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ServersCheck Monitoring Software Changelog

What's new in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.10

Jun 19, 2021
  • Update: License system
  • Update: Behind the scenes development for v17

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.8 (Nov 15, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fix: For warning alerts the alert reason would not be visible
  • New: Email & Slack alerts now include the system name to enable to identify which software generated the alert

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.7 (Sep 27, 2020)

  • The ServersCheck Network Monitoring Software monitors, reports and alerts on the availability and performance of networked devices and servers.

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.6 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fix: A certificate issue would cause some Slack alerts to be blocked

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.5 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Fix: Bug that could cause alerting module to fail without automatic recovery

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.2 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Fix: Performance check on Monitoring Thread would provide incorrect results
  • Fix: minor UI issues

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.4.1 (Jul 26, 2020)

  • New feature release:
  • New: Assign monitoring and alerting modules to specific network adapters
  • New: Define default view on home page
  • New: Assign Slack, Email or SMS alerts to all defined sensors
  • New: Add custom message on elevated temperature (for EST kits)
  • Update: Redesigned Settings page
  • Update: Redesigned Add New Sensors wizard
  • Fix: URL-CONTAINS check saving would not correctly store condition

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.3.1 (Jun 23, 2020)

  • Fix: EST kit would incorrectly log data and handle thresholds when set in degrees Fahrenheit

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.3.0 (Jun 22, 2020)

  • New feature release
  • New: Support for USB EST kit with camera
  • New: Customized messages for EST kits
  • Update: Performance improvement on USB sensor communication
  • Fix: Thresholds for EST kits would only work with integer numbers and not decimal ones

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.2.0 (Jun 12, 2020)

  • New: Support for USB based EST kits
  • New: Custom messages when not performing EST screen with custom background color
  • Fix: EST kit would incorrectly compute degrees Fahrenheit

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.1.2 (Jun 7, 2020)

  • New: Audible alert (Buzzer sound) for EST kits
  • Fix: EST kit would show popup alert when data communication is lost
  • Fix: Performance tweaks
  • Fix: On some systems the web server would not start when DNS server would fail

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 16.0.0 (Apr 15, 2020)

  • New feature release:
  • New: Support for Covid-19 Kits 1 (IR Spot)
  • New: Support for Covid-19 Kits 2 (Thermal Camera)
  • Fix: When new data is received for device, group or sensor type then buttons are show in blue instead of gray

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 15.0.1 (Sep 23, 2019)

  • Maintenance release
  • Fix: In some environments each reboot would cause a new SystemID requiring a new license

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 15.0.0 (Jun 17, 2019)

  • New feature release:
  • New: Support for new sensors (CO2, TVOC, LUX)
  • New: Webserver now listens on port 80; optionally HTTPS on port 443
  • New: Reverse proxy in front of web server for increased performance and security
  • Fix: Operands would not save on some platforms for alerting
  • Fix: Missing images on graphs

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.4.0 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • New: Software can now operate in an environment not connected to the Internet
  • New: New license key system - this release requires a new license key

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.3.4 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • New: Support for upcoming second generation of thermal camera sensor
  • New: Support for upcoming power control sensor
  • Fix: SQL code could be injected by an authenticated user
  • Fix: Water leak sensor would not show up in Maps
  • Fix: Leak sensor not automatically detected when scanning sensor
  • Fix: Performance improvements

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.3.2 (Jul 6, 2018)

  • New feature release
  • Fix: SECURITY sensors would fail
  • Fix: https connections on web site checks would show 500 errors
  • Fix: SMS alerting would not work on Premium Alerts when opting for default settings
  • Fix: Water leak sensor would not show correct in dashboard

