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Version History
ServersCheck MonitoringThis shows you how often ServersCheck Monitoring was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).
version 7.10.3 Free Edt - posted on May 08, 2008
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version 7.10.0 Free Edt - posted on Mar 06, 2008
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New feature release - new license file required
New: Default Monitor Values can be defined to preset values for some checks and alerts
New: MSP Edition - Beta Release 2.0 - Replication of configuration between agent and central server
Update: Device Scan redesigned for better usability, bandwidth discovery added
Update: Monitor New Device performs name lookup via SNMP & netbios
Update: Network Scanning speeds has been increased; device name discovery through netbios
Update: Network & Device Scan now use Default Monitor Values to set tresholds & alerts
Fix: Slider would not allow to set interval larger than 900 seconds
Fix: SMS field in alert settings would show email alert
Fix: When modifying operating system on device, then device type value would return to default value (File Server)
* Updated language files will be available with 7.10.1
version 7.8.8 Free Edt - posted on Jan 17, 2008
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version 7.8.7 Free Edt - posted on Jan 09, 2008
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Maintenance release
- Fix: WINDOWSHEALTH check would skip disk if empty due to problem in WMI; workaround fixes the issue
- Fix: s-alerts.exe component could stay at 100% CPU usage in 7.8.x installations when using a GSM modem
- Fix: Changes to some error code data when testing email settings
- Fix: update in monitoring_manager & monitoring_rule for exception handling
- Update: Retry interval has been added to bulk edit options
version 7.8.5 Free Edt. - posted on Dec 16, 2007
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Maintenance release
Fix: Errors Suggestions when Testing Settings would not work in IE6 and IE7
Fix: In release 7.8.X in some cases the rule dependency would not correctly work due to an architecture change. This has now been corrected
Fix: `Execute Application` alert settings were not correctly saved for Warning alert levels
Fix: Alert Settings could be overwritten with a previous value when editing a rule
Update: When Testing Settings, the screen loads immediately with a loading icon
version 7.8.4 Free Edt. - posted on Nov 20, 2007
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version 7.8.0 Free Edt. - posted on Oct 31, 2007
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version 7.7.0 Free Edt. - posted on Oct 15, 2007
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version 7.6.3 - posted on Oct 09, 2007
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version 7.6.1 - posted on Sep 20, 2007
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version 7.6 - posted on Sep 18, 2007
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version 7.6.0 - posted on Sep 18, 2007
- New: Suggestions for solving common errors can be found by our Error Solving Suggestion Tool
New: Credentials for Windows checks are now centrally managed
Update: Improved error reporting for SERVICES checks
Update: Improved error reporting for PROCESS checks
Update: Improved error reporting for EVENTLOG checks
Update: Improved error reporting for REGISTRY checks
Fix: Overflow error could occur when running EVENTLOG checks with many entries in event log
Fix: EVENTLOG check can now monitor local system too
version 7.5 - posted on Jul 17, 2007
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version 6.93 - posted on Jan 04, 2007
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version 6.90 - posted on Nov 26, 2006
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version 6.8.2 - posted on Nov 06, 2006
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version 6.8.0 - posted on Oct 30, 2006
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version 6.7.0 - posted on Sep 27, 2006
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version 6.6.2 - posted on Sep 18, 2006
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version 6.6.1 - posted on Aug 29, 2006
- main GUI has been updated
minor bug fixes
improved Device / Group management
version 6.6.0 - posted on Jul 26, 2006
- New: SNMPSTRING check to monitor string values returned by SNMP devices
New: Page grouping all value graphs for all rules linked to a device
Fix: Backup mail routing through our servers has been updated
Fix: Double quotes in group and device names could cause HTML rendering issues
Fix: SMTPPOP3 check has been enhanced with additional debugging info and open issue has been fixed
Fix: Virtual Memory leak in the Monitoring_Manager.exe when using ODBC logging
Update: s-graphs.exe has been rewritten from the ground up in order to be able to handle more requests per second for graphing; availability and service level graphs for the last 2 hours (daily, weekly and monthly are not affected)
Update: ODBC logging now requires less database calls
Update: Monitoring_Watcher (internal fail-over component) has been updated to address & resolve additional potential issues
version 6.5.0 - posted on Jun 29, 2006
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version 6.4.2 - posted on Jun 13, 2006
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version 6.4.0 - posted on May 16, 2006
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version 6.3.4 - posted on Apr 26, 2006
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version 6.3.3 - posted on Apr 22, 2006
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version 6.3.1 - posted on Apr 18, 2006
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version 6.3.0 - posted on Apr 14, 2006
