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New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

andykn101

andykn101Feb 10, 2012 05:18 AM

  • 1.  New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Feb 09, 2012 06:59 PM
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    Since the upgrade to the 7.1 sp2 version, the altiris agent have changed from :

    7.1 SP1 : 7.1.6851.13851

    7.1 SP2 : 7.1.8280.15280

    7.1 ? : 7.1.8292.15292

    but the other plug-ins stay on 7.1.8280.15280 version.

    What are the new features of this new version?

     



  • 2.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Feb 09, 2012 10:45 PM

    You may not have upgraded properly.  I don't have immediate access to an environment that is on SP1 vs SP2 to verify.  Nonetheless, ensure you upgraded to SP2 using 'Install new products' and not 'View/install updates':

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH177513

    Does this provide proper agent versions?

    Edit: Ignore this.  I can't read.



  • 3.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Feb 10, 2012 05:18 AM

    When did yours change from 8280 to 8292?



  • 4.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Feb 10, 2012 09:04 AM

    Thank you for your updates.

    The sp1 version has been installed on 26/01 and the "SP2V2 rollout" appeared on 7/02.

    Do you know the issues that have been fixed by this rollup?



  • 5.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 06, 2012 03:36 PM
    When Altiris is upgraded at various versions, service packs, etc, does the CMDB table "DBSchema" usually always reflect the same versions listed above in its "Version" column? thanks, Scott


  • 6.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 07, 2012 01:11 PM

    You have the V2 rollup installed for SP2.

    SP0 = 7.1.13797.6797*

    SP1 = 7.1.13851.6851
    SP1V1 = 7.1.13851.6865
    SP2 = 7.1.15280.8280
    SP2V2 = 7.1.15292.8292

    *Added the core non-service pack version of the agent from a fresh 7.1 install.

    **The SP2 or SP2V2 version actually resolves an issue with high CPU utilization when trying to process a 0 byte .NSE file in the local event queue for the agent. On a typical physical workstation CPU usage for the aexnsagent.exe process will hold at 30% when this occurs. On a single core VM it will hold at >90%. With the new agent it will ignore/delete the 0 byte .NSE file correctly thereby eliminating any high CPU usage.

    You can watch this occur by creating a simple empty TESTME.TXT file, rename it to TESTME.NSE and watch the agent attempt to process the file through the queue. If you add ANY kind of text to it, it will process the file and reject it as an invalid/improper format .NSE.

    I do not know of any other changes that affect the agent directly.



  • 7.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 07, 2012 01:15 PM

    I have the SP2 V2 .PDF locally which lists all the fixes from both the SP2 V1 & SP2 V2 rollups. I am unsure if I am able to post this here. I'll contact support for an answer. You can also contatc them to get the file directly.



  • 8.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 07, 2012 02:16 PM

    Looking at the agents/plug-ins versions on my clients they range from 7.1.7580, 7.1.15280, 7.1.1301, 7.1.2316, 7.1.15280.8280. Does anyone know of a list of what you should have after the Sp2 upgrade?

    thanks



  • 9.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 07, 2012 02:30 PM
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    Attached is a screenshot of my agent settings... this shoudl have all the updated plug-ins available.



  • 10.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 07, 2012 02:58 PM

    Power Scheme 7.1.1301 (same as SP1, I think) and pcAnywhere, 12.6.66



  • 11.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Mar 08, 2012 02:47 PM

    I got the rollup from support and they gave me permission to post the change log.  You'll still have to open a ticket with support to get the actual binaries (sorry about the formatting) :

     

    2620808 - We need to evaluate the time that takes to load the Right-Click menu for Computers resources
    2634514 - slow performance when clicking update membership with a large membership - spGetComputerResources
    2627875 - Getting deadlocks in sp_Inv_AeX_SWD_Status_Summary_clean
    2627692 - Scheduling options for roles and accounts, allowing to scope subset to be replicated by specific rule
       For how to create new rule see CreateRule/ReadMe.txt
    2627677 - Performance optimizations on replication of roles and accounts required
    2424439 - Replication in hierarchy doesn't propagate resource deletion from parent to child
    2527236 - 'Role' resources are constantly replicated during differential replication
    2611595 - Slow performance when updating policy with a large target

    2625970 - RCa - Hierarchy - Client Task will be replicated each differential replication even if it wasn't changed in case it was executed on child's computers.
    2637403 - Task run instances scheduled at the parent can not be "stopped". The message indicates it will, but it does not.
    2575924 - Task run-instances are replicated erroneously to all child nodes in a hiearchy instead of only the one(s) to which it belongs.
    2124511 - Schedules added to client tasks after first replication are not replicated unless the client task itself changes
    1647634 - TS 7.0 Replicating a scheduled task using a Target causes blank computers to appear in list.
    2143240 - Task Server: Tasks set to run to a schedule and assigned to agents at both levels of a hierarchy will eventually be marked as ‘Failed’ on the Parent NS.
    2655827 - Importing security groups from AD does not contain all the members.
    2658306 - Resource updates are taking large amount of time and memory resources due to multiple MonitorChangesAsync threads when there should only be one
    2652467 -Unable to delete Computer resource. Error: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_ResourceTargetContainerChanges'. Defect in trigger trgScopeUpdateTargetInvalidate
    2631036 - IRM is not importing the syncronization policy during the upgrade.
    2636128 - Task within a MSD set to run only at maintenance window, executes immediately if override is set and if the Task is first in the list
    2627388 - Replication in hierarchy doesn't propagate resource deletion from parent to child
    2627390 - 'Role' resources are constantly replicated during differential replication
    2641966 - Cloning of default OV throws an error when logged in as Symantec Level2 Worker
    2653019 - Condition cannot be added in Normal mode under Filter expressions in Query builder
    2643544 - Unable to import computers from all security groups in Active Directory or from within a specific organizational unit
    2620222 - SoftwareCache.xml is overwritten during execution of dozen detection checks from MD policies which are scheduled in one time
    2629544 - Client task agent started running old tasks multiple times daily. Tasks had been configured to run just once and had already ran previously weeks before.
    2636958 - Image creation failed if teaming is created using two physical NIC



