ServersCheck Monitoring Software version history

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Version History

This shows you how often ServersCheck Monitoring Software was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).

version 7.14.1 - posted on Oct 09, 2008

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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)

version 7.13.3 - posted on Sep 23, 2008

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version 7.13.2 - posted on Sep 06, 2008

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version 7.13.1 - posted on Aug 28, 2008

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version 7.13 - posted on Aug 18, 2008

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version 7.12.2 - posted on Aug 04, 2008

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version 7.12.1 - posted on Jul 23, 2008

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version 7.10.0 - 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 7.9.1 - posted on Feb 01, 2008

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version 7.9.0 - posted on Jan 20, 2008

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version 7.8.8 - 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 7.8.7 - posted on Dec 25, 2007

Maintenance release
Fix: Errors Suggestions when Testing Settings would not work in IE6 & 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
Fix: When viewing graphs for a WINDOWSHEALTH rule, then the value graph for that rule would be shown graphs for other rules too
Update: When Testing Settings, the screen loads immediately with a loading icon

version 7.8.5 - 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 - posted on Nov 20, 2007

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version 7.8.3 - posted on Nov 06, 2007

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version 7.8.2 - posted on Nov 04, 2007

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version 7.8.0 - posted on Oct 31, 2007

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version 7.7.0 - 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 7.6.0 - 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 7.5.5 - posted on Aug 29, 2007

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version 7.5 - posted on Jul 17, 2007

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version 7.1 - posted on May 07, 2007

Major new release - New license key required

New: SNMPTRAP check enabling to receive and alert on SNMP traps generated by other devices. Included in PREMIUM editions and optional add-on for all other releases.
New: New component (monitoring_threads2.exe) resulting in a much faster monitoring (highest performance increase for Business and Premium Edition users).
New: Less disk I/O s when performing checks; status of rules updated every 20 seconds - New: Redesigning of graphing component resulting in less load on the system and higher availability
Update: DNS check allows now to specify the record type (A, MX, CNAME, NS or PTR) and the DNS server to use
Fix: Alert instructions would overwrite the status change in the alert log of a rule when viewed through the browser
Fix: Drill down from Groups to Devices would show all device names even if not linked to the group drilling from
Fix: Drill down from Group `none` would not show the rules that are not linked to a group
Fix: WINDOWSHEALTH check would not correctly send value data to the MSP Central Server
Fix: LINUXHEALTH check would not correctly send value data to the MSP Central Server

version 7.0 - posted on Feb 24, 2007

Major release - New License Key Required:
New: WINDOWSHEALTH check performing a PING, CPU, MEMORY and DISKSPACE check in one check. Increases performance for monitoring Windows based systems
New: LINUXHEALTH check performing a CPU, MEMORY and DISKSPACE check in one check.
New: Flash based HealthGraphs for devices being monitored by WINDOWSHEALTH or LINUXHEALTH check
New: Device Properties Windows
New: Automatically detect Linux Agents during scan and suggest LINUXHEALTH check
Update: Improved selection of items in trend analysis, scheduled graphs and scheduled reports
Update: GUI redesigned for improved usability on smaller screens
Update: Network Mapping Tool has been updated for easier selection of rules; circle diameter can be customized
Update: Uninstaller deletes all but data files required for upgrading
Update: Start Up time of monitoring has been significantly reduced
Update: Devices and groups can be created without leaving new rule setup
Update: Usernames can be created without leaving team member setup
Update: User profiles integrity (team, usernames and users) has been improved
Update: When a user is deleted, the user is also removed from all teams he belongs to
Fix: Service restart would not work if Monitoring Watcher detected monitoring failure

version 6.10.1 - posted on Feb 02, 2007

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version 6.10.0 - posted on Jan 22, 2007

New: Send out alerts only on OK status (from Down to OK or from WARNING to OK)
New: SMS messages can be sent to monitoring server to acknowledge alerts or provide feedback
New: Add notes to rule history
New: Support for Microsoft Outlook to send out email alerts (does not work in service mode)
Fix: MSN protocol changed to new IP - alert_msn updated
Fix: Bug fix for endless loop in Linux Process Listener
Update: Email configuration has been updated
Update: Remote Checks are out of beta

version 6.9.4 Starter Edition - posted on Jan 18, 2007

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version 6.9.3 Starter Edition - posted on Dec 28, 2006

