B*Nator 2.5.7 (2010-03-15)

To update from B*Nator 2.4.x or higher to B*Nator version 2.5.7, 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.

New functionality:

• Added CSV file export for overview charts /XPl 20191
• Improved BlackBerry Enterprise Server logs search /XPl 35740
• Added total found count for BES userlist and made some minor improvements to the page layout /XPl 40659

Hotfixes:

• Fixed that the CSV files created by the maintainer were not created correctly /XPl 41326
• Fixed that it was not possible to generate a report for a BES without the view permission for the SQL Server of the BES /XPl 41321
• Fixed that the BES version was not correctly displayed for BES maintenance releases /XPl 41429
• Fixed an exception in the Maintainer module when it was started twice on the same day /XPl 39527

B*Nator 2.5.6 (2010-02-22)

Hotfixes:

• Fixed that Domino BES escalation reports could not be generated as PDF or sent as an email /XPl 36276
• Fixed that the login did not work after a session timeout on some pages /XPl 36924
• Fixed that the service controls did not work for application servers /XPl 37805
• Fixed that the PhoneCallLog-parser in the B*Nator Agent did not work with BES 5 /XPl 38640
• Fixed that assigning a group to users did not work for BES 4 users /XPl 37557
• Fixed that invalid URLs caused an exception in the User Self Service favorites /XPl 38738

B*Nator 2.5.5 (2010-01-14)

New functionality:

• Added individual SNMP monitoring configuration for BES and Domino servers /XPl 35832

Hot fix:

• Fixed that changing the mail settings had no effect /XPl 35983
• Fixed that the update versions for device softwares were not correctly updated /XPl 36042
• Fixed that IT policy rules could not be updated using the BES User Administration Tool 4.x /XPl 36269

Changes:

• Updated the SRP connection detection for BES 5.0.1 MR1 /XPl 35223
• Domino task notifications are no longer repeated on every Domino Monitor run and will only be sent when the not running tasks contain previously running tasks or when all tasks are running again /XPl 35229

B*Nator 2.5.4 (2010-01-06)

New functionality:

• Filtered log entries can be displayed on the BES logs page now which allows searching of all logs without affecting the BES status /XPl 33961

Hot fix:

• Fixed that deleting BlackBerry routers in the administration did not work /XPl 31983
• Fixed an exception on the Enterprise Activation wizard page of the User Self Service when no device information existed for the device of the user /XPl 31859
• Fixed that the send text input field on the B*Nator Remote Control page was disabled after sending a text /XPl 31979
• Removed the FAQ button on the User Self Service home page
• Fixed an exception in the administration when the message format of a notification text contained a wrong parameter /XPl 31858
• Made some minor corrections to the texts of the disk space notifications for hard disks /XPl 31981
• Made some minor corrections to the texts of the data-compliance notifications /XPl 32445
• Fixed that the merge host confirmation dialog on the edit host page of the administration did not work as expected /XPl 34107
• Fixed that the SNMP status of hosts was always "Ok" regardless of timeouts /XPl 31770

Changes:

• The checkboxes in the BES users list are now checked if a user is already selected for mass user administration /XPl 31985
• New column in list of adminitrative tasks that displayes the host of which B*Nator Agent was used /XPl 32163
• Updated B*Nator Remote Control to version 1.7.3 /XPl 34203

B*Nator 2.5.3 (2009-11-23)

New functionality:

• Additional services can be manually added to the list of monitored services. Additional services can be stopped and started from the B*Nator web interface. /XPl 30925

Hot fix:

• Fixed that IT-Policy values with a comma were not read correctly from the BES User Admin Tool output. /XPl 31138
• Fixed that adding new BES users logged in to B*Nator as a Firstlevel user returned an exception. /XPl 31135
• Fixed that merging a host with a BES User Administration Tool caused an exception. /XPl 29616
• Fixed that uploading no or an invalid file as a maintenance calendar caused an exception when no calendar was previously defined. /XPl 31439
• Fixed that the update status information in the navigation was not updated correctly. /XPl 29613
• Fixed that the "ack page" link on the BES logs page removed the wrong log lines. /XPl 31057
• Fixed that unfinished downtimes were not included in the calculation of the total downtime for a timeframe. /XPl 31061
• Fixed that the "back" button on the B*Nator group edit page was not working in Internet Explorer. /XPl 30930

