.7.2 (Oct 3, 2023)

  • Added agent-based file system querying and fixed various Registry Monitor Template bugs.
  • Various directory, file and service selection controls now return results through the Windows and Linux Agents when applicable.
  • Previously users were unable to properly select the Registry Path to monitor. This bug has been fixed.
  • The registry path and value are now included within the registry monitor metadata.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.223 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.223 .NET 4.7.2 (Oct 3, 2023)

  • Added agent-based file system querying and fixed various Registry Monitor Template bugs.
  • Various directory, file and service selection controls now return results through the Windows and Linux Agents when applicable.
  • Previously users were unable to properly select the Registry Path to monitor. This bug has been fixed.
  • The registry path and value are now included within the registry monitor metadata.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.219 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.219 .NET 4.7.2 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • The Proximity Filter that is applied to log monitors has been overhauled enabling better ‘if then options and triggers’. If you are using this feature, please verify your monitors are working as expected.
  • A new option has been added to both Reports and Templates called, “Auto-execute”. When enabled, reports and templates scheduled to run while the Corner Bowl Server Manager Service was turned off are automatically executed when the service is started. The feature, for example, enables air gapped servers to automatically execute Event Log File Backups scheduled to run when the system was turned off.
  • Two new path replacement variable tags have been added: {MONTH_MMMM} and {MONTH_MMM}. These are replaced with either the full current month name or the abbreviated month name respectively.
  • Previously when a template action was assigned to a report, the action was run against the local machine rather than each assigned machine. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Template and Host Summary Views now enable users to multi-select hosts and templates then batch update.
  • Previously when logging out of the Management Console the window layout was not saved causing the previous settings to load when logging back in without closing the application. This bug has been fixed.
  • A previous update to fix the restarting of services that specify command-line parameters busted services that have a space in the file path without quotes. The change has been rolled back.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.214 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.214 .NET 4.7.2 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Previously when attempting to restart a service, the service was stopped but then in some cases did not restart because of a race condition in the WMI call. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent updated caused disk space monitor templates that use the discovery mode to always get stuck on the initial threshold. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when importing EVTX files, the Management Console’s Primary Data Provider did not auto-populate the newly added database tables. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.208 .NET 7.0 / 23.0.0.208 .NET 4.7.2 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • The SMART Monitor and Defragment NFTS Disks Templates have been updated to run on the Windows Agent.
  • Several views have been updated to include new toolbar buttons.
  • Previously when viewing the built-in Template Summary for Log Entry Retention Policy Templates, several columns were listed that should not have been included and the Log column was not displaying a value. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Updated installers to install .Net 7.0.10.
  • Previously the PowerShell Action was not properly display the script type properties. This bug has been fixed.
  • A previous update caused Grouped Attribute Value Pair Complex Filter Criteria for attribute value pairs that do not have a group, for example Logon Type found within Security Event Log Event ID 4625, to be ignored. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.52 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • A new data type has been added to the Column Definitions and Complex Attribute Value Pair based Filters called Logon Type. The default Success Logon Report has been updated to use this value to display the English value of the Logon Type number, for example, instead of seeing the value Logon Type = 10 users will now see Logon Type = Remote Interactive. When configuring a filter with this data type, users can now use check boxes to select the logon types they would like to apply to the filter rather than previously having to rely on a numerically based regular expression.
  • The Agent Server now throws an error when an agent on a Server 2008, Windows 8 or Windows 7 machine attempts to download the latest version from the management server.
  • Previously when an agent requested to download the latest version and the installer was missing from the management server, the agent would hang indefinitely waiting for the file. A 10 minute timeout has been added.
  • Real-Time WMI based event log monitors now restart anytime the template is modified.
  • Previously log monitor in-memory configuration and state was not reset when a template’s column definitions were modified. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when a real-time log monitor template was modified, the change was only logged to the service log file. The change is now logged to the history and the service log file.
  • Previously when a log monitor template was disabled, log monitor state was continually being updated. The state is no longer updated when a template is disabled.
  • The event log consolidation verbose log messages have been updated to provide more detailed information.
  • Previously when attempting to add a regular expression via the lower Regular Expressions control, rather than within the Column Definitions control, in the various Columns tab views, a new item was not added. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the File System Browser view was not properly sorting the Modified At column. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when creating a new template the view’s title bar value said New Report. This bug has been fixed.
  • Numerous focus and tab bugs have been fixed throughout the Management Console.
  • The data grid rows no longer reverse the foreground and background colors when rows are selected. Instead, selection and focus is indicated using a border and light background.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 23.0.0.51 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Many of the log viewers now include the query duration in the view detail.
  • Previously when applying regular expressions to Syslog Consolidation templates, if multiple entries were initially received in the same batch the custom columns were not created causing an error to be thrown when the entries were inserted into the database. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent update caused the Merge function to do nothing. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when the service was restarted and the Dashboard was open in the Console, the Server Information duplicated the meta data columns. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.669 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • Previously when importing 2018 reports, if a report threw an unexpected error the import halted. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when manually deleting a consolidated text log the state may was not cleared if a logical name was not set causing the next download to continue where it left off. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when searching for dates, times, event IDs or other numerical based column values using the Find Toolbar, the search function did not process the numerical columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when assigning user filters to templates or reports, the drop-down errored when sorting was required leaving the drop-down blank. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting files in the System32 directory the file selection tree view was slow to draw. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when a text log consolidation monitor failed to save data, for example if there is a character in a text log, the database transaction was not rolled back. When using SQLite this would cause the database to throw a database locked event. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.662 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • In preparation for Server Manager 2023, this build introduces a version number into the configuration files that forces each configuration file to be re-serialized to the latest version enabling version 2023 to exclude the serialization code for earlier object versions. Either this build or later must installed prior to installing Server Manager 2023.
  • Previously when creating a new Event Log File Backup Template the default output directory was not set. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when receiving SNMP Traps that did not include any variables, an entry was not written to the database. Empty SNMP Traps are now saved to the log database.
  • The Success Logon and Failed Logon reports were incorrectly showing the count of similar logons when using both the summary and detail views. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.660 (Jan 19, 2023)

  • Previously the Sqlite database would often throw database locked errors. This error occurred because the semaphore blocking multi-threaded access was limited to each connection instance rather than static in the program. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent build busted the Log Database Flag functionality. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.659 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Previously the Service Monitor Template was not triggering an alert when the template was configured to start the service and set the monitor state to warning when the service was stopped. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed a bug in the audit table query for SQL Server.
  • A recent changed busted the File Permissions Report. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when receiving RFC 5624 compliant syslog messages the parsed host name was not being displayed in the consolidated log viewer. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.657 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • The Website Monitor has been updated to internally support TLS 1.2.
  • After adding the Templates and Reports node under each host the File Explorer context menu item no longer displayed. This bug has been fixed.
  • The generic filters, such as the Process Monitor Filter, did not properly update when changing an attribute type. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.656 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • A recent update caused the real-time directory monitor watcher to throw an error when sending an alert. This but has been fixed.
  • A recent update caused the emailed CPU and Memory Monitor history charts to display incorrectly. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.654 (Jan 6, 2023)

  • Two new report types have been added. A SIEM Chart report which takes multiple logs of different types as an input then outputs, groups a specific parameter then outputs either a donut chart or a line chart showing the count at an instant or over time. The second report type is a Collection Report which enables users to send either a single email or generate a single output file (txt, csv, html or pdf) that contains all of the assigned reports. Click Create Default Objects to generate various sample reports such as success logons over time grouped by user.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.653 (Dec 16, 2022)

  • Previously when saving Security Event Logs with the Agent, batch downloads enabled and the batch size was smaller than the connection frequency, the standard information content found at the bottom of many event log entries, such as 4624, was not parsed out of the saved message. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously Template Summary Reports did not display the SNMP Trap log name in the table. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously SIEM Reports requires users to create their own Text Log Filters for any log entry type assigned to the report. The report now uses the native filters. When the filter option is set to check all filters, only filters for the corresponding types are applied to the rule, other filters are ignored.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.652 (Dec 16, 2022)

  • Previously when saving Security Event Logs with the Agent, batch downloads enabled and the batch size was smaller than the connection frequency, the standard information content found at the bottom of many event log entries, such as 4624, was not parsed out of the saved message. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously Template Summary Reports did not display the SNMP Trap log name in the table. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously SIEM Reports requires users to create their own Text Log Filters for any log entry type assigned to the report. The report now uses the native filters. When the filter option is set to check all filters, only filters for the corresponding types are applied to the rule, other filters are ignored.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.650 (Dec 16, 2022)

  • Previously when saving Security Event Logs with the Agent, batch downloads enabled and the batch size was smaller than the connection frequency, the standard information content found at the bottom of many event log entries, such as 4624, was not parsed out of the saved message. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously Template Summary Reports did not display the SNMP Trap log name in the table. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously SIEM Reports requires users to create their own Text Log Filters for any log entry type assigned to the report. The report now uses the native filters. When the filter option is set to check all filters, only filters for the corresponding types are applied to the rule, other filters are ignored.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.649 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • A new Action Type has been added that enables users to execute another Template.
  • A new sample Red Hat Audit Log Consolidation template has been added that references two new Red Hat Templates that first copies the Red Hat Audit.log file to the `tmp` directory then, once log consolidation is complete, deletes the audit log from the `tmp` directory. The template assumes the user is logging into the Red Hat server using an SSH key.
  • A new SSH Shell document view has been added which is accessible from the host context menu.
  • All file and directory monitor templates have been updated to support sub-directory wildcards. For example users can now dynamically monitor directories such as c:Users*documents.
  • Each host now includes two sub-folders, one for report and one for templates.
  • Previously the complex filter properties view was missing a vertical scrollbar. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the non-generic Security Event Log reports were not applying user defines sort rules when viewed within the Management Console. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously some monitors, such as Disk Monitors, did not log error messages to the history. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously some Azure Audit Log entries were truncated when saving to SQL Server. This bug has been fixed. To resolve the bug, delete all consolidated Azure Audit Logs and re-download.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.643 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Previously only the Event Log Consolidation and Windows Service monitors retried when receiving a recoverable RPC error. The base class that runs all scheduled monitors has been updated to retry when receiving a potentially recoverable RPC error

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.641 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • The SSH Shell Template has been updated and renamed to SSH Monitor Template. The updates enable users to parse tabular results or apply regular expressions to extract values. Once parsed user defined trigger criteria is applied and triggered results are fired.
  • Previously the SSH configuration required a password when using a private key file. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.638 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • Previously if a TCP Port Monitor Template was configured with an empty line item, the monitor triggered a parse error. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.635 (Nov 21, 2022)

  • Added several SNMP enhancements and fixed several related bugs.
  • Previously when attempting to add an SNMP Get Monitor via the SNMP Browser, the selected tree node was used instead of the list item. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the SNMP Trap Monitor Status view threw an error when displayed. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Agent now supports Windows SSL Certificate Monitoring Templates.
  • Previously when testing a Registry Monitor Template, the test function always ran against the localhost. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.632 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • All of the data grid views have been updated to optionally sort by grouped count when the column definitions are configured to group by a column and sort by the count.
  • A major update has been implemented which moves virtually all of the data grid sorts to our own code behind rather than relying on Microsoft’s data grid sort functions. After making this change, we discovered huge performance gains when grouping.
  • The File and Permission Reports have all been updated to support column definitions for sorting and grouping. In-application help content has also been added to each of these reports.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.631 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • All of the data grid views have been updated to optionally sort by grouped count when the column definitions are configured to group by a column and sort by the count.
  • A major update has been implemented which moves virtually all of the data grid sorts to our own code behind rather than relying on Microsoft’s data grid sort functions. After making this change, we discovered huge performance gains when grouping.
  • The File and Permission Reports have all been updated to support column definitions for sorting and grouping. In-application help content has also been added to each of these reports.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.629 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • Previously the Sorted Files reports was not properly sorting columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the FIM monitor was not properly displaying current modified time. The baseline value was erroneously displayed. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Disk Space Monitor help topic has been updated.
  • Previously the Log off function may have hung the Management Console. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.625 (Nov 7, 2022)

  • The `Group by` options found in the columns tab in log reports now includes an option to sort the groups by count rather than just name.
  • Several new optimizations have been applied to the Agent Server allowing for faster throughput.
  • The Data Properties Views now contain several new throughput variables.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.623 (Nov 2, 2022)

  • Previously when using the Agent to monitor Event Log Entries with an exclusion schedule, the monitor picked up where it left off rather than dumping all entries during the exclusion period. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Auto-Configurator was not applying the assigned filter when checking to see if a computer should be removed from the system. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.621 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • Previously after adding a group to a Directory Service Filter, the Management Console threw a class cast exception error. This bug has been fixed.
  • The in-application help has been updated to include detailed information about Environment Variables.
  • Previously when monitoring a directory size using percent of disk size thresholds, an error was thrown when sending email alerts. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.618 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • Server Manager now logs all updates to a new Event Log called CBAudit.
  • Server Manager now includes a new Audit Work Items feature that enables users to save reports to binary objects for later review by auditors. A new Audit Data Provider is now also included that enables users to set the location to save the binary report results.
  • Added Environment Variables which can be used to define regular expressions and filter criteria for re-use.
  • Fixed an Azure Audit Log filter bug recently introduced.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.617 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • Server Manager now logs all updates to a new Event Log called CBAudit.
  • Server Manager now includes a new Audit Work Items feature that enables users to save reports to binary objects for later review by auditors. A new Audit Data Provider is now also included that enables users to set the location to save the binary report results.
  • Added Environment Variables which can be used to define regular expressions and filter criteria for re-use.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.612 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • A bug was recently introduced into the Agent Server that caused non-agent flagged templates to be sent to agent devices. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.610 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • A bug was recently introduced into the Agent Server that caused non-agent flagged templates to be sent to agent devices. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.609 (Oct 27, 2022)

  • A bug was recently introduced into the Agent Server that caused non-agent flagged templates to be sent to agent devices. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.608 (Oct 27, 2022)

  • Server Manager now includes support for loading MIB files so Object Identifiers can be resolved throughout the application. To automatically add your MIB files, create the following directory then copy your mib files to the directory: c:programdatacorner bowlserver manager 2022mibs.
  • Previously when adding hosts to a group throughout the application, when users or the software attempted to add more than 255 hosts to a host group, an error was thrown. The maximum number of assigned hosts to any group has been increased to 65,535.
  • The Action Assignment Properties View now includes an option to hide information data table rows. Please note at this time this option has only been implemented in File Size and Activity Monitors.
  • The sample `Event Log Consolidation (Security)` templates have been updated to include the `New Account` key found in event 4720s in the regular expression.
  • Previously the `Real-Time New Account Monitor` template was incorrectly looking for `New Logon` rather than `New Account`. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the real-time schedules did not honor exclusion rules. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.600 (Oct 14, 2022)

  • The Consolidated Azure AD Audit viewer now includes an option to create a monitor template and a report from the right click popup menu.
  • Fixed several minor UI bugs found in the Log Monitor Rules control.
  • Previously when installing the agent manually, if the port was not included in the command-line params the service would throw an error at startup. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.596 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • A new Inactive Users Monitor Template has been added to the sample templates.
  • A new sample report has been added called Audit Directory Service Changes with Correlation ID enabling users to view all directory service changes grouped by correlation ID.
  • When viewing Security Event Log Entries from either the Log Database or a real-time viewer, users can now right click on an entry then create a new Security Event Log Monitor Template or Security Event Log Report that defines columns for each grouped key attribute value pair enabling users to quickly create frequency log monitor rules and report column definitions for the specific entry.
  • A new HTML template has been added to the installer that enables users send emails without the metadata header.
  • Several of the templates now automatically get assigned to the management server host when created including Account Lockout, AD User Monitor and AD User Integrity Monitor.
  • The Summary Reports have been updated to use the standard Column Definitions controls seen throughout the application.
  • The Report Properties view now includes an Export button.
  • When using SQLite to save Azure Audit Log Entries, each entry was being written to the database twice. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.594 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • Previously when enabling or disabling a template from the Explorer View, the icon did not always display the correct state. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the DNS and DNSBL Monitors did not support checking IP addresses. The monitors now use the IP address when specified.
  • Previously when configuring a text log monitor and testing the entry pattern, an error was thrown when masked search criteria was applied. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when right clicking on a host group then selecting Execute All, the assigned templates were not executed. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.593 (Oct 1, 2022)

  • 32-Bit has been added to the Server Manager Agent. To install the Agent to a 32-Bit Windows machine, download the 32-Bit installer from our Download page then manually install on the target machine.
  • The copy/paste function found in the Explorer view has been updated to always paste a new object rather than a link. To paste a link, press Ctrl-L instead of Ctrl-V.
  • The Agent has need updated to include more verbose output in the agent.log file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.591 (Sep 28, 2022)

  • Previously the File Size and Activity monitor was not implemented on the agent, however it was not getting called. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the new keyboard auto-advance option was not saving state when set within a report view. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.590 (Sep 26, 2022)

  • The log monitor rule options have been updated to include a new rule type, Column Frequency. Once set, the referenced column is grouped by values then frequency rules applied. Use this option when you want to be notified when an unknown value is received more than the expected number of times (e.g. Get notified when there is an ongoing DoS attack on your IIS web server).
  • Previously less than log monitor rules triggered each time the time span expired, and the entry count was equal to the threshold. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.587 (Sep 24, 2022)

  • Fixed an agent installer bug.
  • Previously when manually installing the agent, if the TLS Enabled flag was not included a serialization error was triggered and the service failed to connect to the server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.578 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • The Directory Cleaner and Directory Size Monitor Templates are now supported by the agent.
  • A new Auto-Advance Keyboard toolbar button has been added to the log viewers. When disabled, pressing the up, down, page up and page down buttons do not automatically advance to the next or previous page when at the end or beginning of the page.
  • Previously when installing on a new machine, a sample SQL Server Task Template was assigned to the localhost even though the default database is SQLite. When the monitor ran, a cast exception was thrown. The template is no longer assigned to the localhost.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.577 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Fixed new agent versioning bug.
  • The previous build created a bug in the Agent Server that caused Agents to be unable to process templates. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.575 (Sep 19, 2022)

  • Implemented Syslog Relay and SNMPv3 Walk:
  • A new sample Syslog Relay Template, Filter and Action have been added enabling users to easily configure Syslog Relay.
  • Previously when forwarding Syslog Messages, the message format was incorrectly forwarded. This bug has been fixed.
  • SNMPv3 Walk is now supported.
  • Previously if multiple large reports were running when the service was restarted, upon restart, the reports may have restarted immediately. The General Tab, found within multiple executable object properties views, now includes an option to disable the automatic restart.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.573 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • Previously the Top Events Summary found in the Event Log Data Properties View only displayed the last 7 days of entries. When viewing the archive this often resulted in no data being displayed. The view has been updated to display the summary for the last year.
  • The Event Log Data Properties View has been updated to include a new summary report that displays the count of unique level and Event IDs.
  • Previously the agent connection schedule was not displaying in the Agent Server Settings View although the value was set and executing properly. This bug has been fixed.
  • The un-used Index column has been removed from the Log Database Summary view when using either SQLite or the Corner Bowl File System Format to save log entries.
  • Previously the Log Database Summary view displayed hosts in uppercase and did not show the aliases. The hostname case is now preserved and when applicable the alias displayed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.570 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • Fixed a Directory Size Monitor bug recently introduced:
  • When adding agent support to the Directory Size Monitor I bug was introduced that caused the directory size monitor to trigger when no files were present in any target directory. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.569 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • All generic log monitors now support displaying any regular expression column value in the email notification subject. If the regular expression value is <TARGET_USER_NAME> specify {TARGET_USER_NAME} in any of the available action text boxes.
  • The sample Real-Time Success Logon and Real-Time Failed Logon templates have been updated to use regular expressions to extract the target account name and the default action has been updated to include the target account name in the subject.
  • During startup, if the Microsoft SNMP Service was not installed, an error message was logged to the server.log file. This scenario is not actually an error case, so the message has been downgraded to a notice message.
  • The help file has been updated to include information on sending cell phone optimized emails.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.568 (Sep 13, 2022)

