Version 2.0.2 (Bugfix release, Sep 2011)
| • | The evaluation option of a condition in case of "Perform Action once if the condition persists" will now be saved correctly. |
| • | Two new templates for the notifications were added: |
- $Sensor$: Returns all properties of a sensor.
- $ShortSensor$: Returns only the most important properties of a sensor.
| • | The most important properties of a sensor were additionally added to the default template for the email action. |
| • | The problem that negative values were sometimes saved if the available memory of the systemload sensor was greater than 4 GB, has been fixed. |
| • | Under rare circumstances an error could occur after a sensor was edited. |
| • | The execution of an action can now be suppressed during sensor tests. |
| • | Many other small improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 2.0.1 (Bugfix release, Jul 2011)
| • | At the first start ServerSentinel will create now a default configuration which monitors the free disk space of the system partition and send an E-Mail if the free space is less than 10%. |
| • | Added in the settings the possibility to change the number of days after the sensor data is deleted. |
| • | Under rare circumstances an error could occur which prevented the ServerSentinel GUI from starting. |
| • | The 'SMS text message' action tries now to detect independently the correct settings (COM-Port and Baud-Rate) in case of a failure. |
| • | Added possibility to define the settings to send E-Mails which are used for any 'E-Mail action' as default. |
| • | The problem that the USB Humidity sensor sometimes may receive constant values for the temperature has been fixed. |
| • | Fixed a problem: If the USB Humidity / USB Temp was disconnected and reconnected again, the sensor did not collect data anymore. |
| • | The number of characters which are written in the Windows-EventLog by the 'EventLog action' has been adjusted to the maximum numbers allowed by Windows. |
| • | If a condition with 'Disk Space' as value was configured, the value was not displayed correctly after the sensor was edited again. |
| • | If a non-transparent proxy server is used a problem could occur at the start of ServerSentinel. |
| • | The determined values of the 'Status' column for the 'Signal light action' and the 'Switchable Power Socket action' has been improved. |
| • | The 'Signal light action' now takes into account if a condition is enabled or disabled. |
| • | The Export/Import works for the 'SNMP action' correctly now. |
| • | An error could occur if in the 'SNMP action' no OID was configured. |
| • | Fixed a problem with the' Ping sensor' if no 'Reverse DNS' entry exists for the remote host. |
| • | A problem if ServerSentinel has been closed via the TrayIcon has been fixed. |
| • | Fixed a problem: The values in the "Last Result" column were lost if the sensors changes were canceled. |
| • | ServerSentinel can now be started via an UNC path. |
| • | An error could occur when the configuration was exported and the target file was already in use. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included |
Version 2.0.0 (Major release, Mar 2011)
| • | Different hardware devices are now supported that can be purchased at JAM Software. |
| • | The room temperature and humidity can now be monitored with the help of USB sensors. |
| • | The status of a sensor can be displayed by way of a USB signal light. |
| • | Through a new action you can power on/off random devices with the help of a switchable USB socket. |
| • | It is now possible to monitor random network devices (e.g. server, router, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or printer) via SNMP |
| • | A new sensor can receive and process SNMP Traps from random network devices. |
| • | With the help of a new action you can change certain values via SNMP. |
| • | The listview for sensors and sensor data was optimized. Now it is possible, amongst other things, to group and filter data. |
| • | A new sensor to monitor folder properties was added. (The folder size can optionally be monitored in connection with the disk space manager SpaceObServer by JAM Software, when installed). |
| • | Single files can now be monitored by a sensor. |
| • | A condition can now execute multiple actions consecutively. |
| • | A new action allows entries in the Windows event log. |
| • | An action can now suppress the execution of all following conditions and actions. |
| • | A new sensor allows the monitoring of random TCP servers. |
| • | A direct connection to the Remote Desktop of the monitored server can now be setup over the context menu. |
| • | A new condition was introduced. This is done when the sensor returns, after a problem, to a normal status. |
| • | The evaluation order of the conditions can now be changed through the GUI. |
| • | It is now possible to configure exclusion times, in which the corresponding action should not be processed, separately for each action. |
| • | A sensor can now be dependant upon event based sensors (e.g. Windows event log or xAP sensor). |
| • | The configuration of the services was enhanced so that during the installation the important rights can be given. |
| • | The email action now allows the sending of attachments. |
| • | The handling of critical service problems (e.g. loss of database connection) was enhanced. |
| • | The hibernation is suppressed while the service is running. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included |
Version 1.3.2 (Bugfix release, Mar 2010)
| • | If a user tried to sort the configured sensors an error message could appear. |
| • | Under rare circumstances an error could occur after the dialog to add new libraries was opened |
| • | If two sensors were configured with the same action an error could occur after the action and the two sensors were deleted. |
| • | When the ServerSentinel was closed while the GUI was updated, an error could occur. |
| • | Reviewed and improved the help. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 1.3.1 (Bugfix release, Jan 2010)
| • | If a sensor had a dependency to another sensor and that sensor was removed, an error message appeared. |
| • | When large datasets were shown in the raw data and chart views the GUI could freeze for a few seconds. |
| • | The dropdown-menu to select the number of displayed database entries has been improved. |
| • | Under rare circumstances an error could occur, if a sensor was configured to depend on another sensor and both had the same action configured. |
| • | On slower machines an Input/Output error could occur when service and user interface tried to create the same file at the same time. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 1.3.0 (Nov 2009)
| • | Added support for several databases; this increases system performance especially for larger installations.