  • 12.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 08, 2012 02:56 PM

    Thanks BP, Looks diferent than mine, so I need to do some checking...



  • 13.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 08, 2012 02:59 PM

    Might want to remove the post... because this is not a publically available hotfix and the release notes are not published publically either, the posting of the fixes violates any NDA you may have w/Symantec. A lot of the fixes included in the release are customer specific as well. Release Notes, if not public in the KB, should not be shared.

    Just as an FYI, the list includes fixes from V1 & V2... it is a cumulative rollup.



  • 14.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Mar 08, 2012 03:02 PM

    I've got the email from Symantec support stating that I could post it...

    They just insist that I don't post the binaries, which I'm not and won't.



  • 15.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Mar 08, 2012 03:48 PM

    Also, to be clear, Support *really* wants you to report issues to them and that you do open incidents for problems even if they're covered in the above change log. 

    Like Ben says, some of these fixes may be present because of a specific customer but Support really has no way of measuring how many people are affected by a particular problem outside of users reporting issues.



  • 16.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 08, 2012 04:02 PM

    Thanks BP, Looks diferent than mine, so I need to do some checking... 



  • 17.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 14, 2012 05:39 AM

    Thanks for all. A new rollup will be created every month to fix the problems encountered and will be available from the support or the integrators partners of Symantec

    For example, as I have opened a ticket for the thousands same errors found on the NS log viewer : "BaseXmlHttpCallback Exception: System.Exception: An exception occurred while executing the request ---> System.Exception: System.Xml.XmlException: Unable to find node named "statusEvt".  Found node "" instead"

    the correspondant fix will be included in the 7.1 SP2 rollup V4  (tentatively in April).



  • 18.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 04:19 PM

    New agent version:

    SP2V3 = 7.1.15310.8310

    V3 specific fixes:

     

    Internal ID

    Issue Abstract

    Article ID

     

     Notification Server Core

     

     2642971

     Non-Symantec Administrators with rights to create targets are unable to view and update membership of custom targets created by other users.

     N/A

     2663091

      Filters created by AD Site import are getting deleted and then get recreated on the next import, but with a different GUID

     N/A

     2667544

      Filters with a large number (2000 or more) of statically assigned computers, takes a long time to Open, hit Edit, and also Save

     N/A

     2669872

      Settings for "Use multiple schedules" in Shared Schedules GUI are not respected.

     TECH183457

     2681855

     The "Users" report located at \Reports\Notification Server Management\Server\Resource has poor scoping performance.

     N/A

     2698825

     AD Account and Role Import no longer traverses groups inside the imported group. Groups within the membership of a group are not processed or associated to the parent group

     TECH183463

     2705767

     AD Import only imports the users of the first group, and not that nested group.

     TECH183464

     

     Task Server

     

     2575047

     Deployment jobs randomly stop when agent components upgrade during a task.

     N/A

     2659363

    Client Task Agent shows multiple running tasks. No new tasks accepted.

     N/A

     2661494

     point-fix does not work for client job which contains tasks and another client job within

     N/A   

     2679526

     Client Task Agent may enter the loop while failing to post task status to TS Server.

     N/A

     

     Symantec Management Framework

     

     2643799

    The notice that a Managed Delivery Policy is available does not work, the pop-up does not appear

     TECH177164

     2682976

    SoftwareReleaseResource item is replicated on each differential replication.

     TECH183470

     

     MP_UI

     

     2641092

     In a large DB the process of building a target takes several minutes each attempt often failing the first few times due to a "The Data Cannot be Loaded" error. In all building a single target can take up to an hour.

     

    2650998

    Report columns don't resize properly to show all data

     



  • 19.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Trusted Advisor
    Posted Mar 15, 2012 04:45 PM

    Fantastic!  This actually fixes something that causes me to spend a lot of time uninstalling and reinstalling agents:

     

    2659363

    Client Task Agent shows multiple running tasks. No new tasks accepted. 

     

    Time to call Support.



  • 20.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted May 14, 2012 01:22 PM

    Are these rollups avalible from the SIM, or do we have to contact support to get them?



  • 21.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted May 14, 2012 03:27 PM

    There's been very little on SIM for a while.



  • 22.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted May 15, 2012 03:48 AM

    A new rollup v4 is available

    http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/smp-71-sp2-point-fix-thread-updated-5712-v4



  • 23.  RE: New 7.1 sp2 version : 7.1.8292.15292

    Posted May 15, 2012 08:03 AM

    All of these must be requested from Support. They are not posted to SIM or available thru a SymWise download.

    Use the link posted by GREENROCK as my thread has been "stickied" to the forum and I will post updates in there.