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  • 1.  SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 07, 2012 10:25 AM

    I figured I would start a thread that I could update with pertintent information with each monthly point fix/roll-up package I receive. I can post the release notes and include additional details like Agent version etc. I figured this would help for anyone trying to track down or become aware of the monthly roll-ups without having to dig thru SymWise (which can be less than helpful most times). If there's some addtional details the community would like to see added let me know. I will just edit the OP with new details as I gather them for each new release.

    7.1 SP2 Pointfix Rollup V4:

    Released: 5.2.12

    Agent Version: 7.1.15350.8350

    Included Fixes:

     

    2220166

    spResourceMerge is killing performance in large replication environment

    N/A

    2657265

    Resource Merge is not keeping both ResourceKey values for the following resources (Company, Product, Software Release).

    N/A

    2722216

    Replication is overwriting security role permissions on child NS that don't exist on the parent

    N/A

    2654047

    Resource Merge is allowing Resources with the No Delete attribute to be merged into other resources.

    N/A

    2678785

    Package Server on Win Server 2003 will not download package files over 4 GB when UNC is disabled.

    N/A

    2686685

    ITMS7.1SP2 with Rollup v2 - Condition cannot be added in Advanced mode under Filter expressions in Query builder.

    N/A

    2687977

    AD Import no longer imports users into roles when OU contains '/' character.

    TECH180929

    2702824

    vproduct seems to be causing blocking on the database.

    N/A

    2732748

    CollectionMembershipChanges table is no longer purged after installing Altiris.NS.dll from SMP 7.1 SP2 v2 rollup

    TECH185400

    2671707

    Client task schedule is missing from console on 7.1 sp2 upgrade.

    N/A

    2681908

    Restricted users are unable to see task instance details.

    TECH184912

    2695630

    Unable to Import task if RunAs Specified user is selected

    TECH181758

    2729130

    Binary incompatibility broken in 7.1SP2

    ClientTaskInstanceReplicationDataCollection class derived from other class , than was.

     

    TECH185077

    2729129

    Binary incompatibility broken in 7.1SP2 all Task Management VersionItems are Items.

    TECH185077

    2762563

    Binary incompatibility. Missing public method DeleteHierarchyreplicatedInstances()

    TECH185077

    2676645

    Create cleanup script to remove orphan SWM tasks.

    N/A

    2692043

    ITMS7.1SP2 - Upgraded from 7.x - SMA receives new client policy every time it requests update.

    N/A

    2701339

    Software Package Resources replicate "Command Line Requires Package" parent association type in "Add" mode, rather than "Replace".

    N/A

    2744175

    "Updates" association is not deleted from child NS side if it was removed on parent NS side for Software Resource.

    N/A

     

    7.1 SP2 Pointfix Rollup V3:

    Released:3.15.12

    Agent Version: 7.1.15310.8310

    Included Fixes:

     

    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

    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

    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

    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

     

           

     

    7.1 SP2 Pointfix Rollup V2:

    Released: 2.3.12

    Agent Version: 7.1.15292.8292

    Included Fixes:

     

    2636958

    Image creation failed if teaming is created using two physical NIC

    2643544

    Unable to import computers from all security groups in Active Directory or from within a specific organizational unit

    2653019

    Condition cannot be added in Normal mode under Filter expressions in Query builder

    2652467

    Unable to delete Computer resource. Error: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_ResourceTargetContainerChanges'. Defect in trigger trgScopeUpdateTargetInvalidate

    2658306

    Resource updates are taking large amount of time and memory resources due to multiple MonitorChangesAsync threads when there should only be one

    2655827

    Importing security groups from AD does not contain all the members

    2637403

    Task run instances scheduled at the parent cannot be "stopped". The message indicates it will, but it does not.

    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.

    2625970

    7.1.8280 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

    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.

    2620222

    SoftwareCache.xml is overwritten during execution of dozen detection checks from MD policies which are scheduled in one time

    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

     

    7.1 SP2 Pointfix Rollup V1:

    Released: 1.3.12

    Agent Version: N/A

    Included Fixes:

     

    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

    2627677

    Performance optimizations on replication of roles and accounts required

    2627388

    Replication in hierarchy doesn't propagate resource deletion from parent to child

    2627390

    'Role' resources are constantly replicated during differential replication

    2611595

    Slow performance when updating policy with a large target

     

     



  • 2.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 07, 2012 11:12 AM

    There's one or two we'd like but don't want to go through the whole (agent) upgrade process until 7.5 is out.



  • 3.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 07, 2012 11:17 AM

    Still deploying the SP2V2 agent knowing the V4 agent resolves 2 open tickets we have with Support. Overlapping upgrades isn't a scenario I want to be in.



  • 4.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 08, 2012 03:07 AM

    Is there any landing page with download links for each Pointfixes (v1, 2, 3, 4)?

    In the event of different bugs corrected in one or the another PointFix, ex. A bug corrected with V2 and another with V4, should I install all Pointfixes or only the v4?

    Thanks in advance,

    Anthony



  • 5.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 08, 2012 03:54 AM

    Anthony,

    This is more a FYI article, I would say. Just that you aware which issues are fixed already. 

    Rollups are basically a collection of Pointfixes. And Pontfix is a code change created to resolve particular issues of particular solution.

    Latest rollup v4 contains all previous rollups (1, 2, 3).

    But! (there is always but, isnt`it?)

    Rollups don`t go through full suite testing as Service Packs do. Only solution based testing performed.    

    So, taking into consideration above, I would say that you need to install the rollup, which includes the hotfix for issue you currently observe. 

    Meaning, if you have issue documented in rollup v2, you better install rollup v2.

    If you have two issues from rollup v2 and v3, you should go with v3 as it will contain pointfixes for both. 

    However, there could be some unwanted issues introduced with rollup v3 (again no full suite tests are done)...and in that scenario you should definitely go with version4....

    This might sound too complicated, that is why I suggest, you need to contact Symantec support. Symantec Tech Support should have latest information on rollups and advise you the best approach.

    And as all rollups are distributed via Tech support only, you will end up with them anyway. 



  • 6.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted May 08, 2012 08:12 AM

    As mentioned above, the pointfixes don't go through the whole QA chain.  I installed Rollup v3 last week and my server patching failed this weekend.  It looks like its some sort of conflict between the rollup and the fact that I haven't fully rolled out the SP2 agent to all machines.

    It happens, so be careful.



  • 7.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted Jun 13, 2012 12:51 PM

    Fileconnect?



  • 8.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted Jun 13, 2012 02:58 PM

    You can get the rollups direct from Support. They aren't available thru SIM at all.



  • 9.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 05, 2012 07:54 AM

    Hi Zac H,

    Please make sure to install Rollup v4 to fix the problem with patching.

     

    Thanks,

    Dmitri

     



  • 10.  RE: SMP 7.1 SP2 Point Fix Thread (Updated 5.7.12 V4)

    Posted Oct 19, 2012 06:09 AM

    we got now the official MP1, post v4 rollup, is public,

    see https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/altiris-71-sp2-mp1-released