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.3.0 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • New feature release:
  • New: Thermal images are now saved and linked to temperature date in graphs
  • New: Thermal page for ENV-THIMG & Flir AX8 sensors
  • New: Support for Flir AX8 camera
  • New: Support for PWR-CUR, PWR-DC, PWR-AC, EXP-5HUB, SEC-DOOR, SEC-MOTION, SEC-SMOKE sensors
  • Fix: Graph Y-axis increased to show top text balloons in graphs
  • Fix: URL-CONTAINS check would not save when settings edited
  • Fix: Finding address for a location would not work due to JSON security limitation
  • Fix: Menu bar would not show Slack option
  • Fix: When adding a Windows service it would not be saved unless you type the service name
  • Fix: Device name was not stored when adding a new network sensor
  • Fix: PWR-FAIL sensor would not show FAIL status
  • Fix: IO Controls button could not be opened on specific pages

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.2.4 (Jan 24, 2018)

  • Maintenance release:
  • Fix: Graph Zoom Out activated by default on reports
  • Fix: SMS alerting would always send first alert
  • Fix: condition operands in alert settings would not be saved

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.2.3 (Dec 23, 2017)

  • Fix: CrossXSS vulnerability that could enable an authenticated user to inject HTML code

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.2.2 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Fix: Editing Groups would fail due to database errors.

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.2.1 (Nov 27, 2017)

  • Fix: Connection to licensing server could be blocked due to server security config
  • Fix: Database structure updates would not work for 14.2

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.2.0 (Nov 26, 2017)

  • New Feature release:
  • New: Receive alerts via Slack into your preferred channel
  • Fix: Power failure sensor would not trigger correctly
  • Fix: UX improvements
  • Fix: Performance improvements

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.1.1 (Oct 31, 2017)

  • Fix: Power Failure sensor would not be correctly monitored
  • Fix: Update device name failed
  • Fix: Send Test SMS did not show the correct label
  • Fix: Copyright sentence hovering over sensors on small screens
  • Fix: Linking sensors to a group would not work

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.1 (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Maintenace release:
  • Fix: Some sensor names were displayed incorrectly
  • Fix: Custom alert message was not sent with the alerts
  • Fix: ZoomOut on Charts

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.0 (Oct 1, 2017)

  • New: WINDOWSAGENT check (CPU, Memory, Disk Space, Services, Processes, Event Log)
  • New: LINUXAGENT (CPU, Memory, Disk Space, Processes)
  • New: UPTIME through SNMP
  • Fix: Device Save not working when adding a new sensor
  • Fix: HTTP CONTAINS: would trigger alert when content WAS found instead of NOT found

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.0 Beta 2 (Oct 1, 2017)

  • New: Group sensors by logical group
  • New: HTTP Page Download sensor for monitoring page download time
  • New: HTTP Header sensor monitoring if a specific text in the headers is present or not
  • New: URL Contains checks if a specific text can be found in the html content
  • New: Domain Expiry checks if a domain name has expired or will expire
  • New: SNMP sensor for 3rd party sensors
  • New: SSL Certificates monitors the validity of certificates
  • New: Speed Test performs an upload & download speed test of your ISP internet connection
  • New: TCP checks if for a given server or IP a TCP port is responding
  • Fix: Custom alert message was not sent with the alerts
  • Fix: Deleting sensors would fail
  • Fix: Using default email or SMS alert
  • Fix: A record for DNS checks was missing
  • Fix: Unnamed sensors would show empty in results list

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 14.0 Beta 1 (Sep 10, 2017)

  • Complete overhaul of monitoring software with focus on simplicity, usability and performance.

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 12.0.1 (Nov 8, 2014)

  • Fix: Installer would stop on some platforms with the error "unable to register the DLL/OCX ResponseTransformer"

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 12.0.0 (Nov 6, 2014)

  • New: the Monitoring Software is now freeware with community forum support. Commercial support plans are available
  • New: Voice call alerts through the ServersCheck Alerting Gateway
  • New: Support for Shock sensor probe
  • New: Support for Sound sensor probe

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 11.0.2 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Fix: Temperature check would fail due to incorrect OID stored using the new Detect Probes button
  • Fix: Humidity check would fail due to incorrect OID stored using the new Detect Probes button
  • Fix: Power check could not be defined using the new Detect Probes button
  • Fix: Flooding check could not be defined using the new Detect Probes button

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 11.0.1 (Apr 2, 2014)