The supported databases are
- MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
- MySQL |
| • | Added possibility to define exclusion times for actions, to prevent execution of actions, e.g. during maintenance downtimes or to configure several notification targets for different times during the week. |
| • | Added a new sensor to monitor the Windows event logs. |
| • | Improved error handling that shows a more readable message instead of an error code, if an error occurs during configuration of an SMS (text message) action. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 1.2.0 (Jul 2009)
| • | Added a new Sensor for the xAP home automation protocol that is able to monitor temperature of processors and harddisks in conjunction with the free SpeedFan tool. |
| • | Added a new action 'Set Status' that allows you to explicitly set the status e.g. to 'Error' or 'Ok'. |
| • | Added a new action that prevents saving collected data to the database, this provides enhanced filtering possibilities. |
| • | The check interval for the sensor can be configured from 5 seconds up to 7 days. |
| • | The application provides plenty of variables that can be used in the notification templates and are easily accessible through the user interface. |
| • | E-Mail notification action is now capable of using TLS/SSL secured connections. |
| • | Sensor configuration variables can now be passed as arguments to the 'Execute Script' actions, see e.g. the 'TreeSize Pro reports' example. |
| • | Improved the user interface:
- Configuring the actions is now much more comfortable by using individual experts.
- The chart can now be configured to update automatically.
- Warning or error regions can be optionally marked orange/red in the chart.
- It is now possible to optionally highlight the weekends in the chart.
- The menu of configurable sensors is now grouped.
- An icon in the status bar now indicates whether the service is running or not. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 1.1.1 (Bugfix release, Apr 2009)
| • | Added example configurations for common scenarios are now delivered along with brief descriptions in the help files. |
| • | The user interface response when selecting data has been improved on slow machines. |
| • | The chart does not display "0" values anymore for checks that indicated an error. |
| • | The number of decimals shown in the data list view are now more readable. |
| • | The installation process has been improved and simplified. |
| • | Fixed an incorrect sort order in the view of collected data if the columns have been re-arranged previously. |
| • | The WMI harddisk sensor now stores the failure message if an error occurred. |
| • | Many other improvements and minor bug fixes have been included. |
Version 1.1.0 (Mar 2009)
| • | ServerSentinel can now be configured to only perform an action
- once, as long as a condition persists (the default),
- every time a condition evaluates to true
- only after the condition was met several consecutive times |
| • | Possibility to export and import sensor check profiles |
| • | A new system load sensor monitors CPU- and harddisk-load, local and remote |
| • | Passwords are now saved with triple DES encryption |
| • | The new action "Manage Service" allows you to start, stop, pause, resume and restart a service local and remote |
| • | With the "Remote Process Action" it is now possible to start a process on a remote computer |
| • | Action "Send SMS" sends GSM-Network short (text) messages via a phone connected to the server, either by USB cable or through configured Bluetooth connection. This allows you to be notified even if the local area network is not reachable anymore |
| • | Added a possibility to delete a configured action once it is not needed anymore |
| • | You can now copy selected data from the raw data view to the clipboard |
| • | Selected data from the raw view can be exported to comma-separated-value (CSV) files. |
| • | Additional status information is now saved in the collected data, e.g. if a condition was met |
| • | The chart view now provides the sensor name and further information in printouts |
| • | An existing sensor can now be duplicated |
| • | The user interface has been improved to navigate through the data more easily |
| • | The raw data view now shows the units in each row, instead of only showing it in the list headers |
| • | The system load produced by the service has significantly been reduced |
| • | The content of the HTTP Sensor is now saved to the database as well |
| • | A bug in the chart that resulted in a dark background, when exporting it to an image file, has been fixed |
| • | A display bug was fixed that occurred if a 120dpi display was used |
| • | A few minor bugfixes and improvements have been incorporated |
Version 1.0.0 (19 Nov 2008)
- Initial Release
