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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.
-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
- 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
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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
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