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version 6.2.2 - posted on Apr 06, 2006
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version 6.2.1 - posted on Mar 13, 2006
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version 6.2.0 - posted on Mar 06, 2006
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version 6.1.3 - posted on Feb 09, 2006
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version 6.1.2 - posted on Feb 06, 2006
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version 6.1.0 - posted on Jan 30, 2006
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version 5.12.0 - posted on Nov 28, 2005
- New: Job dispatching in Monitoring Manager rewritten resulting in an important performance increase
New: BANDWIDTH check new produces IN & OUT traffic graphs
New: Edit Devices added to the Admin menu
New: Added calender functionality in Trend Analysis & Alert Analysis for improved reporting
New: Drill up capability in Rules & Devices View
Fix: Drilling down on empty group or devices would not work
Fix: Bug fix in BANDWIDTH rule editing
Fix: External SMTP server was not used in some situations, nor the built-in SMTP fail-over
Fix: Links in Preview of Schedule d Reports have been removed
Fix: `ALERTS` view would be incorrectly rendered due to some error messages
Update: `ALERTS` added in Admin > User profile option
Update: Layout of Group & Device views set in line with All Rules View
Update: Stylesheet of web interface has been stored in output/html subdirectory allowing further customization
Update: Some icons have been modified for better usability
Update: Last value added in ALERTS view
Update: Value graphs for the WINDOWSAGENT check
version 5.11.2 - posted on Oct 19, 2005
- Maintenance Release
New: Last view is automatically retained for the Admin account while the Configuration Server is running
Fix: PERFCOUNT check would not take the decimal delimiter into consideration
Fix: ` ` was shown in External email alerts
Update: %d parameter has been added for email alerts to include device name
Update: Groups and Devices views include less spaces improving better visibility
version 5.10.9 - posted on Oct 10, 2005
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version 5.10.7 - posted on Aug 22, 2005
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version 5.10.6 - posted on Aug 17, 2005
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version 5.10.5 - posted on Jul 11, 2005
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version 5.10.4 - posted on Jun 24, 2005
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version 5.10.2 - posted on Jun 10, 2005
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version 5.10.1 - posted on May 29, 2005
- Update: Monitoring Service includes new internal watchers to detect and act on run-away components, checks no longer running, graphs no longer being refreshed
Update: Internal mail server option has been updated to fix an issue of incorrect date formatting on non-English based installations of Windows
version 5.9.0 - posted on Apr 16, 2005
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version 5.8.4 - posted on Apr 04, 2005
- Fix: Multiple email addresses would not work in the Report Scheduler
Fix: Email headers were not properly formed when using Internal mail server option
Fix: ST6154 temperature readings would not be correct
New: Sort on last down time is now possible in main checks overview
version 5.8.2 - posted on Mar 07, 2005
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version 5.8.1 - posted on Feb 18, 2005
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version 5.7.6 - posted on Feb 02, 2005
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version 5.7.5 - posted on Jan 26, 2005
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version 5.7.4 - posted on Jan 18, 2005
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version 5.7.3 - posted on Jan 08, 2005
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version 5.7.2 - posted on Jan 04, 2005
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version 5.7.0 - posted on Dec 22, 2004
- New: ServersCheck is now available in 9 additional languages (CZ, DE, SP, FR, IT, NL, NO, PL, SE)
New: Test Settings are now also available when editing a rule
Update: Performance increase of ServersCheck by reducing overhead caused by RRDTool
Update: Views selection from checks overview page
Update: Time stamp is added into name of logs
Fix: White label in default HTML report when check is down
Fix: Error returned when File Age check does not obtain value from system
Fix: Subject and body of External SMTP are now correctly shown in SMTP Settings
Fix: Edit device/alert in computer view would not correctly save data
version 5.6.2 - posted on Nov 29, 2004
- ClickATell notification service no longer relies on the SMTP API id but now uses the HTTP API id (Existing users need to modify their settings)
Update for Enterprise users where the monitoring_manager now monitors the number of running threads of the monitoring_rule
version 5.6.0 - posted on Nov 17, 2004
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version 5.6.0 - posted on Nov 17, 2004
- Major New Release
The monitoring rule has been rewritten to use less processing power when idle resulting in better performance
Checks data is now stored in a new subfolder: data Only required data is processed reducing processing overhead
version 5.5.3 - posted on Oct 11, 2004
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version 5.5.2 - posted on Oct 04, 2004
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version 5.5.0 - posted on Sep 19, 2004
- Major New Release
New: Multi-user: ServersCheck now supports multiple user accounts and allows to custom define access rights.
