B*Nator Releasenotes

• Release Notes 3.0.x
• Release Notes 2.6.x
• Release Notes 2.5.x
• Release Notes 2.4.x
• Release Notes 2.3.x
• Release Notes 2.2.x
• Release Notes 2.1.x
• Release Notes 2.0.x

B*Nator download links

• Download installer for B*Nator 3.0.3 from here.



• The B*Nator documentation consists of the following documents:
  • Check before installation list
  • Release Notes
  • Installation Guide
  • Software Documentation
  • Helpdesk Manual
  • User Self Service Manual



• Download required 3rd party applications, Java Runtime Environment and Apache Tomcat, for B*Nator Server from here. Additionally, on every other server, where an agent is installed, at least JRE 1.5.0.13 is needed.
  
  
  • Java Runtime Environment: 64 bit version of JRE is required only to monitor Microsoft Exhange 2007 servers.
    • Java Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 18, 32 bit version
    • Java Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 18, 64 bit version
    • Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 10, 32 bit version
    • Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 10, 64 bit version
  
  
  
  • Apache Tomcat:
    • Apache Tomcat 5
    • Apache Tomcat 6



• In case of that there is no existing SQL server you can use for B*Nator database, use the Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition with the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
  
  
  • SQL Server 2005 Express x86
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 2 x86
    • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2005 Express x86
  
  
  • SQL Server 2008 Express x64
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Service Pack 1 x64
    • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express x64
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
    
    If your server needs additional components installed to run SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 (e.g. Windows Installer 4.5) please visit the Microsoft Download Center
  
  
  
• BlackBerry Resource Kit and BlackBerry Administration Service can be downloaded from here to install it on every monitored BlackBerry Enterprise Server, in case it is not installed yet.
  • BlackBerry Resource Kit 4.0.6.12
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.0.9
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.2.28
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.3.7
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.4.8
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.5.14 for IBM Lotus Domino
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.5.14 for Microsoft Exchange
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.6.8 for IBM Lotus Domino
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.6.8 for Microsoft Exchange
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.6.8 for Novell Groupwise
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.7.2 for Microsoft Exchange
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 4.1.7.2 for IBM Lotus Domino
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.52 for BES 5.0.0 Microsoft Exchange
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.52 for BES 5.0.0 IBM Lotus Domino
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.54 for BES 5.0.0 MR1 Microsoft Exchange
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.54 for BES 5.0.0 MR1 IBM Lotus Domino
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.54 for BES 5.0.0 MR2 Microsoft Exchange
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.0.54 for BES 5.0.0 MR2 IBM Lotus Domino
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.1.15 for BES 5.0.1 Microsoft Exchange and BES 5.0.1 IBM Lotus Domino
  
  
  • BlackBerry User Administration Service 5.0.2.3 for BES 5.0.2 Microsoft Exchange and BES 5.0.2 IBM Lotus Domino
  
  ! ! ! Please install the version of the BRK or the BBUA that matches the software version of the BES! ! !
  
  For details of how to install the BRK or the BBUA, please see the corresponding documentation and in addition to that the B*Nator installation guide.



• Download B*Nator device information for B*Nator User Self Service from here for:
  • BlackBerry 6xxx
  • BlackBerry 7xxx
  • BlackBerry 81xx
  • BlackBerry 82xx
  • BlackBerry 83xx
  • BlackBerry 85xx
  • BlackBerry 87xx
  • BlackBerry 88xx
  • BlackBerry 89xx
  • BlackBerry 90xx
  • BlackBerry 95xx
  • BlackBerry 96xx
  • BlackBerry 97xx
  
  
  
• Download required 3rd Party Applications for B*Nator Mail Round Trip Client installation from here:
  • BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.0
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 SP 1
  • Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0

B*Nator 3.0.3 (2010-08-30)

To update from B*Nator 2.4.x or higher to B*Nator version 3.0.3, please update the B*Nator monitor. The B*Nator Agents will update automatically.

To update B*Nator from previous B*Nator versions please update the B*Nator monitor as well as the B*Nator agents. Please verify that at least B*Nator version 2.3.8 is installed. If it is not installed yet, please install it, before starting the update procedure to the current B*Nator version.

Due to changes of the B*Nator database some information of BES users is removed from the database during the update and is reconstructed by the first BES DB Parser run. No information is lost, that can not be reconstructed, but until the BES DB Parser run is complete some information could not be available in B*Nator. As necessary information may not be available until the run is complete, this may affect the Mail Round Trip Monitor as well. Any errors that may occur during the reconstruction of the data can be ignored and the Mail Round Trip Monitor will continue as usual, as soon as all data is available. Restarting the Mail Round Trip Monitor may be necessary.

