ShutdownPlus Rolling Restart Version History    

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Nov 20, 2008 Version 7.0.204
- Fixed - on some UK regional servers, the service would not start.

June 17, 2008 Version 7.0.201
- Enhanced: Compatible with Windows Server 2008..
- Fixed - on some Japanese servers, an error would be displayed on the master console when refreshing servers.

Sep 4, 2007 Version 7.0.190
- New feature: a command or script can be run on the remote member server before its restarted.
- New feature: an email can now be sent out summarizing the server restart processing results.
- New feature: a new option can logoff idle users while waiting for a server to restart, speeding up the restart process (independent of the built-in terminal server idle logoff).
- New feature: notifications of an upcoming server restart can now be sent at intervals.
- New feature: while waiting for users to logoff, disconnected users can now be counted as logged on users.
- New feature: from the master server, administrators can restart/shutdown member servers, or logoff users.
- New feature: the amount of time can be set to wait for member servers to come back online before the master server decides it has not come back online.
- New feature: logons can be kept disabled on a server until it either restarts or the processing is completed.
- New feature: logons can be set to disabled on all selected servers before processing begins.
- New feature: notifications can now be sent out for Force Mode.
- New feature: a wizard now sets up basic settings on the Rolling Restart master server.
- Enhanced: a much more verbose log is written out on the master server.
- Enhanced: added balloon help for controls on the master server.
- Enhanced: logs now show on the member server and on the master server what command, if any, was run before the restart and if it was successful.
- Enhanced: if the product has expired, the registration will automatically start the stopped service.
- Enhanced: miscellaneous UI changes and enhancements.
- Enhanced: More descriptive reasons on why the service might not be able to start.
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Enhanced: Improved speed when adding servers that are not online.
- Fixed: user count after skipping a server with users logged onto it would sometimes give an incorrect count of users if a user logs out in the last minute before a restart.
- Fixed: the master server would use up excessive CPU % prior to processing.
- Fixed: if a Windows 2000 member server was restarted before a Windows 2003 member server, the Windows 2003 member server would give the spurious error that an unplanned shutdown occurred.
- Fixed: when the master server was rebooted, sometimes the "RR active" tag would not get cleared.

Oct 3, 2006 Version 6.5.172
- Enhanced: UI updating when selecting Settings tab and the balloon when the service is stopped/started from the UI.
- Enhanced: fixed the next restart date in the UI when changing the "from" date.
- Enhanced: Improved the detection of when a server goes offline when restarted.
- Enhanced: Improved the detection of when a server comes back online after being restarted.
- Fixed: Rolling Restart would sometimes incorrectly decide a server had not restarted, when, in fact, it did restart.

Aug 28, 2006 Version 6.5.170
- New feature: Registry setting to disable logons on all selected servers immediately before Rolling Restart begins processing servers. See KB9152
- New feature: Registry setting to keep logons disabled on servers that are in queue until the server restarts or the Rolling Restart processing finishes. See KB9152
- New feature: The user interface can accept loops larger than 5. See KB9152
- Fixed: The Apply option was enabled even if the server's checkmark state was not changed.

Jun 6, 2006 Version 6.5.157
- New feature: If the server did not reboot, the log file contains what users were still logged in.
- New feature: If servers that are set to restart do not get restarted, either because of Silent mode or a server issue, the Rolling Restart process can be re-initiated up to five times and attempt to restart those servers that did not restart.
- New feature: The master server is only restarted at the end of the retry cycle.
- New feature: Added wildcard searching when retrieving servers.
- Enhanced: Log shows restarting member server or master server.
- Enhanced: Refreshing of servers now shows a cancel button.

Apr 14, 2006 Version 6.0.136
- New feature: Notifications can be sent to users in Silent Mode.
- New feature: In previous versions, the console user was always ignored while waiting for users to logoff. Now, the user at the console can be included in the list of logged on users while waiting for users to logoff.
- New feature: The administrator can now type in a custom notification message.
- Enhanced: Added support for ShutdownPlus Management Console.
- Fixed: The Next Restart Date on the Servers tab was incorrectly calculating in some circumstances.
- Fixed: Mulitple instances of the main program could be opened.

Mar 3, 2006 Version 6.0.129
- Fixed: Restart can fail if servers are set to restart at a specific time instead of within a timeframe.

Feb 13, 2006 Version 6.0.128
- New feature: Can now choose whether or not to enable or disable logons while waiting for users to drop off.
- Enhancement: Distinguishes between a user on the console and a regular user.
- Enhancement: More verbose logging.
- Enhancement: Rewrite of the master server's service.
- Enhancement: Compatible with ShutdownPlus Management Console.
- Fixed: Minor UI issues when registering a member server.
- Fixed: Restarting Citrix Metaframe Presentation Servers now automatically re-enables logons (default), overriding the default MF behavior.
- Fixed: The master server, if restarted, has its logons re-enabled after restarting.