New: External check: custom batch files or exe s can now be executed as checks.
Improved: The Configuration Server has been redesigned from scratch in order to improve speed, performance and reliability.
Improved: ServersCheck s monitoring component has been updated to improve speed and reduce unneeded CPU usage.
Update: When a rule had a DOWN? status it would block other checks from being executed as long as it was retrying. Now it will release the DOWN? rule and pick it up again at retry interval.
Fix: Group names would leave an empty line when editing causing ServersCheck to behave incorrectly in some circumstances requiring manual editing of the groups.conf file.
version 5.2.1 - posted on Aug 30, 2004
- Maintenance Release
New: Dell Open Manage: Predefined OID s for Dell Open Manage have been added.
Fix: SMS alerting component (alert_sms.exe) now support 8bits SMSC gateways (like Cingular Wireless)
Fix: Group SLA would take paused checks to into calculation. This has been corrected: only active checks are used.
Improved: The ServersCheck interface has been improved based upon user s feedback.
version 5.2.0 - posted on Aug 16, 2004
- Major New Release
This release requires a new license key for Professional user
New: Scheduled graphs: it is now possible to create custom graphs (which includes results from multiple checks) and schedule them
New: Report Scheduler: this new feature allows to create reports, schedule them and automatically send them via email. This feature requires a separate license
New: The refresh rate for the default graphs that are created for all checks can now be custom defined
New: Default graphs creating can be set per rule.
New: SNMP4W2K check allows to monitor items like memory, disk space, cpu, ... from a computer by using the SNMP4W2K add-on
New: Cisco Works Server allows to monitor values returned through SNMP by the Cisco Works Server
New: Sensorsoft thermometers monitoring: ServersCheck can now monitor temperatures returned by the Sensorsoft thermometers
Improved: SNMPKB check has been redesigned to make it easier to monitor incoming and outgoing bandwidth through SNMP
Improved: Timing interval is now also used when a check has a DOWN? status. Prior to this improvement, checks that failed where retried without waiting. The check interval time is now used between retries
Improved: Fail-over module has been completly redesigned to offer better monitoring, reporting of fail-over status. Requires fail-over license.
version 5.1.13 - posted on Aug 03, 2004
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version 5.1.12 - posted on Jul 31, 2004
- Maintenance Release
New: ServersCheck has a new file in the output: all.html
if any check is down then the content of this file is DOWN
if all checks are running then the content is OK
Update: Linux/Unix Process Check can now operate on a custom port
Update: RDDTOOL v1.048 is now shipped with ServersCheck. More info at http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/
Fix: URLEXISTS check would not always perform correctly
Fix:
sign is now accepted in email addresses
Fix: Time stamp in email based alerts has been changed to also support non-Outlook based email clients
Fix: Some users could not start ServersCheck due to missing VB component
version 5.1.10 - posted on Jul 10, 2004
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version 5.1.8 - posted on Jun 26, 2004
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version 5.1.7 - posted on Jun 18, 2004
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version 5.1.5 - posted on Jun 03, 2004
- Maintenance Release:
New: HTTP HEADER check enables you to scan HTTP headers for a specific string in the header.
