M100924: Known and addressed problems in Enterprise Compliance Manager release 8.0

Problem 

Description

Access Rights

54218

MGS Compliance Users group is not granted DB access in 2 box model

57269

Role scope restrictions may be ignored when user is in multiple roles

ARL Functionality

56139

"Licensed" column empty in Excel export from applications grid

56140

"Authorized" action appears as "Licensed" in export from apps grid

56403

Loading data in applications grids may take a long time and/or fail

56913

File evidence merge wizard deletes links between file evidence & titles

Console

52013

CM remote console fails to load license details for locked down users

54601

Error displaying evidence details containing non-ASCII characters

58488

Grid jumps to a random location when a row is removed from the grid

Contract/Vendor/PO

54363

Payment schedule start date cannot be set earlier than Jan 1, 2000

Database

57176

MGS Compliance Users group has sysadmin access to SQL Server instance

Hardware Assets

51715

Asset & computer enterprise group data not synchronized on initial link

53509

"Created by" field on assets created from the Inventory node is blank

54330

Computers deleted from inventory don't appear under "Missing Computers"

55173

"Failed to relink computer to asset" linking to already linked asset

56555

Lease review date may be shown as Expiry Date in Lease Expiry grid

Import

51039

New asset incorrectly replaces old asset if existing AD account re-used

53770

DatabaseImportClient.exe (import GUI) may crash if the import fails

54195

CM inventory import re-links applications to retired & disposed assets

54673

CM import fails if ComplianceDomain.QualifiedName is not unique

54905

Importer fails if SoftwareFileName records differ only by whitespace

55612

User names imported from SMS as NULL if Full_User_Name0 is NULL

55843

Wildcards in file evidence treated as literal characters

56100

Installs of all but one file ignored by FE rules that match >1 files

56138

IE & apps with 0 match/installation counts appear as "installed"/"new"

56178

Import may timeout reading DM file evidence information at large scales

56335

Processing of "software applications no longer installed" is too slow

56570

"Invalid length parameter passed to the SUBSTRING function" import error

56614

Duplicate asset created when machine is reimaged with new name

56700

Out of memory error matching imported FE to existing evidence at scale

56793

CM import fails reading MGS inventory with non-numeric processor speeds

57388

Import fails if computers have multiple OS details in inventory

57467

Import fails inserting duplicate record in to SoftwareLicenseAllocation

57562

SMS GetInstallerEvidence query times out at large scales

58060

Out of memory error reading installed installer evidence at large scale

58204

Import from SCCM fails if file paths are longer than 400 characters

Install wizards

56412

DM7.9/ECM7.9.4 compatibility patch not provided on CD or documented

56419

Report drill down may not work after upgrading from CM7.8.5 or earlier

56604

"Method not found...get_UseWindowsAuthentication" remote console error

Reports

48691

Standalone CM install does not have link to manage custom reports

51663

Drill through from "Asset Count Per Manufacturer" report does not work

52234

Only users with admin rights have access to CM reports in RS by default

54398

"Computers with Licensed Applications" report shows duplicate computers

56509

Enterprise groups are blank in the License Publisher Summary report

Software Assets

49679

Cannot change the type of a license once it has been created

52092

Ignored computers are counted in evidence matches & application installs

52509

ArgumentException error when attempting to authorize an application

54548

License allocations to users are not recorded in the license history

54998

Users with >1 role filtered by group may have more rights than expected

55190

License counts in reports do not include licenses purchased through a PO

56598

User license allocations ignored if app also linked to computer license

57004

Licenses consumed by explicitly allocated but inactive assets

57207

Allocated count < # allocations if user-based license allocated to asset

57209

License that has been allocated to user reported as unallocated to asset

57752

License is still consumed after computers are deleted from inventory

58388

Retired licenses still cover application installations

Web Portal

56664

"Test connection failed" testing ECM7.9.4 usage connection to DM7.9.5

58368

"In breach" count shown in portal calculated using meaningless logic

Internal

1667

Able to delete License predefined view folder without warning.

1751

# of matches on evidence goes up each import

Problem 

Description

Access Rights

58666

Groups granted access to DM are incorrectly visible as ECM roles

ARL Functionality

52561

ARL download fails if proxy requires integrated NT authentication

Console

47723

Many fields on CM entities missing from column choosers for grid display

57549

Bad currency values shown in history with some locale settings

Contract/Vendor/PO

57703

Vendor contact email field always appears as empty on a German console

Database

58095

mgsDatabaseUpdate.exe -d option does not work

Documentation

52461

Undocumented dependency on .NET on CM data server

Enterprise

52605

Data under Enterprise node is unscoped for local administrators

Hardware Assets

47847

Asset import from CSV file fails if some "optional" fields not specified

52083

Ignore removable drives for hardware change detection

53490

"Assign To" field on assets does not get set automatically

Import

46627

CSV import overwrites current values of unspecified fields

51957

CSV import fails if enterprise group path is longer than 64 characters

53387

Valid CSV files with line breaks in string values fail to import

55151

CM reporting URL & DB settings are disabled when running on admin server

55344

Bogus warning about missing fields given during PO import from CSV files

56707

Asset & computer enterprise group info not synchronized on CSV import

57006

Import fails attempting to delete users that are managers of other users

57844

CSV import may fail if %TEMP%\schema.ini file exists

58568

Local users are not imported by ECM from DM

Install wizards

55815

DM setup not done by ECM portal installer if DirectorySystem is not "AD"

Reports

56640

Drill down from "List of licenses" report does not work (rsItemNotFound)

57910

"Assets with duplicate Asset tag" report may run slowly

Software Assets

44738

Advertised MSI packages will be treated as installed

48419

Incorrect file details may be shown for file evidence

52650

"Licensed" column in the applications grid is not scoped

53599

Titles may be incorrectly recognized as installed from old usage data

56351

"Licenses by Publisher" report doesn't show licenses without a publishe

56757

License Allocation History report only shows data about assets

58446

Expired licenses still cover application installations

58886

"Always installed" option does not work for user based licenses

Web Portal

56498

Access to ECM portal requires right to list software licenses

57559

Portal error if "Managed Device Default Configuration" doesn't exist

Internal

1522

Importing 20000 assets from a CSV file takes 30 minutes.

It should only take 10 mins.

1670

On Remote Console, changing remote connection settings via importer prompt

causes CM corruption.

1727

The License history tab showing "Number Installed" field value cycling when

after running importer.

1781

"Count of Computers by Unassigned Application" report contains filter parameters

that aren't shown in results

1782

User fields in "Computer Detail" report do not match fields shown in computer

properties dialog

1805

Contract can be assigned a category that is not visible in properties

2679

Filtering ARL grid by "[Clasification] is not blank" does not filter anything

2028

Linking an ignored Installer Evidence to an Application doesn't show the linked

Installer Evidence the next time the same Application property dialog is opened.

2030

Importing causes an error when importing from the 1st ManageSoft DB, then linking

and unlinking computers to and from assets, then importing from another ManageSoft DB.

2343

MSI installer should create AppPool for x64 applications

2431

Error when saving an Asset multiple times after attaching a file.

3616

Users may encounter a problem during first run of the importer due to user

not having permission to add index on the ImportedInstallerEvidence table.