Config db ntf: 20110524080500
Analyze db ntf: 20110524080500
Windows Version: 2.0.21 :: MAC OS X Version: 1.10.14 :: Linux Version: 1.10.14
Eclipse Plugin:


Major Improvements: Added runtypes to ini management actions, Cluster members added as readers into Analyze user profiles, Decrypt ID files fix, Desktop icon save fix


General Notes

Supported IBM Lotus Notes releases: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, up to 8.5.2 FP2 (Administrators need at least IBM Lotus Notes 7.x on WIndows or Linux)
Supported client-side operating systems: Microsoft Windows NT4 (>=SP2), 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, 7, and Citrix/WTS, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Linux
Supported server-side operating systems: any supported by IBM (operating system independent)
NOTE: Support is limited for platform and release combinations not supported by IBM
Linux & Mac OS X: Skinning, Realtime, Zip/Unzip and Attachment Blocking are not available on Linux or Mac OS X; also, MarvelClient on Mac OSX and Linux does not support the runtype "After Login - Before Sync" - any such actions must be set to run "After Login" (Agents and INI Management)
This release contains select important updates highlighted in red

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR customers running MarvelClient 2.0.x: This new release comes with a new action dependencies feature andsignificant performance improvents - all customers are advised to update to at least 2.0.9 in case they have an earlier 2.0.x release. Ideally, customers should update to 2.0.17 to experience all of the newly added features and enhancements
NOTE that release 2.0.17 also includes several enhancements for MarvelZip customers

Configuration Database

ENHANCEMENTAdded the runtype "before login - init" to notes.ini & variables management action
CHANGEThe configuration database can now be translated into Japanese - for japanese Administrators, this may result in the MC databases not displaying proper labels/translation text until the translation is made available via Online Update - until then, please switch to English
FIXFixed a problem where saving a *new* desktop icon action with the "remove icon for all other users" option checked on the who tab (only visible if RESTRICT option is checked) did not work - previously, the desktop icon action had to be saved twice - now, removing the icon immediately works for "all other users" upon initial save of a newly created desktop icon action

Analyze Database

CHANGEThe analyze database can now be translated into Japanese - for japanese Administrators, this may result in the MC databases not displaying proper labels/translation text until the translation is made available via Online Update - until then, please switch to English
FIXFixed a problem where decrypting id files no longer worked for id files collected with mc 2.x
This update is needed only if you are collecting ID files using the "Advanced\JID. ID-File" action
IMPORTANT NOTENote that the release notes 2011-04-24 should have also included the following three updates (these were forgotten when compiling the previous release notes):
+) NEW: A new option to "View desktop(s) in web browser" has been added to the main user profile form in the analyze database:
This feature was actually already available as a preview feature in the previous template release, it now also contains a fix for opening databases (the previous release opened databases by replica id including a colon ":"; the colon is now removed from the Notes URLs being opened)
Also note that optionally &compact=1 can be appended to the browser preview URL resulting in a compact display of an end user desktop - this is in preparation of a future update to display end user desktops in the sidebar of Eclipse/standard Notes 8 clients.
+) The HW/SW inventory agent has been updated to version 1.3 - previous agent releases always opened the analyse db, even if there was nothing to do; the agent is now much faster if it has nothing to do - NOTE that you must check for updates from within the respective run agent action to update the agent imported into the config database
+) The collect location/connection/... documents agent has been updated to version 2.3 - previous agent releases always opened the analyse db, even if there was nothing to do; the agent is now much faster if it has nothing to do - NOTE that you must check for updates from within the respective run agent action to update the agent imported into the config database

.DLL Updates (Windows)

NEW / ENHANCEMENT (2.0.18)Cluster members of the analyze db server are now added to the reader field of main user profile documents in the analyze db;
this means that as soon as all user profiles are updated, the [Admin]-Role can be safely removed for all but Hub-Servers if you want Spokes (including Clustermembers) to only store their respective user population and replicate into a consolidated analyze database on hub servers only.
FIX (2.0.20)Fixed a problem where inhaling the log of an agent run by a run agent action could lead to the client crashing
FIX (2.0.21)Provided a fix to a customer running Notes 8.0.2 on Citrix where the OS would not wait for the client to properly terminate when logging off / shutting down the OS
This resulted in incomplete/missing backups upon client shutdown for MarvelClient
(whilst this has been fixed in 8.5.2 by IBM, the customer could not upgrade immediately)

.dylib Updates (Mac OS X)

- No changes -- No changes -

.so Updates (Linux)

- No changes -- No changes -