Changes.txt

FusionInventory Agent Windows Installer - History of Revisions and Changes

2.5.1 Tue, 02 Jul 2019
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.5.1 (commit: 48a1ef9734 | date: jul 02 2019)
* fix HTTP server plugins base configuration folder
* fix HTTP server plugins installation from Makefile
* fix HTTP server SSL plugin so SSL sessions are not closed after one second
* win32: fix service not answering to HTTP request while running a task
* feature: Added Proxy and SecondaryProxy HTTP server plugins
* Bump Inventory task version to 1.8
* fix error message while starting fusioninventory-inventory script
* fix #667: LG tv monitor inventory failure
* win32: VirtualBox or VPN network adapters are now set as virtual
* added Samsung S24E450 monitor serial support
* fix #688: inventory on "windows x64 1903" takes too much time. That was only
  happen when an antivirus other than Windows Defender was enabled and it blocks
  WMI call toward MSFT_MpComputerStatus class.
* win32: Add Symantec/Norton antivirus support
* fix #399: Deduplicate logged users without being case sensitive on win32
* Bump NetDiscovery task version to 4.0
* Bump NetInventory task version to 4.0
* add Hygon Dhyana Support
* refactor: the multi-threading scheme has been re-worked so it is now working for
  netinventory task and more efficient for netdiscovery while scanning many range
  by job
* refactor: Collected datas are also sent to server from threads
* Added 2 options to fusioninventory-netdiscovery to save XMLs as file and
  automatically start netinventory when convenient:
  * add --inventory option to netdiscovery to automatically start netinventory
  * add --save option to define a folder where to save related XML
* Updated sysobject.ids (tagged fia-2.5.1 tag on github repository)
* Bump ESX task version to 2.5
* Support EnclosureSerialNumberTag and SerialNumberTag values as availables since
  VMware ESXi 6.5, Patch Release ESXi650-201811002 (build-10884925) and in latest
  VMware ESXi 6.7.
* add esx script new options:
  Add --dump and --dumpfile option to help ESX support debugging

core:
* Don't forget to remove logs folder on uninstall
* WakeOnlan task supported again
* fix: update logfile option when installdir is not the default
* set "add-firewall-exception" by default now
* add "/no-firewall-exception" option to permit to change the new default
* doc: always show english help as only this one is available
* fix: rc & development releases installers are now running with installer debug
  option enabled. This creates the debug subfolder to put in command parser log
  and computed Options.ini file.
* little enhancements:
 - pre-check the "Accept the license" checkbox on the license page
 - Uncheck by default the "show readme" at the finish page
* Don't forget to remove logs folder on uninstall
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2019.06.30
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2019.05.08

strawberry perl package:
* Based on Strawberry Perl 5.28.2.1 (May 2019) revision 2
* Includes Net::Pcap support for WakeOnlan task support

build process:
* Also build portable versions from Appveyor

2.5 Sat, 13 Apr 2019
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.5 (commit: 4d01dfac65 | date: apr 12 2019)
* win32: Fix service memory leak due to Win32::Daemon module
* win32: don't show service memory usage on OS not supporting GetProcessMemoryInfo like WinXP
* win32: report memory usage as Working Set Size (WSS) and Page File Usage (PFU)
* win32: handle task run in a managed thread as this is more efficient than using
  perl fork with thread emulation under win32 and preserve a little memory usage.
* win32: wait service control manager is ready before really starting the service
* logger: don't use File::stat module to just get logfile file size, better use -s
  as File::stat module seems to fail in rare case.
* Add early stderr logging support for service
  Just rename "fusioninventory-win32-service.rc.sample" removing ".sample" part
  to enable this feature. This can be handy to investigate start service failures.
* Fix #601: Log URL for server target and log path for local target
* Added support for HTTPD plugins
* Added Inventory HTTPD plugins to permit remote inventory request (disabled by default)
* Added Listener target to permit agent to only answer http requests
* Updated configuration to support HTTPD plugins dedicated configuration file
* Added fusioninventory-remoteinventory script to request agent with Inventory
  HTTPD plugin enabled
* Fix HTTPD local address reuse
* Added SSL HTTPD plugins to support SSL in any server plugins
* Limit the reload target check to 30 seconds
* Bump Inventory task version to 1.7
* Fix hponcfg.exe can output on stderr on win32 when not really usable
* Skip not working under win32 Generic::Users inventory
  Also avoid error in log on /etc/passwd and /etc/group not found files
* Fix #601: Log deviceid as agentid and related target when running an inventory
* Fix #644: Make WORKGROUP inventory consistent
* Fix #541: Don't try to scan virtualbox VM in win32 users directories
* Bump NetDiscovery task version to 2.9
* Bump NetInventory task version to 3.3
* Add Lancom in networking devices recognized by description parsing
* Fix #650: discard empty consumable level elements
* Fix #651: discard empty type element
* Add Netdisco export contrib script from Stoatwblr, see contrib/netdisco
* Fix #638: Fix Kyocera counters handling thanks to Stoatwblr
* Printers: assume -2 counter value means a WARNING level and report it
  Thanks Stoatwblr for the deep investigation
* Add Oki printer support
* Add APC serialnumber support
* Fix #612: Enhanced Ubnt AccessPoint support
* Updated sysobject.ids (tagged fia-2.5 tag on github repository)
* Bump Deploy task version to 2.8
* Fix #394: Check file parts source/mirror url to guaranty it ends with a slash
  and trigger an error if it doesn't look like a valid URL.
* Bump Collect task version to 2.6
* WMI properties can now be a list of properties with comma or space as separator

