Config db ntf: 20140414170000
Analyze db ntf: 20140414170000
Help db ntf: 20140414170000 / Content: 20140414170000
Windows Version: 4.0.13 :: MAC OS X Version: 2.0.45 :: Linux Version: 2.0.42
Eclipse Plugin: 2.0.3
Major Improvements: New keyfile (id) analyze and config features, Customizable temp directory for Zipping/Unzipping, Improved cluster support, Fixed a problem with Sametime Meeting server management in Notes 9 embedded client, Fixed a problem with installing a feature update, Improved view sorting in Config DB, Get Databases from Catalog now supports Catalog server, Fixes and enhancements for Eclipse settings (Themes, Colors & Fonts, Browser & Widgets, Preferences), fixed a problem in Analyze view '...by Computername', MarvelZip and Blocking fixes
General Notes | |
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 | Supported IBM Lotus Notes releases: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, up to 9.0.1 including the IBM Notes Browser Plugin (Administrators need at least IBM Lotus Notes 8.x, preferably Windows) Supported client-side operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, 7, 8, and Citrix/WTS, Apple Intel Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion), Linux Supported server-side operating systems: any supported by IBM (operating system independent) NOTE: Support is limited for platform and release combinations not supported by IBM |
| Linux & Mac OS X: Eclipse Management, Skinning, Realtime, Zip/Unzip and Attachment Blocking are not available on Linux or Mac OS X; Citrix, Linux & Mac OS X: the MarvelClient Upgrade module is only available on Windows (=not on Citrix, Linux or Mac OS X) MarvelClient on Mac OS X and Linux does not support the runtypes "After Login - After Write", "On first server access", "Background - Init" and "Background" - any such actions must be set to run at a different supported runtype, e.g. "After Login" |
| IMPORTANT NOTES | This release contains select important updates highlighted in red |
Configuration Database | |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where the Eclipse\Set Eclipse Preferences Action did not properly compute Action XML for "Fonts and Colors" section "Mail view font" |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where the Webbrowser section and Widgets text fields did not support <namesspace:reference> in Set Eclipse Preferences Actions |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where setting the client Theme through Settings\User Preferences did not properly distinguish between the Notes 8 and Notes 9 Social Theme |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where "Update number of group members" in Access Definitions was not bequeathed into dependent Actions |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where Time Windows 2 and 3 were not properly validated in Smart File Downloader Actions |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where Mail Blocking Actions did not display licensing details |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where setting a MassChange Action to "delete" would not allow for setting servername to "ignore" |
| CHANGE | The sorting of all "All Actions\*" views has been changed to consistently sort all actions by (Category where applicable)\Priority\Title |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | "Get Database data from Catalog" buttons across various actions now honor the Catalog server in the Admin's current location. NOTE that ini:MC_CatalogServer overrides CatalogServer in current location, overrides ini:MailServer If you previously set MC_CatalogServer in notes.ini and want to now use the catalog server according to the then current location, remove MC_CatalogServer from notes.ini |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | The background color of the title field has been changed from blue to light yellow |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | The Settings\ID File Settings Action now allows to set the "Don't prompt for password for ..."-option" to Enable, Disable or Leave as is |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added an option to the Settings\ID File Settings Action to lock down (=not allow end users to change the option) "Don't prompt for password for ..." |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added an option the Settings\ID File Settings Action to reset (=clear) the password history |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added an option the Settings\ID File Settings Action to set the password history count |
| ENHANCEMENT | The Settings\User Preferences Action has been extended on the Mail tab with "Add forward prefix to the subject of forwarded messages" and the new alerts options introduced since Notes 8.5.3 |
| ENHANCEMENT | Settings\User Preferences now validates the Minutes field for Automatic Logoff, Check for New Mail and Autosave |
| ENHANCEMENT | The Eclipse\Set Eclipse Preferences Action now allows for selecting a font in the "Fonts and Colors" section NOTE that the selected font must be available on all targeted machines accordingly. |