  • Fix: Email alert module has been fixed to solve issue where it could be marked as SPAM by some mail systems
  • Update: Stability improvements on AWS Cloud collection module
  • Update: New error logging for monitoring_aws, s-alerts and monitoring_thread2.exe

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 11.0.0 Beta (Mar 21, 2014)

  • New: Amazon AWS CloudWatch monitoring
  • Update: Support for * for eventlog match
  • Update: Added support for Sensorhub sensors
  • Fix: Negative SLA on some devices
  • Fix: CSV download

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.3.0 (Sep 6, 2013)

  • New feature release - New license key is required
  • New: Drill, zoom and change time ranges in graphs
  • Update: Graphs are now by default generated on demand to reduce background load. Background graphs can be activated again by going to Settings > Tuning & Layout > Background Graphs
  • Fix: TCP check would return 'UNKNOWN' error when host is unreachable
  • Fix: Trend Analysis or Bandwidth Graphs couldn't be plotted if logged in locally on host

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.2.0 (Aug 27, 2013)

  • New: Groups added to Status Reports
  • New: Status Reports can be scheduled to be periodically emailed
  • New: Option to define at a report level if it has to be published via FTP or not
  • Update: Reporting menu modified with now 3 options: Graphs, Status or Timeline reports
  • Fix: HEATHMAPS wouldn't run in 10.1.6 unless specific parameter was set
  • Fix: Status Report list would not be legible on IE9
  • Discontinued: Scheduled Reports through BCA license - replaced by Status Reports broadcast
  • Discontinued: MSN alerts as MSN was stopped by Microsoft

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.6 (Aug 27, 2013)

  • Update: Software upon install now defaults in freeware mode and in this release supports up to 100 checks after registration

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.5 (May 8, 2013)

  • Fix: Network Maps would not be drawn in some cases in release 10.1.3
  • Fix: Link to down or warning checks would not work when in TOP10 view
  • Fix: When in trial period and installing freeware license keys, then the software would still state running in trial mode

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.3 (May 8, 2013)

  • Fix: Work-around for Web server when it wouldn't start due to incorrect libeay32.dll installed by other apps
  • Fix: TRAFFIC & BANDWIDTH checks wouldn't take the custom SNMP community string or port when doing an interface scan

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.2 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: When scanning network all sensorgateways would be recognized as one device
  • Update: When scanning network it first tries to detect netbios name, then snmp name and then performing a reverse DNS lookup

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.1 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Maintenance Release
  • New: Copy checks from one device to another device
  • Fix: Paging in checks would be incorrectly rendered for last page
  • Fix: Right to Left fixes on Hebrew & Arabic languages
  • Update: Application Group view has been updated for improved usability
  • Update: Device Group View has been updated for improved usability
  • Update: Compact View has been updated for improved usability
  • Update: In a device you can now directly delete individual monitors
  • Update: Sticky buttons at bottom of page in Top 10, All Monitors View, Device & Group View

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.1.0 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • New feature release
  • New license key is required
  • New: Static Status Reports for read only users that can be published via FTP
  • Fix: Graphs wouldn't show on some browser when looking at device details
  • Fix: Drag & Drop issue in TOP 10 view
  • Update: URL checks added to TOP 10 view

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.0.4 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: DEVICE VIEW & GROUP VIEW wouldn't render correctly on IE, Chrome and iPad

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 10.0.3 (Apr 9, 2013)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: DEVICESCAN could run in an endless loop
  • Update: Non monitored devices are removed from Device View and available view Unmonitored Devices page

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.1.0 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • New: Support for ServersCheck SMS Alerting service
  • Update: Navigation redesigned for better usability
  • Update: Interface adjustments for iPad
  • Update: SNMP check now detects time ticks (regardless of the OID) and converts them into seconds
  • Fix: Web server crash on sending test SMS when no modem was configured on port
  • Fix: S-Scan.exe failing due to incorrect version shipped with software

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.17 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Fix: Power failure detection from Power Sensor wouldn't trigger an alert in the monitoring software due to output in some generations of the SensorGateway
  • Fix: Compact View now available for non Admin users
  • Update: Increased resolution (in ms) for URL check types