  • Removed multiple duplicate verbose output messages.
  • Added a with(nolock) to one of the SQL Server Select Count(*) from [TABLE] calls.
  • Previously the Agent installer would often require a reboot even though the service was stopped by MSI. The installer has been updated to manually stop the service then if required kill the process. Finally, MSI should be able to properly detect that all files are unlocked and ready for updates.
  • Fixed a bogus error recovery alert that was recently introduced to the failure rate templates.
  • The Directory Size Monitor template now supports agent-based execution.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.567 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • Add an enhancement and fixed several bugs:
  • Removed multiple duplicate verbose output messages.
  • Added a with(nolock) to one of the SQL Server Select Count(*) from [TABLE] calls.
  • Previously the Agent installer would often require a reboot even though the service was stopped by MSI. The installer has been updated to manually stop the service then if required kill the process. Finally, MSI should be able to properly detect that all files are unlocked and ready for updates.
  • Fixed a bogus error recovery alert that was recently introduced to the failure rate templates.
  • The Directory Size Monitor template now supports agent-based execution.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.566 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • Removed multiple duplicate verbose output messages.
  • Added a with(nolock) to one of the SQL Server Select Count(*) from [TABLE] calls.
  • Previously the Agent installer would often require a reboot even though the service was stopped by MSI. The installer has been updated to manually stop the service then if required kill the process. Finally, MSI should be able to properly detect that all files are unlocked and ready for updates.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.565 (Sep 7, 2022)

  • Major performance update to the Log Entry Retention Policy Template:
  • The Log Entry Retention Policy Template has been optimized in several new ways. First, all delete statements now include a date range rather than just a single date. This optimization enables the RDBS engines to utilize the date index significantly reducing the time to query entries for the archiving process. Second, the algorithm was making unnecessary calls to remove data from date ranges that did not contain any entries. These calls are no longer executed.
  • The File Size and Activity Monitor Template can now be executed from the Agent.
  • Elasticsearch has been removed from the list of available data providers. Please contact us if you are using Elasticsearch.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.562 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • A Management Console re-connect bug has been fixed.
  • One of the previous builds busted Azure Audit Log post consolidation monitors. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.561 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • The File Explorer View now supports recursively deleting directories.
  • The File Integrity Monitor (FIM) Monitor Status View now includes OK and Warning filters.
  • Previously the Data Properties View re-queried every time the view was displayed. The view no longer re-queries unless the user click the Refresh button.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.560 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • The Agent Server Properties View has been updated to include an Agent connection schedule drop-down. Once set each agent will be notified to connect using the specified schedule. The Host Properties view already contains this option and when set overrides the default Agent connection schedule.
  • The Agent Client and Agent Server application layer protocol stacks have been optimized to reduce some chattiness previously experienced.
  • The Azure Audit Log Consolidation Template now support adding custom columns via regular expressions.
  • Previously the stand-alone Azure Audit Log Monitor Template was not implemented. This template is now supported.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.559 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • The Agent Server, Syslog Server and SNMP Trap Server now all include template, template group, report and report group assignment options for new hosts as well as blacklist assignments.
  • Previously when using the hash mode in SQL Server or MySQL, the archive function was throwing an object reference error. This bug has been fixed.
  • The File Integrity Monitor (FIM) now supports Agent-Based execution.
  • Previously the Logon Reports always included both logon/logoff in the summary report regardless if one of the Event IDs wasn’t checked. The behavior has changed so both are only included in the summary table when either both are selected or nether are selected.
  • The Host Properties view includes 2 new tabs, Summary and Log Summary.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.542 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • A new SQL Server Shrink and Backup Template has been added. To create the template, select File | New | Templates | Network and Application Monitors then SQL Server Task.
  • The SQL Server connection settings have been updated to include the Max Pool Size variable.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.540 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Added several enhancements and fixed several bugs:
  • New Windows Installer Filters and Reports have been added to the sample object.
  • Added a new generic Object Access Report to the Sample Reports.
  • Updated several Security Event Log Report in-application help topics.
  • The installer now kills the service when unresponsive.
  • Several log viewer bugs related to paging and filtering recently introduced have been fixed.
  • Previously there was a focus bug when selecting new schedule exclusion periods. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the regular expression option was missing when configuring Complex Event Log Filter Event ID Criteria. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.538 (Aug 18, 2022)

  • Added several enhancements and fixed several bug:
  • Previously when using the Agent to both clear Event Log files and consolidated log entries, the consolidation template was not pushed to the Agent just prior to each Event Log file backup clearing the log. The consolidation template is now pushed to the Agent minimizing the window for lost Event Log entries.
  • The new merge function now auto-populates the entire the data providers tree enabling users to check root nodes to propagate selections throughout the leafs without first expanding.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.537 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Log Monitor email notifications now support passing Log Monitor Rule Names in the subject. A new default email action has been included that shows off this new feature. To create the new Email Action, select Tools | Create Default Objects then expand Actions | Email and you will find a new action called 'Email - Log Monitor'.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.536 (Aug 15, 2022)

  • The PowerShell Script Template now supports executing signed scripts.
  • The help file now includes topic content for Success Logon, Failed Logon and New Accounts Reports

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.535 (Aug 13, 2022)

  • The PowerShell Template has been changed to input a script file then includes arguments to pass parameters (e.g. -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted).
  • Log Monitor Filter/Action assignments now include an optional name field.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.530 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Agent-Based Event Log Monitors previously did not update the history when no new entries were discovered. The monitor has been updated to always send the results regardless of entries being discovered.
  • Each time an Agent-Based template assigned with a real-time schedule executed the next time to execute was logged as an uninitialized date time value. The behavior has been changed to use the current time.
  • Previously when deleting a consolidated text log, the state was not cleared. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Security Group Management Report has been updated to resolve SIDs not found on the target server against the local server.
  • A new merge function has been added to assigned Log Consolidation Templates, Hosts, Host Groups and Data Providers.
  • The Select File and Folder Views have been updated to include a View in Explorer button.
  • A spinner has been added to the PowerShell Template Properties view that displays while the PowerShell script is running.
  • Previously when auto-generated the name for Event Log Templates, the log names were not sorted. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Column Definitions Views did not have a right-click popup menu. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously many of the tree node objects (e.g. Filters, Actions and Events) did not have a popup menu Rename command. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when viewing an Executable Status View, the history only displayed when the History Tab was set to display first. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.528 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • Agent-Based Event Log Monitors previously did not update the history when no new entries were discovered. The monitor has been updated to always send the results regardless of entries being discovered.
  • Each time an Agent-Based template assigned with a real-time schedule executed the next time to execute was logged as an uninitialized date time value. The behavior has been changed to use the current time.
  • Previously when deleting a consolidated text log, the state was not cleared. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Security Group Management Report has been updated to resolve SIDs not found on the target server against the local server.
  • A new merge function has been added to assigned Log Consolidation Templates, Hosts, Host Groups and Data Providers.
  • The Select File and Folder Views have been updated to include a View in Explorer button.
  • A spinner has been added to the PowerShell Template Properties view that displays while the PowerShell script is running.
  • Previously when auto-generated the name for Event Log Templates, the log names were not sorted. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Column Definitions Views did not have a right-click popup menu. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously many of the tree node objects (e.g. Filters, Actions and Events) did not have a popup menu Rename command. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when viewing an Executable Status View, the history only displayed when the History Tab was set to display first. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.525 (Aug 6, 2022)

  • The Agent now downloads the latest version from the Management Server over the Corner Bowl Software Protocol stack then updates itself to match the Management Server version.
  • The TCP Port Scan Monitor Template has been updated to support Agent-Based execution. When executed on an agent, the template includes the option to scan both local and remote ports.
  • The Event Log Selection View has been updated to enable users to manually add logs to the list of available logs.
  • The Log Entry Retention Policy auto-generated name has been updated to include the number of configured days within the name.
  • Previously when monitoring Event Logs through the agent, actions were triggered for each event that passed the assigned filters rather than group them into a single action. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting Event Logs and switching between different hosts, the list of available logs was continually added to rather than cleared and re-populated. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several minor Regular Expressions configuration bugs.
  • Previously when attempting to change the assigned registry value to an existing Registry Value Monitor template, the value did not update. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Registry Value Monitor Template has now been documented.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.520 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • The Desktop Action has been updated to emulate the Server Manager 2018 action. This includes the options to target specific hosts that have the Management Console installed, set the title, font size weight, style, color and background color.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.519 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • A new Powershell template has been added enabling network administrators to run Powershell scripts, parse results, filter line items, then finally trigger alerts.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.518 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • Fixed several bugs:
  • Previously the SNMP trap retention policy was not enforced. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent update caused some monitors, such as CPU, to stop saving results to the history. This bug has been fixed.
  • The SNMP Trap reports now support column ordering, sorting, grouping and hiding.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.517 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Fixed several bugs:
  • Previously the SNMP trap retention policy was not enforced. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent update caused some monitors, such as CPU, to stop saving results to the history. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.513 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • The previous build added a fix for reading text log files from localhosts but the fix busted remote monitoring. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.506 (Jul 22, 2022)

  • The CPU Monitor Status View now includes a Properties Tab that lists various CPU properties.
  • Previously, when the service’s management server was bound to 0.0.0.0 rather than a specific IP, the agent installer applied the local NetBIOS name to the agent configuration file which may not actually be routable. Now, the FQDN is applied when applicable otherwise the DNS name is applied.
  • The newly added log monitor rule data table control was not displaying the less than / greater than drop-down for frequency rules. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the AD user and group filter controls allowed users to add blank and white space items. This behavior is no longer allowed.
  • Previously the Log Retention Policy Template was not printing out each batch of archive results. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.501 (Jul 20, 2022)

  • The Delete Temporary Files Template now supports Agent-Based execution.
  • The Performance Counter Template now supports Agent-Based execution.
  • Previously when installing the Agent to a remote host, the remote execution was using a UNC path even though the file was uploaded to the server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.499 (Jul 20, 2022)

  • Previously when saving reports to CSV, disabled columns were not removed from the report. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Host Properties Summary tab has been renamed to Inventory and a refresh button has been added. The refresh button re-inventories non-agent based machines inline, while agent-based machines are queued to inventory the next time they connect.
  • The local disk information is now included on the dashboard.
  • The Dashboard’s Host Inventory has been updated to include the number of configured templates enabling system administrators to find all hosts not configured.
  • Several batch template properties bugs were resolved.
  • Previously agent-based disk space monitor triggers were not executed. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.497 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • To better aid customers with small screens, many of the Template Properties Views now use a docking window for the Test button and output.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.495 (Jul 14, 2022)

  • The remote WMI Windows Service Monitor now includes the threshold that was triggered in the alert message.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.490 (Jul 12, 2022)

  • The previous build introduced a restart bug in the SNMP Trap Server. The bug caused SNMP Trap Server to hang when restarted in response to configuration changes. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.489 (Jul 12, 2022)

  • Added LDAPS support and added several UI enhancements.
  • The Active Directory connection, also known as an LDAP, now supports TLS 1.2.
  • The Executable Status Views now support paging through history results.
  • Previously when de-selecting a log from Event Log templates a bug in a equals operator may have caused the incorrect log to have been de-selected. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.487 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Added LDAPS support and added several UI enhancements:
  • The Active Directory connection, also known as an LDAP, now supports TLS 1.2.
  • The Executable Status Views now support paging through history results.
  • Previously when de-selecting a log from Event Log templates a bug in a equals operator may have caused the incorrect log to have been de-selected. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.484 (Jul 9, 2022)

  • Added a major enhancement to log reports:
  • Log reports now include regular expression support enabling users to include regular expression variables as their own columns. Once defined, complex filters can be applied that search for the regular expression variables and filter on their values.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.483 (Jul 9, 2022)

  • Log reports now include regular expression support enabling users to include regular expression variables as their own columns. Once defined, complex filters can be applied that search for the regular expression variables and filter on their values.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.477 (Jul 4, 2022)

  • The TCP Port Scan Template has been updated:
  • The TCP Port Scan Template has been updated to support an array of port definitions. Port definitions can contain both comma separated and dash separated values.
  • In an effort to provide better certificate debugging, when the service is run in verbose mode, the TLS 1.2 Syslog Server prints off all discovered certificates.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.471 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • Previously when applying simple filters with exclude criteria such as a list of comma-separated hosts, the filter did into initialize the internal regular expressions causing the filter to incorrectly return all entries. This bug has been fixed

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.468 (Jun 30, 2022)

  • The Syslog Server now supports TLS 1.2.
  • The metadata table in Log reports now lists the number of entries in the report.
  • The Log Monitor Rule configuration view has been updated to use a modeless data grid to add rules. This new view better supports complex monitors with 100s of rules.
  • Previously the Text Log Consolidation execution history was incorrectly saved causing the download history to be lost. This bug has been fixed.
  • An auto-advance button has been added to the Log Viewers enabling users to either stop on the current page when a filter is applied and less than the number of entries per page are returned or continue searching the entire consolidated log until the number of entries per page is returned.
  • Previously when testing an Event Log Action, the Event ID and Category were both ignored. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when watching log entries in real-time and grouping entries by a column, the viewer regularly collapsed expanded groups. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.467 (Jun 29, 2022)

  • The Syslog Server now supports TLS 1.2.
  • The metadata table in Log reports now lists the number of entries in the report.
  • The Log Monitor Rule configuration view has been updated to use a modeless data grid to add rules. This new view better supports complex monitors with 100s of rules.
  • Previously the Text Log Consolidation execution history was incorrectly saved causing the download history to be lost. This bug has been fixed.
  • An auto-advance button has been added to the Log Viewers enabling users to either stop on the current page when a filter is applied and less than the number of entries per page are returned or continue searching the entire consolidated log until the number of entries per page is returned.
  • Previously when testing an Event Log Action, the Event ID and Category were both ignored. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when watching log entries in real-time and grouping entries by a column, the viewer regularly collapsed expanded groups. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.463 (Jun 24, 2022)

  • Previously when attempting to configure the Corner Bowl Server Manager service to run using TLS 1.2 certificate searches were limited to the distinguished subject name. The search has been updated to search in the following order: Thumbprint, serial number, distinguished subject name and finally the name.
  • Previously when configuring the SMTP email settings, the configuration view required the username field to be in an email format. This limitation has been removed. The configuration view has also been updated to display all packets to better aid users when debugging connectivity.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.462 (Jun 22, 2022)

  • Debug messages have been added to Azure AD reporting and the SNMP trap server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.461 (Jun 19, 2022)

  • The in-application help has been updated to include detailed filter documentation.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.460 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • Several UI enhancements have been made to better help users with small screens.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.459 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • Previously the open source component Server Manager was using to receive traps did not properly implement AES. The open source component has been locally branched and modified to be FIPS compliant.
  • Previously the Security Group Management Report used an older API to retrieve the SID accounts which did not always receive results. The API has been replaced with WMI calls to each server which now produces the expected results even when the software is running off domain.
  • Previously when viewing the Error Report, the Management Console would randomly crash due to a threading bug. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed minor bugs in the CPU, memory and directory size monitor templates.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.454 (Jun 13, 2022)

  • The Simple Filter Properties View now includes a list view option enabling users to sort criteria for reference.
  • The Simple Filters have been updated to support host and log criteria.
  • Previously when assigning filters and actions to a log monitor template, the actions selection control was always showing a validation error. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when modifying an Azure AD Audit Log Report to exclude a column, the report failed to properly generate the contents. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when initially applying a filter to a log viewer and viewing pages by entries per page, the filter only returned results for the first page that contained filtered entries. An Auto-Advance option has been added to the initial filter selection dialog that when selected automatically advances to the next page until the number of returned entries matches the page size.
  • When using the Corner Bowl File System format to save log entries, the Syslog, Text Log and SNMP Trap log viewers returned incorrect page detail when viewing the last page.
  • Previously the Azure Audit Log, Syslog, Text Log and SNMP Trap complex filters did not support the Flag parameter. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously the Azure Audit Log Viewer did not include the Flag column. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Event Log Consolidation Template has been updated to remove the extra information text that Microsoft writes below Security Event IDs 4668 and 4627.
  • Previously when attempting to process 100s of messages per second, the Real-Time Event Log and Syslog Viewers would often crash the application. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.450 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Previously the Service Output view always scrolled to the bottom regardless of the Time column sort order. This bug has been fixed.
  • The SNMP v3 host properties view has been updated to mask the privacy and authentication pass phrases.
  • Added SHA-1, SHA-384, SHA-512, AES-128 and AES-192 to SNMP Gets Monitor Templates and the SNMP Trap Server. The SNMP Get function previously was not applying AES settings. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Directory Size Monitor Template did not display the data grid graphs when no triggers were set. The monitor has been updated to set the threshold value even if the trigger is disabled enabling the graphs to draw a percentage based on the threshold value.
  • Previously the directory and file monitor templates always included directories not found in the status even when the ignore directory not found option was enabled. Directories not found are now removed from the results when ignore option is enabled

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.448 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Previously the Service Output view always scrolled to the bottom regardless of the Time column sort order. This bug has been fixed.
  • The SNMP v3 host properties view has been updated to mask the privacy and authentication pass phrases.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.446 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Previously SNMP v3 Traps could not be received. New User Registry options have been added to the SNMP Trap Server Properties view that enable users to define different users for v3.
  • Previously the Duplicate Files Report did not properly handle paths longer than 260 characters. Since these paths are illegal, unless otherwise re-defined in the registry, the report now skips over these sub-directories without error.
  • Previously agent-based templates that were configured to trigger idle actions would continue to trigger idle actions after the templates were disabled. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.444 (Jun 6, 2022)

  • Previously when testing SNMP Gets using V3 an error was thrown. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.443 (Jun 6, 2022)

  • The Windows Service, Process and Registry Templates have been updated to support Agent execution.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.442 (Jun 6, 2022)

  • Added Agent support for Windows Service, Process and Registry Templates.
  • The Windows Service, Process and Registry Templates have been updated to support Agent execution.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.441 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Updated Event Log Consolidation algorithm.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.438 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • The CPU Monitor Template has been updated to include both warning and critical trigger thresholds. The template has also been simplified by removing the trigger on most loaded CPU option. This template was overly complex and now simply monitors the average across all CPUs.
  • Previously when a log consolidation table row identifier column reached the maximum size of an integer and arithmetic overflow error was thrown by the log consolidation template. A new reseed function has been added to the Data Properties view.
  • Several help topics were added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.431 (May 27, 2022)

  • Previously several usernames and passwords were saved using Rijndael encryption which is not FIPS compliant. All Rijndael encryption has been removed and replaced with FIPS compliant AES encryption.
  • The Azure Log Consolidation Template has been documented in the in-application help file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.429 (May 26, 2022)

  • Previously the SSH Shell monitor did not turn off echo causing the monitor to fail in most situations. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Auto-Configurator has been documented in the in-application help file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.428 (May 24, 2022)

  • Previously the Host Summary was not updated. This bug has been fixed.
  • Server Manager 2018 monitored disk space using Windows Shares. When converting these templates to Server Manager 2022 the new template uses the WMI based disk monitor which does not allow for monitoring NAS shares. A new template called Disk Space Monitor (Windows Shares) has been added to the software.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.427 (May 22, 2022)

  • Previously the Agent-Based Event Log Consolidation and Backup were writing all previous log results to the history each time one log was completed. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.425 (May 20, 2022)

  • Added a log viewer enhancement and fixed several bugs:
  • The log viewers now include the option to type the page size in manually allowing for any page size.
  • Previously the File Consolidation and Retention Template threw an error when compressing to a zip but not compressing to a single zip. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Event Log Report Properties was not saving Sort By and Group By modifications. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.424 (May 19, 2022)

