EnterpriseSCHEDULE
Release Notes
2.14 Version 7.6.22 corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.6.22
Problem: The initial startup of the EnterpriseSCHEDULE GUI client could
take a long time. This can happen when the specified server is not
defined in DNS and an IP address has been entered.
Solution: Fixed
2.15 Version 7.6.20 corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.6.20
Problem: On Windows 2012 R2 servers, on occassion, processes created by
the EnterpriseSCHEDULE service would not terminate.
Solution: Fixed
2.16 Version 7.6.18 corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.6.18
Problem: On Windows servers the data from the parameter file was not
properly handled.
Solution: Fixed
2.17 Version 7.6.16 corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8815
Problem: Double quotes not allowed in parameters of the job option page
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8590
Problem: SKIP_DISALLOWED flag does not work on Calendar insert
Solution: fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8581
Problem: Linux and Unix UIDs higher than 65536 don't work in Schedule
as database UID field is/was 16 bits. Typically issue occurs when
namespace is served out by Windows and UIDs start at numbers higher
then 65535.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8610
Problem: no error msg displayed when wrong username given when logging
to Unix/Linux servers.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8625
Problem: server license check fails if the correct info is in the
parameter file but a wrong company name is present in the registry.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8726
Problem: GUI not opening some nodes if using ext_parameter.dat
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8746
Problem: in rescheduling, disabled days were not checked correctly when
an offset caused a month change.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8747
Problem: Toggling disabled days of the holiday calendar doesn't work
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8748
Problem: Keystroke capture creating extra carriage returns
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8749
Problem: Calendar not correctly skipping disable days when using
offsets.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8754
Problem: Need to extend an Oracle user privlege Access into Banner from
Schedule
Solution: Fixed by adding both Private user and Script
Authentication which allows the mapping of an OS user to a
Banner/Oracle user thus reducing the needs of maintaining multiple name
spaces.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8777
Problem: History window opens at startup even if it was closed before
exiting the GUI.
Solution:fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8780
Problem: Importing jobs on Linux/UNIX doesn't set the protections
correctly.
Solution:Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8782
Problem: An update of Schedule was not modifying the database link if
it had been modified and was not the default one.
Solution: Fixed
for the platforms Linux, AIX and HP.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8784
Problem: VMS CLI choices available when connected to VMS servers which
don't have that feature.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8803
Problem: reports with bit field sometimes fail on AIX and other Big
Endian machines.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8805
Problem: Calendar marks not always extract correctly.
Solution:
Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8568
Problem: Failures happen when Windows files get the attribute "HIDDEN".
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8713
Problem: Error when trying to assign a calendar starting with a number
from the command line client.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8717
Problem: Fields cut off in the server property page.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8727
Problem: Various Web Client anomalies.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8729
Problem: Add no submits for a given workgroup and/or all workgroups
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8744
Problem: The 32 bits version of Schedule doesn't run on Linux x64
unless some librairies are installed.
Solution: Creation of a
64-bits version of Schedule.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8758
Problem: Job variables containing "((" are preprocessed in the job
option page.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8773
Problem: Needed code to better depose of junk data received at well
known connection socket.
Solution: Enhanced code to identify bad
data. Better logging of the occurance and better disconnect from the
connection.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8779
Problem: Select All/Ctrl-A missing in the explorer view.
Solution:
Added.
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8813
Problem: Thread Management Tools needed.
Solution: Added
- SCHEDULE V7.6.16 - 8814
Problem: Various WorkGroup and Data Replication anomalies..
Solution: Fixed.
2.18 Version 7.5.34 Corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.5.34
When selecting Print for a Calendar the GUI aborts.
Solution: This
has been fixed.
2.19 Version 7.5.32 Corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.5.32
Problem: The server responded incorrectly when a security tool checked
the main IP port for access. The check failed but left the
EnterpriseSCHEDULE Server in an incorrect state. This has been fixed.
Solution: This type of message is now fully discarded.