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.16 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Update: GUI would show that license is required for trial of SNMP Trap Receiver
  • Fix: SNMP check - When dot in front of SysUptime OID was ommitted, then it would not convert it properly
  • Fix: Cross XSS vulnerability in SNMP MIB Walk (SNMP Scan) (Low Risk)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.15 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Update: changes to BTS VOICE, SMS checks
  • Update: BTS DATA removed
  • Fix: HTTPSTATUS would follow redirects
  • Fix: When the SNMP check doesn't return a value an error is thrown (previously it would ignore check unless numeric value received)
  • Fix: SNMP check - When dot in front of SysUptime OID was ommitted, then it would not convert it properly
  • Fix: Cross XSS vulnerability in SNMP MIB Walk (SNMP Scan)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.13 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Update: Monitoring load improved for appliance
  • Update: Configuration wizard shown at each new or new version first launch
  • Update: monitoring_manager updated to clear job files upon start for BTS checks

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.12 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: Monitoring Watcher would restart monitoring thread in some cases due to memory computation error
  • Fix: html for BTS messages
  • Update: monitoring_manager updated to clear job files upon start for BTS checks

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.11 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Update: BTSSMS and BTSVOICE checks updated for new modem support
  • Update: SNMP Trap Receiver updated to handle forthcoming IO Sensor Probe
  • Fix: HUMIDITY checks could not be created due to an issue on field handler in STEP4
  • Fix: NETWORKMAPS option was in some cases not shown in top menu bar

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 9.0.10 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Update: Monitoring Watcher now looks at virtual memory being used for watching monitoring processes
  • Update: Reduced CPU load of monitoring_watcher.exe
  • Update: Reduced CPU load of monitoring_manager.exe
  • Update: Alerting module improved for higher reliability on GSM modem (inbound SMS communications)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.11 (Sep 27, 2011)

  • Fix: Security vulnerability for a logged in user whereby Javascript or HTML code could be injected
  • Fix: Security vulnerability for a logged in user whereby multiple SMS messages could be sent using the test SMS functionality
  • Fix: Security vulnerability for a logged in user whereby attempts for a traversial attack could be attempted to view other files than intended log files

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.10 (Sep 22, 2011)

  • Update: BTS Data check type further improvements
  • Fix: SIP check has been rewritten from the ground up
  • Fix: CompactView layout could be corrupt due to the VMWARE-HOSTHEALTH values
  • Fix: VMWARE-HOSTHEALTH checks and other checks in threads would fail if no data stores are defined for a VMWARE Host
  • Fix: Danish characters would cause Timeline reports to fail

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.9 (Aug 19, 2011)

  • Update: New Graphs for BTS check types
  • Fix: New generation of Appliances could render graphs without any labels or legends
  • Fix: License would not be recognized on new generation of Appliances

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.8 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Update: BTSDATA for BTS Appliance with improved stability and new data reporting
  • Update: Databases hold now data on a finer granularity for a longer period of time. To force recreating databases, delete rrd files in the drive:\serverscheck_databases directory
  • Fix: VMWAREHOSTHEALTH would fail when only one VM is defined on a VWMare Host
  • Fix: URL check with NTLM did fail on content check

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.7 (Jul 14, 2011)

  • Update: WMI check's values are now stored and graphed
  • Update: URL check now works with ISA Proxy server using NTLM authentication

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.6 (Jul 11, 2011)

  • Fix: WMI check would not be executed
  • Fix: URL check requires protocol in front of proxy server - when omitted then http:// is added in front
  • Fix: Columns not aligned correctly in Groups View for non-admin users

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.5 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • Update: Automatic fixing of failing threads in monitoring_thread2.exe
  • Update: Alerting module would try to autofix when GSM modem fails
  • Update: Monitoring Watcher now monitoring alerting module too

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.4 (Jun 14, 2011)