  • Previously when opening a log viewer and applying a filter, if no entries matched the filter on the first page, the software automatically advanced to the next page in an effort to show entries that match the filter criteria. When verifying the non-existence of entries for a specific date, this caused the software to runaway and scan the entire log entry table until entries were found. The software now asks the user to auto advance if no entries are found.
  • The following Help Topics were added: Text Log Consolidation, SNMP Trap Consolidation and Syslog consolidation.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.422 (May 17, 2022)

  • Previously the Logon Sessions Report did not allow users to set the sort by and group by columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when changing the column order on a Failed Logon Report, several columns did not display the values. Then when attempting to manually save to a file, the rows were not written to the output. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously when running a weekly range-based schedule with exclusion rules the execution was dropped. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when running seconds-based schedules the auto clear function was missed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when viewing the history of a monitor or report and filtering out errors, the errors still displayed when received in real-time. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.421 (May 11, 2022)

  • Previously when monitoring via the agent, the inventory was only saved once then future inventories were ignored. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.420 (May 9, 2022)

  • A new template called SSH Shell has been added to enable users to run SSH shell scripts. For more information search the in-application help file for SSH. The SSH Monitor Status view includes an interactive SSH Shell enabling users to proxy SSH commands through the Management Console.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.418 (May 6, 2022)

  • The SSL Certificate Monitor Templates, Email Monitor Templates and SNMP Monitor Templates have all been documented in the in-application help file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.416 (May 4, 2022)

  • Previously when viewing a key-based monitor’s duration history, such as Event Log Consolidation, the duration history did not break out each log file. This caused the graph to incorrectly display. The view now displays a chart for each log.
  • A new help topic for Directory Services, Directory Services Monitor and TCP Port Monitor have been added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.414 (May 4, 2022)

  • New documentation has been added for the Database Monitor Template, DNS Monitor Template, DNS Blacklist Monitor Template and Ping Monitor Template.
  • Several UI and debug logging enhancements have been made to the fore-mentioned templates.
  • A batch update template bug was recently introduced that caused synchronization between the ALL and specific selected templates to fail. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.412 (May 2, 2022)

  • SQLite support has been added to the Data Providers.
  • Previously the MSI installer flagged the SNMP agent dll as in use, when in fact it was not. Moving the SNMP start service to the end of the installation resolved the false positive.
  • Previously when calculating the size of all directories on the Windows OS logical disk, reparse points such as Documents and Settings caused the application to recursively scan the same directory. This bug has been fixed.
  • Several performance enhancements have been added to various log viewers.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.402 (Apr 30, 2022)

  • Previously temporary files were always generated in the default location. When using the file system to save log entries rather than a database, large temporary files are generated potentially running the operating system logical disk out of space. The Miscellaneous Options now includes an option to specify an alternate temporary path to use.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.400 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Added several updates to the Event Log Backup and Event Log Consolidation Templates and fixed TLS 1.2 bug.
  • Previously when compressing then backing up native Event Log Files to a UNC path, the file was first backed-up to the UNC path then compressed before finally be deleted. The behavior has changes so the file is backed up to a local temporary directory then compressed before finally being saved to the UNC path.
  • Several checks have been added to the Event Log Consolidation Template so upon receiving an unexpected WMI error the WMI connection is re-constructed then an attempt is made to download again.
  • Previously the Server Manager Server and Client were not explicitly configured to limit connections to TLS 1.2 which caused TLS connections to fail on machines with TLS 1.0 and 1.2 disabled. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.392 (Apr 13, 2022)

  • All of the Security Event Log and Directory and File reports have been updated to support multiple group by and sort by column rules.
  • Previously the Executable Status Views allowed users to close the History and Verbose Output tool windows when they should not have allowed the functionality. If closed the tool windows could not be re-opened. The state file name has been renamed and the option to close disabled.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.391 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • The Success and Failed Logon Reports have been updated to include column presence, column sort order and column group by rules for each of the optional 5 tables found in both reports.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.389 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • Previously the agent requested the next time to check for updates after completing the execution of all agent-based templates. If there was a version update within any of the templates that were received, the agent closed the connection without getting the next update time. The agent now requests the next time to check for updates before requesting the next templates to execute.
  • The Errors, Template Summary and Host Summary views, not be confused with Summary Report Views, have been updated to better display trigger messages.
  • When saving tables to file from the various viewers, the save function now honors multiple group by and sort rules.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.384 (Apr 9, 2022)

  • The HTML output now disables wrapping in all columns except when messages are displayed in multi-line table rows. The integer formatting has all been removed so Event IDs no longer have commas in them.
  • Previously the Certificate detail page was not highlighting the message preview and the selected color was using the Windows selected color rather than the selected color in the software.
  • Previously when consolidating text log files, the log repository tree was adding a new node for the same log every minute. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Preview Message setting was saved once for every log type. The setting is now saved once for each log type enabling users to hide message preview when viewing text logs and show message preview when viewing Event Logs.
  • The System Requirements have been updated to include support for SQL Server 2022 and SQL Server DBaas.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.378 (Apr 7, 2022)

  • Previously the customer time range and last x hours controls available with in the log report properties views did not display. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously the Account Management Report did not include the event log entry description in the list of columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when exporting event log reports to HTML, the level column wrapped. The nowrap flag has been added to the HTML.
  • Previously new reports were grouping by the level image when viewed in the Management Console. This bug has been fixed. The fix may cause previously selected sort and group selections to be ignored. Simply reset the values via the report properties views if cleared.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.377 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • Previously when using TLS 1.2 to encrypt the client/server connection each time a new update was installed the configuration file was overwritten causing the server to lose its binding, port and TLS configuration. The configuration file has been moved and the format changed to JSON. Please find the file in C:Program FilesCorner BowlServer Manager 2022tcpserver.json. The help file has been updated to include these updates.
  • Previously the Dashboard constantly logged each time the CPU and memory were queried. The log messages have been removed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.374 (Apr 5, 2022)

  • The Agent Server now includes an option to choose between one of 6 different options to identify connecting hosts.
  • The Syslog Server and SNMP Trap Servers now include the option to save messages using the device’s FQDN.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.373 (Apr 5, 2022)

  • The Agent Server now includes an option to choose between one of 6 different options to identify connecting hosts.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.367 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Previously the monthly schedule was running one day off and when choosing the first day of the month the last day of the month was set. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when applying a save to HTML file action that was configured to backup the previous file, the file was overwritten. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.363 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • The Windows SSL Certificate Monitor has been updated to include more detail in the notifications.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.362 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • The Windows SSL Certificate Monitor has been updated to include more detail in the notifications.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.362 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • The Windows SSL Certificate Monitor has been updated to include more detail in the notifications.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.361 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • The Windows SSL Certificate Monitor has been updated to include more detail in the notifications.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.358 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Added several UI enhancements:
  • Previously the service start and stop functions were running on the UI thread causing the UI to freeze while the service was started, stopped or restarted. The functions have been moved to a background task.
  • Several UI enhancements have been added to the Dashboard.
  • Previously the Dashboard did not reconnect when the service was restarted. The Dashboard now automatically reconnects.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.354 (Mar 27, 2022)

  • Added several UI enhancements:
  • Previously the service start and stop functions were running on the UI thread causing the UI to freeze while the service was started, stopped or restarted. The functions have been moved to a background task.
  • Several UI enhancements have been added to the Dashboard.
  • Previously the Dashboard did not reconnect when the service was restarted. The Dashboard now automatically reconnects.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.350 (Mar 25, 2022)

  • Updated internationalized libraries:
  • The Italian and German language libraries have been re-created using Google Translate API.
  • French and Spanish support are now included.
  • The Select Date and Time Picker control has been replaced with a home-grown control.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.347 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • Fixed several UI bugs:
  • Previously when configuring Service Actions, after clearing the hostname the selected service name was removed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the black theme did not provide opacity values for various controls causing the controls to display in all black. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.346 (Mar 23, 2022)

  • Previously when configuring Service Actions, after clearing the hostname the selected service name was removed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the black theme did not provide opacity values for various controls causing the controls to display in all black. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.343 (Mar 21, 2022)

  • Added SQL Server DBaas support.
  • A new tab has been added to the Dashboard that asynchronously lists detailed meta data about each table in the primary log repository.
  • Previously the idle host triggers that fired when an agent-based host did not connect within the expected only worked for Event Log Consolidation templates. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously errant monitors did not automatically clear error state once they successfully executed but instead retained the errant state until the error was either manually or automatically cleared. The behavior has been changed to the monitors automatically recover and execute either trigger or error recovery actions.
  • Two new columns have been added to the executable status views, First Triggered At and First Trigger. All non-real-time monitors now include the first time the monitor triggered while in a triggered state.
  • Previously the On Complete Actions only executed when a monitor successfully completed. The behavior has been changed so the actions now execute regardless of the outcome.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.339 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • New Success Logon, Failed Logon and Audit File System Filters and Templates have been created for Windows Operating Systems running in French, Italian, German and Spanish.
  • Previously when importing Syslog Monitor Templates from Server Manager 2018, actions unique to the Syslog Monitor Template were not imported. The same scenario existed for Text Log Consolidation and Monitoring. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously the Directory Watcher Monitor did not attach updated files when
  • The Explorer View Search function has been optimized to search the tree more efficiently.
  • The Explorer View now includes a key press search function.
  • The default Success Logon and Failed Logon Templates have been updated to include the target account name in the assigned Email Action subject.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.336 (Mar 13, 2022)

  • New Success Logon, Failed Logon and Audit File System Filters and Templates have been created for Windows Operating Systems running in French, Italian, German and Spanish.
  • Previously when importing Syslog Monitor Templates from Server Manager 2018, actions unique to the Syslog Monitor Template were not imported. The same scenario existed for Text Log Consolidation and Monitoring. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously the Directory Watcher Monitor did not attach updated files when
  • The Explorer View Search function has been optimized to search the tree more efficiently.
  • The Explorer View now includes a key press search function.
  • The default Success Logon and Failed Logon Templates have been updated to include the target account name in the assigned Email Action subject.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.333 (Mar 11, 2022)

  • Previously interval scheduled logon monitor templates did not properly display when viewed in a Summary Report grouped by template or template type. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting rows in the Summary Report the background highlight color was incorrectly displaying the Windows standard selected background color. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.331 (Mar 9, 2022)

  • I new action has been added to templates so administrators can send different alerts out based on the type of trigger. For example, if a Server Monitor detects the monitored service is down then later comes back up, only the Trigger Recover actions are fired. Using the sample example, if the server that is hosting the service goes down, then comes back up, only the Error Recover actions are fired.
  • The Success and Failed Logon Templates have been updated to use two new Email actions that include the account name in the subject.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.330 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • New action has been added to templates so administrators can send different alerts out based on the type of trigger. For example, if a Server Monitor detects the monitored service is down then later comes back up, only the Trigger Recover actions are fired. Using the sample example, if the server that is hosting the service goes down, then comes back up, only the Error Recover actions are fired.
  • The Success and Failed Logon Templates have been updated to use two new Email actions that include the account name in the subject.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.326 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • The Data Providers tree now overlays the host and host group configuration schema.
  • The default objects now include a Disk Space Monitor Template that is automatically assigned to the localhost upon initial installation.
  • Previously the Microsoft Teams Action threw an error when attempting to forward Syslog Messages when RFC 5424 parsing was disabled. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.325 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • The Data Providers tree now overlays the host and host group configuration schema.
  • The default objects now include a Disk Space Monitor Template that is automatically assigned to the localhost upon initial installation.
  • Previously the Microsoft Teams Action threw an error when attempting to forward Syslog Messages when RFC 5424 parsing was disabled. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.323 (Mar 5, 2022)

  • The verbose output views and history views have been updated to include level filters and find controls.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.231 (Mar 4, 2022)

  • A Sync with Active Tab button has been added to the Explorer View that selects a tab’s corresponding tree node in the Explorer View.
  • The Dashboard’s database summary views have been updated to only display the target database’s detail and now includes consolidated log summary information.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.224 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • The Azure AD Sign-Ins Log Viewer has been updated to include the Failure Reason. The message column has been updated to include the entire Sign-in Entry in JSON format enabling users to filter on any content.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.223 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Previously reports and templates assigned to the root Hosts group node did now display when a host that was directly assigned to the root hosts node was expanded. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when importing from server manager 2018, the process monitor template import was throwing a bug when the template included memory criteria. This bug has been fixed.
  • The last build updated the open source DNS monitor library however the latest version of that library is not working as expected. If you updated to build 220 and are using a DNS Monitor Template, please uninstall then re-install. No configurations or data will be lost during the uninstallation. The re-install must run so the older version of the library can be re-installed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.222 (Feb 28, 2022)

  • Previously reports and templates assigned to the root Hosts group node did now display when a host that was directly assigned to the root hosts node was expanded. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when importing from server manager 2018, the process monitor template import was throwing a bug when the template included memory criteria. This bug has been fixed.
  • The last build updated the open source DNS monitor library however the latest version of that library is not working as expected. If you updated to build 220 and are using a DNS Monitor Template, please uninstall then re-install. No configurations or data will be lost during the uninstallation. The re-install must run so the older version of the library can be re-installed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.220 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • The open source email library has been updated.
  • Previously the service output messages that were written when running the Log Entry Retention Policy did not include the hostname in the messages. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.213 (Feb 23, 2022)

  • A new Template and Action has been added for customers that need to backup EVTX log files to local stand-alone air-gapped machines and an attached USB drive.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.211 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • A new Send a Text Email Action has been included in the default actions.
  • Reports have been updated to support writing all content to text-based emails that have the {META_DATA} and {DATA_TABLE} tags in the message body.
  • Previously when attempting to edit a report from one of the Select Reports Drop-Downs the edit button the Report Properties View was not displayed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Select Groups Drop-Downs included an edit button. Groups cannot be edited and therefore the button has been removed.
  • The Select Directories view has been updated to better support small screens.
  • Previously if attempting to open the Host Properties View from the Data Providers root node and the selected host was not configured in the software an error was thrown. The function has been updated to automatically add the host to the software then open the property’s view.
  • Previously reports saved to text may have placed column values in the wrong column. This bug has been fixed.
  • The DNS Blacklist Monitor Templates Properties View has been updated to print out query requests for each blacklist.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.210 (Feb 20, 2022)

  • The Event Log Monitor Template has been updated to support Agent-Based execution.
  • The Login View has been updated to enable users to automatically login.
  • Previously when filtering from the Event Log Viewer, critical entries were erroneously added as warning criteria. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when consolidating Event Log entries, the database was scanned each time before the download for the latest entries then the latest entries added to memory so future calls would skip the table scan. This is how Server Manager 2018 and Log Manager 2012 functioned. Due to a programming error, the in-memory entries were not being used. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously various log viewers were using concrete views for each log type rather than a generic table view which allows for massive code reuse. The concrete views have been replaced by the generic views and the popup menu item, View Parsed Entries, has been removed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.209 (Feb 20, 2022)

  • The Event Log Monitor Template has been updated to support Agent-Based execution.
  • The Login View has been updated to enable users to automatically login.
  • Previously when filtering from the Event Log Viewer, critical entries were erroneously added as warning criteria. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when consolidating Event Log entries, the database was scanned each time before the download for the latest entries then the latest entries added to memory so future calls would skip the table scan. This is how Server Manager 2018 and Log Manager 2012 functioned. Due to a programming error, the in-memory entries were not being used. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously various log viewers were using concrete views for each log type rather than a generic table view which allows for massive code reuse. The concrete views have been replaced by the generic views and the popup menu item, View Parsed Entries, has been removed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.206 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Export and View Summary buttons have been added to the Template Properties view.
  • The Azure Audit Log filter selected entry function has been updated to include the Correlation ID.
  • Previously when running a range based daily schedule with exclusion rules the schedule was not properly distributing the schedules. This bug has been fixed.
  • A bug was recently introduced that caused the 2018 import to error when importing Disk Space Monitor templates. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.205 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Added support to include EVTX files in all Event Log Reports.
  • Previously when manually viewing a report then closing the view prior to the report completing, the report was not cancelled. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when configuring the Logon Sessions Report, the duration filter units did not properly display. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.204 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Disk Monitors and Service Monitors have been updated to retry when WMI errors.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.203 (Feb 14, 2022)

  • Previously when saving a template with no hosts assigned but at least one host group assigned a message prompted the user to save the template without any host assignments. The UI no longer prompts the user when the template is assigned to a host group.
  • A bug was just recently introduced in the Disk Space Monitor Template Properties View that caused several views to incorrectly display. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.201 (Feb 13, 2022)

  • The Active Directory User Monitor was updated to convert several properties, such as Last Logon, from long values to File Date Time values. These updates enable domain administrators to generate Stale User Reports by way of running this template with a Last Logon values of < 30 days.
  • Previously there was a bug in the Active Directory Monitor Properties View that prevented custom filters from being saved. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.191 (Feb 5, 2022)

  • Previously there was a race condition when using the Template Error Rate option that could cause templates with second schedules assigned, for example every 15 seconds, to be launched multiple times causing a memory and resource leak. This bug has been fixed.
  • The last build was disabling Templates when the current time was within schedule exclusion rules. This had a negative side effect in Summary Reports causing the monitors to show as disabled. This behavior has been changed so the state of the monitor is no longer updated. All Summary Reports should now display the proper information when run while assigned templates are in the schedule exclusion day and time ranges.
  • The default value configuration for File Integrity Monitors has been updated to exclude the last accessed time.
  • The Monitor and Report Status Views have been updated to use draggable History and Verbose Output Windows.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.187 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • The last build busted the Errors Report. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.185 (Feb 2, 2022)

  • Server Manager now includes templates definitions to consolidate and monitor WC3 logs such as IIS log files.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.183 (Feb 1, 2022)

  • The UI now updates both Host and Monitor state when using Schedule Exclusion Rules.
  • The Disk Space Monitor history detail has been updated to include the estimated date the disk will fill.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.182 (Feb 1, 2022)

  • Previously when monitoring log files for missing entries, when resetting the state some internal state was not cleared. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when a user reset a monitor’s state the service did not log which user reset the state. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when opening and closing a real-time viewer quickly a race condition existed that could cause multiple instances of the same entry to display in the viewer. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.181 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Summary: Real-time Security Event Log Monitors no longer receive formatted messages from the Windows Operating System. Effects: Real-time Security Event Log Monitors are not able to filter entries causing all real-time alerts to fail to trigger. Possible Culprits: We have verified this bug on Windows Server 2016 after Security Update KB5009546 was installed. Workaround: Real-Time Security Event Log Monitors: Re-configure all Real-Time Event Log Monitors to poll for entries. To do this modify all Real-Time Security Event Log Monitor Templates to use a fixed polling schedule such as every 15 seconds or once a minute. Logon Monitors: The Logon Monitor Template has been updated to support polling entries. Please note, Logon Monitor triggers will still execute once for each login entry that passes your filter criteria. Polling Logon Monitor trigger state is set to either OK or Error. At this time Polling Logon Monitor trigger state is overwritten by the last download status, for example, 10 entries downloaded. This update requires you to install the latest version of Corner Bowl Server Manager 2022. Discovered: While testing success and failed login attempts, the last real-time Security Event Log alert we received was on January 19th.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.179 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Critical Workaround added for Microsoft’s Real-Time Windows Security Event Log bug:
  • Summary: Real-time Security Event Log Monitors no longer receive formatted messages from the Windows Operating System. Effects: Real-time Security Event Log Monitors are not able to filter entries causing all real-time alerts to fail to trigger. Possible Culprits: We have verified this bug on Windows Server 2016 after Security Update KB5009546 was installed. Workaround: Real-Time Security Event Log Monitors: Re-configure all Real-Time Event Log Monitors to poll for entries. To do this modify all Real-Time Security Event Log Monitor Templates to use a fixed polling schedule such as every 15 seconds or once a minute. Logon Monitors: The Logon Monitor Template has been updated to support polling entries. Please note, Logon Monitor triggers will still execute once for each login entry that passes your filter criteria. Polling Logon Monitor trigger state is set to either OK or Error. At this time Polling Logon Monitor trigger state is overwritten by the last download status, for example, 10 entries downloaded. This update requires you to install the latest version of Corner Bowl Server Manager 2022. Discovered: While testing success and failed login attempts, the last real-time Security Event Log alert we received was on January 19th.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.177 (Jan 28, 2022)

