Graphical User Interface

The VSA user interface has been reworked to better organize functions and modernize the look and feel. The login pages, for both users and administrators, can be completely customized by a Master administrator using the Login Policy function under the system tab. The Enterprise Edition supports full customization of the entire web site and lets you replace the agent system tray icon with your own icon. See the Customize functions on the Login Policy function under the System tab.

Patch Management

Automated patch management has been added. The VSA will automatically detect when new patches need to be applied to each managed machine and install them. You can configure each machine to automatically install all patches or decide on a patch by patch basis for all machines in a group.

Deploy Agents

Added Deploy Agents and Agent Status (replacing Machine Accounts). This allows each administrator to define their own default agent package. Multiple install packages can also be created and deployed. You can now also share install packages with other administrators by clicking the Share button next to each install package definition. Install Agents now lets you select an install package to deploy (rather than use the default agent).

Admin Groups

You can now create groups of administrators and assign rights to those groups. Adding a new administrator to a group automatically gives that administrator all the rights and privileges assigned to that group. Each administrator group defines which machine group IDs they get access to, who they can share scripts and agent install packages with. Administrators may belong to multiple administrator groups.

Script Management

All scripts now live under the install tab and may be nested into folders. Share rights may, like Deploy Agents, also may be applied to scripts. This lets you share scripts with just any number of selected administrators without making the script public to all administrators.

Script Scheduler

Modified script scheduler to allow scripts to be scheduled to run on a recurring day of the month. Also there is not a checkbox to tell a script to not run if the agent is offline at the appointed time.

Page Control

There is a new control for selecting different pages of data on each screen. The page numbers have been replaced with a drop down control listing the first machine ID of each page in alphabetical order. This new tool allows you to quickly locate the page with any specific machine ID.

Get File Fix

Fixed a bug in the Get File script command that caused large file transfers to take exceptionally long.

Pending Scripts

Added a delete function to the Pending Scripts table in the single machine interface. This will let you remove any pending script from a machine if you need to.

New Sample Scripts

Added new sample scripts to backup My Doc and to initiate Startup Task. Use Startup Task on XP boxes that do not reconnect to the network after a reboot. XP will not connect to the network until an application first needs the network. The agent does not use the network unless a connection exists. The Startup Task script causes the selected PC to use the network one time immediately after startup. This lets the agent connect back to the VSA right away after a reboot. Do not use this script on machines with a dial-up connection to the internet.

App Deploy / Patch Deploy

Modify scripts generated through the wizard for App Deploy and Patch Deploy when the File Share option is selected. Instead of executing from the file share, which may not exist for the Agent when executing as the system, set up the script to do the following:

IF user is logged in
THEN
   GetVariable Drive to C:
   GetVariable Drive as the Agent's install drive
   Shell Cmd to mkdir #Drive#Temp
   Shell Cmd as user to copy "\filesharedir ile" "#Drive#TempFile&"
   ExecuteFile as system "#Drive#TempFile"
   DeleteFile "#Drive#TempFile"
ELSE
   Reschedule script in 1 hour

Hide VNC Icon

VNC icon can now be hidden if the administrator desires it. Also, if a pre-existing password exists then the VSA will not alter it. This lets you set a password and use VNC directly without the VSA. Note: This release updates VNC to add the hidden icon capability. Old passwords are not saved when updating VNC. You will have to reload any passwords you want to use outside of the VSA.

Set Parameters

Separated out the RAdmin and VNC parameters into their own function, Set Parameters, under the Remote Control Tab. Also, now when you set User Notification to either Notify or Ask User, the admin name making the request is displayed to the user in the dialog box.

Uninstall RC

Uninstall RC function added to the Remote Cntl tab. Use this function to remove either WinVNC or RAdmin from the remote machine. If remote control fails with either of these packages, run Uninstall RC and then try Control Machine again.

Video Streaming

Video Streaming replaces Manual Control and is automated with ActiveX. Users no longer need to download and run the manual control package.

Report Changes

• Agent report changed to Machine Summary. With that single report you can now include applications for each machine (installed and hidden). You can also show application changes since the baseline with this report. All applications now splits the applications into two groups: installed and hidden. Install applications are those that show up in Add/Remove programs.
• Software report has been completely re-written and is significantly faster. There is also an advance search capability letting you locate software based on a Boolean search. eg. (("* adobe " OR *a*) AND *c*) OR NOT *d* AND < m
• Logs report - the event log report now accepts a string of event IDs. Before it accepted either a single ID or all IDs.
• The Aggregate Table report contains more items and also supports the advanced search capability.
• New Patch Management report supporting the patch management tab.

Agent Status Alert

Added a minutes category for the Agent Status alert Agent has not checked in for. Use minutes to monitor servers you need quick notification for when they go offline.

Scheduled Reports

Added edit icon to Scheduled Reports. Click to edit existing scheduled reports parameters.

HW Audit - Net Protection

Removed Enable HW Audit and Enable Net Protection checkboxes from Agent Tab - Create and Audit Tab - Run Audit. There is now an Enable/Disable button on the Run Audit function to turn on/off the PCI audit driver. Enable Net Protection is now controlled from the Monitor Tab - Network Access function. This lets you easily toggle the state of multiple machines at once instead of having to do each individually.

Audit Schedule

Allow audit to be scheduled to run at a time of day

Protection Functions

File Access and Network Access have been re-written to simplify the user interface. Application Blocker function has been added to prevent selected applications from ever running on a machine.

Administrator Logon Name

Administrators can now change their logon name by selecting the Admin Profile function under the system tab.

Administrator Log Off

Master administrators can now log off any other administrator on the system. See the Enable / Disable function under the System Tab.

System Tab Restructured

System Tab functions have been completely restructured into function groups: Admin Accounts, Admin Groups, Machine Groups, and VSA Server Management.

Configure VSA and Statistics

Server Info has been renamed to Configure VSA. There is also a new function below it named Statistics. All VSA server stats have been moved from the Configure VSA page to the Statistics pages. There are also several more statistical parameters reported such as number of agents currently online (also now reported on the Status Monitor).