  • Fix: Memory leak issue in runaway threads of the monitoring_thread2.exe solved
  • Fix: DOMAINEXPIRY could fail on results for some TLD's
  • Fix: HTTPSTATUS would check against incorrect target value
  • Update: Enhancements in monitoring_watcher to quicklier fatch failing components
  • Update: S-Graphs.exe component's load reduced on CPU
  • Update: Additional tweaks for reducing CPU load on Appliance

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.3 (May 26, 2011)

  • Fix: Graphing module could run in a loop without processing new data
  • Fix: NTP check settings were not applied
  • Fix: VMWare issue on 8.8.1 and 8.8.2 resolved
  • Update: TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, FLOODING, POWER sensor checks can now automatically reboot the SensorGateway on sensor failure. Default settings (admin / admin) for gateway are required

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.2 (May 19, 2011)

  • Fix: Graph data not updated in 8.8.1
  • Update: Performance tweaks for appliance (graph data logging)
  • Update: Monitoring Watcher timeout increase of checking state of alerting module

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8.1 (May 16, 2011)

  • Fix: SNMPSTRING would match against wrong condition
  • Fix: Addressed issue on some platforms for runaway monitoring_rule.exe's
  • Update: Improved monitoring_watcher and monitoring_manager for additional internal fail-over scenario's
  • Update: Performance load optimization to increase performance on Monitoring Appliance
  • Update: Delay in initial refresh of weekly & monthly graphs to increase performance at launch
  • Update: Automatic relaunch of webserver in event of failure
  • Update: Automatic reboot of SensorGateway when SNMP agent fails

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.8 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • New feature release - New license key required
  • New: SSLCERT check monitors the validity of web server SSL certificates
  • New: DOMAINEXPIRY monitors the expiry date of a domain name registration
  • New: Threads inside the monitoring_thread2.exe component are now individually monitored and are automatically restarted when failing or slowing down
  • Update: URL, URLEXISTS, HTTPSTATUS checks have been rewritten to increase performance substantially

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.11 (Apr 23, 2011)

  • Fix: Calculation issue could results monitoring threads to fail at end of month
  • Fix: TCP check could block other checks in same thread
  • Fix: VMWAREHOST-HEALTH - when defined data stores wouldn't be correctly ignored

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.10 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • Fix: bug in group view when groups contains space in name
  • Fix: improved speed on device scanning
  • Fix: external mail check in setup wizard could fail

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.9 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • Fix: Built-in Temp Sensor for SensorGateway value was not correctly read

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.8 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Fix: The Configuration Wizard would save the SMTP server setting incorrectly as built-in mail server
  • Fix: Signal Light tower was not shown in list of alert configurations
  • Update: Better error indication in Configuration Wizard for errors on testing built-in mail server

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.7 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Update: Timeout increase to 2 minutes for TEST SETTINGS
  • Fix: On some ESX servers the Monitoring Software showed incorrect DOWN due to hardware errors

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.6 (Mar 5, 2011)

  • Fix: Clicking on digits in device view could render an empty page instead of device details view
  • Update: Freeware version limited to 20 checks

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.5 (Mar 5, 2011)

  • Fix: Device deletion would not work in 8.7

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.4 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • Fix: Start Monitoring button would fail in 8.7
  • Update: Improved monitor, device and group pausing

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.3 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Fix: Deleted monitors would be still be visible until next refresh
  • Fix: Removing devices would not work in 8.7.2
  • Update: Built-in temperature sensor for SensorGateway added
  • Update: Monitoring_thread2 instances limited to 1

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.2 (Jan 28, 2011)

  • Fix: Due to Javascript bug in IE with form handling, TEST SETTINGS would not work
  • Fix: In Configuration screen SLA settings could not be accessed
  • Fix: In some cases team alerting could be overwritten with a different by following a specific sequence of editing multiple monitors
  • Update: When scanning a device duplicate MAC addresses can now be overwritten

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.1 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • New: Alerting report by device
  • Update: Alerting report update: custom time frames & CSV download
  • Update: Downtime is now considered the time between going from any state to DOWN and from going to DOWN to any state
  • Fix: Group deletion would not work in some cases in release 8 requirng a manual delete
  • Fix: s-restart.exe would not auto restart monitoring services in event of systems failure with most recent versions