2.20 Version 7.5.30 Corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.5.30
Problem: When opening a layout that referred to a remote node under
certain circumstances that node was not automatically connected to.
Solution: This has been fixed.
2.21 Version 7.5.26 Corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.5.26
Problem: During updates the GUI would add in a node name that is the IP
address rather then the name.
Solution: This has been corrected.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.26
Problem: CLI processed alias names provided by PRELOAD_CACHE parameters
with some limitations.
Solution: These limitations have been
removed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.26
Problem: PRELOAD_CACHE data obtained from servers was handled with
limitations.
Solution: This is now handled better.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.26
Problem: The server processed the PRELOAD_CACHE parameters with some
limitations.
Solution: These limitations have been removed.
2.22 Version 7.5.22 Corrections
An issue with the EXT_PARAMETER.DAT file has been corrected in this
version of EnterpriseSCHEDULE.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.22 - 8770
Problem: Job connections and layouts are incorrectly using the IP
address rather than node name when the values are coming from the
EXT_PARAMETER.DAT file.
Solution: Fixed to use node names instead
of IPs.
2.23 Version 7.5.20 Corrections
Several issues have been corrected in this version of
EnterpriseSCHEDULE. They are listed below.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.20 - 8748
Problem: OpenVMS Keystroke capture was adding carriage returns in
Version 7.5.12 that weren't there in 7.3.12
Solution: Fixed to
correctly record keystrokes
- SCHEDULE V7.5.20 - 8749
Problem: Calendar was not correctly skipping disabled days when using
an offset of multiple days. Also some days could not be enabled after
being disabled in the HOLIDAY calendar.
Solution: Fixed
2.24 Version 7.5.18 Corrections
Several issues have been corrected in this version of
EnterpriseSCHEDULE. They are listed below.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.18 - 8744
Problem: 32-bit server was not operational on 64-bit Linux machines
without additional library installations.
Solution: Linux server
ported to 64-bit Linux. 32-bit version still available.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.18 - 8727
Problem: Web Client was not saving some changes correctly in Firefox
Solution: Fixes to pages to save modifications correctly in
Firefox. Corrected the automatic links to open in new tab and open log
file correctly.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.18 - 8726
Problem: GUI was not reopening some nodes when using the
ext_parameter.dat file.
Solution: Fixed to correctly open all nodes.
2.25 Version 7.5.12 Changes and additions
Several new features have been added and numerous errors discovered and
corrected in this version of EnterpriseSCHEDULE. They are listed below.
2.25.1 General Changes
- Added HTML formatted notifications - A new option
has been added to allow email notifications to be formatted HTML.The
option is turned on by inserting the string HTML_FORMAT in the Message
Text field of the job.
- Web Client interface redesigned and enhanced -
The EnterpriseSCHEDULE Web Client has been redesigned with a new look
and feel. A Favorites feature has been added for Quick Access to
frequently accessed jobs. The Explorer/tree view now features sortable
columns and a search feature. All EnterpriseSCHEDULE reports can now be
quickly generated and printed in wide and narrow style.New Direct
Access Hyperlink creation allows quick access to Modify, Submit or view
the log file of a job using a hyperlink without the need to log into
EnterpriseSCHEDULE explicitly.
- Added additional functionality to schedule_start
procedures - The schedule_start script has been enhanced to
include additional options: check_pas, list_pas adn add_pas. For more
information read the notes inside the command file.
- Added Windows Server Manager Application -
Windows Application to start and stop Windows service outside of
service panel and view Server log.
- Added Automated VMS Terminal Session with record and
playback - New VMS terminal Session interface allows the
recording of terminal sessions and their playback when the job is
submitted. See FAQ 348 for more info
(http://www.i-s-e.com/faq/Schedule/S348/).
- Add Secure File Copy interface between nodes using rsync
- Provides a predefined Secure File Copy set of job templates
that allow single file transfer, wild card file transfer and complete
directory tree transfer such that files can be moved between any of
your systems running Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX or HP-UX. See FAQ 353
for more info (http://www.i-s-e.com/faq/Schedule/S353/).