core:
* Changed default log file location to:
  C:\Program Files\FusionInventory-Agent\logs\fusioninventory-agent.log
* Added perl/bin/fusioninventory-win32-service.rc.sample installation:
  Rename it to fusioninventory-win32-service.rc to enable early stderr logging
  during service start
* Added etc/inventory-server-plugin.cfg as default configuration for new
  HTTPD Server Inventory plugin (disabled by defaul). You can copy it as
  etc/inventory-server-plugin.local setting "disabled" to no to enabled it
* Added etc/ssl-server-plugin.cfg as default configuration for new
  HTTPD Server SSL plugin (disabled by defaul). You can copy it as
  etc/ssl-server-plugin.local setting "disabled" to no to enabled it
* Added etc/server-test-plugin.cfg.sample as sample configuration for
  HTTPD Server Test plugin (disabled by defaul). You can rename it to
  etc/server-test-plugin.cfg setting "disabled" to no to enabled it
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2019.04.12
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2019.03.20

2.4.3 Fri, 22 Feb 2019
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4.3 (commit: e2b207694a | date: feb 22 2019)
* fix some cases where a file handle was not closed
* win32: fix a handle leak case when agent was running as service
* daemon/service: reload target when the stat file has been updated by
  another script to use the updated next run timeout
* For server target, server connection attempts are delayed from 60 seconds,
  doubled at each new failed attempt, now until reaching max defined by delaytime
  configuration parameter.
* Bump Inventory task version to 1.6
* win32 antivirus support update:
 - nicer product name report for ESET
 - report expiration date for ESET
* Fix #582: Add other Acer monitors support
* Fix #625: Container UUID is the same than host UUID
* Fix #604: Only inventory Windows Store on recent win32 platforms
* Fix #596: Openstack container seen as Physical on win32
* Fix #583: Add BitDefender antivirus support
* Bump NetDiscovery task version to 2.8
* Bump NetInventory task version to 3.2
* Add BlueCoat proxy appliance serialnumber support
* win32: Support arp table check for NetDiscovery task
* Fix #634: Net::Ping version may not numeric with win32 installer
* Add Panasas PanFS support
* Add few HP/Compaq serialnumber cases support
* Fix #605: try 'ip neighbor show' if 'arp' is not available for netdiscovery
* Add UPS-MIB support for Riello, S2S & APC
* Updated sysobject.ids (tagged fia-2.4.3 tag on github repository)

core:
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2019.02.20
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2019.01.17

tools:
* Updated dmidecode to v3.2 (update 1)

