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Version History

ServersCheck Monitoring

This 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 8.0 - posted on Aug 28, 2009

  • New: Integrated MIB Browser(SNMP v1 & v2) allowing to perform SNMP scan on device usin port 161 and public as community string*
    New: API for new monitor types enabling to create own custom monitors in the software
    New: WMI check type enabling to monitor any WMI numeric value returned
    New: Timeline report for alerts providing visual representation of status and downtime of monitors*
    New: Support for Gmail as mail server for email alerts
    New: List of ISP s external mail servers for email alerts
    New: Support for direct RDP connectivity to device from Device Dashboard View
    Update: GUI update for adding a new device with scanning for VNC & RDP
    Update: Device details view has been update with new graphs browser
    Update: Device details view will now prompt user to scan device after adding it
    Update: Graphing interval has been reduced on Appliance to reduce CPU load used by graphing component for the benefit of the other components
    Update: GUI interface update for the General settings
    Update: New Configuration Wizard with aid for configuring email alerting
    Update: General GUI refresh: new buttons, layout improvements, editable/customizable stylesheet
    Update: Graphing process update for Monitoring Appliance reducing impact on CPU on load
    Update: Sort button on status in All Monitors View
    Update: For checktypes BANDWIDTH & TRAFFIC ServersCheck now also scans not only via SNMPv1 but SNMPv2
    Update: Adding new monitor GUI refreshed with grayed out buttons to force form completion
    Update: Long monitor logs could cause browser to crash - limited to 200 most recent records
    Update: Pagination in monitor log vierwer
    Fix: Automatic detection of NIC s through SNMP v2 would not work for bandwidth & traffic check types
    Fix: MMS check type would indicate a Media Load failure when duration time is not correctly returned by the Windows Media Player although the file played.
    Fix: 2 Way SMS Commands are now recognized regardless of where incoming SMS messages are stored (Phone or SIM).
    Fix: Status change table in ODBC could result in ODBC errors due to date formatting
    Fix: Time parameter in EVENTLOG check was not taken into consideration when string match is left blank

version 7.15.10 - posted on Aug 26, 2009

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version 7.14 - posted on Sep 28, 2008

  • New: Information from Monitoring Software can now be queried through SMS (requires GSM modem)
    Fix: Flooding sensor would alert correctly on WET condition but rather than stating `WET` it stated `UNKNOWN`
    Fix: Removal of edit and delete icons for the `Unlinked` device name in DEVICE MONITORS view
    Fix: When adding a new device, ServersCheck would automatically scan the device. It now jumps to the device page and allows to either add a new monitor or scan the device
    Fix: Renaming a team would not be applied to the defined team members
    Update: Several language files have been updated: Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Norwegian, German, Traditional & Simplified Chinese, Swedish
    Fix: In some situations the SLA could be wrongly computed
    Fix: Addresses issue of negative values for time based SLA
    Fix: JP.lang issues resulted in incorrect GUI
    New: Support for the Signal Tower enabling visual alerting on all monitors status (including 85dbs audible alert)
    Fix: Stats were not shown in Compact View
    Update: JP.lang has been updated to latest release
    Fix: Security sensor communication was not stopped when service is stopped causing issues upon service restart
    Fix: Issue with SNMP Integer values returning 0x instead of value
    Update: Support for the Business20 edition available in some regions
    New: Compact view allows to see all monitors with values. Number of columns can configured; font-size is set in serverscheck.css stylesheet (tabdatacompact)
    New: Downtime report per monitor allowing you to see the time based downtime per month (clock icon in All Monitors view or by clicking on service level percentage)
    Fix: Flash piechart and service level bar would come on top of charts
    Update: Service level was previously counter based calculated; it can now be set to time based (default value) or business days time based (excluding down time during weekends)
    Update: SNMPSTRING requests returning a hexidecimal value are now being converted to strings
    New: Voice phone alerting using SkypeOut to make land line phone calls (BETA)
    New: VoiceModem_tester in the add-ons directory enables to configure & test voice phone calls
    Update: Voice phone alerting has been reintroduced with new configuration and improved call detection using menu options during call
    Update: HUMIDITY monitor now enables to be alerted on failure between an minimum and maximum range (default 40% and 70%)

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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