We've collected up several issues you reported in the first beta that didn't get wrapped up before release along with issues frequently reported in the Alert Central forum and are ready for anyone who is interested to test them in a beta release. The actual general availability release is planned for later in the month.
What's Fixed in 1.0.1
Here's a list of items we've worked on in this release:
| Fixed Issue/Improvement | References |
|---|---|
| Alerts stop going out until a restart (after several days) | Orion alerts and email not consistent, No email alerts found in Alert Central Dashboard |
| Reply to validation email is case sensitive and doesn't work if first letter gets auto-capitalized | |
| Problems with HTML email replies | Re: Having problems with Email Source from internal mail clients |
| Not possible to configure appliance on first boot without DHCP | |
| Several Active Directory inconsistencies, added more AD field information to related tables | |
| Weekly Report statistics (percentages) aren't always accurate | |
| Removed login help message for admin after first login of admin user | Is there a way to disable the "Help" message on the login screen |
| Short summary isn't correct in SMS messages | |
| Keep IMAP connections open | IMAP stay connected |
| Sometimes field capture wasn't working as expected | Parsing Emails -- Why can't we all just learn Regex? |
| Reoccurring on call scheduling wasn't working as expected | Reoccuring oncall scheduling not working |
| Empty AD fields caused problems importing | Re: Adding Windows Groups |
| Added loading indicators | |
| Added missing scrollbar to user profile page | |
| Alert Details page cut off summary/object/severity text | |
| Group column in alerts screen didn't always match "acknowledge & assign" selection | |
| Couldn't enter any page size in results paging control | |
| Edit User doesn't show Add New User page first | |
| Added multiple colors for group calendars | |
| Improved Settings UI consistency in Firefox, IE, and Chrome | |
| Improved Update/Delete Reoccurrence Rule dialog | |
| Added logging controls for increased debugging from virtual appliance management interface | |
| Improved exception handling and error logging |
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Where to Download
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How to Upgrade
There's a full set of instructions in the zip file, but the short version:
- Unzip the upgrade zip file.
- Mount the extracted ISO (Alert-Central-Appliance-...iso) as a CD-ROM image.
- Navigate to https://<appliance IP>:5480 and log in (default is admin/admin if you haven't changed the password)
- Click on the "Updates" tab, then "Check Updates"
- After the update is found, click "Install Updates"
- Magic happens!
Post Feedback!
Did you expect to see something that's fixed that isn't? Is one of our issues marked fixed not actually fixed for you? Post here in the Alert Central Beta group and we'll help.
Edited May 28: updated beta1 to rc1