  • The Errors Report has been updated to include a toolbar with refresh, save and find buttons. The right-click popup menu bar commands now run the clicked commands on all selected errors.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.176 (Jan 26, 2022)

  • The File Integrity Monitor has been updated to throw an error when no files are found.
  • The File Collection and Retention Policy has been updated to require file search criteria. If no criteria is specified, the template’s configured directory throws an error during execution.
  • The test functions found in the CPU and Memory Monitor Template properties views now include top process detail.
  • Previously the Object Selection controls, such as the hosts assignments control found within the template properties view, included context menu items specific to the Explorer view. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Search Explorer control did not implement the visual style. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the target and ignore file drop-down controls found within several directory-based templates did not populate the available files. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.175 (Jan 25, 2022)

  • The HTTP/S Website Monitor Template now includes an allow auto redirect options. The request now also sets the user-agent header to CornerBowlServerManager/22.0.0.273 which allows the redirect to continue as expected.
  • The CPU and Memory Monitor Templates now include the process Id when firing alerts that include process detail.
  • The Agent-Based CPU and Memory Monitor templates now optionally push the top process detail.
  • Summary Reports grouped by Template and Template Type have been updated to optionally include CPU and Memory historical graphs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.172 (Jan 24, 2022)

  • The Agent Server now supports optionally using the IP address rather than the FQDN for managed hosts.
  • The CPU Summary Reports now optionally supports displaying a graph of the history of CPU load.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.171 (Jan 24, 2022)

  • A Command Line Interface (CLI) has been added to the installation. Current functionality is limited to enabling and disabling templates. For more information search the in-application Help for CLI. Please let us know what functions you would like to see added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.169 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • Added support to save multiple service connections and fixed a scheduling bug:
  • The Login view now includes an option to save multiple connection settings. A color theme option was also added enabling users to assign different color themes to different servers. The help file was updated to include detailed information on setting the color themes.
  • Previously when using the Daily Range Schedule, if an item was set to 12:00 AM, the executable was not executed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Multiple UI memory leaks were resolved.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.166 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • The Logon Monitor Template now enables users to assign an Event Log entry filter to limit results. For example, users can remove alerts from accounts that start with “DWM-“.
  • The CPU Monitor desktop alerts now include information about the maximum, average, trigger and CPU detail.
  • A bug was just recently introduced that caused Account Lockout reports to be empty when the drop empty reports option was set. This bug has been fixed.
  • A bug was just recently introduced that caused the CPU Monitor to trigger when configured to use the average of all CPUs, multiple CPUs were present and any CPU exceeded the maximum threshold. This bug has been fixed.
  • A bug was just recently introduced when SQL Server and MySQL were updated to support finer grained data times causing SNMP Traps to fail to save to SQL Server. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.160 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • The Windows Service and Process monitors now include any monitored resources such as, memory consumption, CPU Load, thread and handles in the recovery messages.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.154 (Jan 15, 2022)

  • The Windows Service and Process monitors now include any monitored resources such as, memory consumption, CPU Load, thread and handles in the recovery messages.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.153 (Jan 15, 2022)

  • When updating the various disk monitors to use WMI over Windows Shares, a bug was introduced into the user interface that broke the file selection view when selecting files on remote machines. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the directory watcher template was not subscribing to all the notification filters available. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when viewing template properties and multiple hosts were assigned to the template, the Select Host control automatically selected the localhost regardless if the localhost was assigned. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.152 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Fixed a TPL bug that caused a race condition in at least one template, File Integrity Monitor, to intermittently throw an object reference not found error. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously many of the template properties views auto selected the localhost. All templates other than Active Directory templates and the Database Monitor template have been updated so they no longer auto select the localhost.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.151 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • The updates recent updates to support CPU and memory agent-based templates and Docker Container support introduced several host summary UI bugs.
  • Previously the File Action Properties view was using the local Windows Save As dialog rather than the Corner Bowl Client/Server Save As dialog which is relative to the server the service is installed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.150 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • The updates recent updates to support CPU and memory agent-based templates and Docker Container support introduced several host summary UI bugs.
  • Previously the File Action Properties view was using the local Windows Save As dialog rather than the Corner Bowl Client/Server Save As dialog which is relative to the server the service is installed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.149 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Users can now monitor Docker Container CPU and memory resources. For more information, search the in-application help for Docker.
  • Previously the template history policy was not truncating the history. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when creating a Complex Time of Day Filter Criteria, the Case and RegEx buttons were not hidden and the initial time value was not initialized. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously on some locked down systems the Windows Service Monitor was not able to use the C API to retrieve the service status. The monitor has been updated to use WMI except in the case when the service must be started with command-line arguments.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.141 (Jan 10, 2022)

  • Several weeks ago a bug was introduced that caused file system based Failed Logon and Success Login reports to return all login events. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.140 (Jan 10, 2022)

  • Fixed a critical Server Manager 2018 import bug:
  • Previously when importing Server Manager 2018 configurations the non-default database names were replaced with the default names. This bug has been fixed.
  • A new Active Directory User Integrity Template has been added enabled users to get notified when specific properties of user accounts change.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.138 (Jan 6, 2022)

  • The Template Summary view now includes a Save As toolbar button enabling users to save the report to a file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.136 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • The Agent now supports executing CPU, memory and disk space monitor templates.
  • Previously when creating Grouped Attribute Value Pair filter criteria for Security Event Log Entries such as event ID 4663, values that contained a colon broke the parsing algorithm. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.134 (Jan 2, 2022)

  • Previously when monitoring syslog messages, real-time email alerts swapped the host and time columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting files using the new client/server file selection dialog, the information selected filename field always displays the previously selected file rather than the currently selected file. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Start an Executable Action Properties view has been updated to use the new Client/Server file selection dialog.
  • Added help for the Host Contact Property view.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.132 (Dec 30, 2021)

  • Previously when monitoring syslog messages, real-time email alerts swapped the host and time columns. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting files using the new client/server file selection dialog, the information selected filename field always displays the previously selected file rather than the currently selected file. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Start an Executable Action Properties view has been updated to use the new Client/Server file selection dialog.
  • Added help for the Host Contact Property view.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.131 (Dec 30, 2021)

  • All of the Security Event Log Reports now provide a filter option enabling specific entries, for instance computer names that end with $, to be filtered out of the report.
  • All of the Security Event Log Report Viewer now support saving the report to file.
  • All of the Security Event Log Reports expect Success and Failed Logons have been updated to enable users to choose the columns to display, the sort order and an optional column to group by.
  • The Active Directory/WMI Account Lockout Report has been updated to display all the domain lockouts, local lockouts and errors within the same table and can now be saved to file from the viewer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.130 (Dec 23, 2021)

  • Previously Log Entry Retention Policy Templates were automatically assigned to each host which had a Log Consolidation Template that referenced the template. The assignment has been removed and is now implied meaning you will see the Log Entry Retention Policy templates under each host however you will no longer see each host assigned when you view the Log Entry Retention Policy Templates properties.
  • Previously the Database Summary Report required each Log Entry Retention Policy Template that was assigned to also have direct hosts assignments otherwise the results were not listed in the report. The report has been updated to use the implied assignments instead.
  • The Troubleshooting and WMI Settings help topics have been updated.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.129 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • Previously on small screens the Management Console’s menu bar displayed above the top of the screen out-of-site. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously Agent-Based hosts waited a full day before pushing OS, memory and CPU information. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when importing Server Manager 2018 configurations the history data provider was imported. The legacy history is not supported so the import has been updated to ignore the history data provider. If you prefer to save the execution history (not the log data) to a data disk, make sure to re-point the history after importing Server Manager 2018.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.128 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Users can now define regular expressions to define attribute value pairs in Event Log entries which are then saved as custom columns to SQL Server, MySQL and the file system formats. Event Log Reports have been updated to support the new custom column functionality along with a new feature that enables columns to be re-ordered. Complex Event Log Filters have been updated to support the new custom column functionality.
  • Previously Event Log Filters no longer supported filtering by log name. This limitation has been rolled back.
  • Users can now manually save Event Log, Syslog and Text Log reports to a HTML, PDF, CSV and Text files when viewing the reports in the Management Console.
  • Previously when using SQL Server or MySQL to store Event Logs, each time a download ran the last entry received prior to the current download may have been duplicated in the database.
  • Previously when using MySQL to store logs, the time field did not include milliseconds. In order to get the millisecond resolution, you must delete the consolidated log then re-download the entries.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.123 (Dec 15, 2021)

  • The new CSV file consolidation, monitoring and reporting contained numerous bugs that were discovered while creating a script for the next tutorial video. These bugs have all been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.122 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Previously when evaluating Server Manager 2022 only Event Log Manager Templates were enabled. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.118 (Dec 13, 2021)

  • The Agent now compresses Event Log Entries to a zip file then uploads the file. This new format resolves timeout issues that previously occurred when uploading large Security Event Logs while at the same time compressing the data significantly reducing the data pushed on the wire.
  • Several views within the Management Console have been updated to use a new File/Folder selection dialog that accesses the file system from the server the service is running rather than using the Windows File/Folder Open and Save dialogs which access the file system from the Management Console which may or may not be on the same system as the service. The updated views are: File System Data Provider Properties and Network Speed Monitor Template Properties.
  • Previously the Network Speed Monitor Template was not triggering alerts. This bug has been fixed.
  • A new Syslog Action is now included in the default configuration called Syslog Text Message which uses the {TEXT_MESSAGE} tag to write out the detailed monitor information.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.116 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Previously when Mitigating NTLM Relay Attacks on Active Directory Certificate Services as documented in Microsoft’s KB5005413 disk monitors no longer worked. The disk monitors previously used Windows Shares and several low level Windows C APIs which do not work when KB5005413 is implemented. The disk monitors have been updated to use WMI.
  • Previously when uploading large Security Event Logs from the Agent, two different errors often occurred: a timeout error and out of memory error. The socket write function did not consider large packets and was wasteful with memory. The function has been updated and now consumes 1/3 the memory. When the packet is large enough to trigger the write timeout, which is set to 2 minutes in the configuration file, the socket is closed. Since the Security Log upload is incomplete the server dumps the data. The timeout has been updated to 5 minutes. If the agent is already installed, you will need to update the write timeout in the cbsmagt.exe.config file located at in the following directory: C:ProgramDataCorner BowlServer Manager Agent 2022

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.115 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Previously when Mitigating NTLM Relay Attacks on Active Directory Certificate Services as documented in Microsoft’s KB5005413 disk monitors no longer worked. The disk monitors previously used Windows Shares and several low level Windows C APIs which do not work when KB5005413 is implemented. The disk monitors have been updated to use WMI.
  • Previously when uploading large Security Event Logs from the Agent, two different errors often occurred: a timeout error and out of memory error. The socket write function did not consider large packets and was wasteful with memory. The function has been updated and now consumes 1/3 the memory. When the packet is large enough to trigger the write timeout, which is set to 2 minutes in the configuration file, the socket is closed. Since the Security Log upload is incomplete the server dumps the data. The timeout has been updated to 5 minutes. If the agent is already installed, you will need to update the write timeout in the cbsmagt.exe.config file located at in the following directory: C:ProgramDataCorner BowlServer Manager Agent 2022

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.113 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Users can now monitor and consolidate CSV files. The Management Console includes a function to quickly scan and define each column and data type. Once defined specific columns can be filtered and reports customized to limit content to specific columns.
  • The text log monitors have been updated to support column definition through regular expressions. Once defined specific columns can be filtered and reports customized to limit content to specific columns.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.107 (Dec 5, 2021)

  • Users can now define regular expressions to define attribute value pairs which are then saved as custom columns to SQL Server, MySQL and the file system formats. Syslog Reports have been updated to support the new custom column functionality along with a new feature that enables columns to be re-ordered. Complex Syslog Filters have been updated to support the new custom column functionality.
  • Host properties now include exclusion period configuration enabling administrators to schedule hosts for maintenance. When scheduled, assigned templates are not run during the exclusion period.
  • The Locale settings have been updated to list all available locales.
  • The localized Date and Time format functions have been updated to properly display the current locale date and time format and when required, milliseconds inserted at the appropriate position.
  • German localization is not supported.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.98 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Fixed a Critical Auto Configurator import bug:
  • Previously when importing Auto Configurators from Server Manager 2018, when the default Active Directory connection was applied recursively from a child OU, the new Constant Delivery Pipeline implementation was connecting to the root OU causing the entire tree to be scanned. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.97 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Log monitor alerts now display the entire message in the status and tooltip views.
  • Previously the default reports were disabled with a schedule set causing the disabled icons to display. The behavior has changed so now the reports are enabled but no schedule is set. This method allows for the Report icons to appear normal.
  • Previously when opening a text log file from the file menu to view, the viewer automatically scanned the entire file to get the entry count then tailed the file. When opening large log files this caused a delay in the viewer. The viewer options now include a checkbox to automatically tail the file. The default setting is disabled.
  • The service log file was not self-truncating. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.94 (Nov 22, 2021)

  • Added text email and HTML template override support:
  • The email actions now support sending text-based messages.
  • The email and file actions now support overriding the default HTML template.
  • Previously when receiving a timeout error when viewing a large consolidated log's data properties all summary views were cleared and instead displayed the error. The error now only displays in the summary view that timed-out.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.92 (Nov 20, 2021)

  • Added several user interface updates:
  • Per a user request missing features that were in the Server Manager 2018 log viewers were added to the log viewers. These new features are: Expand All, Collapse All, and better group keyboard navigation.
  • A new Printer Service report was added that only shows printed documents from real user accounts.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.89 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • Several new USB and Print filters, templates and reports were added.
  • Previously real-time Microsoft Application Logs monitors did not work. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several real-time graph bugs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.86 (Nov 15, 2021)

  • Added new Management Console startup options:
  • The Miscellaneous Settings view has been updated to include options to automatically display the following startup windows: Dashboard, Running Monitors, Running Reports, Errors, Syslog Server and SNMP Server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.84 (Nov 14, 2021)

  • Added new Management Console startup options:
  • The Miscellaneous Settings view has been updated to include options to automatically display the following startup windows: Dashboard, Running Monitors, Running Reports, Errors, Syslog Server and SNMP Server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.82 (Nov 12, 2021)

  • Previously when importing from Server Manager 2018, if multiple templates had the same property values but were assigned to different template groups and the template groups were assigned to a host group or host, the assigned templates would not be assigned to the host. This bug has been fixed.
  • Grouped items such as hosts, templates and reports are now color coded when assigned to another object type.
  • Previously the SNMP Traps node was not listed under SNMP Trap Consolidation. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Disk Space Monitor History tab has been updated so now there is only one refresh button for all the charts.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.81 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • A new template has been released that enables users to monitor Active Directory User attribute values.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.78 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Previously when viewing log entry reports within the Console that contained enough data causing tables scans to take longer than 2 minutes, a timeout error was thrown. The timeout value has been increased to 5 minutes.
  • The log viewers now contain a toolbar button to go to a specific date.
  • Several minor validation bugs were fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.76 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • When an object is disabled the tool tip now includes who disabled the object, when and if auto re-enabled is configured the time the object will be enabled.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.75 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Previously the service would continually attempt to install the agent on targeted machines even after the agent was updated to the latest version. This caused the MSI installer to run each minute generating a log file in the Windows temporary directory. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.72 (Nov 3, 2021)

  • The Dashboard has been updated to include buttons to edit the data providers.
  • Previously when importing Server Manager 2018 configurations, the SQL Server authentication type was not properly set to SQL Server when applicable. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when importing Server Manager 2018 configurations, the email username was not imported. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.71 (Nov 2, 2021)

  • Updated internal encryption algorithms:
  • The Console has been updated to save the login password using FIPS compliant AES encryption over non-FIPS compliant Rijndael encryption.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.68 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • Fixed installer reboot bug in MSI:
  • The MSI installer often erroneously thinks files are locked when in fact they are not causing the installer to prompt for a reboot. The installer has been updated to suppress the bogus message from MSI.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.64 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Added several syslog and real-time viewer performance enhancements and fixed several bugs:
  • When under heavy load, the syslog server now batch inserts syslog messages when saving to SQL Server vastly improving syslog server throughput.
  • Several internal optimizations have been made to the syslog server reducing both CPU and memory load.
  • A new batch size property has been added to the syslog server settings enabling uses to set the size of each batch to process syslog messages.
  • Previously when modifying the syslog server settings, the service would immediately shutdown. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when the syslog and real-time Event Log viewers were under heavy load the Management Console was very slow to respond. The viewers have been updated to handle the heavy load.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.58 (Oct 28, 2021)

  • Added new options to standard Event Log, Syslog and Text Log reports. The standard Event Log, Syslog and Text Log reports now include options to hide, sort and group by specific columns.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.56 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Fixed SQL Server Bug:
  • Previously on some locales, such as example German and Portuguese, Server Manager was unable to save log entries due to a date/time format issue. In German, the following error would display, "Bei der Konvertierung eines varchar-Datentyps in einen datetime-Datentyp liegt der Wert außerhalb des gültigen Bereichs." This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.55 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Previously on some locales, such as example German and Portuguese, Server Manager was unable to save log entries due to a date/time format issue. In German, the following error would display, "Bei der Konvertierung eines varchar-Datentyps in einen datetime-Datentyp liegt der Wert außerhalb des gültigen Bereichs." This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.53 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • Previously MySQL often threw various different errors such as 'The total number of locks exceeds the log table size'. The MySQL library has been updated to resolve these errors.
  • A new Database Summary Report has been added to the software which provides a summary of data saved to the Primary and Archive Data Repositories.
  • Several validate bugs were fixed in the Syslog Server and SNMP Trap Server configuration screens.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.50 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • Previously when getting the file size for Windows files with paths longer than 260 characters, a FileNotFoundException was thrown. This is a bug in the .Net Framework which Microsoft previously fixed, however, it appears they have broken the API again. A workaround provided by Microsoft has been implemented.
  • Previously when scanning a directory to calculate the size of each sub-directory from the File Explorer the viewer did not handle multiple calls to scan within the same file structure properly causing several UI bugs. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.47 (Oct 22, 2021)

  • Added an option to import Server Manager 2018 configuration backups from another host.
  • Users can now import Server Manager 2018 configuration files that were generated from an installation on another computer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.46 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • Added an option to import Server Manager 2018 configuration backups from another host. Users can now import Server Manager 2018 configuration files that were generated from an installation on another computer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.45 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Added SNMP Trap server statistics to the Dashboard view and fixed several UI bugs

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.44 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Added SNMP Trap server statistics to the Dashboard view and fixed several UI bugs.
  • The Dashboard now includes SNMP Trap Server statistics.
  • Several minor UI bugs have been resolved.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 22.0.0.43 (Oct 14, 2021)

  • Administrators can now provide management access to non-domain and
  • non-local administrator users and groups. To provide access select Tools |
  • Options | Security then specify the accounts or groups you would like to
  • provide management access too.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.205 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • Previously when attempting to manually run a Directory Size Watcher
  • Monitor from the Console, the service crashed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Depending on the method of manual execution, the real-time monitor is
  • either ignored or a message is displayed stating real-time monitors cannot
  • be manually executed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.144 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • While fixing the event logon report detail I accidentally broke the event logon summary report. this bug has been fixed.
  • The logon sessions report was missing the Client IP column. the column has been added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.143 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • Critical bug fix

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.140 (Mar 3, 2020)

  • Last October I added some debug information to the server monitor
  • functions. The update caused some error triggers to fail. This bug has
  • been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.137 (Feb 25, 2020)

  • Previously when consolidating log entries to MySQL when attempting to view
  • entries by date a syntax error was thrown. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.136 (Feb 22, 2020)

  • Fixed a critical compliance report bug

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.135 (Feb 21, 2020)