New: HTTP STATUS check enables you to verify the returned HTTP status code by the web server.
Fix: Issue in the trial version causing incorrect trial expiration has been fixed.
version 5.1.3 - posted on Jun 01, 2004
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version 5.1.2 - posted on May 28, 2004
- Small fix with URL check
version 5.1.1 - posted on May 25, 2004
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version 5.1.0 - posted on May 19, 2004
- Major Update
New: FTPFILEFOUND checks a FTP server to see if a file can be found or not in the specified remote directory.
New: SNMPKB allows to average the value of a SNMP device over time
New: FILEAGE allows to monitor the age of a file in seconds (Create, Last Modified, Last Accessed time)
New: Remarks can be added to a rule and published in the HTML report
New: Alert only if other rule failed too: this allows you to only receive an alert if both rules fail
New: HTTP Get alerts (replacing the current HTTP Post) allows to send out HTTP requests based upon your specification with the same parameters that can be used for email.
New: Multiple Network Maps can be created
Update: memory issue has been further addressed
Update: in some conditions the rrdtool and other processes would run away. The service now monitors it and restarts the processes when needed
Update: PING check is now based upon Windows PING command. The value returned is the average value of 2 PING s.
Fix: URL check would not operate correctly causing the check to return an incorrect OK status
version 5.0.15 - posted on Apr 29, 2004
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version 5.0.14 - posted on Apr 22, 2004
- Maintenance Release
Fix: In some events Groups summary would not be correctly shown
Fix: If a graph is not available then the graph will not be shown rather than showing an image not found icon
Fix: The monthly graphs for response and value would not be created automatically and causing an image not found error in the HTML reports
Fix: Redesign of the SMTPPOP3 check for better results
Update: ODBC logging and HTML report creation has been optimized to use less ressources
Update: SMTPPOP3 can now scan for a specific content in the email and alert on it
Update: sql script for creating tables in MS SQL server has been added to package
version 5.0.13 - posted on Apr 19, 2004
- New: URL check now supports authentication for secured websites
New: fail-over in the s-service.exe
if the s_alerts.exe memory usage is too high or if it crashed, then it is automatically restarted by the service
Fix: ClickATell data would not be correctly saved
Fix: Time stamp in alerts is no longer the time of the sending of the alert but the time the alert was generated
Fix: Performance of SMTP through external mail server has been increased
Fix: values would not be correctly shown in the HTML output
Fix: HTML output per group was not working properly
version 5.0.12 - posted on Apr 12, 2004
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version 5.0.11 - posted on Apr 09, 2004
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version 5.0.10 - posted on Apr 05, 2004
- Fix: HTTP Posts would not be executed in some events
Update: Values can now be shown in HTML report that ServersCheck creates
Update: Help File
Update: When adding a check, ServersCheck will provide some additional information on specific requirements
Fix: Removed the service configurator due to issues on Windows2000
Fix: In release 5.0.8 build 0, ServersCheck would not execute more than 3 checks with correct license files
Note: Performing the update.exe in the main ServersCheck directory will update to 5.0.8 build 1 (which is now called 5.0.9)
version 5.0.8 - posted on Mar 29, 2004
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version 5.0.7 - posted on Mar 24, 2004
- Fix: Fix of ClickATell Service
Fix: Email alerts where incomplete for URLEXISTS checks
Fix: URLEXISTS read file flag would not be stored
New: Oracle SNMP checks
New: Linux SNMP checks
version 5.0.6 - posted on Mar 18, 2004
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version 5.0.4 - posted on Mar 08, 2004
- Maintenance Release
New: ServersCheck can now be updated through Update.exe option in the ServersCheck list of icons
New: Data can be downloaded as CSV from reporting center
Fix: Flickering on page reload has been solved for Internet Explorer 6 browsers
Fix: SMTP.log stores again email alerts activity
Updated: email alerts will now be retried twice in the event of a mail error
Updated: all alerting activity is now written to a log file in the lertslogs subdirectory
Updated: Help File is now shipped with software again next to the online version. New tutorials have been added
version 5.03.2 - posted on Mar 07, 2004
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version 5.03 - posted on Mar 02, 2004
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version 5.01 - posted on Feb 28, 2004
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version 5.0 - posted on Feb 25, 2004
- Major New Release
New: Complete new ServersCheck architecture resulting in a significant performance increase
New: Linux Process Check enables to monitor if a process is running on a Linux/Unix computer
