Solved issues in the Bitdefender Management Server 3.1.9

Summary

Description

Policy result - policy setting discrepancy

A discrepancy between the policy's settings and the policy's "last result" occured when viewing the policy's "Last result".

Expired licenses showed on the server

Issue about wrong information sowing up and the master console as all Clients are expired but on the slave console the information is correct.
The communication seems to be ok from the log between the slave and the master console.

The page cannot be found

Scenario:  tried to run an upgrade of the Bitdefender Management Server and now gets The page cannot be found when he tries to launch the Bitdefender Management server.

BDMSRV does not create av_reg policy to register BBC products

Scenario: one Client Security 3.1.8 server in a remote location on a Win2003 server that does not create the av_reg policy in order to send it to the BBC products installed and managed by it.

UI issues while trying to connect to bd console

User interface error - sometimes the error  "cannot open page"  is received when opening the console.

Master server policy issue

Create a policy on the master and send it to the slave server  (on the slave) the policy will appear after a while and it's not deletable, but you can duplicate it.

Master server sends all policies to all slaves regardles of their assigne

After installing 3.1.8 as master server the master server mixes up slave server policies and sends all existing policies to all existing servers.

WMI Disable USB it's not working

When they are creating a Disable USB WMI script it is saying it is successful but when you put a USB key into the USB drive it finds it and allows you to access it.

Mapped Network drives cannot be deleted

In some cases the Bitdefender Management Server or Deployment tool creates some mapped drives which cannot be deleted. The mapped drives make Windows Explorer hang.

SQL large transaction logs

SQL transaction logs for BD instance (master) is over 240gb. Automatic maintainance routine included.

After deploying a workstation the deployment service is not removed.

In some cases after deploying a workstation the deployment service is not removed.

BDMS - Scheduler's calendar window not on-top

When running a Policy or a WMI Script, the calendar window of the "Starting" and "Ending" scheduler is not on-top, but on-bottom of the groups & computers list from "Location".

Incorrect license number

Discrepancy in between the number of managed computers and the number of licenses used.

Summary

Description

Business Client unattended package: pre-configure settings

It is possible to configure the unattended package to save administrator's time to define policies to change these settings after installation

Deployment of more Windows Server products at the same time

When Windows Server products are installed it is possible to select more products to be installed in a single installation.

Automatic upgrade from old Update Server to Update Server v2 (Arrakis)

When new Update Server (Arrakis) is installed, if the old Update Server (the one present before version 3.1.8) is found, an automatic upgrade is made and the old server gets uninstalled.

Dashboard job and email alerts for malware detected by File Server product

Alerts regarding malware detected by the File Server are displayed in the Management Server's dashboard.

Different versions of Exchange products seen as one in the console

Exchange products come in different versions 2010/2007/2003/2000 and the installation kit is able to automatically detect the right version. Management Server reflects this by showing only one unified section for all versions of Exchange

Improvement update of Windows Server products

When a new version of Windows Servers products is available, it is signaled in Management Server 

Support for product rollback

Policy to rollback a Windows Servers product update. Rollback is not available for signatures.

Centralized management for Bitdefender Security for SharePoint (2007)

The Bitdefender Security for Sharepoint (new product) can now be managed through the BitdefenderManagement Server.

Reports on groups

Generate reports on specific groups or computers

Same look and feel and information for Business Client and File Server malware reports

Malware reports improved with more information. They look the same for Business Client and File Server.

Improvements Update Report and Product Status Report

The computers that are offline appear as offline instead of signaling update errors or warnings.

The "offline" state is visible also in the Managed Computers view

Improvements Windows Servers Reports

Reports for all Windows Server products

Reports can be scheduled

Categories on WMI Scripts

The scripts are organized on categories to be found easier.

Improvements WMI Script "Run Program"

It is possible to choose to run with the user or system credentials. Useful when the user credentials are not enough to run the script.

