v11.9 [Apr 24, 2019]
Performance improvements:
- Auditing Tool works faster.
- Telnet service decodes data faster.
- Export into text file function works faster.
- RCC uses less memory when creates SLA reports.
- With some options set "Disable tests" operation could be too slow, now it works faster.
Test improvements:
- URL test: improvements help to retrieve large web pages (or files) when you have to deal with slow network connection or busy target server (note: by default HostMonitor downloads first 96MB of the file).
- HTTP test: optimized code uses less CPU when you need to check large files (note: by default HostMonitor downloads first 96MB of the file).
- Interbase test can monitor FireBird SQL servers as well; HostMonitor can use gds32.dll and fbclient.dll client DLLs. Also Interbase/Firebird test allows using non-standard TCP port for connection.
- MySQL test can monitor MariaDB servers as well; it can use libmySQL.dll and libmariadb.dll client DLLs. Note: libmySQL.dll from MySQL Connector v8 is not supported yet; libmySQL.dll version 5.x can be used for connection to MySQL v8 but in this case you have to create a user account using mysql_native_password plugin (because default MySQL v8 caching_sha2_password authentication is not supported by MySQL 5.x).
Other:
- HostMonitor, RCC and WatchDog show warning icon (in addition to logging) when HostMonitor unable to save test list for some reason (e.g. access is denied).
v11.5 [Aug 14, 2018]
Improvements:
- HMScript: new parameters for SetTestParam, ReplaceTestParam, SetTestParamByID and ReplaceTestParamByID commands:
Threshold (also ThreshouldUp can be used).
Threshold2 (ThresholdDown can be used).
- Now you may set limits for most of test methods using script, e.g. you may set limit for free memory or free disk space, loss ratio or jitter limits for Ping tests, set limits for CPU load, UPS load or battery temperature and so on.
- Some examples:
SetTestParam- "main router" Threshold "50 %"
SetTestParam- "main router" Threshold2 "50 ms"
SetTestParam- _AllMemory Threshold- "20 %"
SetTestParam- _AllTraffic Threshold "55 KB/sec"
SetTestParam- _AllTraffic Threshold "33 pkt/min"
SetTestParam- _AllTraffic Threshold "22 pkt"
ReplaceTestParam _AllUPSTemp ThresholdUp 65 55
ReplaceTestParam _AllUPSTemp ThresholdDown 15 10
ReplaceTestParam _AllFreeSpace Threshold "20 %" "17 %"
ReplaceTestParam _AllFreeSpace Threshold "5 GB" "8 GB"
ReplaceTestParam _AllFreeSpace Threshold "6 GB" "15 %"
SetTestParamByID 11054 Threshold "10 MB"
- Process test in SNMP mode checked up to 1024 processes, now it checks up to 4096 processes.
- Minor GUI improvements (HostMonitor and RCC).
- The following issue was resolved: In some rare cases "report generator" module could make HostMonitor unresponsive for several minutes (sometimes this may happen if you set SLA reports with charts for a large set of tests; also HostMonitor could slow down when many test items launch Generate Reports action with disabled "use reports pool" option and HostMonitor does not have access to the target folder).
v10.0 [Mar 11, 2016]
Improvements MIB Browser improvements
Redesigned MIB file compiler works much much faster
Now compiler's "smartmode1" is enabled by default, this helps to avoid compiling problems experienced with some MIB files
Also fixed problems related to SNMP Traps v1 specified in some MIB files
Progress indicator
Other GUI improvements
New standard database includes over 15,000 nodes from over 100 MIB files
Important note: new MIB Browser can load old database create by old MIB Browser however we recommend install standard pre-compiled database and re-compile your custom MIB files (if you have any) using new version of the software.
If you update old Advanced Host Monitor package then installation program will keep your existing database. You may retrieve new MIB database from this archive - just unzip and replace MIBDATA.LST and MIBTREE.LST files located in HostMonitor data folder (usually this is C:\ProgramData\HostMonitor\ folder on Windows Vista and newer systems or C:\Program Files\HostMonitor\ on old Windows XP/2003 systems)
Improvements HostMonitor and RMA improvements
New software uses OpenSSL version 1.0.2e
Now AES module used by SSH test and Certificate Expiration test methods supports AES256-cbc and AES192-cbc ciphers (in addition to AES128-cbc)
Improvements HostMonitor and RCC improvements
System Info utility could not retrieve disk usage information from some BSD systems. Now improved and works with various BSD systems
Test Properties-Comment dialog automatically adjusts witdth of titles column when alternative titles specified by AlternativeCommentTitles option
SNMP related test methods can work with new MIB database
Advanced Host Monitor 10.06 Beta
Improvements Improvements
HostMonitor and RMA for Windows: Ping test offers new option "Alert if Jitter over N ms". Jitter - amount of variation in response time, calculated by using the following formula Jitter = SquareRoot( SumOf((ReplyTime[i] - AverageReply)^2) / (ReceivedPacketCount-1) )
(when this option enabled, HostMonitor will send at least 3 ICMP packets)
Now HostMonitor may set 6 statuses for Ping tests:
"Ok" this status used when Jitter" option is enabled and Jitter time within specified limit
(when "Alert if lost ratio" option enabled, it should be within specified limit as well)
"Host is alive" this status used when "Jitter" option was not enabled and loss ratio within specified limit
"Bad" this status means either Jitter or Loss ratio is out of the limits
"No answer" HostMonitor sets "no answer" status when does not receive any response from target system
"Unknown host" host name could not be resolved to IP address
"Unknown" test performed by Remote Monitoring Agent and there is some RMA related error (e.g. HostMonitor cannot connect to the agent)
Also there is new "Display: Jitter" option for Ping test
%AlertThreshold% variable for Ping test may return values like
50% lost; Timeout: 1000 ms - this format used when "jitter" option is not enabled
50% lost; Jitter: 100 ms - when both "lost" and "jitter" alert options used
Jitter: 100 ms - when only "jitter" alert option enabled
