2.0.3900.0 Release
by Matt Bolton on Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:30 pm
pt360 Tool Suite 2.0.3900.0
Contents
Platform Compatibility
New Features
Resolved Known Issues
Known Issues
Related Technical Documentation
Platform Compatibility
The PacketTrap pt360 Tool Suite 2.0.3900.0 release is a software upgrade that is compatible with all available versions:
- 1.0.2384.0
- 1.0.3064.0
- 1.0.3300.0
- 1.0.3301.0
- 1.0.3302.0
The pt360 Tool Suite is a light weight application that can run on almost any Windows-based machine. As a general guideline, the minimum specifications are:
- Operating System: 32-bit or 64-bit, Windows 2003 SP1 or later, Windows XP SP2 or later (32-bit only), Windows Vista (all versions)
- CPU: Pentium III or higher
- Memory: 256MB or more
- Hard Drive Space: 40MB or more
- Network: Must be accessible from the computer on which the Tool Suite in installed to successfully use any network tools
- .Net Framework: 2.0 or higher
New Features
This section highlights some of the new features in Release 2.0.3900.0.
- Network Discovery
- Network Inventory
- Application Monitoring for MS Exchange, SQL Server, Active Directory
- SSH Support for Cisco Config tool
Network Discovery
PacketTrap Network Discovery performs a lightning quick scan of the entire network to discover all devices. Leveraging SNMP, the tool provides a complete set of attributes for each device that has been discovered and the results are piped into a cutting-edge iGoogle-like user interface.
- Gather all technical data including hardware, software, and processes for each device
- Identify devices by responding, status, protocols, type, and operating system
- Scan a single device, a subnet, or a range of subnets
- Interact with PacketTrap Encrypted Credential Store for user access to devices
Network Inventory
PacketTrap Network Inventory creates a detailed repository of all devices on your network. It provides operating system, interface and port details, IP addresses, installed Windows software and many other details. The Network Inventory utility has robust searching and reporting capabilities as well.
- Take full control of all network assets you care about
- No special agents or data collectors are needed
- Store all inventory information locally for quick access
- Utilize SNMP protocols in the network discovery engine
- Search for granular information across all devices for additional analysis
- Generate reports for each or all devices and export to HTML or .CSV
Application Monitoring
pt360 Application Monitoring provides in-depth visibility of running processes and performance counters for mission-critical applications Exchange, SQL Server, and Active Directory. Application failures are usually the most common problems that occur in IT infrastructure. These powerful real-time monitoring gadgets help IT Admins and network engineers prevent application failures and identify degradations early.
- Quickly determine the root cause of application performance issues before an end user is even aware that a problem exists
- Perform advanced monitoring of running services, process availability, and performance counters for MS Exchange, SQL, Active Directory
- Advanced server monitoring of key indicators like CPU and memory utilization
- Visually track the performance of your applications by setting alert thresholds
- Create custom gadgets for each application
- Supports: MS Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007; SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008; Active Directory Windows 2000, 2003, 2008
SSH Support for Cisco Config
Allows a secure connection to a Cisco device to initiate the upload or download of a configuration file.
Resolved Known Issues
This section highlights some of the resolved known issues for Release 2.0.3900.0.
- Symptom: Cisco Config: Download/upload fails when using telnet with some routers. This only affects users who attempted to connect to a Cisco device via telnet and who need to enter enable mode.
- Symptom: Cisco Config: Supports only 11 character passwords in the Cisco password decrypter. Fix: Increased to allow encrypted string of length 48, which represents a 23-character password.
- Symptom: TFTP Server: Slow transfer rate with certain large files. Fix: Improved performance that ranks favorable against other TFTP Servers in benchmark tests.
- Symptom: Tool Suite: Launching suite cause wmiprvse.exe services to peg CPU at 99%
- Symptom: WMI Scan: 'invalid query' returned when running scan against Windows 2000 machine.
- Symptom: Gadget: Top 10 Network Interface Usage not displaying accurate results in specific cases
- Symptom: DNS Audit: DNS Audit crashes and closes application for a particular IP range
- Symptom: Syslog Server: Graphical anomalies in details status window when stopping server
- Symptom: Syslog Server: Display refresh can become sluggish when there is 20,000 or more messages
Known Issues
This section contains a list of known issues for the pt360 Tool Suite 1.0.3900.0 release.
- Symptom: SNMP tools are not honoring v1 requests. Condition: Occurs when SNMP v1 is used on a device. Workaround: Setup a v2 or v3 credential.
- Symptom: CIDR notations (192.168.1.22/16, which returned 65534 IPs) cause an application exception. Condition: Occurs when a CIDR notation other than /24 is used in a target field. Workaround: Only use CIDR notation /24.
- Symptom: Install fails on Win2003 64Bit w/o existing presence of .NET Framework. Condition: Occurs when .Net 2.0 is not installed prior to the installation of pt360 Tool Suite. Workaround: Install .Net 2.0 before installing pt360 Tool Suite. Download .Net 2.0 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en
Related Technical Documentation
The following documents are available at the PacketTrap Technical Documentation Online Library:
http://www.PacketTrap.com/Support