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changes.mady.by.user Nadja Pollard

Saved on Apr 21, 2015

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changes.mady.by.user Fabiola Arias Navia

Saved on Mar 19, 2020

Below is a list of features added and fixed issues in previous versions.

Server Hosts

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager 2.5 now allows you to get information for server hosts for a registered SQL instance. The Explorer tab and the Instances tab contain new views that display server host information.

SQL Server 2017

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager 2.5 provides support for discovering, monitoring, and displaying licensing information for SQL Server 2017 instances running on both Windows and Linux systems.
IDERA SQL Inventory Manager 2.5 Repository can be installed on SQL Server 2017 for either Windows.

MS SQL Licensing

An additional MS SQL Licensing view have been added to support licensing by physical hosts.
For SQL Server 2016 and above IDERA SQL Inventory Manager updates MS SQL Licensing view to remove the usage of core factor, which is a change in Microsoft SQL Server Licensing Model.

TLS support

SQL Inventory Manager can be installed with TLS 1.0 disabled.
Upgrading a 2.4.1 installation on AG to 2.5 works properly.
Users can now groom ignored instances properly.
Group Users Permissions have been updated to allow granular permissions.
Server Licensing Report correctly displays the summary information for SQL Server Version and Edition when Edition is not available.
Top Databases by Activity chart shows data properly. It was previously showing no data for certain instances.
Now, Scheduled Discovery (Network Scan) runs properly.
The discovery status log shows valid page counts.
You can now save the number of instances per page on the Instances Grid on the Home Page.
Adding Tags works properly.
Discovery on Organizational Unit (OU) works properly when scheduled scan is disabled.
Domain check validation works properly for an OU using the Multiple Accounts option.
The Select All checkbox for "Available Databases" works properly on the Manage Health Checks ->Database backup is not current dialog.
Grooming of repository database works as expected.
Sort by name on a Custom Field List works properly.
List of Tags created in SQL Inventory Manager now sort properly.
You can now successfully upgrade SQL Inventory Manager hosted on an AG database.
Now, SQL Inventory Manager displays properly health checks reported from SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Group.
Discovery Center Options works as expected when saving time changes.

Scroll Ignore

The following issues have been fixed and no longer represent an issue for 2.0:

General issues

SQL Inventory Manager now displays a helpful message when a user attempts to launch the product immediately after installation. (DE20764)
The "Unable to Monitor WMI" alert now remains in the repository even after more than one page refresh occurs. (DE42657)
SQL Inventory Manager now validates the format of the email address entered in the Recipient of test email field of the Email Settings dialog. (DE43235)
This version fixes an issue that occurred when users migrated SQL Inventory Manager, resulting in an error message incorrectly stating that a license was expired when it was actually still valid. (DE43337)
An issue preventing use of SQL Inventory Manager after an installation or upgrade with customer ports no longer exists. (DE43629)
Users are now properly notified that a service is down no matter what page they are viewing in SQL Inventory Manager. (DE43798)
Users now receive disk size alerts on drives other than C when the volume is in jeopardy of hitting maximum capacity. (DE43830)
Case-sensitive SQL Server instances no longer cause problems when a user attempts to open SQL Inventory Manager. (DE43860)

Explorer view issues

All Tag filters set on the Explorer view now properly appear as being in use when applied and remain after an auto refresh. (DE43371 & DE43460)
An issue preventing the View list drop-down from collapsing is resolved. (DE43768)

User account issues

Any user account that is logged in to SQL Inventory Manager when an administrator removes the user account from the system, now is immediately logged out of the system. (DE40342)
Users not assigned the db_owner role on each SQL Inventory Manager repository now can log in to SQL Inventory Manager. (DE41882)

Instance issues

The Add Domain dialog box in the Manage Discovery Options now allows users to enter service credentials or their Windows account information when attempting to add a domain. (DE41423)
An extra, unnecessary column no longer appears in exported reports for the Discovered and Ignored views. (DE42832)
An issue causing SQL Server 2012 SP2 to appear as "SQL Server SP1" in the Instances section of the Overview no longer occurs. (DE43226)
The Add SQL Server Instance wizard now successfully adds an instance even if the user changes the Account Type multiple times in the Credentials window. (DE43260)
SQL Inventory Manager now displays en error message when a user attempts to create a tag with more than 20 characters while applying the new tag to multiple instances. (DE43272)
This version fixes an issue that caused SQL Inventory Manager to return as valid any Windows authentication account credentials including invalid credentials. (DE43347)
SQL Inventory Manager now correctly stores the SQL Server version number on the database when an instance is enabled or disabled. (DE43483)

Monitoring issues

Health Checks recommendations

The wording in Health Check recommendation titles now matches throughout the product. (DE20677)
Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users no longer receive multiple confirmation messages when refreshing a Health Check recommendation in the Overview or Instance Details view. (DE42681)

Overview

Instance details view

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