NetCrunch Release Notes

What’s new, fixed and improved in every release.

Since version 15
Releases11
Fixes180
Features152

Release history

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  1. Version 16.0.0 Preview Fixes26 Features81

    Highlights

    • New(Graphical Views) Reach Text Support Text and shape widgets can now display formatted content, including bold text, italic text, and lists.
    • NewAbility to add nodes to a node group view in Web Console
    • NewAbility to restore or delete Atlas if it cannot be correctly loaded
    • NewAdd last hardware change column to hardware inventory view
    • NewAdded hardware sensor info to inventory hardware view

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  2. Version 15.4.3 Latest Fixes5

    Highlights

    • CriticalUpdate NodeJs to 20.20.2 (Security Fix)
    • MajorImproved stability for NetCrunch servers hosted on AWS during periods of disk inaccessibility
    • MajorOverall performance and stability fixes
    • MajorProbe re-connection issues
    • MajorUnable to change port for TLS connections when adding an SMTP server.

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  3. Version 15.4.2 Fixes18

    Highlights

    • Critical[File Sensor] Fixed a bug where adding a second SFTP File or Folder sensor caused both sensors to stop functioning.
    • Critical[Probe] Fixed an issue where cloud-connected probes could consume 300% CPU.
    • Major[Alerting] Fixed a bug where custom alerts were not saved if the template was already assigned to a node.
    • Major[Alerting] Fixed an issue where Windows service alerts (defined with RegExp) would only trigger once, even when multiple services matched.
    • Major[Alerting] Resolved incorrect triggering of correlated Windows service alerts regarding "running" vs. "not running" states.

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  4. Version 15.4.1 Fixes12 Features4

    Highlights

    • NewCustom Tools. The ability to execute custom tools in elevation mode (as an administrator) has been added.
    • NewEnhanced SNMP Views. Users can now add custom lookups (value maps with icons) to columns in SNMP Views.
    • NewMIB Database. Added about 600 new MIBs specifically for industrial switch devices (26 new vendors).
    • NewNew Sensor. Added a DICOM Query Sensor with full TLS support.
    • CriticalData Storage: Fixed a bug that caused active alerts data to grow to an abnormal size in certain situations.

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  5. Version 15.3.0 Fixes35 Features12

    Highlights

    • NewDefine one-click custom tools allowing scripts and executables to run directly from the node menu (desktop console only).
    • NewImproved Probe Upgrades Probes can now be upgraded without reconfiguration. (Next release: full auto-upgrade, including isolated networks.)
    • NewMassive Encryption Performance Boost Encryption is now up to 200x faster, enabling smooth handling of hundreds of simultaneous connections.
    • NewNew High-Performance SNMP Requester Delivers several-fold faster SNMPv3 performance.
    • NewNew Monitoring Pack. Added Fujitsu Primequest (SNMP) monitoring pack.

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  6. Version 15.2.1 Fixes17 Features10

    Highlights

    • NewAlerts on Windows service installation and uninstallation Automatically triggers alerts when services are added or removed
    • NewCloud Data Email (Sensor) Monitors the flow of cloud-delivered data email services.
    • NewCloud Email Round-Trip Sensor Checks the full email delivery and return cycle in cloud services.
    • NewCloud Mailbox Sensor Provides insights into cloud mailbox availability and usage.
    • NewImporting data from PRTG Enables importing sensors and configuration data from PRTG for faster onboarding.

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  7. Version 15.1.1 Fixes11

    Highlights

    • CriticalIn certain situations statusDB could grow to hundreds of megabytes due to lack of proper cleanup. This could result in high memory usage and very long startup times.[#6590]
    • CriticalNon-root organization AD users can't log in to the desktop console.
    • MajorEmail messages are not delivered to e-mail addresses containing certain characters (i.e. apostrophe). [MP0038]
    • MajorGaps in trend data can occur when a large number of metrics are monitored by a single sensor (i.e. 1000).
    • MajorHyper-V checkpoint issue when host is in a language other than English [MP0037]

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  8. Version 15.1.0 Fixes20 Features9

    Highlights

    • NewExtending information about SSL error Program now displays error code that allows to explain the type of the SSL related error
    • NewHyper-V virtual machine checkpoints monitoring adds new monitoring packs and the list of checkpoints in virtual machines view
    • NewIIS Application Pool sensor allows monitoring IIS application pool parameters
    • NewInterfaces sorting in Interfaces View is more intuitive now
    • NewNew "number" conversion allows to display the exact number

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  9. Version 15.0.4 Fixes4

    Highlights

    • Critical30 day trial license registration was not possible
    • CriticalUser with administrative access right couldn't open desktop console [MP0029]
    • MajorReport from current view couldn't be created
    • MajorRouting Map could show nodes other than routers (i.e printers) #6042

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  10. Version 15.0.2 Fixes3

    Highlights

    • MajorAfter atlas upgrade all map icons have been lost
    • MajorIf atlas contains multiple sites then name of `Local - NetCrunch Server` site was overriden
    • MajorUpgrade policies of old atlases was not working

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  11. Version 15.0.1 Fixes29 Features36

    Highlights

    • NewAdaptive topology map scaling - hides unreadable elements as elements become smaller
    • NewAlert History Histogram has tooltip to show summary value at given point in time
    • NewAtlas Upgrade option allows the upgrade of old Atlases with the latest monitoring packs and pre-defined views.
    • NewAutomated screens allows selecting which node view and alert view to display
    • NewAutomated Screens are available in desktop console now

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