- Allow links in the layout - Hyperlinks can now be
added to the job layouts in the Windows client. This can be used to add
relevant and easily accessible informational data to your layouts.
2.26 Version 7.5.12 corrections
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8713
Problem: The command "modify/job/rescheduling=calendar=[calendar_name]"
was failing when the calendar's first letter was a number.
Solution: Fixed to accept numbers.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8226
Problem: The "New User" (=/resetproxy) function of the GUI was not
working when several proxies were present in the server.
Solution:
Fixed to delete all proxies present.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8246
Problem: schedule objects can't be pasted in the same directory/node
Solution: Fixed, the string "Copy_of_" is added to the new elements.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8340
Problem: Edit functions for jobs not working for read-only jobs
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8535
Problem: Add an option /secondary to the GUI startup
Solution:
option added
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8596
Problem: GUI property pages title empty on some Windows 7 configuration
Solution: Fixed by removing frame files and using sheets.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8618
Problem: It is possible to modify read-only jobs through the
"edit->.." menu.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8624
Problem: Initiate on "Error" not working on UNIX/Windows (only initiate
on "Fatal" was working)
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8625
Problem: server license check fails if the correct info is in the
parameter file but a wrong company name is present in the registry.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8631
Problem: Inserting extracted workdays calendars displays lots of
errors.
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8648 Probem: Wildcard extract fails when
expression variables have a special value
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8650 Probem: Server fails to restart when fatal
error TCPIP Accept fails
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8634
Problem: Log file odditities when company name contains special
characters like '&'
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8635
Problem: Layout doesn't handle correctly connctions when the full path
of jobs is too long (>110)
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8636
Problem: Inserting a layout on VMS can cause the server to hang if GUIs
are connected
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8637
Problem: Bit fields not displayed correctly in reports on various
platforms
Solution: Fixed
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8638
Problem: Monthly rescheduling missing in the reports
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8651 Probem: In newly created child process when
NFS is slow reponding chdir fails
Solution: Added retry logic in
case NFS restores file access in a timely fashion.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8655
Problem: Support Website upgrade. Add License update ability to
customers moving to version 7.5
Solution: Added.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8656
Problem: Bug in schedule_notify that caused DO_NOT_SEND_TO_SUBMIT_USER
to not work in Message text field.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8657
Problem: Problem with the running portion of the job in the layout in
that it was not always redrawn correctly.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8658
Problem: Problem with wildcard extract or dir when expression variables
contained other variables without their full path.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8659
Problem: Modify the GUI to automatically add "Fatal" on UNIX and
Windows initiates on error to make the new GUI work with older versions
of the server where the initiate on error did not work. The "fatal"
won't be displayed in the property page, only in the initiates file.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8660
Problem: Changed error handler on_error_failit routine to eliminate
possible infinite loops to itself.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8661
Problem: Corrections to free record handling
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8662
Problem: Corrections in handling Free record locking error.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8663
Problem: Fix to SPR 8637 broke the history reports on VMS.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8664
Problem: Assortment of Gui enhancements, shortcut "Alt K" to select the
link tool in the layout, help ID for the link control page, changed the
cursor used for links, improved cursor handling and allow to click
links when any tool is selected, put timer events in a background
thread to avoid GUI potential deadlocks
Solution: Added.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8665
Problem: Changed the priority class under which the server and jobs run
on Windows.