New features:

• [39289] The SRP host information from the BES management database and the BlackBerry router configuration from the Windows registry are now processed to display router chains on the BES detail pages

Fixes:

• [56682] Fixed that BES log lines with 6 digit event ids were treated as error and warning log lines
• [57520] Fixed that the export of old BES user statistics only worked for the first BES in the database
• [52884] Fixed that deadlocks in status calculations caused error messages in the web interface
• [58071] Fixed that the B*Nator Monitor could stop processing messages from agents when it received a message from an old agent with an incompatible message protocol version
• [58077] Fixed a layout problem of the synchronisation details on the BlackBerry device detail page with older versions of Internet Explorer

Changes:

• [50085] The firmware version numbers in the firmware device count report are now grouped by the segments of the version numbers and device counts are given for each group
• [57454] Updated the rules for filtering of RIM applications and modules to work with newer versions of the handheld software
• [39289-NOTE] Hosts with RIM Infrastructure Servers will no longer be merged with other hosts that have the same IP address
• [52884-NOTE] If no host status can be calculated in the navigation, the host status will now show a red cross.

B*Nator 3.0.2 (2010-08-09)

New features:

• [49953] Added optional copying of the device's wireless backup from the origin to the destination BES management database during a BlackBerry user migration
• [2966] Added CPU and memory to the host information of server detail pages
• [36766] Added mailbox agent id, creation time, auto key generation and synchronization settings of BlackBerry users to the information on the user detail page and the User & Devices list
• [42536] Added the mailbox agent id to the service column of the BES logs page

Fixes:

• [53916] Fixed that the preview for favorite icons in the User Self Service was not working
• [54181] Fixed that the installation of the BlackBerry Application Web Loader add-on for the application repository in the User Self Service did not work
• [54182] Fixed an exception which stopped processing of ActiveSync device information in the B*Nator Agent that occured when a mailbox has the HasActiveSyncDeviceParntership flag set even if it has no ActiveSync device partnerships
• [54591] Fixed that the devices a user can select in the User Self Service included already deleted BlackBerry devices
• [55272] Fixed that the memory cleaning of the MDS log parser of the B*Nator Agent did not work which could cause a large amount of log entries when maximum number of concurrently tracked connections was exceeded
• [55481] Fixed an exception when logging in to the mobile User Self Service with a not activated BlackBerry device
• [55478] Fixed that modifying firmwares in the device information administration did not work after a guide or image had been uploaded
• [53443] Fixed a missing message text in the User Self Service
• [54183] Fixed the PowerShell script used to query ActiveSync information from an Exchange server to retrieve all devices in environments with multiple domains or more then 1000 mailboxes
• [55597] Fixed that for some actions on the Settings page of the User Self Service the page showing the status of an action keept refreshing endlessly
• [55598] Fixed an exception on the ActiveSync device detail page when the device's policy contained a numeric value that could not be mapped to a text
• [56101] Fixed that the B*Nator Agent could get stuck during the service startup

Changes:

• [54185] Added a new permission for firstlevel users which controls whether moving of BES users is allowed
• [50797] The predefined default traffic limit has been changed to unlimited (This only affects new installations that have no default traffic limit saved in the database)
• [55595] Updated the MDS log parser of the B*Nator Agent to handle the changed log information of BES 5.0.2
• [41717] Made the refresh interval of the navigation bar configurable
• [53917] Optimized the database accesses for updates of BlackBerry user traffic information to reduce the probability of deadlocks

B*Nator 3.0.1 (2010-07-19)

Fixes:

• [51527] Fixed the buttons for the Domino logs and database replication pages on the BES detail page
• [51586] Fixed the links to the user detail pages on the migration configuration page
• [51809] The Mail Round Trip Monitor module will no longer try to send mails to a BES user who has no email address because that causes an exception
• [51972] Fixed that the administration tab on the ActiveSync device detail page was not visible for normal users and administrators when the permission settings for firstlevel users did not allow administrating of ActiveSync devices
• [52147] Fixed that missing firmware update information could cause a wrong update status in the navigation and were not displayed on the update page
• [52148] Fixed an exception during the service startup when the B*Nator database contains manually added mail servers
• [52300] Fixed the links to the newly created users in the list of BES user migrations
• [52488] Fixed a problem in the User Self Service login when using Domino accounts which caused an exception on the User Self Service pages
• [52485] Fixed an exception that caused an error popup on the edit host page when searching for a mail round trip user
• [53835] Removed deprecated database columns from the installer that caused an error in the BES database parser after a new installation

Changes:

• [51365] Improved the PowerShell commands to get ActiveSync device information which should speed up the process significantly
• [51094] Improved retrieval of performance data for hosts which should give much better average values

B*Nator 3.0.0 (2010-06-28)

New in this release:

• ActiveSync Support for Microsoft Exchange 2007.

Fixes:

• The traffic applications administration page now displays all of the multiple traffic applications, if they have the same name.
• User activities are now written into the UserLogging.log file.
• The operating system of a host now does not show 'null' anymore if no service pack is installed.
• Fixed a security exception if a BES detail page was opened without the view permission for the SQL server of the corresponding BES management database.
• Fixed a security exception if the module status page was opened without view permission for all SQL servers.
• BAS groups with names in varying languages now longer cause an exception in the BES DB Parser.
• The database authentication type is now always selected correctly in the installer when performing an update.
• Fixed a typo in the description of step 11 for BES user migrations.

Changes:

• First level users now need the ''administrate'' permission for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to administrate BlackBerry users.
• First level users now need the ''administrate'' permission for the Exchange server to perform administrative tasks on ActiveSync users.