New: Option to add information about a check in the alert (eg actions to take)
New: Update all Windows Accounts option that allows to change username and password for all rules
New: Groups are now centrally managed through an option in the Configuration Settings menu
Update: View Graphs has been improved so that only graphs for same time interval are shown (current, daily, weekly or monthly)
Update: URL Exists check uses now engine of URL check (as such SSL is now supported)
Update: Voice Phone and SMS alerts
when multiple alerts have to be generated, then ServersCheck will wait until the previous has been completed
version 4.4.9 - posted on Feb 17, 2004
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version 4.4.8 - posted on Feb 14, 2004
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version 4.4.7 - posted on Feb 12, 2004
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version 4.4.6 - posted on Feb 04, 2004
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version 4.4.5 - posted on Jan 28, 2004
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version 4.4.2 - posted on Jan 22, 2004
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version 4.4.0 - posted on Jan 18, 2004
- New: Syslog logging for Enterprise users
New: SMTP no longer requires an outgoing mail server and is replaced with a built-in mail server
New: PROCESSCPU check allows to monitor the CPU usage of a process
New: PROCESSMEM check allows to monitor the memory usage of a process
New: Reporting option for creating custom graphs and reports
New: Log file option enabling to monitor log files generated by ServersCheck
Update: Complete new authentication mechanism making ServersCheck Configuration more secure
Update: Downtime is now shown in a clear format
Update: Better description of an error generated on values
Fix: link in network mapping is now to the HTML report and no longer to the configuration server
Fix: when a check is deleted it would still perform the check in the backgound until the service is stopped
Fix: SMTPPOP3 check would not correctly save the values set
version 4.3.9 - posted on Jan 14, 2004
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version 4.3.8 - posted on Jan 08, 2004
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version 4.3.5 - posted on Jan 05, 2004
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version 4.3.3 - posted on Dec 23, 2003
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version 4.3.1 - posted on Dec 20, 2003
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version 4.3.0 - posted on Dec 15, 2003
- New: MEMORY check for Windows 2000,XP and 2003 based systems
New: CPU check for Windows 2000,XP and 2003 based systems
New: Start remote service as alert (for Enterprise customers)
New: Reboot remote server (For Enterprise customers)
Fix: Disk Space check has been redesigned
Improvement: GUI includes now validation rules to avoid errors when defining checks
Improvement: URL timings are now expressed in ms instead of seconds
Fix: Non-alphanumeric characters could cause the graphs not to be shown
version 4.2.6 - posted on Dec 02, 2003
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version 4.2.2 - posted on Nov 28, 2003
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version 4.2.1 - posted on Nov 26, 2003
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version 4.1.0 - posted on Nov 09, 2003
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version 4.0.5 - posted on Nov 03, 2003
- Fix: Bug in SMS when error string was too long
Improvement: Layout in General Settings (Set-Up)
New: Backup SMTP server should primary SMTP server not respond correctly
New: SMS Messages are automatically retried twice
New: Per check it can be defined whether the check should be included in the output or not
New: Weekly and Monthly Graphs
New: Warning level for PING response times
New: SMTPPOP3 Check
End to End SMTP Check. ServersCheck sends a test message through SMTP and checks with POP3 if well received
New: Traceroute Check
ServersCheck checks route to a target host
version 4.0.5 - posted on Nov 03, 2003
- Fix: Bug in SMS when error string was too long
Improvement: Layout in General Settings (Set-Up)
New: Backup SMTP server should primary SMTP server not respond correctly
New: SMS Messages are automatically retried twice
New: Per check it can be defined whether the check should be included in the output or not
New: Weekly and Monthly Graphs
New: Warning level for PING response times
New: SMTPPOP3 Check
End to End SMTP Check. ServersCheck sends a test message through SMTP and checks with POP3 if well received
New: Traceroute Check
ServersCheck checks route to a target host
version 4.0.1 - posted on Oct 18, 2003
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version 4.0.0 - posted on Oct 12, 2003
- New: Check dependency enables to halt the monitoring of a check while the parent check is down
New: Addition of new SMS platforms (ClickATell and GSMSoft) for SMS or PAGER alerts
Fix: Improvement in SMS modem module
version 3.5.1 - posted on Sep 23, 2003
- Fix: Windows platforms might return incorrect 0 as a value for free disk space causing alerts to be generated. ServersCheck will retry connection if 0 is returned
Fix: Some modems echo commands causing SMS not to work.