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version 6.9.2 Starter Edition - posted on Dec 18, 2006

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version 6.9.0 - posted on Nov 25, 2006

New: Native support for GSM modems as alerting option (Mobile Messenger tool no longer required)
New: MMS check to monitor availability and performance of Windows Media Server streams
Update: GUI improvements for non latin based languages including Arabic, Chinese
Fix: Alert time stamp issue in release 6.8.X

version 6.8.2 - posted on Nov 06, 2006

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version 6.8.1 - posted on Nov 01, 2006

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version 6.8.0 - posted on Oct 30, 2006

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version 6.7.0 - posted on Oct 12, 2006

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version 6.6.1 - posted on Aug 30, 2006

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version 6.6.0 - posted on Jul 26, 2006

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version 6.5.0 - posted on Jun 29, 2006

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version 6.4.3 - posted on Jun 16, 2006

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version 6.4.2 - posted on Jun 08, 2006

Maintenance release
Fix: Bandwidth reported in graphs was incorrect by factor 1024
Update: Logging as been reduced to avoid disk space -> debug logging has been extended
Update: Group management has been redesigned for better usability
Beta: Support for the MSP version of ServersCheck

version 6.4.1 - posted on May 29, 2006

Maintenance release
Fix: Alerts when not all fields were properly completed could be bypassed
Fix: minor GUI updates improving usability
Update: Teams and users management has been redesigned for better usability

version 6.4.0 - posted on May 25, 2006

Major interface update

version 6.3.4 - posted on May 15, 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 6.2.1 - posted on Mar 13, 2006

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version 6.2.0 - posted on Mar 06, 2006

Important Release
New: MAXDATA check to monitor servers from MAXDATA
New: Alerting via ePowerSwitch Remote Reboot Unit (currently only available in Europe)
Update: TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, POWER and FLOODING checks have been rewritten
require .NET framework
Update: Additional s-graphs.exe started by service for increased graphing performance
Update: s-service.exe has been updated
Fix: Saved Trend Analysis reports would only render last created report
Fix: Incorrect properties when clicking on `Configure List of Devices`
Fix: Alert message when WARNING would display the DOWN message and not the WARNING message

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 6.02 - posted on Jan 12, 2006

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version 6.01 - posted on Jan 09, 2006

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version 6.0 - posted on Dec 28, 2005

Major New Release
New License Key Required
New: Alert acknowledgement & escalation: when an alert is not acknowledge within preset time, then new alert is generated
New: Increased performance in all Enterprise Editions
New: WARNING level introduced with level specific alert options
New: Possibility to modify the name of a rule once it has been defined
Update: Devices view with VNC Integration and # rules per status
Update: Group view with # rules per status
Update: Integration between teams & logins for improved management
Update: Language files reviewed and updated
Fix: Time zone issue in external emails
Fix: EVENTLOG fix where check would always return OK on large EVENTLOGS or slow machines
Fix: Team editing bug causing duplicate entries
Fix: Some strings would not be shown correctly in Unicode based languages

version 5.12 - posted on Nov 12, 2005

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version 5.11.2 - posted on Oct 19, 2005

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version 5.10.8 - posted on Aug 29, 2005

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version 5.10.7 - posted on Aug 23, 2005

Since release 5.10, ServersCheck supports also the monitoring of Linux/Unix based systems to monitor processes, disk space and memory.
ServersCehck now also supports bandwidth and traffic monitoring by using SNMP.

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 5.10.3 - posted on Jun 17, 2005

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version 5.10.2 - posted on Jun 10, 2005

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version 5.10.1 - posted on Jun 03, 2005

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version 5.10.0 - posted on May 16, 2005

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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 5.8.3 - posted on Mar 23, 2005

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version 5.8.2 - posted on Mar 07, 2005

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version 5.8.1 - posted on Feb 14, 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

Major New Release
This release requires a new license key for Professional user
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 5.6.1 - posted on Nov 22, 2004

5.6.1 fixes an issue in 5.6.0 that would make the Configuration Server stop when deleting a monitoring rule.

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
This release requires a new license key for Professional user
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: ODBC logging: a rule status is now being updated in the database whenever the check has been executed and no longer at the end of check cycle.
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 18, 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 06, 2004

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version 5.0.10 - posted on Apr 05, 2004

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version 5.0.8 - posted on Mar 29, 2004

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