  • Fixed a critical compliance report bug
  • I previously attempted to fix a bug in the login sessions report related
  • to changes Microsoft made to entry 4624 in Server 2016 which caused Corner
  • Bowl to fail parsing the entries. Although the fix I implemented allowed
  • the reports to run I erroneously removed the Caller IP field thinking that
  • it had been removed when in fact my truncate function (which removes the
  • help content from the entries) was simply removing it since the updates
  • made my Microsoft simply added a more detailed section. I have fixed this
  • critical bug and will be sending notification emails. This is a critical
  • bug fix which everyone is advised to download and install.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.134 (Feb 19, 2020)

  • Fixed a critical thread leak bug

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.132 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Fixed a real-time event log viewer bug:
  • Previously when viewing an event log in the real-time viewer, in some
  • cases the time written was displayed incorrectly. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.131 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Fixed several bugs
  • Previously when testing SNMP gets for a hostname rather than an IP address, the first discovered IP address was used. I verified, in my case, that the IP address returned was not addressable. I have updated the code to sort the IP addresses by lowest number then try each address. In my case, this solved the issue with hostnames not being accessible.
  • Previously the Logon Sessions report included the caller IP address in the report. Microsoft has removed the value from Server 2016 and Windows 10. Moving forward this value is no longer available. I have updated the HTML alert so it no longer includes the now missing value.
  • Previously when attempting to modify an existing Message Box Action twice in a row, the Apply button did not enable itself after the first save. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.130 (Feb 4, 2020)

  • Added username option to Account Lockout alerts
  • Account locked and unlocked alerts now support including the username in the email subject fieldTo include the username in Active Directory or WMI account lockout alerts type the {USER} tag in the subject line.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.128 (Feb 3, 2020)

  • Back in November of last year a bug was reported which did not allow email
  • to be sent in rare cases when sending plain text over SSL. At the time I
  • did not realize the .Net SmtpClient did not support SMTP over SSL only SMTP
  • and SMTP with STARTTLS. I have left the change I made to the SMTP
  • authentication type, however, I have rolled back to use my own SMTP client
  • for SSL.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.127 (Feb 3, 2020)

  • Fixed a critical monitor failure rate bug and a minor UI bug
  • Previously when a template was configured to support failure rate, the execution frequency set to once a minute or higher and the failure execution rate set to more than once every minute, for example every 15 seconds, upon recover the monitor did not shutdown the failure rate execution frequency. If the template was also configured to shut down during a maintenance window, the monitor would not shutdown causing the monitor to trigger during the maintenance window.
  • Previously when configuring Event Log based templates the log selection dialog was slow to respond when communicating with wide area networked computers.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.126 (Jan 31, 2020)

  • Previously when using the Active Directory auto configuration function to automatically add and remove computers, the remove computers option was selected, a target organizational unit selected and a target host group selected, all computers not in the organizational unit were removed from the system. The function has been modified to only remove computers configured in the target host group but no longer in the target Active Directory organizational unit.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.125 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Previously when shutting down the service while a log entry retention
  • policy was executing the service failed to cancel the running policy
  • causing the service to timeout while shutting down. This same bug existed
  • when attempting to manually cancel the policy from the running monitors
  • view. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.124 (Jan 17, 2020)

  • Fixed an account lockout monitor bug:
  • Previously the Account Lockout Monitor template configuration view did not
  • save the monitor local accounts options. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.123 (Jan 17, 2020)

  • Added TLS 1.2 support to FTP and Throughput monitors

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.122 (Jan 11, 2020)

  • Fixed several file system monitoring bugs
  • Previously the Directory Cleaner, Directory Size Monitor, Directory SizeWatcher, Directory Watcher and the File Count Monitor did not properly exclude configured sub-directory exclusions. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.121 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • Fixed a localhost Microsoft Application Log discovery bug.
  • Previously when attempting to select local Microsoft Application logs to monitor on the localhost the logs were not discovered. In the background an accessed denied exception was thrown. The software now properly discovers the log files.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.120 (Dec 31, 2019)

  • Previously when consolidating event logs from a remote server that was
  • temporarily unavailable, there was no option to retry the event log
  • download until the next configured schedule. Like many of the other
  • monitors I have added the option to apply a failure schedule. Now once an
  • event log download fails, if the user has configured the failure schedule,
  • the download will retry using the failure schedule. For example, if the
  • download is configured to run every hour but upon failure every 10 minutes
  • the software will now attempt to download every 10 minutes until the event
  • logs have been successfully downloaded. Once downloaded, the original
  • schedule of one hour will be re-applied.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.119 (Dec 28, 2019)

  • Previously Active Directory Account Lockout Monitor alerts configured to
  • export to an HTML file were failing because the installed HTML template
  • file contained underscores in the name rather than dashes. This bug has
  • been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.116 (Dec 8, 2019)

  • Added SFTP private key file support
  • Previously users were unable to specify a private key file when connecting to an SSH endpoint. This limitation has been resolved.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.115 (Nov 28, 2019)

  • Added an HTTP monitor enhancement and fixed an email bug
  • The HTTP/S monitor now supports checking a page for multiple lines of
  • content.
  • Previously when sending email without STARTTLS the software was sending
  • the email via a client I wrote which in some cases was unable to agree on
  • an authentication type. I have modified the code to instead use the same
  • .Net SMTP Client that is used when authenticating with STARTTLS.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.114 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Fixed several critical summary report bugs:
  • Previously summary reports that were configured to display detailed graphs
  • for performance monitors such as CPU and Disk Monitor history were not
  • updating the date and time ranges causing the graphs to display old data.
  • This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the some of the summary report template options were not
  • properly enabling the Apply button when the date range criteria was
  • changed. Also if the user canceled out the configuration dialog any
  • changes made remained in the Console's memory rather than being discarded.
  • The bugs effected the Disk Monitor, Directory Size Monitor, CPU Monitor,
  • Memory Monitor, File Size Monitor, Performance Monitor and Ping Monitor.
  • These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.112 (Oct 25, 2019)

  • Fixed a critical directory watcher bug and several Windows SSL Certificate monitor bugs
  • Previously the directory watcher was locking sub-directories causing user
  • Renames and deletes to fail. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Windows SSL Certificate monitor did not include the issued
  • To value in the short notification message. This information has now been
  • Added.
  • Previously the Windows SSL Certificate monitor set the error state instead
  • Of the critical state when a certificate had a chain error. This bug has
  • Been fixed.
  • Previously the Windows SSL Certificate monitor's detail view did not set
  • The state icon or error message when there was a chain error. This bug has
  • Been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.110 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Per customer request I have added support to send SMS messages through
  • Twilio.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.104 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Previously if a text log monitor configuration was configured to include
  • previous entries with the alert and the number of entries to include was 0
  • the monitor would fail to process the filter. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.100 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • Previously when searching for a computer in the Object Explorer the search
  • function expanded templates which in some cases caused the software to make
  • network calls. The search function has been updated to skip expanding
  • monitors when searching for a computer. The result is a fast search for
  • computer function.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.99 (Sep 2, 2019)

  • Added several UI enhancements

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.98 (Jun 28, 2019)

  • Previously the new Directory Real-Time Size Watcher monitor was not
  • clearing the previously logged files when automatically clearing causing
  • the alerts to continue to grow in size while repeating files from previous
  • alerts in the current alert. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.97 (Jun 21, 2019)

  • Previously if a text log file was not flagged internally as Unicode but
  • the file contained Unicode content, the text log monitor was unable to
  • parse the file. A new option has been added that enables users to
  • explicitly open files as Unicode.
  • Previously when canceling a change on the Text Log Monitor entry pattern
  • recognition screen the UI failed to backout the entry pattern recognition
  • from memory. This bug has been fixed.
  • The system requirements listed in the help file have been updated to
  • include Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.93 (May 29, 2019)

  • Added new product options.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.86 (May 20, 2019)

  • Previously when monitoring a directory for created, modified, moved and
  • deleted files the trigger action threw an object reference error. This bug
  • has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.85 (May 13, 2019)

  • Updated installer to include prompt for installation directory
  • Previously users were unable to set the installation directory during the
  • initial installation.
  • The installer now provides this option.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.80 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • Previously when shutting down the service, if an Account Lockout Report
  • was running the report did not shutdown. In cases where numerous servers
  • were assigned to the report this caused the service to appear as though it
  • hung during shutdown. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when displaying consolidated logs host names that had aliases
  • assigned to them did not display the alias in the log viewer header but
  • instead displayed the actual hostname or IP. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.73 (Apr 17, 2019)

  • Previously when manually backing up the configuration if the previously
  • backed up directory is on a disk that is no longer accessible, the backup
  • function threw an 'Access to the path' error. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 18.0.0.72 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • Thanks to several customers for reporting a bug in the Windows Server 2016
  • Logon Sessions report I have fixed the report. Microsoft changed the format of Event 4624 on Server 2016. The parsing code has been updated to support Server 2016 - 2003.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 16.0.0.40 (Sep 5, 2017)

  • Fixed - Unable to compress files larger than 4GBs.
  • Fixed - The daily range schedule updates everytime the service is restarted causing some templates to be rescheduled to the next day.
  • Fixed - When backing up Windows Event Logs on some Server 2008 R2 servers, Windows creates very large temporary files on the remote server.
  • Fixed - Syslog Retention Policy fails to schedule when multiple syslog consolidation templates are assigned.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1448 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Fixed bug 16739 - When saving monitored log file entries to an output file, the LOG and FILTER tags are not replaced.
  • Added enhancement 16695 - Users can now apply and modify credentials when adding a computer.
  • Added enhancement 16711 - The Save Logs As and Email Logs dialogs now list the user selected logs.
  • Added enhancement 16913 - A new report type called Security Group Management Report has been added. Use Security Group Management Reports to view Windows Group history. The history includes, group creation,
  • modification and deletion.
  • Added enhancement 12266 - The Summary Reports now optionally display CPU and Memory utilization charts.
  • Fixed bug 17473 - Unable to use non-default SFTP port.
  • Fixed bug 17625 - Syslog action throws 'Object reference not set...' error when configured to an unreachable syslog server.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1428 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Fixed bug 16868 - Unable to install 32-bit installer on a 32-bit computer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1427 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Added enhancement 8228 - The Directory Watcher Monitor now recursively monitors all sub-directories.
  • Added enhancement 10844 - Users can now end-to-end monitor email servers. A new template is now offered allowing this software to send a test email message via SMTP then receive the message via either POP3 or IMAP. If the email server is too slow to process a timeout alert is triggered. Test messages are automatically deleted off the email server.
  • Added enhancement 12503 - The CPU, memory and ping historical charts now display an average line and the actual average value is displayed in the legend at the base of the chart.
  • Fixed bug 15292 - Database test and initialize configuration connects directly from Console rather than being proxied through the service.
  • Fixed bug 15476 - When disabling array based templates (e.g. Event Log Consolidation and Monitoring) and saving history to the file system the disabled message is not logged.
  • Fixed bug 15480 - Explore from Tray Icon loads triggered monitor but Dashboard is given focus.
  • Fixed bug 15565 - The SMART Status and Detail view throws an Index out of range error with certain devices.
  • Fixed bug 15936 - Disk monitor randomly throws Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
  • Fixed bug 15989 - Successful Logon Reports run against Server 2012 Security event logs display the information in wrong columns.
  • Fixed bug 16257 - The Success Logon Report's Filter User Accounts combo-box does not work.
  • Fixed bug 16305 - Text log monitor does not include previous or following entries when configured to do so.
  • Fixed bug 16361 - Historical charts do not support time customization.
  • Fixed bug 16367 - Importing a Server 2012 security.evtx to a Windows 7 workstation causes Logon Session Reports to error.
  • Fixed bug 16398 - The evtx import function does not lookup missing messages.
  • Fixed bug 16399 - View Report button does not always execute with updated server assignments.
  • Fixed bug 16400 - Deleting a host from the Computers Devices and Hosts tree node temporarily deletes the same host from the Log Repositories tree node.
  • Fixed bug 16401 - Log Repository hosts can be assigned an alias when the host is not licensed.
  • Fixed bug 16488 - When creating a new HTTP Monitor Template the neither the host nor the document is automatically assigned.
  • Fixed bug 16552 - When creating a new Template the currently selected host or host group is not automatically assigned.
  • Fixed bug 16629 - Unable to save disable history.
  • Fixed bug 16689 - The service crashes when a real-time remote Event Log Monitor is shutdown.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1384 (Nov 16, 2014)

  • Added enhancement 12523 - Users can now email the service log file
  • directly from the menu bar. To email the service log file select Service
  • -> Email Service Log File.
  • Added enhancement 13123 - Users can now write custom applications that
  • consume Monitor history. For more information see Application Program
  • Interface within the help file.
  • Added enhancement 12179 - Object Access Reports now include support event
  • ID 4656.
  • Added enhancement 9765 - A new filter type called
  • EventLogAccountManagementSecurityGroup has been added enabling users to
  • create Standard Event Log reports that display Security Group Management
  • events. The filter optionally enables users to limit results to limit
  • results to a specific group.
  • Fixed bug 14975 - Unable to save Event Log, Syslog and Text Log entries to
  • user defined database actions.
  • Fixed bug 15147 - Log Monitor actions not limited to frequency rules.
  • Added enhancement 9605 - A SNMP server has been added enabling users to
  • trigger SNMP traps sent from devices.
  • Fixed bug 15461 - Account Lockout Monitor throws error Negating the
  • minimum value of a twos complement number is invalid.
  • Fixed bug 15475 - When closing the tray icon the service throws a
  • connection error.
  • Fixed bug 15490 - The Object Explorer throws Not Implemented Exception
  • when pasting a host onto itself.
  • Fixed bug 15491 - The Object Explorer throws class cast exception when
  • pasting a grouped host onto a groupless host within a log repository.
  • Fixed bug 15481 - Event Log Consolidation and Monitoring does not execute
  • Clear function when no new entries have been saved.
  • Fixed bug 15557 - Disk Monitor Explorer view throws NullPointerException.
  • Fixed bug 15558 - Disk Monitor Explorer view does not open files when
  • double-clicked.
  • Fixed bug 15636 - Recovery actions fire when monitors are in a cleared
  • state.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1339 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • Previously when adding computers via the Browse Active Directory dialog, when checking an OU that contains computers, if the OU was not expanded the containing computers were not automatically checked. The dialog has been updated to automatically and recursively select all computers within the OU.
  • On-demand Logon Sessions, Account Management, Object Access and New Account Reports do not allow the user to sort the columns.
  • On-demand Logon Sessions, Account Management, Object Access and New Account Reports do not allow the user to collapse or expand all groups.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1324 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • When returning a license from an offline computer or when the network is unavailable, the returned error message is inadequate.
  • Reports and Monitors will continue to execute on demand after the license has been returned.
  • When running Failed or Success Logon Reports, the following message may appear, 'Account Logon report not configured'. The message is unclear and has therefore been changed from an informational message to a debug message.
  • Throughout the application there are several places where users can click on a link to email support or sales. If the server the software is installed does not have an email client installed, an OS level message box displays, however; the message box is in the background causing the application to appear hung.
  • The incorrect license maybe selected from maintenance renewal dialog when a license is about to expire or has already expired.
  • When attempting to set the license node count a 'not found' error may be thrown.
  • When setting the node count a service message is logged that should not be.
  • The help content within the Screencasts topic links to cornerbowl.com.
  • From within the Upgrade dialog, the upgrade message does not always update when switching a license that has registered more nodes than allowed and one that has not.
  • Account Lockout AD/WMI Report and Account Lockout Monitor Template do not retrieve fine grained group lockout policies.
  • Email alerts fired on behalf of any report that encounters a fatal error do not include the report name in email body.
  • Text Log Consolidation filters are not applied.
  • Currently open reports do not update after the configuration has been updated locally.
  • File Consolidation Monitors do not provide a service shutdown timeout, an option to kill services that exceed the timeout, nor continue when a service fails to shutdown.
  • In the rare case that the file system based history becomes corrupt, there is no way for the user to clear the history. The history should be automatically fixed or deleted.
  • Emailed directory based reports comma delimit target directories within the report header. This format is difficult to read. Instead each directory should be listed on its own.
  • When attempting to save a failed logon report choosing to ignore the time range causes an error to be thrown preventing the report to be saved.
  • When using a database to store history, the messages within the Event Log Consolidation and Monitoring Explorer view display the incorrect filtered and saved counts.
  • When updating host and group assignments within the Template Properties dialog the screen does not properly update the local object reference nor the assignment screen after being saved.
  • When viewing a Standard Event Log, Syslog or Text Log Report that applies multiple filters, the informational report headers displays the applied filter list in the order the filters were added to the report rather than by name.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1291 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Users can now register this software on multiple servers so long as the total registered node count does not exceed the number of nodes licensed.
  • Access Permissions Report options are not saved.
  • When closing a Monitor Explorer view, Report Properties view or an Auto Configurator Properties view, a duplicate unsubscribe message is displayed in the Service Output window.
  • When executing the log retention policy against a MySQL database which no entries have been downloaded, an error is thrown stating the ?table does not exist.
  • Weekly range schedule does not work when excluding specific days or times.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1067 (Feb 4, 2014)

  • Previously many customers received database timeout errors when the log repository retention policy was executed. The function has been updated to execute smaller hourly transactions minimizing the transaction log size thus allowing the function to complete in a timely fashion.
  • The on-demand File Extension Report cannot be emailed.
  • When viewing Account Lockout Reports in the Console if the report is empty is doesn't indicate there aren't any locked out computers as it does in the email.
  • The Account Lockout (AD/WMI) Reports do not hide offline or inaccessible computers when configured to do so.
  • Service is unable to shut down when Event Log Consolidation is committing a large log to the file system repository.
  • The largest files, recently accessed files and least access files reports do not consistently display the targeted directories within the header of email, text and csv output.
  • Logon Filter does not apply Interactive criteria when applied.
  • Empty Largest Files Report allows user to click on toolbar buttons with no results.
  • Account Lockout (AD/WMI) Report does not allow execution without scanning AD.
  • Account Lockout (AD/WMI) Report fails to return results for assigned servers when AD is not present.
  • Account Lockout (AD/WMI) Report properties dialog does not show the AD path the user has previously selected.
  • Refresh toolbar button does not refresh Account Lockout(AD/WMI) Reports.
  • Account Lockout Monitor does not save to SQL Server or MySQL.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1040 (Dec 6, 2013)