2.4.2 Tue, 03 Oct 2018
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4.2 (commit: f7767abfdb | date: oct 03 2018)
* Fix physical memory error correction detection via WMI under win32
* Fix #299: Added UWP/APPX/Windows Store software inventory
* win32 antivirus detection enhanced support:
  - add support for few antivirus base versions (defender, kaspersky,
    EST, avira, MSE, McAfee, F-Secure)
  - try to set license expiration date for F-Secure, kaspersky & avira
* Fix #442: kaspersky not fully recognized in russia
* Fix #501: wrong status was reported when windows defender was disabled
* Bump Deploy task version to 2.7
* Fix deployment of private packages: their downloaded parts were not
  fully found when download were too long (closes: #542)
* Handle retention duration differently for p2p and not p2p files
* P2p files have a default retention of 3 days by default
* P2p files have a default retention of 3 times the target prolog delay
  after download, parts retention is reset to the same delay for all file parts,
  so the retention duration applies at the time parts has been downloaded
* P2p file parts are now cleaned up after job success if retention duration
  is null
* Fix WinKeyNotEquals audit check to also be true when the registry key is
  simply missing
* Add support to "startjob" key for failing deploy audit check to permit
  to skip remaining checks when a failing condition makes them obsolete.
* Bump ESX task version to 2.4
* Support 2 ServiceTags case to cover chassis & lame board S/N inventory
* Updated AssetTag support
* fix wrong cpu core computation when only one package is available
* Bump NetDiscovery task version to 2.7
* Bump NetInventory task version to 3.1
* Thanks to @QuickNerd357, Brocade devices will now show serial number and
  firmware informations.
* Sanitize VLAN names. This fixes an issue with Cisco Small Business Switches.
* Get rid of unofficial Net::Ping::TimeStamp support to only use official
  support if available. Net::Ping v2.67 is now mandatory to discover
  devices thanks to timestamp ping.
* Fix #481: Add Synology NAS support
* Fix #480: Add CheckPoint support
* Fix #488: Update HP Printers support
* Updated LLDP/CDP connection match checks
* Updated sysobject.ids (tagged fia-2.4.2 tag on github repository)
* Bump Collect task version to 2.5
* Thanks to David Durieux, add support for dynamic pattern in registry key
  collect under win32. The dynamic pattern is '**' to glob subkeys like in:
  HKEY_USERS/**/Software/**/**/CurrentVersion
* Bump Maintenance task version to 1.1
* Disable Maintenance task if no maintenance module could be used

core:
* Register service with folders to include to avoid conflicts from any other
  local perl install
* /add-firewall-exception option is now fully implemented
* Fix /runnow option
* Show an error combo on command line parsing error
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2018.10.02
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2018.08.15

tools:
* Updated dmidecode to v3.2

2.4.1 Tue, 03 Jul 2018
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4.1 (commit: 7c7db6661f | date: jun 29 2018)
* Don't try to run dmidecode inventories if it returns no output. Under
  windows, this will fix few cases switching them to WMI based inventory.
* Add PowerSupplies support
* Fix #439: Wrong network interface speed under win32
* Fix #500: Add Acer monitor EDID id match
* Better SQL Server software inventory under win32
* Bump Deploy task version to 2.6
* Fix file retention support using the new Maintenance task
* Add P2P peers caching to reduce peers discovery load in the meantime
* Reduced timeout for peer discovery and file parts downloading for P2P. This
  efficiently limits the time passed to discover the local peers and disqualify
  any busy or not responding peers in a more acceptable delay.
* For better P2P support, agent ajusts its 404 message to "Nothing found" when it
  has nothing to share with other agents. So peers won't ask again and again for
  any file part during 20 minutes by default.
* Bump NetDiscovery task version to 2.6
* Bump NetInventory task version to 3.0
* Many fix and enhancements for NetDiscovery & NetInventory tasks, see
  the agent Changes file for details
* Get rid of nmap support for NetDiscovery task. This should enhanced the
  NetDiscovery task while run under windows.

core:
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2018.06.29
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2018.05.04

tools:
* Updated 7z to 7-Zip v18.05 (2018-04-30)
* Updated curl to curl v7.60.0 (2018-03-07)

2.4 Fri, 29 Dec 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4 (commit: 56edbcd9f6 | date: dec 29 2017)
* Fix WMI calls to also time out under win32
* Fix #161: Support retrieving License software via WMI, including Office 2016
* Fix #349: Include last logged user as usual computer user on win32 platform
* Fix #364: [win32] Get antivirus version from software installation and get
  Windows Defender version via WMI
* Added Windows 10 version support
* Fixed HyperV VM issue while BIOSGUID is not defined
* Experimental feature: Added new Wmi task and fusioninventory-wmi script to
  permit agent-less inventory from and to win32 platform based on WMI support

core:
* Fix old #9 issue: We can now change installation path in interative mode
* Correctly set SYSCONFDIR in source during installation to follow confdir cleanup
  in agent
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2017.12.20
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2017.12.28

build process:
* Include appveyor YAML
* use last nsis v3.02 from chocolatey to help support windows 10

tools:
* Updated 7z to 7-Zip v16.04 (2016-10-04)

