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Release Notes for GFI EventsManager 2013 (Build 20130116)

Author: Luis Fernandes Updated

Overview

This article lists the improvements and fixes that came with the GFI EventsManager 2013 (Build 20130116) release.

Environment

GFI EventsManager 2013

Information

Improvements:

  • Added new database operation for exporting events to a Microsoft SQL Server database.
  • Text logs collector to parse XML files.
  • User roles: Administrator can filter what a new user is allowed to view in the management console.
  • System Monitoring features based on GFI Network Server Monitor functionality.
  • Updates can be downloaded through a proxy.
  • Added support for offline updates.
  • Physical deletion of events is now possible.
  • Enhancements to the database operations and database rotation.
  • Events Browser now has two modes: One for viewing events as before and another to view events that were marked as deleted.
  • GFI database server can be installed on a separate server.
  • Added support for reports that contain more than 10,000 entries.

Fixes:

  • Reporting: various enhancements regarding usability and look, fixed some report generation issues.
  • User Interface: various fixes for rules, events processing sources, dashboard.
  • Events Browser: various UI enhancements, fixes for drill down, query execution and exporting of events.
  • Issues that could cause a service crash.
  • Database corruption issues.
  • Improved dashboard stability.
  • Issues related to event collection from SQL Server and Syslog sources

Known Issues:

  • In some cases, queued jobs are not removed from the Job Activity panel.

System Requirements:

  • Processor: 2.5GHz dual-core processor or higher
  • RAM: 3GB
  • Hard Disk: Minimum of 100GB of available space
  • Others: Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device
Software requirements - Installation machine(s):
  • .NET Framework 4.0
  • To properly scan Windows Vista or newer machines, GFI EventsManager must be installed on a Windows Vista or newer machine.

Software requirements - Scanned machine(s):

  • Windows event log scanning:
    • For Vista and newer machines, remote event log management must be enabled.
    • For Vista and newer machines, UAC (User Account Control) must be disabled and the machines must be within the same domain.
    • For pre-Vista machines, the remote registry must be enabled.
    • Windows audit service must be enabled.
  • W3C log scanning:
    • The source folders must be accessible via Windows shares.
  • Syslog and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Traps:
    • Sources/senders must be configured to send messages to the computer/IP address where GFI Events Manager is installed.

The latest version of GFI EventsManager can be downloaded from the download page.