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.7.0 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • New: VMWARE ESX/ESXI (version 3+) - this monitors hardware health, cpu, memory & disk
  • New: Gauges on HEALTH check types
  • Fix: Minor bug fixes in GUI

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.6.0 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • New license key required
  • New: Execute command via secure SMS (Appliance & Premium editions)
  • Update: Web server design updates optimized for Firefox & Safari
  • Update: Redesigned configuration
  • Update: When scanning a device, default snmp values can be modified
  • Fix: Several minor issues in web interface
  • Fix: Alerting module could fail with WTI PDU when automated mode is switched on
  • Fix: Camera view would not work with dynamic interface refresh

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.6 (Nov 25, 2010)

  • Fix: Bug in 8.5.5 that could cause SMS alerts to be skipped

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.5 (Nov 25, 2010)

  • Fix: Test Mail Settings wouldn't work for some ISP's

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.4 (Nov 25, 2010)

  • Fix: Due to compression issue on some installs, javascript for selecting item in report wouldn't work
  • Fix: default password was incorrectly set making remote connection not possible without resetting username and password locally first.
  • Fix: MSN alerting would not work due to changes in the MSN protocol implemented by Microsoft

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.3 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Update: Minor GUI improvements for browser compability issues (IE)
  • Update: The SMS test module has been rewritten for improved usability
  • Update: Language file updates for DE, FR, NL, IT, ES, PT, RU, AR
  • Fix: WARNING top 10 view wasn't showing timing
  • Fix: SensorGateway IP address wouldn't be shown when editing TEMPERATURE or HUMIDITY monitors

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.2 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Fix: IE8 would not render TOP 10 page correctly in 3 columns
  • Fix: In some cases IE8 would not render the most recents
  • Fix: Monitoring Thread process would be restarted automatically unnecessarily in 8.5.1
  • Fix: Network Maps wouldn't be refreshed due to browser caching - maps are now forced through cache
  • Fix: Grouping of monitors by Device Name would not be shown correctly when viewing monitors from Group View
  • Update: Minor GUI improvements

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.1 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • Fix: Clicking on stats for header would not show results for DOWN monitors
  • Fix: CSS issue when deleting a device
  • Update: Better trapping of incorrect SMTP settings or SMTP server failing
  • Update: Updated layout of top 10 page
  • Update: Top Menu bar now responds to Click command instead of hover command
  • Update: MIB files are now only loaded when required for SNMP WALK commands

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.5.0 (Sep 1, 2010)

  • New feature release
  • New: iPhone (mobile) web interface 1
  • New: TOP 10 page (default) home page
  • New: Custom widgets of 3rd party web apps
  • New: Alerts menu option
  • New: Monitor details page
  • New: BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION added
  • Update: Web interface redesign
  • Update: Significant performance increase web server

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.2.3 (Jul 14, 2010)

  • Fix: BTS, FILE checks would be skipped when substantial amount of monitors defined
  • Update: Improved internal error handling on modem operations for BTS operations
  • Update: SMS alerting engine has been redesigned from ground up resulting in a performance gain of up to 500%

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.2.2 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • New: Support for the SensorGateways as connector between network and sensors

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.2.0 (May 7, 2010)

  • New feature release - new license file required
  • New: BLACKBERRY check types to monitor BES services and TCP ports
  • Update: SERVICES check type has been rewritten to bypass Invalid Use of Null error

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.1.1 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • New: AXISSECURITY enables to generate alerts and trigger recordings from an AXIS security camera generated event
  • Update: Graphing agent no longer creates last 4 hours graphs on the fly (to improve performance)
  • Update: Graphing agent no longer creates availability & sla graphs on the fly (to improve performance)
  • Fix: BTSSMS will now throw an error when sending failed
  • Fix: BTS appliance will automatically reboot now if modem hangs for some reason to reduce false positive risks
  • Fix: Graphing error logging reduced
  • Fix: MSN alerting component works again (failed because of a switch of registration servers by MS)
  • Fix: Automatic cleanup job of Monitoring Manager could cause sub components to fail and cause delay due to differed automatic restart of those sub components

