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ALVAO 6.0 and older – Release notes

ALVAO Asset Management

What's New in Version 6.0

The property "Invoice ID" will rename to "Packing slip number"
After the upgrade the property "Invoice ID" will be renamed to "Packing slip number".
Any delivery of a new device also includes a packing slip. The invoice can be issued later on and does not have to go through the company's IT Department. It is therefore more convenient to enter the packing slip number when receiving new assets. The packing slip number is usually enough to accept a possible complaint.
If your internal processes require to enter the invoice ID for assets, rename the property back to "Invoice ID" after the upgrade.

The property "Computer Name" will rename to "Name on the network"
The property "Computer Name" will rename to "Name on the network".
In the new object templates, the property "Name on the network" is used also for other devices that can be connected to a network, such as printers and active network elements.
We do not recommend renaming this property back to "Computer Name" after the upgrade.

The file Console.exe has been renamed to AMConsole.exe
The AM Console executable file now uses a new name "AMConsole.exe" (Console.exe in legacy versions).
If you use a shortcut to run the application, it will be necessary to edit the shortcut once the upgrade has been completed.

Instructions for Upgrade from Versions 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10

  1. Make sure you have created the most current backup of your ALVAO database!
  2. Quit the Console and the Collector on all machines used by network administrators.
  3. Uninstall Collector(s) from your servers.
  4. Install AlvaoAdmin.msi to upgrade the Admin application.
  5. Launch Admin from the Start – Programs – ALVAO – Admin Windows menu.
  6. Open your database and wait for Admin to upgrade the database to the new version.
  7. Install AlvaoAssetConsole.msi, manually or through Group Policy, to upgrade the Consoles.
  8. Alternatively, install AlvaoAssetAgent.msi through Group Policy to upgrade the Agents.
    Note:
    It is not necessary to upgrade Agents version 5.5 and later. The Collector can communicate with older versions of Agents.
  9. Install Collector(s) on your servers.
  10. Upgrade the Portal on the server:
    • First, create a backup copy of the Web.config file.
    • Launch the AlvaoAssetPortal.msi installation package to install the new Portal version.

Upgrade from Versions <5.8

If you want to upgrade your database on version 6.0, you first need to use the Console v5.8 to upgrade the database to v.5.8. The installation package for version 5.8 can be downloaded from http://www.alvao.cz.

Database Upgrade from Versions 4.x, 2002 and 2001 SR3

If you want to upgrade from these versions, please contact our Technical Support.

ALVAO Service Desk

What's New in Version 2.7

Starting with version 2.7, notifications to the solving team are disabled by default. The notification settings have several levels.

Level Set by
User settings* Console
User Policy* Console
Service Policy Admin
Global Policy Admin
Default value

Settings in the Console:

  • User settings* – Settings, Services
  • User Policy* – Settings, Basic, Service Policy

Settings in Admin:

  • Service Policy – Service Settings, Notification
  • Global Policy – Settings, Notification

* The "User" meant here is the Console user, i.e. a user with the Operator/Solver/Manager permissions.

What's New in Version 2.0

If you use custom e-mail templates in the Console, i.e. the files EventEmailSubject.ast and EventEmailHtmlBody.ast in the Config folder, you need to adapt the database opening algorithm to the new standard templates. The "con" variable cannot be used any more. Instead of this variable, you can now use the param("ConnectionString") parameter to open the database connection.
Due to changes in the Web.config Portal configuration file we recommend reconfiguring this file based on the SampleWeb.config file.

ALVAO Monitoring

Upgrade from ALVAO 6.0 and ALVAO 6.0 SP1

  1. Please install the Web Service following the steps in the Web Service section
  2. Run the upgraded version of ALVAO Admin and confirm any database upgrade.
  3. Open ALVAO Admin and go to Manage – Monitoring – Settings – Connection tab and set up the values for the communication between ALVAO Admin and the Agents
  4. Enter the server URL on which the ALVAO Monitoring Portal is running to the Public server address field.
  5. Select the required option under Authentication method.
  6. Use the Group Policy to set up the Registry Key on client machines using Agent 6.0 SP2.
  7. Go to the %Program Files%\ALVAO\Monitoring Server folder, open the MonitoringServer.exe.config file and set up all items based on your backup created under Step 3.
  8. If some client machines are using legacy versions of ALVAO Monitoring Agent, go to the server installation folder and open the MonitoringServer.exe.config file. Find the following line and replace "False" with "True":
    <setting name="LegacyMode" serializeAs="String">
       <value>False</value>
    </setting>

 

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