Dashboard job when reboot is needed

Whenever a computer needs to reboot, a job will appear in Dashboard. This is valid not only for the reboots generated by Business Client, but also by other applications, as Windows Update.

Managed Computers filters on groups

Option to filter the computers that can be seen in Managed Computers view by groups.

Device Detection

Automatically detect devices and run an on-demand scan:

- USB Devices

- CD/CD-ROMs

- Memory cards

- Mapped drives

Administrative password

Password to uninstall Business Client by the local user

One password for all operations: uninstall, user control, switch from restricted to power user.

Scan before Install

Installation runs a script that performs a scan of Program Files, Windows, Documents and settings folders before installation

Improvements on the Firewall, User Control, Privacy policies

Option to add server rules to the local user defined rules

If there are conflicting rules, the server rules take priority

The advanced Firewall settings can be configured from the Firewall policy

Submits dumps through server

In case of crashes, the dumps from the local machines can be sent to Bitdefender through the Update Server

In case the local machines don't have access to Internet, we still receive the dumps. This new feature is designed to save network bandwidth.

Ignore action for suspect files

The Antivirus Settings policy should contain the IGNORE action when a Suspect File is detected (currently the actions are "send to quarantine", "deny access" and "delete");

Filters also available in groups and subgroups

Additional filters for managed computers view should be available in subgroups. Currently - signatures number, registered status etc is only viewable in master managed computers list. Should be available in all subgroups.

Server add-on included in BDMS

Management server and management server add on should not be separated. Downloads are large size because BDFS and business client are included in repository. However, both are always needed for an installation.

Cancel scheduled scan if system was off

Scenario: scans scheduled on a workstations via policy. If any of the machines are turned off at the time of the scan, the scan is executing when the machines are finally logged on, which is normal behavior of the application. Would like to have a way to stop the scan from executing, if the machine was off at the scheduled scan time.

Alerts in BDMS for product updates of installed NP-WIN products

When the Bitdefender for File Servers installations had a product update available a warning is displayed in the Management Server's dashboard.

Alert - server needs to be restarted

A warning message when a product needs to be rebooted to finalize the isntallation needs to be added: "There are X servers that need a reboot to finalize the installation" .

Deleting a Slave server from the Master

When using the Master-Slave architecture, there is no option to delete a Slave server from the Master server console. You only have the "Unregister server" option in the Slave server console. If a Slave server crashes, the entry cannot be removed form the Master server console - a temporary workaround is to manually delete all the Slave server entries from the Master server SQL database.

Management Console - Cannot create duplicate groups

 In Managed Computers you should not be able to  create multiple groups with the same name.

Management Console - Do not create the "New group" group by default

 In Managed Computers,when creating a new group  wait for the name to be introduced, and not automatically create it as "New Group" which needs to be renamed later on.

Custom Install via Deployment Tool

 The possibility to install BBC in a custom manner using the Deployment Tool (remove certain modules) like in  Enterprise 2.6, eventually with the option to make pre-installation configurations.

Install password

The option of setting an administrator password when installing BDMS. The product cannot be removed without this password.

Preset BBC: restricted / power desktop

The option of creating an unattended package using the Deployment Tool with the option of selecting if the user is a restricted or a power desktop. Also, the same option to be available when using the Network Builder or deploy from Unmanaged.

Uninstall Aagent/BBC status in contextual menu

 The uninstall status of agent/BBC to be accessible from the contextual menu: successful or failed. 

Scanning exclusions

For Bitdefender Management Server to function within normal parameters with BBC it is recommended to exclude certain extensions from real time scanning. We would need to have these exclusions already integrated.

Uninstall for BBC on administrative account

When an uninstall is being attempted to be prompted for a password.

Windows 2008 SBS compatibility

The new Bitdefender Management Server is compatible with Windows 2008 SBS

Option to modify the kit

You now have the option to add or remove Management Server components (the update server or the server addon)

One deployment package for the Business Client

Business Client installation kits were unified into one kit. The product will automatically determine the platform type and version of the operating system to choose the right package to be installed.