  • Daily Range schedule always returns to 12:00 AM
  • Event Log and Syslog CSV Reports do not include the host
  • and log names within the header also the {HOST} and {LOG} tags do not get
  • replaced within the output filename when applied.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.1038 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Server Manager now includes a new Account Lockout Report that enables users to receive daily reports that contain user account lockout information from multiple servers without requiring Account Management Auditing nor Event Log Consolidation to be configured.
  • Updates often erroneously notify the user the server must be rebooted.
  • Users are unable to save, print and email on-demand summary reports.
  • When manually executing a Digital signature Expiration monitor in verbose mode the output contains an extra line feed.
  • File Extension reports cannot be emailed.
  • Within the Object Explorer, monitor nodes in a recovery state display long message detail rather than short when moused-over.
  • Duplicate Files reports do not include the date and time when saved to CSV.
  • Monitor, Report and Auto Configurator Object Explorer nodes do not maintain the appropriate icon when disabled then manually executed.
  • Account Management reports do not include a line feed between entries when saved to text.
  • When attempting to browse an SFTP server, users are unable navigate to parent directories.
  • The Map Computer dialog does not contain SNMP and SFTP connection options.
  • The edit button found within the Select Host drop-down control opens the Map Computer dialog instead of the Host Properties dialog.
  • An object reference error is thrown when attempting to create a new template when the console is not connected to the service.
  • Monitor, Report and Auto Configurator Object Explorer nodes do not maintain the Running state icon when the user presses F5.
  • Directory Size Monitor message output does not contain triggered sub-directory names.
  • Some Summary report options do not trigger the user interface to save changes.
  • Directory Size Monitor does not immediately break from scan loops when canceled.
  • Some Event Log File Backup template options do not trigger the user interface to save changes.
  • When the console loses connection with the service, the console may throw an object reference error when attempting to explore a monitor.
  • When a running report is canceled or signaled to stop the report fires error actions.
  • Several of the disk monitor reports erroneously prompt the user to assign hosts prior to saving even though directories have already been assigned.
  • When the service is stopped the Dashboard's General tab does not update the service status to stopped.
  • The New Action dialog continues to display when the service is no longer running.
  • The Dashboard's Error Report tab displays duplicate toolbar items when the service is no longer running.
  • File and Directory Access Permissions report doesn't include the PATH in message box action.
  • Some disk monitor reports throw an error when configuring the report to monitor sub-directories and leaving the path blank.
  • When a user cancels a Duplicate Files report, an unhandled exception message is written to the service log file.
  • When the account lockout policy does not support auto unlocking the Account Lockout monitor throws a twos complement error.
  • The Select Active Directory Entry and Browse Active Directory for Computers dialogs do not load all configured Active Directory servers when one is unavailable.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.980 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • The Object Explorer now properly sorts new and renamed objects within the tree.
  • Email actions can now be configured to attach report/alert information as PDF files.
  • New objects (e.g. Template, Reports and AutoConfigurators) are now configured using inline document views rather than modal dialogs allowing users to use other functionality within the Management Console while creating this objects for the first time.
  • We have added a new Account Lockout Template which enables users to poll Active Directory for domain account lockouts and unlocks as well as servers for local account lockouts and unlocks.
  • The Log Retention Policy has been updated to execute every day enabling the software to archive and prune data in small chunks limiting the size required for transaction logs and/or temporary files.
  • We have added SSH File Transfer Protocol (Secure File Transfer Protocol- SFTP) support to select monitors in Server Manager. The monitors include: Text Log Consolidation, Text Log Monitor, Idle File Monitor, File Size Monitor and Digital Signature Expiration Monitor. These monitors can now run against most SFTP servers running on operating systems such ESXi and Ubuntu.
  • The SQL Server database creation function found within the Server Manager Properties view now creates databases with unrestricted growth.
  • AutoConfigurator on complete action tags not properly documented.
  • The day and time exclusions help topic does not contain adequate help information and screen shots.
  • Unable to use 'time' variable when triggering a process to execute.
  • The log retention policy does not remove and/or archive text logs consolidated with logical names.
  • Missing email button from on-demand largest files reports.
  • Emailed largest files reports sort items ascending by size instead of descending.
  • File size history graph origin should be 0 MBs.
  • Ignore file not found error flag ignored from Digital Signature Monitor.
  • Digital Signature Template properties dialog does not auto select target computer.
  • Missing 'Use Service Credentials' option from host properties dialog.
  • The help file contains inconsistent 'Add' help topic titles.
  • The {LOG} action variable tag is not replaced when placed within the header of an On Complete Text Log Consolidation message box action.
  • Some AD search functions do not work when off-domain.
  • Disk Space Monitor errors not saved to history.
  • Digital Signature Template properties dialog does not validate masks.
  • Syslog Consolidation and Windows SSL Certificate Expiration templates not created during initial installation.
  • Unable to import Log Manager Database Actions.
  • Log Manager import creates Syslog Monitor templates when unnecessary.
  • Batch update template dialog does not sort objects by name.
  • Log Manager import adds templates to templates groups it should not.
  • An operating system change has been recently introduced that causes WMI based poll monitors (e.g. Event Log Consolidation and Monitoring) to throw and ACCESS_DENIED error after a remote server has been rebooted. Previously the OS would throw an RPC error. The software has been updated to purge cached WMI connections whenever an ACCESS_DENIED error thrown.
  • The syslog servers (UDP and TCP) cache DNS lookups for one hour potentially causing events written to the wrong consolidated log. The software has been updated to include an option disable DNS lookups when packets are received. To disable DNS lookups, select Edit -> Server Manager Properties -> Syslog Server. Finally, un-check Enable DNS lookup.
  • Closing the Dashboard throws an Object reference error.
  • When an alias is assigned to a host, the Select Hosts drop down control displays the hostname or IP rather than alias.
  • When creating a new report, if the default name is already in use the new report replaces the previously created report.
  • Object reference error thrown when emailing a security report that was canceled.
  • When the localhost has been added to the system in lower case and an Access Permissions Report is configured against a local share rather than a disk the report fails to execute.
  • Empty on-demand access permissions reports throws InvalidArgument exception.
  • Some on-demand run reports exported in the default order instead of the order displayed in the list view.
  • Recently accessed files sort results ascending rather than descending.
  • On-demand Access Permissions Reports failed to filter by path and/or user when selected by user.
  • On-demand Access Permissions Reports failed to show the filter by path and/or user when saved to HTML, emailed as HTML, or emailed as HTML or PDF attachment.
  • When searching for users within any of the Security Event Log Report properties page and the user clicks Cancel, a Value cannot be null error is thrown.
  • Console crashes when canceling user search within any of the Security Event Log Report properties page.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.873 (Sep 3, 2013)

  • Manual viewing of sub-directory size summary report does not display sub-directories.
  • Directory Size template does not show administrator disk shares when the local IP address is selected.
  • Browse Folder dialog does not ensure the default folder is visible.
  • When creating a new 'history' database the default name listed is the same name as the 'primary' database.
  • Unable to link groups using drag and drop.
  • When converting data the current database configuration is not saved before opening the conversion dialog.
  • Covert data dialog does not update status window while running.
  • When viewing the Registry Explorer, F2 moves focus to the Object Explorer and sets the current node to edit mode.
  • Syslog server settings does not get updated with modified syslog consolidation template name.
  • New Log Repository data provider is renamed when made active.
  • Copy Template assignments does not copy to newly created target computers.
  • ODBC Monitor has the incorrect casing.
  • Unable to set the service logon as account back to SYSTEM.
  • When a Schedule is updated the Monitor detail views are not updated.
  • Some popup menu items do not display.
  • Unable to see full directory path from directory template properties.
  • Text Log Consolidation/Monitor Templates do not support expected Action Variable Tags.
  • Summary Report execution may cause Monitors to lose range schedule.
  • Within the help file, the Configure Server Manager to use MySQL/SQL Server contain formatting bugs.
  • Unable to use the {DATE} Action Variable Tag when triggering a process to execute.
  • Unable to test HTML file output actions.
  • Ping Monitor throws no such host is known error.
  • Log Repository Retention Policy not automatically assigned.
  • Syslog Consolidation Template does not auto assign Log Repository Retention Policy template
  • If a data conversion is canceled, the database roles are still switched.
  • Template {NAME} Action Variable Tag is not updated within the message box actions.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.832 (Jul 31, 2013)

  • Previously when Server Manager automatically created the SQL Server Log Repository databases, the initial size was 10 MBs. The initial size has been increased to 1 GB.
  • Users can now search the Object Explorer for all nodes that match search criteria. To search the Object Explorer, click within the Object Explorer pane then select Edit -> Find or Ctrl-F. Once the Find displays specify your search criteria then click Find All. The search results will appear in a dockable pane at the bottom of the Console.
  • Previously reports viewed in an HTML browser did not automatically update. The HTML template files associated with reports have been updated to include the auto refresh tag, .
  • The memory monitor trigger message now includes the total consumed memory, for example 8.5 GBs.
  • Previously when viewing a disk space summary report, the display consumption rate option was selected and one of the disks in the report was reporting low available disk space, the message column pushed the consumption rate graphic to the right side of the screen. The message column now has a set width.
  • Users can now search up or backwards within the Object Explorer.
  • Previously when configuring a template or a report users were unable to assign the object to the root host group. Uses can now double-click the 'Computers, Devices and Hosts node under the Host Groups drop down tree view and the object will be assigned to the root host group.
  • The Disk Space Monitor, Directory Size Monitor and File Size Monitor Templates do not support decimal thresholds, for example 1.5 GBs.
  • In some cases the installer erroneously prompts the user that a reboot will be required.
  • Currently open Log Reports are not updated when a filter/action is added or removed from the report.
  • The Web Server Publishing Properties dialog opens the output to Index.html instead of index.html. If the target destination is on a Unix based server the web page will not open because the filename case is incorrect.
  • Disk Space Monitors, Directory Size Monitors and File Size Monitors throw inconsistent trigger messages.
  • Less than 12:00 AM filter criteria does not pass log entries as expected.
  • Previously when testing an SNMP Get template from within the template properties dialog, when an invalid OID is specified, the following error message is thrown: The length of the shortest identifier is two. The error message has been updated to more accurately notify the user of the issue.
  • Unable to view some messages from malformed EVT files.
  • When monitoring log files less than frequency rules are ignored during execution exclusion periods.
  • Pressing F1 from within a message box alert throws an object reference error.
  • The startup wizard contains a race condition which often causes the connection to service to be permanently lost when the service credentials are applied.
  • When using MySQL or Oracle, consolidating text logs from a server that was added to the system in lower case: 1. The Object Explorer required the user to press F5 to see consolidated text logs. 2. When creating a Text Log Report users were unable to select the lower cased servers.
  • Unable to decipher merged text log entries from message box actions when sent through a Text Log Report. The following tags are now supported: {LOG},{FILENAME}, {FULLNAME} and {HOST}.
  • Unable to consolidate text log entries that end with \ to MySQL Log Repository.
  • The SMS CDYNE Action does not work.
  • Hourly range schedule not working as expected.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.684 (Jun 7, 2013)

  • Previously when monitoring a webserver running on a non-standard port an extra license node was consumed when no other templates were assigned to the webserver. The port has been removed from the hostname and a port field added to the template. Existing templates are converted.
  • Users can now search for objects within the Object Explorer. To search for an object by name press Ctrl-F or F3.
  • Summary Reports now union host and template assignments to allow for fine tuned results.
  • Previously when monitoring an SMTP email server running on a non-standard port an extra license node was consumed when no other templates were assigned to the email server. The port has been removed from the hostname and a port field added to the template. Existing templates are converted.
  • Previously when monitoring a SQL Server instance an extra license node was consumed when no other templates were assigned to the database server. The instance name has been removed from the hostname and an instance field added to the template. Existing templates are converted.
  • Users can now export a filter or a group of filters to a file which can then be used to import into another installation of Server Manager. To export a filter, from the Object Explorer right click the target filter group or filter then select Export. When exporting a group only the filters assigned directly to the group are exported. Filters assigned to a sub-group are not exported. To import filters, from the menu bar select File -> Import -> Filters. Imported filters appear at the root of the Filters node found within the Object Explorer.
  • When the Console refreshes the Object Explorer and a host node within the Object Explorer contains a disk or directory monitor that is expanded and that is in an ERROR state a message box displays showing the error message.
  • When selecting disks, directories or logs from within a template properties dialog the select host control contains a test button when it should not.
  • When creating a new a HTTP template the default failure rate is invalid.
  • The 'Execute Now' verbose output dialog has an 'Automatically close' check box however the state is not saved. If the user checks the option, the next time the dialog opens the previous setting should be selected.
  • When viewing a Syslog Report within the Console no data is displayed.
  • When saving a Text Log Report a bogus prompt is displayed warning the user that no hosts have been assigned.
  • When view any standard log report within the Console the Filters Manager toolbar button does not pre-load the report's filter within the Filters Manager dialog.
  • Drop empty auto configurator reports does not remain checked within the properties dialog.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.622 (May 1, 2013)

  • Users can now choose to drop Auto Configurator on complete actions when no updates are made.
  • Server Manager now includes Object Access Auditing reports enabling customers to generate file access reports that include summary, group by and complex filter options. Supports Server 2008 and 2012.
  • The SNMP GET Template now includes support for TimeTicks type values. For example, trigger a script to reboot any server who's uptime (OID .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0) exceeds 30 days.
  • A new template has been developed that enables users to code signed files. For example, many software companies code sign executables (digitally signing the file) to ensure the binaries are not tampered with and allow execution without warning prompts. Digital signatures are only valid for a period of time. Once expired, Windows may throw a warning message notifying application end-users the signature has expired or does not exist. Server Manager customers can now get notified prior to a file's digital signature expiring. To monitor code signed files, select File -> New Template. From the Select Template Type page select Digital Signature Expiration.
  • Account management report entry copy/paste incorrectly formatted.
  • The New Report form's Reports combo box does not update when the user applies a new name.
  • Actions controls found within the Access Permissions report properties page should be 400 pixels wide.
  • Host control requires user to press Enter twice before host is assigned to template.
  • Host state not updated when a template is unassigned.
  • Unable to query for available users when configuring an Event Log Security Report.
  • Unable to specify entry pattern when opening a text log file from the File -> Open menu item.
  • When viewing log entries the user is first prompted to select a filter. The second time this Select Filter dialog opens the previously selected filter is pre-selected. This was by design, however, upon review this is confusing as many users don't realize the filter is selected causing unexpected results to display in the viewer or requires the user to clear the filter manually. If the user wishes to quickly open a log viewer on a regular basis with a specific filter, they should instead create a Report or View.
  • Actions controls within Duplicate Files and Syslog Report configuration properties pages should be 400 pixels wide.
  • Actions controls within Defragment Disks, Directory Cleaner, Create Process and Synchronize Clock Template configuration properties pages should be 400 pixels wide.
  • When creating a new Event Log filter from within the Filters Manager dialog the default type should be Event Log Complex.
  • When creating a new filter within the Filter Manager dialog, if you first click Apply the filter is not applied to the current log viewer.
  • When testing host credentials the calling thread does not impersonate prior to checking Windows shares.
  • SMTP monitor does not parse non-standard port from host name.
  • When assigning a new host to a template via the select hosts control, the new host is not added to the system.
  • Unable to view File Consolidation monitor history.
  • When manually executing a monitor the routine that sets the next execution time ignores exclusion periods (e.g. execute daily excluding 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM).
  • Summary Report times-out when viewed within the Console and a File Consolidation template is included.
  • When creating a new template via the File -> New -> Template menu item and a host is selected within the Object Explorer the template is automatically assigned to the parent host group.
  • Pressing F5 does not refresh the tree node children within the a Disk Space Explorer view.
  • From the Object Explorer when viewing a File Size or Idle File monitor item, the associated right click popup menu contain log management functions such as Watch and View Top 10000 Entries.
  • 'Assign Masks to Multiple Directories' dialog throws an object reference error.
  • Unable to delete masks from the 'Assign Masks to Multiple Directories' dialog.
  • When focus is in Object Explorer\Server Manager\Computers pressing CTRL+T, CTR+H does not execute assign templates to hosts function.
  • Unable to copy and paste Registry Value Templates.
  • The Test button found within the File tab of the text log template properties pages does not display the correct tool tip.
  • Sub-Directory Summary Reports sent through email or saved to HTML contain duplicate entries.
  • SNMP Get hangs when communicating v2 to unreachable devices.
  • The DNS Blacklist properties dialog does not auto populate the hosts control when only one host assigned to template.
  • In certain instances a user may receive an 'Invalid host' error upon deleting a host.
  • The top level tree nodes within the Object Explorer include rename and delete menu items when they should not.
  • Event Log and Syslog Filters do not properly handle != Level, Priority and Facility criteria.
  • Fixed bug 8696 -Templates configured to run every day at 12:00 AM do not run.
  • Weekly scheduled monitors do not execute automatically unless first manually executed once.
  • The list control used throughout the Console does not display column headers on Server 2012 when default display theme is used.
  • When disabling a template that is assigned to a host group, the template is unassigned from the group.
  • The y-axis for the percent of CPU load graph found within the Process Resources Monitor detail view is labeled 'Percent' when it should actually be 'CPU (%)'.
  • The Directory Watcher Template Properties dialog does not properly set the detail options.
  • Test Message Box action throws object reference error.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.539 (Mar 11, 2013)

  • Added enhancement 6037 - Add a schedule column to the running monitor and
  • report views.
  • Added enhancement 6039 - Add template validation logic to verify the
  • schedule and failure rate will allow for triggers.
  • Added enhancement 6044 - Several usability enhancements have been added to
  • the HTTP/S monitor template configuration sequence.
  • Added enhancement 6100 - Users can now assign host groups and template
  • groups to other host groups and template groups by right clicking on a host
  • group or template group and selecting Assign -> Group. Previously this
  • functionality was only accessible via drag and drop.
  • Added enhancement 6110 - Users can now copy template and report assignment
  • from one computer to another. This functionality is extremely valuable
  • when moving production server applications from one server to another (e.g.
  • when upgrading production servers to new hardware). To copy the
  • assignments, from the Object Explorer right click on the source computer
  • then select Copy Assignments To.
  • Fixed bug 8586 - When sending an Auto Configurator Complete email alert
  • the {DURATION} action tag does not get replaced.
  • Fixed bug 8588 - CPU alerts show process load at an instant rather than
  • over time.
  • Fixed bug 8590 - CPU monitors reports more than 100% on
  • multi-core/processor computers.
  • Fixed bug 8596 - Syslog window stops displaying new messages after a
  • period of time.
  • Fixed bug 8597 - Log viewer filters drop down items are not sorted.
  • Fixed bug 8599 - Some actions leak temporary files.
  • Fixed bug 8601 - CPU monitor throws Invalid Query error on some computers.
  • Fixed bug 8602 - WMI based monitors do not log query statements in verbose
  • mode.
  • Fixed bug 8604 - Web Server output does not sort groups.
  • Fixed bug 8606 - Log Viewers do not always sort as expected.
  • Fixed bug 8608 - Upon downloading and saving the latest entries from
  • within an Event Log Viewer, the display is not updated with the latest
  • entries.
  • Fixed bug 8612 - The Default button in the Log Viewer Options only resets
  • the Fonts.
  • Fixed bug 8613 - Cursor remains an hourglass when backing up an Event Log.
  • Fixed bug 8614 - Create New Event Log Filter dialog should initially
  • select Event Log Complex filter type.
  • Fixed bug 8617 - When upgrading from Log Manager to Server Manager, Event
  • Log poll monitors are not imported.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.506 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • Added enhancement 6044 - Several UI changes have been made to the HTTP monitor template configuration properties pages. Users no longer have to specify the protocol type during initial creation and now when manually typing a domain name from within the template properties page then pressing enter the host is automatically added to the system and assigned to the template.
  • Fixed bug 8255 - Monitors scheduled to run at 12:00 AM do not fire when configured to use a range based schedule.
  • Fixed bug 8551 - Changing Service Logon As causes UI to hang for a period of time.
  • Fixed bug 8555 - Tools menu item missing Restore Configuration command.
  • Fixed bug 8556 - Unable to select root Active Directory node when configuring Auto Configurator.
  • Fixed bug 8557 - Ping failures trigger when local server is shutdown.
  • Fixed bug 8559 - From the Object Explorer, when copying either a template or a report that contains host group assignments, the assignments are not copied to the new object.
  • Fixed bug 8560 - The Active Directory connection settings properties page is not consistent with the Data Providers properties page.
  • Fixed bug 8561 - Success Logon Report properties page contains typos.
  • Fixed bug 8563 - Unable to execute Visual Basic scripts.
  • Fixed bug 8564 - Unable to maximize detached windows.
  • Fixed bug 8565 - The Auto Configurator properties page does not display the correct help topic.
  • Fixed bug 8566 - The text log monitor entry pattern test does not work when no pattern is defined.
  • Fixed bug 8567 - The Browse Files control loses the file sort when refreshed.
  • Fixed bug 8568 - The Registry Explorer does not display the correct help topic when F1 is pressed.
  • Fixed bug 8569 - When clicking Tools -> Registry Explorer if a host is not highlighted within the Object Explorer no error is thrown.
  • Fixed bug 8571 - Service Output Windows don't always re-display in the previously displayed location.
  • Fixed bug 8579 - Memory and CPU monitors leak memory.
  • Fixed bug 8583 - Host assign and test icons are visible from within ManageProcess and ManageService action properties pages.
  • Fixed bug 8584 - When emailing an Auto Configurator Complete report the {NAME} tag is not replaced when found within the subject.
  • Fixed bug 8585 - Some WMI based monitors trigger when remote server is shutdown.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.482 (Feb 5, 2013)