%AlertThresholdValue% variable for Ping test returns timeout value (as before) or jitter threshould (if "Jitter" option enabled for the test)
New Ping test related variables can be used as action parameters, Custom HTML report variables, custom field, etc:
%Jitter% - amount of variation in response time, in milliseconds
%LostRatio% - ratio of lost packets to total transmitted packets
Note: when you setup Ping test with "Alert if Jitter.." option disabled and "Lost ratio" option set to 100% and you are not using Lost, Received or Jitter display option then HostMonitor (or RMA) will wait for SINGLE received ICMP packet and %Jitter% variable will be set to -1 (unused)
HostMonitor and RCC: Test Info window may show Loss ratio and Jitter in "reply" field (Ping test)
HostMonitor and RMA: Process test: sometimes damaged Windows Performance Counters can lead to memory leakage. New HostMonitor should be able to detect this problem and display "Windows Perf Counters corrupted?" message. If some test item returns such error, you should rebuild Windows Performance Counters
HostMonitor and RMA: Certificate Expiration test: HostMonitor version 10.00 (and RMA 5.00) uses new version of OpenSSL library where TLS 1.0 protocol is disabled by default. HostMonitor 10.06 will try use TLS 1.0 if your web server does not support TLS 1.2
RCC: System Info window may request data without suspending other requests (e.g. you may check or modify test settings, disable or pause test items while RCC requesting system information from HostMonitor or Remote Monitoring Agent)
v9.9 [Jul 8, 2014]
Tests and actions related improvements
- Drive Free Space test: %DiskFreeSize%, %DiskFreePercent% variables show amount of free space and percentage of free space regardless of test settings (e.g. you may setup test to check amount of free space and use variables to inform admin about amount and percentage of free space)
- Registry test allows you to check registry data using date macro variables and date expressions. Date format depends on system "short date" format; in addition HostMonitor checks for similar formats. E.g. if short date format = yy/MM/dd, then HostMonitor will translate date specified in one of the following formats: yy/m/d, yy/m/d, yy/mm/d, yy/m/dd, yy/mm/dd, yyyy/m/d, yyyy/m/d, yyyy/mm/d, yyyy/m/dd, yyyy/mm/dd
- %object2% variable can be used for Count Files test method pattern; it shows file mask used for the test
- HostMonitor records test name and test id when "Send E-Mail" action fails (just like other actions)
HostMonitor and RCC GUI improvements
- added 3 user permissions:
- manage shell scripts
- use Connection Manager
- change its own RCC password
- This way you may allow operator to modify test settings (and script parameters) without allowing him to change script code. Or you may allow operator to modify test settings without allowing him to change Connection Manager records.
- RCC: if "change its own RCC password" permission granted, RCC allows operator to change its own password using menu User -> Change password (note: as before "manage user profiles" permission allows operator to manage all user accounts)
- RCC: disables some menu items depending on user rights
- "User defined variables" window allows fields resize
- Other minor improvements
Web Service improvements
- It works faster, especially when some folders or views include thousands of test items
- Some improvements related to application-service communications
- Web Service forces Internet Explorer to use "edge" mode. Otherwise IE could switch to compatibility mode and does not work correctly
The following issues were resolved
- HostMonitor and RCC: application did not sort floating-point numbers correctly for Shell Script and Text Log test methods when items sorted by Reply field. Fixed
- HostMonitor: if ODBC Query test performed by Active RMA agent, some specific data could trigger "Not tested" test status instead of correct Bad or Ok status. Fixed
- HostMonitor: if Compare Files test performed by RMA agent and "compare time" option is disabled then "compare size" option may not work correctly. Fixed
- HostMonitor and RMA: minor tweaks for Radius test method
- Web Service: fixed some sorting issues
v9.0 [Nov 30, 2011]
1.Improvements
HostMonitor, RMA for Windows: Trace test offers 6 new variables that provide information about slowest host in the chain and information about last responsive host in the route: %TraceSlowestNode%, %TraceSlowestHost%, %TraceSlowestTime%, %TraceLastNode%, %TraceLastHost%, %TraceLastTime%
HostMonitor: old version could create reports and logs on shared network drives specified by UNC path (e.g. \server\logs\hmlogs\primary.htm) but it could not create new folders on such resources. New version can create folders on local and remote systems
2.The following issues were resolved
HostMonitor, RMA for Windows: if target host name could not be resolved due to DNS related problems, %TraceFull% and %TraceBrief% variables could display route detected by previous (old) test probe. Fixed
HostMonitor, RMA for Windows: NT Event Log test method could work incorrectly in Vista compatibility mode due to some bugs in Windows Vista API (including Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7). Fixed
HostMonitor: minor GUI corrections
v8.8 [Aug 30, 2011]
The new version has a lots of improvements including the fact that you may setup Ping test performed by Passive RMA using rma itself string instead of target host name. In such case HostMonitor will check agent status without using backup agent even if such backup agent specified for selected RMA. Earlier such option was implemented for Active RMA, it allows to check status of the agent itself, it has also minor GUI improvements. It also has resolved a series of issues such as :Test History dialog could set incorrect scale for Traffic Monitor test items, if you enable disabled test items with "irregular" schedules, under some conditions HostMonitor could perform 1st check of such tests immediately, regardless of specified schedule,other minor corrections for HostMonitor, RCC and Web Service and much more.
v7.2 [Apr 14, 2008]
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