PA Server Monitor Free versions

v5.7 [Apr 28, 2015]
- Fixed File Age monitor when it doesn't find any matching files but needs to alert on All Old or All New
- Server Status Report charts dynamically widen to fill any extra space
- Can require Console remote login to use same version as Central Service
- New Connected Sessions report
- Disk Space, Services, SNMP and Performance monitors can all report on errors separately
- New SSL certificates will use SHA-256 instead of SHA-1
- New installs will NOT support SSLv3 by default - existing users can go to Settings -> HTTP Server Settings
- New installs will use the strong cipher list by default
- Upgraded to EvoPDF 5.11
- Better database cleanup for very large Event Log databases
- Execute Scripts can read computer Inventory values
- Recently Acknowledged Alerts report part added to Server Status Reports
- Group Summary report has new "Don't show all-green servers" setting
- Group Overview report has new "Don't show all-green servers" setting
- 10% reduction in data exchanged between Central server and Consoles and Satellites
- Fixed threshold editing in the Directory Quota monitor
- Protection against 'connection storms' for sites with hundreds of Satellites
- Fix for filter backslash escaping
- SNMP inventory collector will use sysUpTimeInstance if hrHostUptime is not available
- Server Status Report charts can be disabled
- File & Directory Change monitor will log why it claims a file changed
- Improvements for cases where the Performance Monitor is getting stuck in locks
- TLS 1.0 and 1.1 can be disabled via registry (SSLv2 and SSLv3 can already be disabled)
- Additional protection against cross-linked groups
- Option to avoid PDH DLL when monitoring performance counters
- Fix for uptime report that uses time of day/week filtering
- Server Report settings are inherited but also now merged with lower levels
- Preventing Disk Space Monitor's check for new drives from degrading and taking a long time
- Fix for users with limited rights to be able to create groups and devices within groups in their control
- Overlapping custom properties are correctly overridden going down the device tree
- Advanced Event Log monitor delta finding works now with IDs added to lists
- Another reduction in CPU usage AND a bit more responsive :)
- File & Directory Change monitor can track direct child folder creation without monitoring all child folders
- Execute Script monitor can return multiple results
- Can copy from the Discovery Dialog's Add and Ignore lists (whichever has focus)
- Fix for Web Page monitor reporting timeout when using the HEAD command
- Reduced CPU usage when doing security check
- Actions fire on OK only if they fired in an alert state
- Groups and servers can override the order that report parts show up (not just that they exist or their settings)
- Configuration Audit report can show credentials used by servers/devices
- Fix for Service monitor's "Report each service separately"
- Disk Space monitor's 'auto add disk' setting stays set
- Error History updates should post before actions fire
- Fix for the Event Log Validator which would not see the very newest event
- Significant performance boost in core functions
- Bulk Config copy config to computers is handled asynchronously
- ActionType variable available in Execute Script actions
- Fix for HTTP headers passed from Web Page Monitor
- Satellite down notifications were not replacing replacement variables
- Race condition in Write to Log File actions fixed
- Random deduplication field added to disable deduplication on individual monitors
- Fix for File & Directory Size monitor which was not alerting when no files found
- Better output for the HTML Configuration Audit report
- Less internal locking -- can support even more monitors
- Helper log file is log rotated
- Fix for File & Directory Size monitor alerting when it shouldn't
- Can disable image in outgoing report emails via registry setting HTMLEmail_NoImage = 1
- Fix for not being able to end immediate maintenance at the top level
- Adjustment to SNMP throttle
- Fix for crash in report when access is denied for server
- Registry setting to disable MIB syncing
- Improvements to MIB parsing speeds
- Fixed incorrect MIME type when a report redirect happens
- Ability to disable an inherited chart for server reports
- Fix to CallURL action that was stuck using GET command
- Fix for rare crash in server discovery
- More flexible "Console needs to match service version" settings
- Fix for Execute Script monitor where SSH scripts could fail silently
- Suppressing error messages in reports that limited accounts (probably end customers) see
- Better memory management for large installations
- Fix for Fail Over file sync that sometimes fails
- Update Manager will only show automatically once per version update
- File sync to Fail Over will compress files before sending
- Digitally Signing all executables, including 3rd party where needed
- Log File, File Age, File & Directory Change, File/Directory Size and Directory Quota monitors can use standard variables including $CustomProp()$ in path
- Execute Script Action and Monitor can set Custom Properties
- Throttling Console config download if needed to reduce memory usage
- Compressing XML sent between Central Service and Consoles and Satellites
- Fix for $act.TimeInErrorStr not being correctly set in the Execute Script
- Added to .config files so .NET apps won't authenticate their digital signature
- Less database locking during cleanup operations
- Fixed a few dialogs where the time unit could set incorrectly if using not using English
- Service Monitor (and others that can report events separately) won't advance through multiple escalation steps in one run of the monitor
- Added SetComputerPropertyByID to Execute Script
- File Age, File/Directory Size, File & Directory Change monitors can use expansion variables in the file specs as well as paths
- Sub-groups with no access to parent can correctly still read inherited report settings
- Scheduled reports not shown to users who shouldn't have access
- Fix for extremely large reports displaying internal scripts
- Bug fixes
- Fix for getting disk space stats from ESX volumes with similar names
- AvoidPDH setting can load performance instances that incorrectly report code page of -1 (such as Search Gatherer Projects object)
- Registry controllable PALowPriorityHelper drop-dead timer and thread levels
- Server order in the Group Summary and Group Overview reports can be configured
- Restricted user accounts can put servers/monitors into maintenance if they have that right
- Fix for non-English performance counters being recognized for default charting's sake
- Exposed monitor-specific Event Deduplication settings for the SNMP Trap monitor
- Fix so unlicensed servers can be disabled
- Can set Max CPU throttle setting on Satellites via Bulk Config
- Fix for putting deep groups of servers into maintenance
- Execute Script will return msUNKNOWN if it can't find the monitor whose status is being requested
- Sending LastRun as UTC to account for time zone differences in Satellite deployments
- Improved hand off from one PALowPriorityHelper to another
- Fix for missing IP Address in Inventory Database