NetCrunch Release Notes

Version 11.0.7

(April 22, 2021)

Fixes

• critical Remote probe re-connecting issues [RK0016]
• critical Possible local system privilege escalation vulnerability [RK0013]
• critical Folder sensor when checking large folder with millions of files [RK0015]
• critical Data Parsers/Text Parsing Expressions issues
• major Alerts for SNMP variable value when no relevant MIB compiled [RK0011]
• major Missing first collected counter sample after adding sensors or OS monitors counter
• major Server performance could be degraded by needless checking code
• major Counters defined by collecting policy where missing when adding first sensor
• major Missing support for newer versions of UnityOS in DELL EMC sensor
• major Alerts History tab when Atlas monitoring schedule is changed [MD0012]
• major WMI Registry Counters sensor was wrongly reading objects from 32 bit registry
• major Alerting actions executed as root (su) [SP0006]
• major Processes system view not working correctly for Mac OS nodes
• major Missing support for new webhook format in MS Teams integration [SP0007]
• major Loading Windows service list was too long when creating alerting rule
• minor Incomplete 'Top 10 Nodes Availability' and 'Nodes Summary Map' reports
• minor Removing objects from Business Status Node
• minor SFTP file access type not working correctly for small files [RK0014]
• minor Passing common parameters to the alerting action script [MD0007]
• minor Syslog message decoding when facility = kernel
• minor Internal SMTP server now working correctly with Gmail

Version 11.0.6

(February 18, 2021)

Fixes

• major Incorrect values for Windows Performance counters when using WMI connection type [RK0009]
• major OS Monitors still collecting counters after disabling
• major Generic Agent not receiving data from cURL request [MD0006]
• major Updating IPSLA operation settings
• major IP Tools is working only in desktop console mode
• minor Incorrect notification about new version available
• minor Incorrect 'Closed at' value for the active alerts
• minor Layout issues/typos in the PL/DE/FR language versions
• minor ESXi Uptime counter [RK0010]
• minor Custom cookies not used in Web Page sensor [SP0004]

Version 11.0.5

(January 18, 2021)

Fixes

• major System Uptime sensor not working correctly when using WMI
• major Alert for 'value is missing' [RK0005]
• major False positive Kaspersky reporting AdRemCefHelper.exe as malware
• major Monitoring NetCrunch machine windows performance counters
• major Some reports were empty due to wrong paths
• major Radius sensor not working correctly after 255 requests [RK0007]
• major Translation issues in French and German language versions
• major GrafCrunch update when NetCrunch Server port was changed [TG0002]
• major Several problems related to monitoring templates
• major Allow sending email using TLS without authentication
• minor Possibility to resize Node column in Alerts History [MD0005]
• minor Missing icon for minor severity alert in notification panel
• minor Missing data for Windows Disk Performance counters after upgrade [TG0001]
• minor Premature connection closing in generic agent REST handler
• minor Missing scrollbar in Action Log [RK0006]
• minor [Web Console] Sorting by node column in node table was not working
• minor Missing custom application definitions in Flows, after importing the Atlas
• minor [RK0006] Missing scrollbar in action log (Event Details window)
• minor Missing hint for interfaces in expression editor [RK0008]
• minor Sensor tiles on dashboard missing Sensor Identifier
• minor Missing grid views in web console
• minor Wrong Interfaces tile state in multiselection

Version 11.0.4

(December 09, 2020)

Fixes

• major Problems with managing user access rights
• major Problem with sending reports to the admin user (MD0003)
• major Missing features for Legacy Licenses which were available in NC10.9 (MD0004)
• major Problem with Windows Monitor after upgrade from 10.9.3
• major Filtering by atlas view was not working in the node selection window
• major Unable to update existing NetCrunch Server instance
• major Problem with ESXi monitoring when credentials contain special characters (MD0002)
• minor Logging into NetCrunch console with a password that includes comma (SP0001)
• minor NetCrunch not accepting underscore character in DNS Names (RK0003)
• minor Alert for 'Windows Service not running' (RK0002)
• minor Values form 'Data Center' custom field don't appear in the list in the filtering expression (RK0001)
• minor Logging into NetCrunch console using DNS Name (MD0001)
• minor Alerting action using parameter name instead of its value (SP0003)
• minor Missing SNMP Trap parameter in Event Details and e-mail notification (SP0002)
• minor Problem with IP tools stopping after a few minutes
• minor Integration with ServiceDesk Plus server using self-signed SSL certificate
• minor The wrong browser used to sign in to the licensing portal with Google
• minor Redundant options in the node context menu appeared after the upgrade
• minor Nodes tab shows blank on Safari browser

Version 11.0.3

(November 03, 2020)

Fixes

• major Overall stability fixes
• major Issues with upgrading localized editions data

Version 11.0.2

(October 30, 2020)

New Features & Improvements

• Event Log Analytics Views Provides a comprehensive view on typical time ranges (24hr, 7 days, and 30 days) providing various summary views.