2.4-rc2 Tue, 28 Nov 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4-rc2 (commit: fe7bf37b1c | date: nov 28 2017)
* Make backend-collect-timeout working even while waiting on command output
  or wmi call
* Fix #161: Support retrieving License software via WMI, including Office 2016

core:
* Fix old #9 issue: We can now change installation path in interative mode
* Correctly set SYSCONFDIR in source during installation to follow confdir cleanup
  in agent
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) to 2017.10.21
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) to 2017.11.27

build process:
* Include appveyor YAML
* use last nsis v3.02 from chocolatey to help support windows 10

tools:
* Updated 7z to 7-Zip v16.04 (2016-10-04)

2.4-rc1 Fri, 13 Oct 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.4-rc1 (commit: c328a554d7 | date: oct 13 2017)
* Cleanup confdir use and get rid of confdir setup
* Update syslog name to fullname agent
* Get rid of List::Util module dependency
* few code refactoring
* fixed Provider program name inventory in agent context
* Added section support for MODEMS, SIMCARDS & FIRMWARES in netdiscovery/netinventory
* Added new detection algorithm based on exposed device supported MIB (sysORID list)
  and/or sysObjectID
* Added support for HP iLO cards
* Added support for Digi devices with enhanced MODEMS, SIMCARDS & FIRMWARES support 
* Updated sysobject.ids with a lot of new devices support
* Added new Wmi task and wmi-inventory script to permit agent-less inventory on
  win32 platform based on remote WMI support.

2.3.21 Mon, 31 Jul 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.21 (commit: c73b781e57 | date: jul 31 2017)
* perl.exe also named as fusioninventory-agent.exe to make agent process appears
  as fusioninventory-agent.exe, not perl.exe while registered as service
* Deploy task bumped to 2.4
* Deploy task includes user interaction handling
* Deploy audit also support to check win key value not equals case
* Fix dmidecode last element not read from output
* Fix dmidecode memory inventory
* Report proxy error when possible
* Service refactoring: win32 service can be paused
* Fixed win32 softwares finally missing when 2 'inventory' are set in tasks
* Fixed bug: last dmidecode block wasn't parsed
* Update memory component capacity on virtual systems
* Fix lenovo system information product name read from dmidecode
* Many NetInventory and NetDiscovery tasks fixes and updates
* Fixed injector script returned code on error
* Updated PCI, USB & SysObject IDS databases

tools:
* Updated dmidecode v3.1

2.3.20 Fri, 2 Jun 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.20 (commit: 79b8a4a653 | date: jun 1 2017)
* Fixed rare condition crashes
* Inventory task bumped to 1.2
* Added Firewall status support
* Added Software category support
* Added CPU CORECOUNT support based on dmidecode output
* Deploy task bumped to 2.3
* Better Deploy task actions reporting
* Enhanced Deploy task audit reporting
* Added Deploy task audit type, needs a server upgrade
* Fixed Deploy task registry key audit check
* NetInventory and NetDiscovery tasks sysobject.ids database BIG update
* Updated PCI IDS database
* WakeOnLan task bumped to 2.2

strawberry perl package:
* Based on Strawberry Perl 5.24.1.1 (May 2017), thanks to tabad

2.3.19 Sat, 18 Feb 2017
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.19 (commit: 26ea32d6d0 | date: feb 17 2017)
* Reduced agent memory footprint on win32
* Hyper-V inventory fix
* Acer monitor inventory update
* TeamviewerID support
* Version & provider refactoring to simplify release process
* Service shutdown fix & optimizations
* Try to reschedule target sooner on network error
* Fix win32 key registry reading while it contains white space
* Bump Deploy task version to 2.2
* Deploy task audit refactoring
* Add support for fileSHA512mismatch check processor in audit
* Fix #205 - Improve software package's audits
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2016.10.03 to 2017.02.15
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2016.09.29 to 2017.02.12

strawberry perl package:
* Remove Time::Piece Perl module

tools:
* Updated dmidecode v3.0

2.3.18 Sat, 18 Jun 2016
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.18 (commit: b7c47ea3d5 | date: jun 16 2016)
* Win32 service refactoring
* Fixed & enhanced P2P support
* Win32 crash fixes

command line interface:
* Add support to the new --tasks option
* Add support to the new --conf-reload-interval option

core:
* Include missing categories for /no-category option
* Fix of the processing of values of /no-category option because of
  they are case-sensitive and must be in lower case
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2015.03.01 to 2016.06.07
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2015.02.21 to 2016.03.03

documentation:
* New entry for /tasks option
* New entry for /conf-reload-interval option
* New categories 'antivirus', 'port' and 'remote_mgmt'

strawberry perl package:
* Based on Strawbarry Perl 5.22.2.1 (May 2016)
* Add missing Perl modules regarding SNMPv3 (#11)
* Add Perl Modules for testing FIA (#22)
* Add Sys::Syslog Perl module (#23)
* Add Data::Structure::Util Perl module
* Add JSON::PP Perl module
* Add Time::Piece Perl module

