This article contains two tables. The first lists customer-related problems that were addressed in the 8.0.1 release of Deployment Manager for Linux, Solaris and OS X managed devices. The second lists known problems in the release. More information about specific issues can be obtained by contacting ManageSoft Support.
Problems Addressed
The following problems have been addressed in Deployment Manager release 8.0.1 for Linux, Solaris and OS X managed devices.
Problem |
Description |
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Installation |
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53221 |
Managed device settings packages fail to install on UNIX/Mac devices |
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58041 |
Reducing the amount of SQL transations |
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58309 |
Client takes too long to complete policy merge |
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58923 |
Client consumes excessive CPU |
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59705 |
Packages containing prereqs packed with Deployment Manager 8.0 not supported |
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61492 |
Parsing problem with quoted strings inside of install commands |
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Inventory |
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57662 |
Mac inventory agent may abort while collecting video controller details |
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58370 |
Inventory collection hangs collecting file inventory of a pipe |
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Network operations |
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58035 |
Persistent HTTP connections not used when downloading to UNIX/Mac devices |
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Scheduling |
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54390 |
"At startup" & ASAP events run every time /usr/bin/managesoft is run |
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56463 |
Remove cron and at dependency from Unix MD |
Known Problems
Problem |
Description |
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Installation |
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31483 |
Dependent packages are not uninstalled when top level pkg is uninstalled |
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32102 |
Bootstrap location is lost after failed boostrap on Unix |
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32154 |
No event logs generated if install fails due to network outage on Unix |
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32156 |
No event log when uninstall a package using the Unix client command line |
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34419 |
Installed packages don't get uninstalled if pre-reqs are no longer met |
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40441 |
Old schedules are still reported as installed after new schedule applied |
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53324 |
Packages with thousands of files fail to install in UNIX/Mac platforms |
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54301 |
Packages that "uninstall when out of scope" uninstall on failed download |
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57134 |
File that keeps same size between package revisions may not be updated |
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57348 |
Reports show install as pending when updated package is not required |
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Inventory |
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34894 |
Solaris inventory does not include software patches |
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53083 |
Inventory is not generated on computers whose clocks are turned back |
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Network operations |
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47877 |
HTTP PUT fails if file contains # characters in its name |
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Scheduling |
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26490 |
Renaming/removing distribution group breaks schedules without warning |
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45217 |
Schedule agent may invoke policy agent with bad case in path to .npls |
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45300 |
Scheduled events have duplicate names by default and can't be renamed |
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Selection |
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37388 |
Opening the selector on Solaris may take a long time |
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