• IP Tools for Desktop and Web 12 IP Tools that can be run locally (desktop) or remotely (from NC server or any Remote Probe)

• Improved Camera Sensor Camera sensor supports now several new alerts such as ` Alert if the camera image could have been tampered`, ` Alert if the camera image differs from the reference image` and alert `On motion detection`

• Improved DICOM C-ECHO Sensor supports `Calling EA title` and `Called EA title` configuration.

• Improved Event Log History View New history view offers broad view on alert history (event log) and allows ad hoc analysis providing quick filtering and grouping.

• Improved Notifications NetCrunch now integrates with Windows 10 notification system offering a much better experience. Notifications are also present in the web console window now.

• Improved Remote Probe Remote Probe is now capable of monitoring: ESXi, vCenter, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, BSD, Solaris, SNMP Traps, Syslog Messages, Web Messages, Generic Agent Requests, IPSLA, 70+ Sensors, 70+ Networks Services, and over 150 Monitoring Packs

• Improved Windows Monitoring Windows can be monitored by RPC (remote registry - recommended) or by WMI

• Monitoring Pack - Basic Windows Authorization Monitoring Generating an alert in case of multiple failed login events happening over a short time, when logon attempt was made with explicit credentials or with special privileges assigned.

• Monitoring Pack - Basic Windows GPO Monitoring Tracking changes in Group/Domain/Authorization Policies, generating an alert when such an event occurs.

• Monitoring Pack - Cisco Meraki Cloud Controller (SNMP) Shows a collection of statistics from interfaces. Detects and informs about many important events like rogue DHCP server, client IP conflicts, cable errors, and others

• Monitoring Pack - HW group - Damocles (SNMP) Shows values gathered from Damocles sensors. It can display information from metrics related to water, gas, electricity, and others.

• Monitoring Pack - HW group - PWR (SNMP) Designed to monitor external M-Bus meters on HWG-PWR devices

• Monitoring Pack - HW group - STE (SNMP) Collects values of temperature and humidity from external sensors

• Monitoring Pack - HW group - STE2 (SNMP) Similar to the 'HW group - STE (SNMP)'. This Monitoring Pack contains a report that allows to display values from temperature and humidity sensors

• Monitoring Pack - HW group - WLD (SNMP) Reports about water leak detections

• Monitoring Pack - NVIDIA Quadro GPU Dedicated for NVIDIA Quadro graphic cards. Alerts about high GPU, Memory, and Bus usage. Shows metrics also from Core Clock, Fan Speed, Temperature, and Power Consumption.

• Monitoring Pack - ZyXel USG Flex (SNMP) Alerts when Memory, Flash, or CPU usage is high. Gathers information from VPN.

• Notes View See aggregated notes from all nodes of selected Atlas view.

• Reporting Enhancements New Report Viewer and enhanced reporting capabilities for performance reports

• Support for timezones Support for NetCrunch server, probes, and console located in different time zones.

• Unified Trend Viewer which provides same user experience for desktop and web console

• Update Apache Web Server Monitor supports monitoring of latest Apache servers

• Web Console Update Includes notification, trend viewer, better grid views, external events and many more...

• vCenter Monitoring New sensor allows monitoring ESX hosts through vCenter.

Fixes

• major Issue with no data for Memory counters on the Nodes with some BSD versions
• major Issue with Linux Monitor not receiving data from the Nodes with SSSD authentication
• major Issue with some alerts not being closed properly
• major Issue with remote connections not being cleared properly
• major Issue with License file being removed when uninstalling NetCrunch
• major Issue with possibility to add a Node with incorrect Monitoring Time by API
• minor Issue with action 'Trigger Webhook' when destination URL uses TLS 1.3
• minor Layout issue with more than 1k simultaneous Monitoring Issues
• minor Layout issue with adding alerts/collectors for IP SLA Single Operation in specific scenario
• minor Issue with IP SLA tags not being displayed in Sensor Test
• minor Issue with some folders/files not being removed after uninstallation
• minor Issue with missing icons for Windows Server 2012 R2 and older
• minor Issue with templates displayed on the Monitor View
• minor Issue with improperly displayed search bar in System Views for Hyper-V Nodes
• minor Issue with Event Preview incorrectly displayed in specific case
• minor Issue with incorrectly displayed Services Status in Event Details