Apr 19, 2005 Version 5.5.213
- Fixed: In rare situations, a Windows 2003 server may return error 21 and not restart.

Mar 2, 2005 Version 5.5.210
- New feature: Now servers can be limited to restart only within a defined timeframe.
- New feature: If the servers are in the middle of a restart process and a server that has not yet been restarted is unchecked and the settings are saved, Rolling Restart will not restart it.
- New feature: A new calculation field determines the amount of minutes to wait to ensure all servers get restarted when a timeframe is set and either "Forcing users to logoff" or "Silent Mode" is chosen.
- New feature: Now servers that are successful or unsuccessful in their restarts write out to their respective log files on the master server.
- New feature: Settings can be exported/imported; the current server list can be exported.
- New feature: The server list on the master server now shows the last date/time the server restarted.
- New feature: You can now cancel the Refresh of servers; helpful with many servers in the list.
- Enhanced: The master server now checks to see if the member server in queue restarted successfully. If it did not, logons are re-enabled on that server.
- Enhanced: More extensive progress and event messages written to the log file.
- Enhanced: Resizable master server program; column sizes are remembered.
- Fixed: Registration problem with registration wizard.

Jan 21, 2004 Version 5.0.1911
- Fixed: Writing to the log file as servers restarted gave an error

Jan 21, 2004 Version 5.0.1910
- New feature: Added a toolbar so it is easier to visually see when changes need applied
- New feature: On the master server, clicking on a server shows the last time that server was restarted.
- New feature: You can choose where to put the logfile on the master server, and the logfile is now events_<computername>.txt
- Fixed: On some computers, the master server would not wait the set time before forcing users to logoff.

Nov 7, 2003 Version 5.0.1906
- Added a toolbar so it is easier to visually see when changes need applied
- Changed time to start the restart process from five minutes ahead of the current master server computer's time to one minute if "Force without waiting" is selected
- Optimized the round-robin algorithm to avoid chances of restarting a server without waiting for users to logoff if "Force with waiting" is selected.
- On the master server, clicking on a server name now shows the last time the server was restarted

Oct 21, 2003 - Version 5.0.1901
- Added a feature so the master server can continue to the next server in queue or stop the reboot process for the remaining servers if a previously restarted server does not come up
- Added more descriptive logging
- Moved service information to the Services tab
- When adding a server, it is now automatically checked
- Starting and stopping the service now shows the user-friendly service name
- Fixed a problem that could occur if the remote computer was thought to be offline when it in fact was online
- Updated the help file and the "Quickstart" section


Jul 30, 2003 - Version 5.0.1896
- Fixed the master server from not restarting member servers in some configurations if it could not get to a member server.

Jun 10, 2003 - Version 5.0.1894
- Added a notification on the member UI if the member server is running in evaluation mode and how many days left
- Fixed the problem of the last server showing up in the UI as being active when it was already restarted
- Fixed the problem of a Windows 2000 or 2003 server not being able to restart a Windows NT4 server on some computers

May 7, 2003 - Version 5.0.1890
- Fixed service problem of incorrectly stating the master server cannot be restarted because a license could not be found on the master server
- Fixed UI problem of changing restart time, then switching to Rolling Restart tab, then selecting File/Apply
- Fixed UI problem of properly disabling notifying users minutes field if the user did not select to notify users
- Fixed the automatic restart not working in a few languages

Nov 13, 2002 - Version 5.0.1881
- New display shows product evaluation days left (30, 15, 5, 2, and 1) and new options for when product is ready to expire
- New installation allows future upgrades without uninstalling and explanation of master and member servers
- New installation includes latest Windows Installer 2.0.2600.2
- New installation is used for both the master and member servers
- Application now runs automatically after installation

- Smaller footprint for the settings and for the service programs
- Notification when the Rolling Restart service is not running on the Master server, and the ability to start it from both master and on member servers
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Increased reliability on local (master) and remote (member) server restarts

May 28, 2002 - Version 5.0.1847
- Fixed the licensing issue that showed up on the Master Server's Help/About box

Mar 25, 2002 - Version 5.0.1846
- Added ability to go to the next server if users are not logged off after a period of time
- Added a time code of "indefinitely" to wait to go to the next server
- Added the option to view the log file
- Added options for notification and skipping servers (minutes, hours, days)
- Added message to notify administrators if they are testing how to restart the servers more than once on the same day
- Changed the default times for forcing users to logoff, continuing to the next server, and notification time
- Decreased the time it takes for the master server to load
- Enhanced the user interface to show which server is currently actively queued for restarting
- Enhanced the user interface so only by choosing forcing users to logoff give a notification message
- Fixed the recurring schedule not working past one year
- Increased the logging to include all steps of the restart process, including if and when the member server has been successfully restarted or not

Jul 13, 2001 - Version 5.0.1816
- Registration fix to allow OS upgrading without re-registering the software

Jun 19, 2001 - Version 5.0.1810

- notifies clients correctly before server restarts

Version 5.0 - released Jul 14, 2000