Changes:

• SQL servers and BES management databases have been separated. /XPl 16322
  • Multiple databases can be added to a single SQL server.
  • SQL servers without BES management databases can be monitored also.
  • References to a BES management database now have the same naming format everywhere: SERVER.DATABASE

B*Nator 2.5.2 (2009-11-02)

New functionality:

• Added an option to select a target group for users without an origin group when creating user migrations. /XPl 26805
• Added an extra check to find the new BES users during a user migration, to speed up the migration when users are initially added with a wrong e-mail address.
• Added a new first level user permission to disallow automatic screenshots in B*Nator Remote Control. /XPl 26964
• Added a location column to the customizable user lists and added an indicator to the column and to the user detail page that shows, if a location has been expired, based on a configurable threshold for the location age. /XPl 8710
• Added an administration icon to the header of all host detail pages, to directly access the host configuration in B*Nator. /XPl 29023
• Added a home page to the User Self Service and improved several other User Self Service pages. /XPl 19916
• Added an option to upload the diiop_ior.txt for Domino servers if anonymous web access to retrieve it is not possible. /XPl 25551
• Added support for BAS groups. /XPl 28431
• Updated B*Nator Remote Control to version 1.7.1. /XPl 27413

Hot fix:

• Fixed that the "Select columns" function on the BES User search page opened the whole B*Nator page inside the list area when the columns were set. /XPl 27773
• Fixed that non-ascii characters have not always correctly been passed to a new page which resulted in a wrong user list, for example when changing pages or exporting a user list.
• Fixed the traffic axis labels on the user detail page. /XPl 26965
• Fixed parsing BES to MDS relationship from the BES management database for BES 5.x. /XPl 28430

Changes:

• The services information on the server detail pages has been changed. /XPl 26799, XPl 28707
  • Only services that have an impact on the server are listed in the first section of the box.
  • The Domino services are now included in the services that affect the BES status.
  • Services that do not affect the server status are listed in additional sections.
  • The SNMP service is now monitored on all hosts.
• New lines in PIN2PIN messages are now formatted for output on the web page. /XPl 7858
• Acknowledging all logs on the BES logs page now returns to the BES detail page. /XPl 5425
• Replaced the B*Nator Traffic Push and Favorite icons with a higher resolution icon. /XPl 28074
• Improved logging of User Self Service login errors. /XPl 25543
• Improved the layout of the Device Details on the BES User detail page. /XPl 22075

B*Nator 2.5.1 (2009-08-24)


New functionality:

• Added the B*Nator Remote Control installation request notification to the configurable notification texts /XPl 24051
• The vendor name can be displayed in userlists and on the user detail page /XPl 22156
• SSL Support for LDAP /XPl 11841

Hot fix:

• Fixed deleting of compliance blacklist criteria which ended with spaces or contained special characters /XPl 22942
• Fixed deleting of a BES while there are still mail round trip mails in the database for it /XPl 24049
• Made sure that you can not accidently enter a username with trailing spaces in the B*Nator user administration /XPl 24617
• Fixed that umlauts on the B*Nator user administration pages were not always displayed correctly /XPl 24931
• Fixed SNMP queries: /XPl 24612
  • Fixed that the values for CAL and WER statistics were not correct
  • Fixed that SNMP did not work with BES 5.0
  • The Domino data folder is now the folder of the server which's name matches the hostname, if you have multiple domino instances on a host

Changes:

• The B*Nator Agent's log parser states are now written using a safer method and saved to backup files /XPl 22940
• Added tooltips for icons on overview, server detail and user detail pages /XPl 22073
• Improved error message, when BES User Admin Tool configuration is invalid

B*Nator 2.5.0 (2009-07-20)


New functionality:

• The texts of notifications sent to BlackBerry users can now be customized /XPl 17434
• Updated the B*Nator Remote Control to version 1.6 /XPl 8709
• Firmware Update from User Self Service /XPl 17159
• Optional support for Google-Maps to display the position of users for a userlist and on the BES user detail page /XPl 19693
• Support for BES 5 User Administration Tool /XPl 4464
• New user list of VIP users /XPl 19839

Hot fix:

• Fixed logging of user activity in the module administration /XPl 20703
• Fixed that the "Check" link on the data compliance page for a BES user opened the global data compliance page /XPl 20886