Analyze Database | |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where the view OS/HW\by Computername view did not properly categorize documents - many documents were shown as (Not Categorized) |
| CHANGE | Changed the views "Database Sizes by Filepath" and "Database Sizes by ReplicaID" to categorize data in a more useful way |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | The keyfile XSLT document has been updated to also report on the following new keyfile properties |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added visualisation (=in ID Files\by Cert. & more view and corresponding keyfile form) for the new keyfile property "Certified Public Key" |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added visualisation for the new keyfile property "Is (Don't prompt for password for ...) locked down" |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added visualisation for the new keyfile properties "Primary and International Keystrength" |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added visualisation for the new keyfile property "Encryption strength" |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added visualisation for the new keyfile property "Password History (count)" |
MarvelClient Help | |
| FIX | Fixed a problem where installing new Config and Analyze databases using the install wizard resulted in database titles being "MCConfigNTF" and "MCAnalyzeNTF" - this has been changed to "MC Config" and "MC Analyze" (only applies to fresh new installs) |
| UPDATE | Updated release notes |
MarvelClient Upgrade | |
| SURunAs.au3 (3.5.0.0) | - No Changes - |
| MCUpgrade.exe (3.5.0.0) | - No Changes - |
Eclipse Plugin | |
| FIX (2.0.3) | Installing a feature update did not remove old widget references if the feature was previously installed as a widget but the new version was *not* installed as a widget |
| FIX (2.0.3) | Fix for adding new Sametime meeting servers when the embedded Sametime 9.0 client is installed |
.DLL Updates (Windows) | |
| FIX (4.0.13) | <notes:version_product_number> was not reported consistently for Installs with Hotfixes/Fixpacks - this has been fixed |
| FIX (4.0.13) | Fixed a problem where a still open Message Queue kept first server access detection from working after fast client restarts |
| FIX (4.0.13) | Fixed a rare problem where zipping multiple folders could lead to files missing in the resulting zip file |
| FIX ( 4.0.13) | Fixed a problem where MarvelClient did not properly distinguish between international & north american key |
| FIX (4.0.13) | Fixed a problem where files were not blocked if attached via File/Attach and user chose to not zip them |
| CHANGE | Changed default of <mz:DDShowNotificationIfAllBlocked> from false to true |
| CHANGE | Removed 'entry_count' warnings from log |
| ENHANCEMENT | Provided that a client has network connection during client startup, MarvelClient will now determine cluster members instantly (in previous releases, MarvelClient worked on cluster.ncf which was not necessarily up-to-date). |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added various details to config.xml regarding scan times for each drive/network share, numbers for nsf links, ... - sample result: <db_scan_data_databases>186</db_scan_data_databases> <db_scan_data_directories>445</db_scan_data_directories> <db_scan_data_directories_dirlink>0</db_scan_data_directories_dirlink> <db_scan_data_directories_excluded>15</db_scan_data_directories_excluded> <db_scan_data_dirlinks>0</db_scan_data_dirlinks> <db_scan_data_drive_c_duration>1144</db_scan_data_drive_c_duration> <db_scan_data_duration>1144</db_scan_data_duration> <db_scan_data_files>1909</db_scan_data_files> <db_scan_data_nsflinks>0</db_scan_data_nsflinks> <db_scan_data_wait_duration>1038</db_scan_data_wait_duration> |
| ENHANCEMENT | The replica scanner is now aborted when exiting (=aborting) the login dialog during client startup |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added various new keyfile properties to keyfile.xml: + certified public key + is "prompt other programs for password ..." locked down + keystrength - primary + keystrength - international + encryption strength + password history (count) |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added support for + lock down / unlock of "prompt other programs for password ..." option + resetting the password history + setting password history count |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added a new notes.ini setting MC_ZapNotes_NoUserConfirmation=1 to have ZapNotes display OK button instead of YES/NO |
| ENHANCEMENT | Added new config variable to control the temp directory we use for zipping/unzipping in roaming, backup, MC zip, and GE sync: mc:zip_directory (path, optional, defaults to notes:temp_directory) |
| ENHANCEMENT | Extended log output for Agent actions, including agent duration |
.dylib Updates (Mac OS X) | |
| .dylib (2.0.45) | - No Changes - |
.so Updates (Linux) | |
| .so (2.0.42) | - No Changes - |