Fix: Improving SMS configuration in Set-Up module
Fix: Modem timeouts on SMS alerts has been increased to 60 seconds
version 3.5.0 - posted on Sep 21, 2003
- Improved interface with better indications
New services check module
New process check module
New drive space check module
New SNMP check module
New and simplified SMS and pager module
Bug fixes in error trapping
version 3.3.1 - posted on Aug 27, 2003
- SNMP check redesigned
Refresh of HTML Output corrected
Bug fix causing some checks no longer to be performed
Redesign of error output when checking on values
version 3.3.0 - posted on Aug 21, 2003
- image check added: you can now check if a dynamic image is rendered correctly. If an error occurs, then an alert is generated
backend performance improvements
version 3.2.2 - posted on Aug 20, 2003
- Bug fix in s-server when adding a new check
Rewrite and fix for Oracle check
version 3.2.1 - posted on Aug 18, 2003
- new check added: Event Log
bug fix in sending test alerts when using SMTP authentication
refresh rate of checks page is now configurable
version 3.2.0 - posted on Jul 31, 2003
- Added username and password protection for remote access
New check added: file content, when a string can be found in a file then an alert is generated
version 3.1.4 - posted on Jul 25, 2003
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version 3.1.2 - posted on Jul 25, 2003
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version 3.1.1 - posted on Jul 22, 2003
- From email address can now be specified for checks
Adding default values for team settings
Improvements in service & process error feedback
version 3.1.0 - posted on Jul 15, 2003
- SMS support for freeware users
Grouping of checks
version 3.0.6 - posted on Jul 10, 2003
- Minor improvements in this release:
spelling corrections
added shortcut in Menu bar to Interactive Launcher
version 3.0.5 - posted on Jul 04, 2003
- In this release following has been implemented:
bug fix for process check
GUI improvements
version 3.0.1 - posted on Jun 24, 2003
- bug edit problem fixed
resizable graphs window
optional added to some definition (to clarify)
color scheme adjusted
page download time changed into HTML download time (so it is the time required to download the HTML only)
log file on a per check basis (clickable from the list of checks)
version 3.0.0 - posted on Jun 22, 2003
- SMS embedded
the interactive menu has been dropped
application is now managed from a browser.
Team alerting has been added too.
version 2.5.2 - posted on Jun 01, 2003
- Test alerts
Improved navigation
Validation rules on creating a check
Sound notification on alert
Alerting to multiple email addresses
Remote management of ServersCheck through renewed Configuration Server (available for PRO users only)
version 2.5.1 - posted on May 29, 2003
- This new release includes:
ICQ alerting
Improved interface navigation
SMTP authentication now supported for checks too
Bug fixes
version 2.5.0 - posted on May 24, 2003
- New checks added: Oracle, MySQL, File, File Content, Process, NNTP, Disk space, External (enables to create custom checks)
Wizard for non-technical users to add checks
New more user friendly interface
SMTP authentication supported for outbound emails
Improved reporting
When down decreased check interval supported