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.1.0 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • New: AMAZONCLOUDWATCH monitors key metrics from an EC2 instance
  • New: WINDOWSAGENT enables remote Windows systems monitors and retrieve metrics such as CPU, Memory, Disk Space, Process and Service info.
  • New: BTSCELLINFO can now monitor either 2G or 3G cell towers through the same modem - default is 3G
  • Fix: In IE7+ the "today's events" window could be rendered incorrectly causing a big page gap
  • Fix: Endless loop issue in BTSCELLINFO fixed
  • Fix: BTSSMS could generate an error due to incorrect data reading

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.9 (Mar 31, 2010)

  • New: BETA - BTSDATA check type to monitor performance and download speeds of 3G & GPRS networks
  • Update: NOC Command Center is out of beta
  • Fix: Installer would fail on Win 64 bit systems due to Winhttp.dll
  • Fix: Windows Sleep function could cause random failure of monitoring_thread2.exe
  • Fix: If a Windows system doesn't return CPU data, the monitoring_thread2.exe could fail with division by zero error
  • Fix: Monitoring_rule could terminate when calculating a Business SLA

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.8 (Feb 9, 2010)

  • Maintenance release
  • New: BETA - NOC Command Center application for MSP's & Operators for centralized reporting of distributed appliances
  • Update: Home page updated to address issue of non loading menu bar
  • Update: Adding New Monitor: Next & Settings button would only be activated when clicked outside last required field; now activates on field focus
  • Update: Saving of System Settings was unclear
  • Update: Due to stability issue with locked and large files, the backup utility has been removed

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.7 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • New: Backup utility to backup your configuration of the ServersCheck Monitoring Software
  • New: Option to only send SMS alerts when network is down
  • Update: Support for Huawei E169 modems for SMS alerting, BTSVOICE and BTSSMS
  • Update: SNMPTRAP alerts now send the BTS_ID or APPLIANCE_ID
  • Fix: Saving of SLA, BTS_ID, COMPACTVIEW settings
  • Fix: In some cases the incoming SMS would not be cleared

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.6 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • Fix: Issue of not disconnecting in BTS Monitoring Appliance fixed when BTSVOICE checks are made
  • Update: Additional tampering checks on security sensors
  • Update: Improved handling of reset when security alerts have been detected

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.5 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • Fix: FILE check definition would not get to next step in release 8 even with all fields completed
  • Fix: "Status" command through SMS would treat DOWN? status results differently compared to web interface
  • Fix: PROCESSMEMORY check would not return correct results for processes taking more than 1GB RAM
  • Fix: Device view would not show the disk space graphs for WINDOWSHEALTH or LINUXHEALTH

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.4 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • Fix: PDK temporary folders would not always clean up automatically - this is now managed by software
  • Update: Following language files have been updated: Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Philippino, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, French

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.3 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • New: Management of ServersCheck PDU's
  • New: Cold remote reboot of systems through software and PDU via secure SMS (requires PREMIUM edition & PDU)
  • Update: SQL Server logging has been updated; UID column is reserved in MS SQL server and is now renamed to UUID
  • Update: All incoming SMS messages are now logged in the logging subdirectory (sms.log)
  • Update: Support for Zoom 4595 3G modems for SMS alerting. Falcom Samba 75 discontinued by manufacturer (EOL)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.2 (Nov 7, 2009)

  • Update: It is now possible in the Configuration Wizard to set the account properties for the ServersCheck services
  • Update: Additional logging in the monitoring_watcher
  • Update: Loading screen when software is initially started

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.1 (Nov 7, 2009)

  • Update: Monitoring Appliance can now perform up to 250 monitors instead of initial 100
  • Update: Perl58.dll component updated
  • Fix: in release 8 the select of a sub item in a report would not work
  • Fix: when graphing option not set in settings.conf then it would by default assume no graphing
  • Fix: In the TRACERT check the buttons would not gray out if no user action performed in the IP field although value prefilled from device info
  • Fix: in some circustmances a monitor could record a negative downtime resulting in an incorrect SLA for that monitor being computed

