NightWatchman Enterprise 7.3 release notes

Schedule

March 2020

Versions of NightWatchman Enterprise applications

  • NightWatchman Management Center v7.3.0.198

  • WakeUp Server v7.3.0.800

  • 1E NightWatchman Agent v7.3.0.774

  • Web WakeUp v7.3.0.58

We recommended the latest version of the 1E Client when using WakeUp Server. Refer to Introducing 1E Client.

Features and enhancements

This release introduces the following:

  • WakeUp support for ConfigMgr phased deployments and maintenance windows. Refer to Using the core components.

  • WakeUp console improvements: You can now export details and search for subnets on the Agents tab. Sort by subnet is also correct (done numerically). Refer to Using the WakeUp console.

  • Report changes: The Wakeups for a week, Wakeups for any ConfigMgr deployments, and Manual Wakeups for collections reports now allow reporting by desktop and/or laptop computers. Refer to Reporting.

  • WakeUp status fields: Additional documentation has been provided to describe the meaning of the WakeUp status fields. Refer to WakeUp status.

  • The new versions of 1E NightWatchman Agent and WakeUp module in the 1E Client have no functional changes; they contain hotfixes only.

Improvements and fixes in this release

Type

Application

ID

Summary

Hotfix

NightWatchman Management Console

Q20221

Deadlocks errors in NWM.servicehost.log after the upgrade of NWM (TFS 147351).

Hotfix

NightWatchman Management Console

Q13399

SQL timeout exception while trying to get systems for scheduled alarm clock (TFS 126908).

Hotfix

NightWatchman Management Console

Q13449

NightWatchman Console running slowly after upgrade (TFS 132355).

Hotfix

WakeUp Server

Q20191

Wakeup server will add excluded boundaries if it fails to connect to the AFWebService (TFS 153719).

Hotfix

WakeUp Server

Q20289

Implement retry logic in fetching boundary info (TFS 155396).

Hotfix

WakeUp Server

Q13463

WakeUp Server 7.2 crashing (TFS 133547).

Hotfix

WakeUp Server

Q13463

WakeUp not waking the right machines at application deadline (TFS 132627).

Hotfix

WakeUp Server

Q13463

WakeUp server registration timer not working correctly because of bug in Sitemonitor thread (TFS 133419).

Hotfix

1E NightWatchman Agent

Q20634

Autologon after NightWatchman shutdown not working (TFS 186948).

Hotfix

1E NightWatchman Agent

Q20512

tbNWM_Load_Reboots table is bloated with duplicate rows (TFS 173925).

Hotfix

1E NightWatchman Agent

Q13352

Maintenance window start state is reported incorrectly for laptops and loop while creating Power Optimization report (TFS 128664).