Solution: Added.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8666
Problem: Made fixes to VMS lock manager code that was affecting large
OpenVMS clusters
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8667
Problem: Gui changes to center the text in the new link object in the
layout.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8668
Problem: Add a warning when a GUI opens a layout which was saved with a
newer GUI, this warning can be disabled.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8669
Problem: The tooltip 227 is not display correctly.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8670
Problem: Update to the prototype job db_query_to_csv to make it easier
to have a long SELECT statement.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8672
Problem: Extend the interval where monitor messages around the cluster
are left in the queue file before being re-used.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8673
Problem: Updated schedule_start to change the timezone used by server.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8674
Problem: Corrected and added prototype jobs to wait for file for x
minutes/timeout.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8675
Problem: Updated Banner suite of job templates.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8676
Problem: Small fix to display "0" status in the progress window.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8677
Problem: This corrects the VMS AUTO_JOURNAL_PURGE job.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8678
Problem: Adds support to the new VMS clis, VT and VT@.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8679
Problem: Fixed bug which was sometimes causing the wrong icon to be
displayed in the option page.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8680
Problem: Added 2 prototypes using winscp to retrieve/copy a file onto a
sftp server.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8681
Problem: Change to remove unwanted "renice" echo at the beginning of
LINUX job log files.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8682
Problem: Fixed bug that caused the 4 character proxy record to be
created by some IIS servers.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8683
Problem: Add support for the VMS Clis in the GUI, cli dropdown moved
from the "advanced dialog" to the submit page.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8684
Problem: Add the option to start the GUI with one or more (up to 10)
secondary servers.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8685
Problem: Bug on Sun x64. Every time a job was submitted there was an
error in the server log file.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8686
Problem: New FAQ How to create a formatted Excel spreadsheet containing
EnterpriseSCHEDULE data using Reports and Templates.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8687
Problem: Problem reported by CU: Inserting a layout on VMS could cause
the server to hang if GUI are connected.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8688
Problem: Changes to make sure variables are long enough to handle the
max size for object names.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8689
Problem: Variable longer than 110 characters, the layout didn't save
correctly.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8690
Problem: Special characters in the Company of the license file caused
problems.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8691
Problem: Add the prototypes jobs "purge_directory" and
"purge_log_files" to the prototype files for Windows, Unix and Linux.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8692
Problem: Fix to the Windows notify script to handle the case where the
email attachment is between double-quotes.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8693
Problem: Corrected the excel prototype job.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8694
Problem: Modify the template files to ignore the ".." lines when
extracting workdays calendars.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8695
Problem: Fixed the creation of new groups with schedulesvrmgmt.exe on
Windows 7
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8696
Problem: Increase the max number of lines which can be read from the
server log from 100'000 to 1M when using the function "view server
log".
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8697
Problem: File changes---Linux rentrant getgrent_r, Exception cap added
for sys_get_identifiers, and parameter option don't get identifiers.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8698
Problem: This corrects the SCHEDULE DIR/VAR/VALUE command to NOT
truncate long variable value strings.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8699
Problem: This changes the command line client to allow empty job
variables. In the current version, setting a job variable to a null
string deletes it.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8700
Problem: Moved the "test connection" function of the GUI to a
background thread. It could cause the GUI to hang in some situations.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8701
Problem: Fixes to improve the GUI and detect when it loses the monitor
connection.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8702
Problem: Initiates on error not working.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8703
Problem: Added the REPLACE/NOREPLACE keywords to the .schedule template
to avoid overwrite.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8704
Problem: Improvements to the Windows notify script so that the node is
always displayed in the email and a few other details.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8705
Problem: This changes the property sheets so that the name is correctly
displayed in the title bar when the font is 125% on Windows 7.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8706
Problem: Small fix for newer workstations using IPv6
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8707
Problem: Added the "last started" field in the submit dialog to avoid
incorrect manual resubmit.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8708
Problem: Converted Windows help file to stream mode.
Solution:
Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8709
Problem: Increase the value field size for string variables in the
variable property page.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8710
Problem: Improved the preprocessing of the job options, so that it is
possible to have conditional entries for the different options of the
jobs.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8711
Problem: This fixes the "Messenger" notifications on Windows Server
2008 to use "msg" instead of "net send" which doesn't exist on
Vista/Windows 7/2008.
Solution: Fixed.
- SCHEDULE V7.5.12 - 8712
Problem: This fixes when F1 is pressed in different windows, the
correct help page comes up instead of an error message.
Solution:
Fixed.