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.10 (Mar 27, 2009)

  • Fix: Monitoring_watcher would not start in some conditions in release 7.15.9
  • Update: Default display in All Monitors View is first DOWN, followed by DOWN?, WARNING, OK, PAUSED and HALTED

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.9 (Mar 7, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: Adding New Device would not work
  • Fix: POWER sensor would not be detected when running USB mode (USB mode is discontinued - replaced by ethernet sensors)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.8 (Feb 25, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: POWER sensor would return incorrect results in some conditions
  • Fix: ALL monitors option in the User configuration would not work
  • Fix: Upon the web server service restart, the self cleaning module could corrupt the serverscheck.conf file
  • Fix: Default cindition when creating a new PING monitor was 'less than' instead of 'greater than'
  • Fix: Removing trailing spaces when adding a new device - this could result in device not being visible
  • Update: Status of Signal Tower is now updated more frequently to bypass resets of tower due to current fluctuations

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.7 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Update: EVENTLOG check now uses WMI to query instead of IPC$ connections. Verify currently defined EVENTLOG monitors prior to putting it into production.

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.6 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: When clicking on a device name in the ALL MONITORS view, the user is no shown the device view
  • Fix: WINDOWSHEALTH would skip disk alerting if status on memory or cpu was WARNING
  • Update: WINDOWSHEALTH check has been updated - decreasing check response time by up to 50%

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.5 (Jan 29, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: FILE check type would not allow for the read from file list to be checked without giving a file name
  • Fix: Device view was visible to customized user accounts
  • Update: 2 customized user accounts can now be created in the trial version

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.4 (Jan 23, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: Outgoing mail server when not running in SSL mode would not take non default port values
  • Fix: Compact view overall status data would defer from default screen

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.3 (Jan 13, 2009)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: Compact View error in stats for monitors having a DOWN? status
  • Fix: Downtime report did calculate the % based on incorrect timing (total downtime remains valid)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.2 (Dec 3, 2008)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Fix: Compact View enabled users to view status of other monitors -> Compact View is an Admin only view
  • Fix: Flooding sensor would show DRY status in main dashboard even when DOWN due to Flooding (alerts were generated correctly)
  • Fix: Improved error indication on sensor communications
  • Fix: Security Sensor Monitors would not reset when running in service mode (debug mode not affected)
  • Fix: Compact View would reset to 6 columns after each restart

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.1 (Nov 7, 2008)

  • Maintenance Release
  • Update: Intervals can now be set to a maximum value of 86400 seconds or 24 hours
  • Fix: During the first 10 days of the month the Downtime report could cause a division by zero error making the webserver stop (did not affect the monitoring)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.15.0 (Nov 4, 2008)

  • New feature release - new license file required
  • New: RTSP check to monitor if a RTSP mediam stream is available
  • New: SIP check monitoring if a SIP server is alive; also monitors response time from SIP server allowing to monitor Latency and resulting Jitter for QoS of VoIP server
  • New: Devices can now be stopped (paused) from the Device View
  • New: Support for multi-site monitoring with Appliances (MSP Edition)
  • Fix: Test Settings could result in web server being non responsive due to test failing. Testing now times out after 1 minute

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.14.2 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • New: Dashboards show latest screen refresh time
  • Fix: WINDOWSHEALTH check would ignore disk if available disk space equal to 0%
  • Fix: FILEAGE check could return negative values due to time zone conversions

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.14.1 (Oct 9, 2008)

  • New feature release - new license file required
  • New: Information from Monitoring Software can now be queried through SMS (requires GSM modem)
  • New: Support for LCD display to show monitoring status (requires Visual C++ 2008 Runtime - see wiki.serverscheck.com for more info)

New in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 7.14.0 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • New feature release - new license file required
  • New: Information from Monitoring Software can now be queried through SMS (requires GSM modem)