  • Added enhancement 8257 - Add CSV file loader. Users can now more easily
  • create CVS file filters. Previously users had to manually define each column. A function has been added to read and import a CSV file into a
  • filter simplifying the configuration process.
  • Added enhancement 8258 - Add File Extension Drill Down. Users can now drill down into manually executed file extension reports. To manually drill into a report, from the report double-click the extension. When drilled into, a new form is loaded that contains the path, filename and size of each file. The detail can be printed or saved to file. A new HTML template has also been included enabling users to customize the HTML and PDF output.
  • Added enhancement 8471 - Add Windows Registry Explorer to the Registry
  • Value Monitor template. Users can now browse for the target registry key
  • when configuring a Registry Value Monitor template. To browse for the
  • target registry key from the template properties view click the ... found to the right of the Key text box.
  • Added enhancement 8491 - Add PDF export/save as support. Users can now
  • generate reports to PDF. To generate an Event Log Report to PDF create a new File action that saves to PDF then assign the action to the report.
  • Consolidated logs and log viewer entries can also be exported to PDF as well as emailed as PDF attachments.
  • Added enhancement 8492 - Add Windows Registry Explorer. Users can now
  • remotely view, modify, create, delete and search remote registry keys, values and data. To manage a remote computer's registry, from the Object
  • Explorer, select the target computer then right click and select Registry
  • Explorer or from the menu bar select Tools -> Registry Explorer.
  • Added enhancement 8504 - Add a list of running monitors. Users can now
  • view a list of all running monitors and reports within the Dashboard.
  • Added enhancement 8505 - Add a function to shutdown running monitors.
  • Users can now shutdown a running monitor or report via a right click menu
  • item found within the Dashboard.
  • Fixed bug 8441 - Text log repository search not implemented yet. When merging multiple consolidated text logs users can now search the log
  • repositories for specific files (e.g. *.log).
  • Fixed bug 8497 - Some license keys are incorrectly handled.
  • Fixed bug 8500 - Incorrect Server Manager icon published to user's web
  • server.
  • Fixed bug 8509 - Duplicate Files report doesn't appear under the target
  • computers as an assigned object.
  • Fixed bug 8510 - Failed Logon and Event Log reports don't require a host
  • be assigned to save.
  • Fixed bug 8511 - Several report views do not consistently expose the
  • Options, Print and Save functions through toolbar buttons.
  • Fixed bug 8520 - Dashboard does not display database properties page.
  • Fixed bug 8521 - Unable to copy Event Log Summary within Dashboard.
  • Fixed bug 8522 - Error Report contains Properties toolbar item.
  • Fixed bug 8523 - Summary reports jump around when clicked.
  • Fixed bug 8529 - There is no way to entirely clear Directory Watcher
  • alerts. When cleared the console continues to show the monitor cleared
  • image.
  • Fixed bug 8527 - When consolidating Event Log entries the monitor details
  • page reports Event Log entries were filtered rather than saved.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.408 (Dec 28, 2012)

  • Added enhancement 8307 - Add Windows Explore toolbar button to all text
  • log viewers.
  • Added enhancement 8379 - Add registry key value monitor.
  • Added enhancement 8439 - Add Security Event Log consolidation filter to
  • exclude logon type 3 and SYSTEM logon and logoff events.
  • Fixed bug 8419 - UI is not updated when converting simple filters to
  • complex.
  • Fixed bug 8420 - Simple event log event ID filters not working correctly.
  • The bug occurs when a filter is updated. The underlaying code was not
  • updating referencing reports.
  • Fixed bug 8421 - Filter criteria focus is lost when adding multiple
  • criteria to a complex filter.
  • Fixed bug 8424 - An object reference error is thrown when exiting if you
  • have closed the service output window.
  • Fixed bug 8425 - Assignments is spelled incorrectly throughout the
  • application.
  • Fixed bug 8426 - When importing Disk Monitor which has not been configured
  • an empty group is created under the Computers tree node.
  • Fixed bug 8433 - Ping times out even when timeout limit has not been
  • reached.
  • Fixed bug 8435 - Real-Time Text Log Monitor/Consolidation throws an
  • orphaned error message and does not work correctly.
  • Fixed bug 8438 - HTTP monitor requires / character to be placed in front
  • of requested document name.
  • Fixed bug 8440 - Event log search does not allow users to search host
  • groups.
  • Fixed bug 8442 - When converting a simple event log filter to a complex
  • filter, event ID criteria is not properly converted.
  • Fixed bug 8443 - The filter copy button found within the Filters Manager
  • dialog is not enabled when the dialog is initially displayed.
  • Fixed bug 8444 - Disk space recovery email alerts do not search and
  • replace variable tags found within the email subject.
  • Fixed bug 8445 - CPU summary reports grouped by template or template type
  • do not display within the console.
  • Fixed bug 8446 - Text log consolidation template doesn't require a file to
  • be assigned prior to saving.
  • Fixed bug 8452 - Disk space monitor connection recovery alert does not
  • properly handle item based email subject.
  • Fixed bug 8481 - Unable to test text log monitor entry pattern.
  • Fixed bug 8482 - Host selection, assignment and test control is not
  • consistent throughout the application.
  • Updated EULA formatting.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.347 (Dec 28, 2012)

  • Added Enhancement 8263 - Add help topic to document how to include the
  • user name to an Account Lockout email subject.
  • Added Enhancement 8318 - Add floating stand-alone syslog viewer. We have
  • added a Tools -> Detach Window menu item. You can now detach any window
  • from the main console. When a previously detached window is reopened the
  • previous position is loaded. To re-attach a window simply click the close
  • button from the detached window.
  • Added Enhancement 8330 - Missing How to Migrate Help Topic.
  • Added Enhancement 8331 - SNMP Get alerting should be optional.
  • Added Enhancement 8349 - Add UI controls to show the current disk space
  • when configuring a Disk Space template.
  • Added Enhancement 8359 - Add Properties menu item from monitor item
  • treenode. From the Object Explorer expand a computer that has an event log
  • template assigned. Expand the event log monitor then right click on an
  • event log. There should be an option to view the log properties.
  • Added Enhancement 8368 - Add ability to re-load (or load new) pre-defined
  • templates.
  • Resolved Bug 8296 - When testing some templates the console does not
  • prompt the user to assign the template to the host.
  • Resolved Bug 8360 - Oracle configuration crashes console. The installer
  • installs the 64 bit AMD .Net dll which causes the console to crash when
  • loaded. The file must not be installed or must be 0 bytes in length.
  • Resolved Bug 8361 - Does Not Support MySQL 5.5. If attempting to connect
  • to a MySQL 5.5 server an "Object Reference not set to an instance of an
  • object" is thrown. The mysql.data.dll must be updated to the latest version
  • available.
  • Resolved Bug 8364 - Auto Refresh Event Log List. When configuring an
  • Event Log Consolidation template if you select a computer within the
  • Available Computers combo-box and receive an access denied upon specifying
  • the correct credentials the available event log list control is not
  • auto-refreshed.
  • Resolved Bug 8365 - User not prompted to update credentials. When
  • configuring an event log template if a you select a computer from the
  • Available Computers combo-box and receive an access denied error the
  • console does not automatically prompt the user to specify logon as
  • credentials.
  • Resolved Bug 8366 - Event Log Consolidation informational message is
  • incorrect.
  • Resolved Bug 8367 - Display message box action icons are cropped.
  • Resolved Bug 8371 - Database config allows the same database name to be
  • used for both primary and archive.
  • Resolved Bug 8373 - Installation fails on Server 2012.
  • Resolved Bug 8374 - New template does not auto assign server name.
  • Resolved Bug 8375 - Missing New Template option from Host Group popup
  • menu.
  • Resolved Bug 8376 - Missing Delete Template option from host and host
  • group assigned template popup menu.
  • Resolved Bug 8377 - The UI does not display properly on Windows 7
  • computers when the font size is set to 125% or larger.
  • Resolved Bug 8378 - Missing event log level header image in event log
  • viewers.
  • Resolved Bug 8381 - Syslog Priority Level not working properly when set in
  • Actions. We have added an option to the syslog action to set the priority.
  • When set, the syslog message should always use the configured value. When
  • not set, Server Manager figures out the priority based on the action being
  • fired. For example is a disk space warning is triggered, the priority will
  • be warning. If a disk space monitor recovers, the priority will be
  • informational. Please note I have also updated the Message Box actions to
  • work in the same fashion. Finally, the default objects no longer include
  • info, warning, and error message box actions. Instead one action called
  • Display Message Box is created with the option to set the message box icon
  • off meaning the Server Manager will figure it out based on the action being
  • fired.
  • Resolved Bug 8391 - Missing save prompt when saving some changes to disk
  • space templates.
  • Resolved Bug 8395 - Domain expiration monitor is unable to parse the
  • expiration date from the whois.website.ws and whois.godaddy.com servers.
  • Resolved Bug 8396 - Unable to save event log entries with an invalid
  • level. Invalid levels are now defaulted to informational.
  • Resolved Bug 8413 - Add auto-update functions for Log Manager, Disk
  • Monitor and Internet Server Monitor.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.237 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • When installing on a Windows 8 or Server 2012 computer that does not have .NET 3.5 installed the installation fails. This bug has been fixed.
  • When a collection type monitor such as a disk space monitor triggers the email subject item tags are replaced with the first item rather than the first triggered item. This bug has been fixed.
  • When viewing a summary report if you right click on a monitor the popup menu items do not execute. This bug has been fixed.
  • When working with a customer upon seeing an error in a summary report I wanted to view the host summary or change the logon as credentials but there was no way to click on the host to display a list of available functions. Users can now click on summary report headers to display a list of available functions.
  • Upon backing up a configuration the target directory is not saved to the user preferences. The next time a user goes to backup the current configuration the save as dialog should default to the previously used directory. This bug has been fixed.
  • Per a user request we have added Expand All and Collapse All functions to the Object Explorer. To recursively expand all child nodes select View -> Expand All or press Ctrl + Shift + E. To recursively collapse all child nodes select View -> Collapse All or press Ctrl + Shift + C.
  • Monitor Hierarchy monitor nodes display the template name rather than the monitor name. This bug has been fixed.
  • In some cases the service output window does not automatically select and show the last appended entry. The Service Output control now inserts entries at the top rather than appending to the bottom.
  • When viewing a large consolidated event log within the properties dialog a timeout error is thrown after 2 minutes. These log repository statistic functions have been updated to use the configured database timeout or no timeout when viewing logs consolidated using the Server Manager file format.
  • When updating the email client connection parameters, if you click the Test button the values are not saved. This bug has been fixed.
  • Users can now receive Account Lockout email alerts with the effected account in the email subject. To include the effected account create an email action then include the {USER} tag in the subject.
  • Several new default configuration objects have been added to aid users in monitoring Account Lockouts. Please note these configuration objects are only created when Server Manager is installed for the first time. These objects include an Account Lockouts template, several Account Lockout filters and an Account Locked Out Email action. Users can now simply drag and drop the Account Lockouts template to any computer which they would like to receive Account Lockout notifications. Please note you must first add an email address to the Account Locked Out Email action.
  • If a log monitor's filter is updated the update is not applied to the referencing log monitors. The update only occurs when a different filter is applied. This bug has been fixed.
  • The wrong Start documentation shortcut icon is installed. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.204 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Previously there was no way to open an Error Report without opening the Dashboard. Users can now select View-> Error Report.
  • Users can now assign templates to template groups by simply right clicking on the template group and selecting Assign Template.
  • Users can now assign hosts to host groups by simply right clicking on the host group and selecting Assign Host.
  • Users can now right click on any consolidated log within the log repository and select Template Properties or Explore. Buttons have also been added to the consolidated log properties view.
  • Previously when a remote server was rebooted WMI based monitors failed to re-connect. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when saving a Log Repository Retention Policy template if the schedule was a seconds, minutes or hours type the template saved without prompting the user to apply a daily, weekly or monthly schedule. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when selecting multiple templates or hosts, empty groups were displayed. If the group is empty is no longer displayed.
  • Previously when selecting to view the Dashboard and Error Report at startup via the Options dialog the Server Manager Connection dialog displayed with an error. The dialog is no longer displayed.
  • The monitor detail views now display up to 10,000 records. Previously only 1000 records were displayed.
  • Previously the help file did not save the last know size and location. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.189 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Previously when scanning a large remote directory one of several recoverable errors could have caused the scan to abort. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously when monitoring the CPU load on a remote computer which was initially unavailable or access was denied, empty CPU detail was saved. Upon a successful scan the CPU detail was not updated. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when opening an EVT file from the File menu item the Select Log Type and Display Filters dialog defaulted the target date to March 12th 2012. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several orphaned hourglass cursor bugs.
  • Several updates have been made to the help file.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.165 (Oct 22, 2012)

  • A bug was introduced in the last build that caused product registration to
  • fail. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.120 (Oct 22, 2012)

  • The product name has been changed from Corner Bowl Server Manager to SpectorSoft Server Manager.
  • Several graphics throughout the application have been updated.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.105 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • Previously when viewing a CPU load summary grouped by template or templatetype within the Console the average, maximum and gauge were not populated. This bug has been fixed.
  • The File Action configuration dialog has been updated to include a Browse Target Directory button.
  • Previously there was an obfuscation but that manifested itself when displaying a report type's name. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the drop empty reports options was had no effect on the Security Event Log Reports. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously Text Log Reports did not show the target hostname next to the Hosts header attribute. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.104 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • 1 bug was introduced in the last build that caused clean installs to file. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Text Log Alert, Failed Logon, Success Logon and Logon Session HTML templates all contain minor updates.
  • The Clear Alert menu item has been added to Host Group tree nodes whichcontain triggered hosts.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.103 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • Fixed several Summary Report bugs specific to CPU, File Size and File Count monitors.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.102 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • Previously when using the disk explorer found within some of the disk monitor explorer pages the localhost contents were displayed rather than the actual server's contents. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.101 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • The Summary Reports grouped by template or template type have been updated to include CPU detail.
  • Fixed several Security Event Log HTML output bugs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.100 (Sep 18, 2012)

  • Previously when importing Log Manager Security Event Log Reports the output was not properly set. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.99 (Sep 17, 2012)

  • When viewing CSV files, users can now define the column headers to display. To define the column headers create a CSV filter then apply the filter to the viewer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.98 (Sep 15, 2012)

  • Previously when viewing a disk summary report the disk utilization graphic did not display the critical threshold. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Failed Logon and Success Logon report data tables found when manually executed were not displayed in the correct position. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Users that imported their Disk Monitor configurations may not be receiving custom email alert subjects with the customized variables values. This bug has been fixed for Disk Space Monitors only. Others to follow soon.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.97 (Sep 15, 2012)

  • Previously when consolidating text logs to the Corner Bowl binary format an error was thrown. Although the content was saved it was inaccessible. This bug only appeared when the server name was in lower case. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.96 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Previously when importing Log Manager configurations the reports schedules were set to a range type schedule rather than a fixed schedule. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when firing log monitor HTML emails and reports messages that contained embedded carriage return line feeds where not escaped with a . This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Text Log Monitor HTML email alerts were not parsing all of the available header tags. This bug has been fixed.
  • A bug was recently introduced that cause the file size monitor to error when users attempted to view the graphical history. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.95 (Sep 14, 2012)

  • Previously server's dialog and controls inadvertently left the wait cursor. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.94 (Sep 13, 2012)

  • Previously text log HTML email alerts failed due to the HTML template missing from the installer. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when deleting a server's consolidated logs from the Log Repository only Event Log and Syslogs were deleted. Text logs were not deleted. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when creating a new filter from within one of the Log Viewers the filters dialog only validated the filter when the Apply button was clicked. If the user clicked OK the filter was saved without validation. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.93 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • The consolidated log export functions have been updated to enable users to compress, encrypt and sign output files.
  • The CSV export functions found within the log entry email functions have been updated to enable users to select between ASCII and UTF-8 file formats.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.92 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Users can now email consolidated log entries to co-workers. To email previously consolidated logs, located the logs from within the Log Repositories tree node then right click and select Email Logs.
  • Previously the Console did not initialize the HTTP proxy until after a connection was made to the service. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously an error was thrown after right clicking within a Text Log Report. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.91 (Sep 8, 2012)

  • Previously when truncating the text log repository, when a table contained no more entries, the table was deleted, however the index was not cleaned up. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.90 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • Previously when consolidating text log files that contained the date or time within the filename and the logical name was not set and consolidating to the file system rather than a database out of date logs were not removed from the log repository. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Text Log Template configuration dialogs have been updated to enable users to quickly add multiple masks to multiple directories.
  • Several of the icons have been updated throughout the applications.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.89 (Sep 6, 2012)

  • Previously when configuring any of the Text Log Templates, the Assigned Files list box did not include a horizontal scrollbar. A column header has now been added to the list box enabling users to scroll to see the full filename.
  • Previously when configuring any of the Text Log Templates, users were not able to add directory masks that did not contain any files. Users can now assign empty directories.
  • Previously when installing to a new computer, an Event Log Consolidation template should have been created. I bug recently introduced caused this template to no longer be created. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the email functions found within the Syslog and Text Log viewers had not yet been implemented. These functions have now been implemented.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.88 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • The Text Log Retention Policy monitor has been updated to properly remove
  • and archive consolidated log entries that were previously added through a *
  • mask.
  • Previously the Log Repository did not list consolidated text logs alphabetically. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when attempting to open a text log file from the File menu item
  • a Not Implemented Yet exception was thrown. This function has now been
  • implemented.
  • Several popup commands have been added to various log management related tree nodes.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.87 (Sep 4, 2012)

  • Previously when attempting to view CPU load in real-time on a multi-processor computer a timeout error was thrown. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when viewing a monitor's detail the tab title and view header always showed the actual computer name. If an alias was applied to the computer the alias was not displayed. The alias in now displayed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.86 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Previously when importing disk monitors, defrag configurations and SMART monitors from Disk Monitor, the option to scan all disks was set when instead the share name should have been explicitly added. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously if a user made changes to the Web Server settings found within the Server Manager Properties pages then neglected to save the changes prior to clicking the Publish button the updates were not applied nor automatically saved. Any updates are now saved prior to publishing.
  • Previously the Web Server Output function did not set the icon correctly when a template was disabled. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Disk Monitor import function set the report schedules to a range type instead of a fixed type. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.84 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Previously when viewing or executing entry frequency reports (e.g.
  • displaying a count of error messages per day) when multiple logs were
  • included the reports failed to execute. These bugs have been fixed.
  • When executing text log reports users can now group entries by host or log
  • file.
  • Previously the installer did not install several Text Log Report HTML
  • template files. The files have been added into the installer.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.83 (Aug 31, 2012)

  • Previously the Log Repository Retention Policy function did not execute against assigned Text Log Consolidation monitors. This bug has been fixed. Verbose output has also been added to the Log Repository Retention Policy function.
  • Previously the Consolidated Text Log Properties view threw and error. This bug has been fixed.
  • Context sensitive help has been added to the report configuration and document views.
  • The report sections of the help document have been significantly updated.
  • Previously when modifying a current log repository configuration the Object Explorer did not update the corresponding tree node but instead created a new tree node. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.82 (Aug 30, 2012)

  • Fixed several text log monitor GUI bugs
  • Previously when monitoring a large number of directories within a text log
  • monitor the user interface often appeared to hang but in reality was simply
  • delayed. Several issues caused this behavior. These delays should now be
  • minimized.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.80 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Previously when the service was signaled to stop, if a non-delimited text
  • log monitor was reading lines the server failed to stop until after the
  • entire file was read. The monitor is not interrupted and canceled.
  • The text log monitor mask item tree nodes found within the Object Explorer
  • now include a File Properties option. When selected the Windows File
  • Properties dialog is asynchronously displayed.
  • The warning message displayed when deleting a host group from within the
  • Object Explorer has been updated.
  • Users can now assign multiple templates to a single group. To assign
  • multiple templates to a single host or template group select Edit -> Batch
  • -> Assign Templates to Group.
  • Previously when deleting consolidated logs from within the Object Explorer
  • the service did not print out any messages. The function has been updated
  • to log an informational message.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.79 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • Previously the Event Log Consolidation, Event Log Backup and Text Log Consolidation configuration dialogs did not properly enable users to fine tune each selected log. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.78 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • Previously the on-demand Security Event Log Reports did not properly list the target computers in the header. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several wait cursor bugs.
  • The report help contents have been updated to include the Action Variable
  • Tag reference.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.77 (Aug 28, 2012)

  • Previously the Email and File actions used a browse dialog to select overridden HTML templates. Since the application is Client/Server the dialogs should have used the same mechanism to add, assign and remove HTML templates as the Server Manager Properties dialog uses. The Email and File dialogs have been updated to enable users to remotely add, remove and assign templates. If you previously overrode any HTML templates from with the Email or File action dialogs you must re-configure those actions by adding your templates to the system then assigning them within the action configuration dialogs.
  • Previously when attempting to copy and paste reports from within the Object Explorer many of the reports failed to copy. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Previously many of the text based report actions such as text email and message box alerts did not implement the tags. All of the reports now properly support these tags.
  • Numerous additions have been made to the help file.
  • Previously when attempting to copy and paste range type schedules, actions, filters and most log monitor templates from within the Object Explorer the copy failed. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.76 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • The Internet Server Monitor import function has been updated to import
  • hierarchy rules.
  • The legacy schedule import function has been updated to create hourly
  • range instead of hourly fixed schedules.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.75 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Fixed serveral popup menu item options.
  • The temporary files monitor detail view was not properly displaying. This
  • bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.74 (Aug 22, 2012)

  • Added monitor hierarchy support enabling users to suppress child monitor
  • trigger and recovery actions when a parent monitor triggers and/or
  • recovers.
  • Previously when saving logs to SQL Server text log consolidation threw an
  • error. This bug has been fixed.
  • Updated the Syslog Consolidation function to add newly discovered devices
  • to a host group called "Syslog Devices".

