Release Notes for Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold

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Release Notes for Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 2016 Service Pack 1

Release information

 

WhatsUp Gold 2016

 

Version

Service Pack 1

 

Release date

December 20th, 2016

 

WhatsUp Gold Service Pack 1 (16.5.1)

The following released with WhatsUp Gold Service Pack 1 (16.5.1).

Defects resolved in WhatsUp Gold Service Pack 1 (16.5.1)

Defect ID

Category

Issues

WCNS-70

WhatsConnected

Corrected an issue which generated an error informing the user that exporting devices from WhatsConnected will cause the them to "exceed their license count of 0" when WhatsUp Gold is licensed for TotalView.

WUG-12792

Actions

Corrected an issue causing a syslog action to be sent over the incorrect port.

WUG-17365

Mobile

Corrected an issue which generated an error when attempting to log in to the WhatsUp Gold mobile site.

WUG-19306

APM

Corrected an issue causing point consumption for APM to be calculated incorrectly when a non-standard database name is used.

WUG-19341

Discovery

Corrected an issue potentially causing WhatsUp Gold to randomly become unresponsive during discovery.

WUG-19738

Admin Console

Corrected an issue in which the Admin Console 'About' dialog failed to display a tailing '0' for FlowMonitor Viewpoints.

WUG-20210

Monitors

Corrected an issue potentially causing performance to decline randomly due to an SNMP monitor continuing to query the device after being deleted.

WUG-20756

Tools

Corrected an issue in which selecting 'Connect' when attempting to telnet to a selected, locked device fires an invalid URL string rather than connecting to the device.

WUG-21510

Language Packs

Corrected an issue causing some Chinese simplified characters to be displayed incorrectly.

WUG-22523

Discovery

Corrected an issue causing WhatsUp Gold to become unresponsive when attempting to discover more than 2,500 devices.

WUG-22723

Admin Console

Corrected an issue preventing the status bar from being displayed in the Admin Console.

WUG-22792

Polling

Corrected an issue preventing MaxCollectorTimeSeconds from being configurable which causes WhatsUp Gold to time out if it takes longer than ten minutes to collect a data set from the device.

WUG-23239

Wireless

Corrected an issue causing Wireless SNMP to receive fragmented data packets as a result of requesting too many records.

System Requirements

Operating system and virtual environment requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes to the WhatsUp Gold operating system and virtual requirements.

Database requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes to the WhatsUp Gold database requirements.

Web server requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes to the WhatsUp Gold Microsoft IIS requirements.

Framework and accessibility requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes to the WhatsUp Gold framework and accessibility requirements.

Web and mobile interface requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes for internet browsers.

Poller Requirements

This service pack does not require or introduce changes to the WhatsUp Gold poller requirements.

Installing WhatsUp Gold

Note: WhatsUp Gold 2016 Service Packs support direct upgrade installations from:
-WhatsUp Gold v15.x
-WhatsUp Gold v16.0.x
-WhatsUp Gold v16.1.x
-WhatsUp Gold v16.2.x
-WhatsUp Gold v16.3.x
-WhatsUp Gold v16.4.x
-WhatsUp Gold 2016

This release is a full install and may be installed without first installing WhatsUp Gold 2016. Refer to the Installing and Configuring WhatsUp Gold guide for details about installation, upgrade, activation, and uninstall.