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Previous new features on 2.5

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

  • IDERA SQL Inventory Manager 2.5 supports TLS 1.2

Previous Fixed issues on 2.5

  • 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.





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The following issues have been fixed and no longer represent an issue for 2.0:

General issues 

  • (DE43830) An issue causing SQL Inventory Manager to trigger a disk size alert only on drive C:\ when other drives also are at risk of filling no longer occurs.

User account issues

  • (DE43437) Users with the correct credentials and privileges now can successfully discover SQL Servers in other domains using the domain method.

Instance issues

  • (DE44375) Users now can group servers by SQL Server editions or versions using the Major Version and Minor Version options in the Filtering feature.

  • (DE43226) SQL Inventory Manager now correctly displays "SQL Server 2012 SP2" when that version is installed on an instance.

  • (DE42612) An issue causing SQL Inventory Manager to occasionally display an error message when filtering by tags on the Managed Instances view no longer occurs.

  • (DE20584) The Discovered tab of the Instances view no longer includes host servers that do not have default instances.

  • (DE43655) SQL Inventory Manager no longer causes users to receive the message, "Database file information not available when monitoring is disabled," when attempting to view Database Details for some instances.

 

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