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.73 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • Previously the Log Manager import created a new template for each text log
  • file or directory. The import has been updated to create a single template
  • which contains all of the files, directories and masks. Please note, if
  • within Log Manager you created different actions or clear alert rules for
  • idle file and/or file size monitors, when imported, the first action and
  • clear alert rules are used while the rest are dropped from the import.
  • Fixed some minor bugs related to saving web proxy server settings.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.72 Beta (Aug 21, 2012)

  • The File Consolidation Template now includes directory and filename tag
  • support for the following tags: {HOST}, {IPv4}, {IPv6}, {PATH}, {LOG} and
  • {NAME}

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.71 Beta (Aug 17, 2012)

  • Previously when importing from Log Manager, real-time Event Log monitors and Text Log monitors did not properly import. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.70 Beta (Aug 17, 2012)

  • The disk space monitor template now enables users to set different thresholds for each disk manually added to the template.
  • Fixed several text log monitor bugs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.69 Beta (Aug 10, 2012)

  • Several file size template and monitor bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.68 Beta (Aug 10, 2012)

  • Log Manager users can now import their Log Manager configurations into Server Manager.
  • The File Size monitor has been updated to model the other text log monitors. Please note the file size monitor history schema has been altered requiring previously configured file size monitors to be re-created.
  • Event Log and Syslog reports have been updated to enable host and host group assignment.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.67 Beta (Jul 17, 2012)

  • Users can now monitor text log files.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.66 Beta (Jun 30, 2012)

  • Previously the File Consolidation monitor did not shutdown processes and services when targeting remote computers. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.65 Beta (Jun 28, 2012)

  • Previously remote EVT backup failed to execute properly. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Console now displays a running tree node image when ever a monitor executes.
  • Fixed several Console bugs.
  • Previously the Logon Types found within several of the Security Logon
  • Reports was not correctly displaying due to an obfuscation bug. This bug
  • has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.64 Beta (Jun 13, 2012)

  • Previously when viewing consolidated logs if no entries passed assigned
  • filter criteria the application unexpectedly crashed. These bugs have been
  • fixed.
  • The log viewer list control has been updated to resolve several message
  • preview drawing issues.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.63 Beta (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Updated the report icons to the icons used in Log Manager and Disk Monitor.
  • When adding or modifying a database base provider, the databsae is now automatically initialized.
  • Previously when a disk monitor was in a clear state some of the data fields did not properly display within summary reports. This bug has been fixed,
  • Added Event Log and Syslog frequency reports as seen in Log Manager.
  • Fixed numerous UI bugs.
  • Previously the Auto Configurator did not properly update previously added hosts. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.60 Beta (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Server Manager now includes a File Size Monitor function.
  • The Summary reports have been updated to optionally include Directory Size consumption rate charts and statistics.
  • Server Manager can now output Event Log entry data in HEX, ASCII and Unicode format. To output the data column from a report override the HTML template and replace the {DATA} tag with either {DATA_ASCII} or {DATA_UNICODE}.
  • The Event Log consolidation log viewers now include a toolbar button to download the latest entries and apply them to the view.
  • Fixed several consolidated Event Log delete functions.
  • The previous builds were missing the Save Logs As HTML templates. This install now includes the missing files.
  • Previously the Corner Bowl Disk Monitor configuration import function did not properly import text based email actions. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the Syslog Monitor Explorer view threw an error when displaying the monitor history. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.59 Beta (May 23, 2012)

  • Server Manager now includes a Save Logs As function enabling users to export consolidated logs to CSV, HTML, TEXT, ELF or SLF formats.
  • When running a monitor or report verbosely previously when clicking on Cancel the client/server session entered a blocked state and the function was not canceled on the server side. The server now properly cancels the function and returns control to the client.
  • Previously when restarting the service the Console would potentially block for a short period of time. This bug has been fixed.
  • Changed the default host icon from disabled to OK.
  • The Summary Report Views were updated to better take focus when selected.
  • Updated the New Template dialog validation code.
  • Updated the New Host validation code.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.58 Beta (May 18, 2012)

  • In an effort to reduce remote client lag time, the client and server sockets have both been updated to disable Nagle's algorithm.
  • Made several UI updates to the Server Manager Service connection dialog and startup behavior.
  • Made several updates to the HTML templates.
  • Previously when searching for consolidated Event Logs and error may have been thrown causing the search to pre-maturely exit.
  • The default schedule associated with Domain Expiration templates has been
  • changed from every 5 minutes to once a day.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.57 Beta (May 18, 2012)

  • Previously when sending a disk summary report (summary report with a disk space monitor template assigned and grouped by template or template type) with the show consumption rate option enabled date range was not properly applied to the chart. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.56 Beta (May 18, 2012)

  • We recently exposed a bug in Microsoft's auto generated WMI client code when monitoring memory. We have removed the auto generated code and replaced it with our own working code. The Memory, Process Resources and Synchronize Clocks templates were all effected.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.54 Beta (May 18, 2012)

  • Users can now monitor the resources a process or service consumes. To monitor a process's resource load create a new Process Resources template. To restart a service or process when the load exceeds an acceptable level create then assign either a Manager Service or Manage Process action to the trigger action list.
  • Previously several charts found within the monitor detail views did not properly apply the configured date and time range. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Fixed several throughput chart bugs found within the Dashboard.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.53 Beta (May 4, 2012)

  • Previously when monitoring a remote server's CPU or memory (or other WMI based monitor) Server Manager did not properly re-connect to the remote servers upon reboot. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.52 Beta (May 4, 2012)

  • Per a user request we have added an option to display the ping history from within Summary Reports. To create a ping monitor summary report, select File -> New Report. From the Select Report Type dialog select Summary. Once the Reports dialog loads select the Templates tab then assign the Ping template. Next select the Template Options tab. From the Templates combo-box select Ping then check the Show chart option.
  • Several Security Event Log Reports as well as the Standard Event Log Report as seen within Log Manager have been added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.51 Beta (May 4, 2012)

  • Users can now create Account Lockout and Account Management reports.
  • Previously when importing from Internet Server Monitor the SSL Certificate monitor did not import. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when over-installing the tray icon did not always shutdown in a timely fashion. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.50 Beta (Apr 24, 2012)

  • Users can now create Security Event Log Success Logons reports.
  • The previous build did not contain the HTML template for the Failed Logon
  • reports. This bug has been fixed.
  • Fixed several Disk Monitor importer bugs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.49 Beta (Apr 24, 2012)

  • Users can now create Security Event Log Failed Logons reports.
  • Previously when viewing consolidated logs the viewer directly connected to
  • the data source. The viewers have been updated to proxy the data through
  • the Server Manager service potentially enabling remote access through
  • firewalls.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.48 Beta (Apr 9, 2012)

  • Syslog consolidation and monitoring has been added.
  • The Dashboard has been updated to include Event Log and Syslog
  • information.
  • A DNSBL (DNS Blacklist) monitor has been added.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.46 Beta (Mar 29, 2012)

  • Event Logs can now be watched in real-time.
  • The Object Explorer now displays all configured Event Logs under each
  • Event Log monitor.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.45 Beta (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Added Real-Time Event Log Monitor template however the real-time viewer is
  • not yet available.
  • Updated Event Log Consolidation and Monitoring template to set state when
  • an entry passes a post consolidation filter.
  • Added a Synchronize Clock template to fulfill PCI DSS v2.0 section 10.4
  • requirements.
  • Fixed several UI bugs found in the File Consolidation template
  • configuration pages.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.44 Beta (Mar 26, 2012)

  • Server Manager now includes a log repository retention policy template
  • that automatically removes and/or archives entries from the log repository
  • to the archive log repository.
  • Previously the installer failed when run on Windows Home Server 2011.
  • This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.43 Beta (Mar 21, 2012)

  • Added the Windows Event Log file import function found in Log Manager. To import backed-up Event Log files select File -> Import Event Log file.
  • Updated the drag and drop functions found in the Object Explorer to popup options when items are dropped.
  • Updated the Object Explorer to automatically open each properties page when a node is double-clicked.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.42 Beta (Mar 21, 2012)

  • The Windows Event Log properties and Top Events controls found in Log Manager have been added. To view these user interface components, from the Object Explorer locate the log in the Log Repository, right click then select Properties.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.41 Beta (Mar 20, 2012)

  • Previously when viewing an Event Log when a user clicked on the Filters Manager toolbar button a Not Implemented Exception was thrown. This function has now been implemented.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.40 Beta (Mar 20, 2012)

  • All Event Log Consolidation code for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL as well as our binary file format has been ported to Server Manager with a few additions. While Log Manager queries the database prior to each download for the previous entries Server Manager saves the date and time in memory. This format enables the server to quickly download entries with less impact on the target server. Log Manager has a once a minute download limitation, however, Server Manager can download as often as once a second. The consolidation monitor also includes less than rules (e.g. receiving notification through polling when an expected entry is not found within a defined period). Finally, unlike Log Manager, the consolidation monitor handles both less than and greater than rules across multiple downloads.
  • The Server Manager console can now load EVT and EVTX files as well as previously compressed, encrypted and signed Windows Event Log backup files.
  • Please note this componentry is still under developement. Retention policy and real-time monitoring are not yet available, however, should be available within the next few weeks.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.37 Beta (Mar 13, 2012)

  • The Event Log Backup monitor found in Log Manager has been added to Server Manager. The monitor also includes a file sign option as well as an option to delete old archived Windows Event Log files.
  • Previously when viewing an error report when refreshing if the report
  • timed-out all monitors would display. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.36 Beta (Mar 13, 2012)

  • Previously a race condition existed in the IPC server that potentially caused the server to drop the client connection. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously local directory monitors errored when executed on a Windows 7 computer that did not have an IP address assigned. This bug has been fixed.
  • The help file now contains a table of contents.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.34 Beta (Mar 1, 2012)

  • Previously when the console disconnected the service logged an error message. The service no longer logs the error message unless the connection is lost due to a network error.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.33 Beta (Mar 1, 2012)

  • Users can now log all IPC packets. From the Windows Service Control Panel
  • open the Corner Bowl Server Manager service. Stop the service then restart
  • with the following startup parameter: -debugipc

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.32 Beta (Mar 1, 2012)

  • Previously when an error report ran that included a directory size monitor
  • which the disk the directory being monitored was not found an object
  • reference not set to an object error was thrown.
  • Fixed an Error Report bug that potentially caused items in an OK state to
  • be listed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.31 Beta (Feb 29, 2012)

  • The File Consolidation template now enables users to shutdown multiple
  • services and processes prior to copying or moving files.
  • All of the directory based templates now include an option to ignore
  • directory not found errors enabling users to create a single template which
  • can then be assigned to multiple computers which contain different
  • directory structures. For example, you can now create a single template to
  • monitor a 2008 Server's ProgramData directory as well as a 2003 server's
  • Documents and Settings directory.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.30 Beta (Feb 23, 2012)

  • Users can now test the logon as credentials when mapping a computer.
  • Per customer request we have added a file consolidation template. The new
  • template supports shutting down a service or process, copying or moving
  • files, compression, encryption, signing and finally source and target
  • retention policy.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.29 Beta (Feb 18, 2012)

  • Optimized state retrieval:
  • Previously whenever the console or tray icon requested state, the service opened the state file and read the values. The service has been updated to cache all state information significantly reducing the overhead to retrieve object state. Thanks to this update the tray icon now polls the global state once every 15 seconds.
  • Previously the weekly range schedules did not properly reschedule assigned
  • objects. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.27 Beta (Feb 15, 2012)

  • Previously the File menu item had been partially updated and not completed. The menu item has now been updated properly.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.25 Beta (Feb 11, 2012)

  • Previously HTML template configuration page ignored the client/server
  • design and instead always looked at local log files. The HTML template
  • configuration page has been reworked to properly push and pull files over
  • the wire when remotely connected to the Server Manager service.
  • Previously when attempting to view any disk monitor history charts when
  • saving monitor results to SQL Server a SQL error was thrown. This bug has
  • been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.24 Beta (Feb 9, 2012)

  • The uptime control visible from some of the monitor detail views was not properly displaying. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously if the error message associated with a trigger monitor changed, the Object Explorer was not notified. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.23 Beta (Feb 8, 2012)

  • Users can now right click on a host group, host, template group or template and execute all associated monitors either asynchronously or synchronously with verbose output.
  • Previously the HTTP template configuration page was not automatically selecting the host when only one host was assigned to the template. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when opening a temporary summary report (e.g. when you right click on a host group and select View Summary Report) a new report was only opened if no other temporary reports were displayed. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously when multi-selecting monitors within a Summary Report then right clicking and selecting Execute Now an acknowledgment message displayed for every executed monitor. The acknowledgment message box no longer displays.
  • Previously neither Ctrl-A nor Ctrl-C worked properly from within Summary Reports. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.22 Beta (Feb 7, 2012)

  • Users can now update multiple hosts, templates, reports and Auto Configurators at the same time. All batch functions are now available under the Edit menu item.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.21 Beta (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Users can now import a list of disk or shares into Server Manager. While
  • adding this new function the Host Importer function has been overhauled for
  • usability.
  • Per user feedback the disabled icons have all been updated.
  • Previously when adding a new computer the incorrect icon appeared in the
  • console. This bug has been fixed.
  • The email server configuration tab page has been updated to always run
  • through the service. For usability a port text box was also added.
  • Users can now configure the TCP server settings via the Server Manager
  • Properties pages. Options include TCP port, bind address and encryption
  • settings.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.20 Beta (Feb 2, 2012)

  • Previously the installer was re-adding the desktop shortcut even if previously deleted by the user. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the installer was re-enabling the tray icon even if previously disabled. This bug has been fixed.
  • Added a configuration page to enable users to easily configure the TCP
  • Server settings such as port, bind address and encryption.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.19 Beta (Feb 1, 2012)

  • Previously when configuring the email settings the test function ran directly from the console potentially returning different results than if run by the service. The test function has been updated to run through the service thus ensuring the same account is used to fire the test email as actual alerts.
  • Fixed server bugs within the Error Report and Summary Reports. When manually viewing Summary Reports the report is now executed through the service rather than the console.
  • The Disk Monitor import function now imports File Access Reports.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.17 Beta (Jan 31, 2012)

  • Previously the Largest Files, Access Permissions, Recently Accessed Files and Least Accessed Files reports could only be executed through an assigned disk monitor. Users can now schedule these reports as well as assign multiple directories to each. Please note, the File Extension and Temporary Files reports have not yet been updated.
  • Per user feedback the action icons have all been updated.
  • The Service Output window now enables users to multi-select and select all(Ctrl-A) entries.
  • When registering a license, the service now outputs user feedback.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.16 Beta (Jan 27, 2012)

  • Previously the Server Manager Console did not include embed a manifest file enabling the application to launch with the necessary privileges. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously, by default, the tray icon was unable to connect to the local service when UAC was enabled. As a result this also caused the tray icon process to hang. These bugs have been fixed.
  • Made several changes to the consumption rate HTML templates.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.15 Beta (Jan 27, 2012)

  • Previously the Server Manager Console did not include embed a manifest file enabling the application to launch with the necessary privileges. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously, by default, the tray icon was unable to connect to the local service when UAC was enabled. As a result this also caused the tray icon process to hang. These bugs have been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.14 Beta (Jan 26, 2012)

  • Users can now generate disk space consumption rate reports. To generate a consumption rate report, first assign a disk space monitor to the target computers. Next create a Summary Report. From within the report wizard assign the disk space templates or target computers. Once added select the Template Options tab. Select the DiskSpace template then finally check the 'Include the consumption rate...' option.
  • The Disk Monitor import now imports Disk Summary Consumption Rate and Directory Summary reports.
  • Fixed obfuscation bugs contained in the disk space and directory size summary report template options.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.13 Beta (Jan 24, 2012)

  • When configuring the Auto Configurator, users can now specify a domain
  • name to append to all discovered computers.
  • The Disk Monitor import function now imports standard (non-consumption
  • rate) Disk Summary reports.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.12 Beta (Jan 23, 2012)

  • Modeled after Internet Server Monitor and Disk Monitor Server Manager now optionally automatically publishes a table of contents comprised of the host groups, hosts and monitors that includes the status and links to group and host summary reports.
  • We recently introduced a bug into the list view control which rendered the custom column popup box useless. This bug has been fixed.
  • We fixed several issues related to dirty properties pages.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.11 Beta (Jan 17, 2012)

  • Users can now set any report or template to open when the UI is opened. Please note when setting a template to auto open all monitors will open.
  • In one of the previous builds we introduced a deadlock when saving an
  • AutoConfigurator. This bug has been fixed.
  • The CPU and Memory monitor views now enable users to proxy the WMI calls
  • through the service. Once proxied remote firewalled clients are able to
  • view the charts. Previously an RPC server error would have been thrown.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.10 Beta (Jan 16, 2012)

  • Users can now monitor SNMP values from any SNMP enabled device or server.
  • Made several significant updates to our real-time line chart control which
  • enables many of the real-time views to show more information.
  • Previously due to a code obfuscation bug the software was unable to save
  • history to MySQL. This bug has been fixed.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.9 Beta (Jan 14, 2012)

  • This build includes major updates and additions to the Disk Monitor
  • configuration import. At this time reports, web server output, and data
  • import are not included. Please check future builds.
  • Users can now right click on a host group or a host and display a summary
  • report.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.8 Beta (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Disk Monitor users can now import their disk and directory monitors. Please note Reports, AutoConfigurators and history import are still under development.
  • Fixed several bugs within the Internet Server Monitor configuration import functions.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.7 Beta (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Users can now import their ISM configuration. To import your ISM configuration select Tools | Import from Internet Server Monitor.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.6 Beta (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Fixed several critical MySQL, Sql Server and summary report obfuscation bugs.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.5 Beta (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Monitor history can now be saved to MySQL.
  • Added many UI updates and bug fixes.

New in Corner Bowl Server Manager 12.0.0.2 Beta (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Added dashboard.
  • Added Oracle Support.
  • Made significant changes to all Disk Monitor detail dialogs.
  • Fixed unlimited license bug.