2.3.17 Thu, 29 Sep 2015
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.17 (commit: dd340384b0 | date: sep 27 2015)

core:
* Add support for task Collect (#8).
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2015.03.01 to 2015.09.29
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2015.02.21 to 2015.09.28

documentation:
* New references to GitHub.

strawberry perl package:
* Based on Strawbarry Perl 5.22.0.1 (Jun 2015) (#7).

2.3.16 Wed, 18 Mar 2015
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.16 (commit: 73531ae127)

core:
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2015.03.01 to 2015.03.17
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2015.02.21 to 2015.03.17

strawberry perl package:
* Based on Strawbarry Perl 5.20.2.1 (Feb 2015) with Perl module
  Encode upgraded from 2.70 to 2.72 and Win32::TieRegistry upgraded from
  0.27 to 0.28 (#2902)

2.3.15 Wed, 11 Feb 2015
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.15 (commit: 27e95c43bf)

core:
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2014.07.14 to 2015.02.09
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2014.07.08 to 2015.02.03

2.3.14 Mon, 22 Dec 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.14 (commit: c1acd1a7e4)

core:
* Make use of dmidecode v2.12 (#2795)
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2014.07.14 to 2014.12.22
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2014.07.08 to 2014.12.08

2.3.13 Wed, 19 Nov 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.13 (commit: 2b74cdfb6e)

core:
* Make use of dmidecode v2.12 (#2795)
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2014.07.14 to 2014.11.15
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2014.07.08 to 2014.08.25

documentation:
* The documentation has been written from scratch in Markdown (Pandoc's
  Markdown). Making use of Pandoc, it is transformed into HTML, that is
  actually the way the installer shows the documentation to user (#2741)

strawberry perl package:
* Add Thread::Queue Perl module (#2785)
* Update specific Perl modules (#2789)

2.3.12 Wed, 8 Oct 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.12 (commit: c3a2043dc6)

core:
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2014.07.14 to 2014.10.04
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2014.07.08 to 2014.08.25

strawberry perl package:
* Remove Socket::GetAddrInfo Perl package (#2740)
* Add Net::hostent Perl package (#2744)

2.3.11.1 Fri, 26 Sep 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.11.1 (commit: 3ed5c4026c)

core:
* Add support for new categories (#2721)
* Fix categories check (#2722)
* Update PCI IDs database (pci.ids file) from 2014.07.14 to 2014.09.25
* Update USB IDs database (usb.ids file) from 2014.07.08 to 2014.08.25

strawberry perl package:
* Add Win32::Unicode::File Perl package (#2717)

2.3.10.1 Mon, 04 Aug 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.10.1 (commit: 9b8b9c3355)

2.3.10 Sat, 02 Aug 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.10 (commit: e02610dbf9)

strawberry perl package:
* Regression to Strawbarry Perl 5.18.2.2 (Apr 2014) with many Perl modules
  upgraded. Please, take a look to #2643 regarding implications about this
  issue and why it is needed
* Fix inventory of software (#2626)

2.3.9 Sun, 20 Jul 2014
agent:
* FusionInventory Agent 2.3.9 (commit: cdabed8526)

command line interface:
* Add support to the new --scan-profiles option (#2608)

core:
* Place documentation in the new directory 'docs' (#2613)

graphic user interface:
* Add support to the new --scan-profiles option (#2609)

project maintenance:
* Add 'Acknowledgments.txt', 'Changes.txt', 'Contributions.txt' and
  other information files (#2101)

strawberry perl package:
* Add Japanese, Korean and Taiwan-based Chinese encodings (#2606)
* Based on Strawbarry Perl 5.20.0.1 (May 2014) with Perl module
  IO::Socket::SSL upgraded from 1.991 to 1.997 (#2607)
* Fix deployment of big files via HTTPS (#2401)