IT Advisor 9.x release notes

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IT Advisor 9.4.1

October 2023

Known issues

We are investigating the following issues in ITA 9.4.0 and 9.4.1:

• Editing existing sensor mapping is not working as expected.

New features

This release introduces significant improvements to the ITA web client.

Web client

• Standardized layout across the application
• Redesigned landing page:
  • Navigation updates: Tree view replaces tiles; preview area
  • Map view is global and context-specific.
  • KPI view is global and context-specific.
• Improved floor view navigation
  • New room fixture mode
  • New room lock feature
  • New cage management feature: Build cages
  • Increase the rack U size on a rack placed on the floor (also available in the desktop client)
• View rack front and rear simultaneously
• New customer management feature: Add new customers, now in the web client.

IT Advisor 9.4.0

July 2023

Known issues

We are investigating the following issues in the ITA 9.4.0 web client:

• Work orders are not displayed on the Change Management tab.
• New change requests cannot be created on the Change Management tab.

New features

Web client

• You can now apply asset visuals to all objects in the selected rack, room, or location, not just in a rack.
• Rack layout is available in the floor view.
• Extended rack PDU bank custom labeling allows you to name different rack PDU banks for a better overview.
• Cooling Optimize devices (temperature, humidity and controller) and sensors from Cooling Optimize devices are available in IT Advisor.

Platform updates

• Framework updated on desktop client and web client, making future migrations to newer versions easier.
• Performance improvements in the web client floor view and elevated view.

Bug fixes

• You can now save custom properties with names longer than 36 characters.
• Optimized editing tags from the equipment browser and the API.
• Replace operation on tags is no longer supported in the API.
• ETL postgres database was upgraded.
• ETL configuration stores the database port number properly.
• The Colo overlay in the web client now colors vertical extrusions as expected.
• Timeout when saving changes in the desktop client no longer requires restart.
• Add and remove tool is no longer available in the web client for tenant users.

IT Advisor 9.3.11

April 2023

ITA 9.3.11 was re-released on April 3 to address the following issues:

• The desktop client now opens as expected.
• Users with View Only access right can no longer edit custom properties in the web UI.
• Saved queries list entries are no longer truncated.

Updates

• Web Client saved queries are now more readable.

Bug fixes

• Web client:
  • Equipment browser, subtype filter is now case-sensitive.
  • Tags are now visible in elevated view.
  • ETL configuration parameters are now editable.
  • Added port name information in network route view.
  • Custom properties can only be edited by users with edit permissions.
  • Collision detection of racks on floor view is now up to individual user.
• Desktop Client:
  • Equipment browser now filters on tags even though tag is set to No.
  • Client now starts when ITE reports an alarm with no severity or unsupported severity.
  • Network Cable browser and Device Browser are now translated correctly to German.

IT Advisor 9.3.10

March 2023

Updates

• The panel scheduling report now includes a location custom property.

Bug fixes

• Saving changes to storage rooms in the desktop client works as expected.
• Subtype filtering in the web client equipment browser works as expected.
• The empty filter in the web client equipment browser works as expected

IT Advisor 9.3.9

February 2023

Known issue

We are investigating an issue saving changes to storage rooms in the desktop client.

ITA version 9.3.9 replaces version 9.3.8. You can update directly from version 9.3.7 to 9.3.9.

Updates

• New desktop client, required for ITA 9.3.9
• The desktop client login screen now includes an option to configure a connection through a proxy, with or without authorization.
• The server subtype is visible in the web client and desktop client.

Bug fixes

• Web client multi-edit shows the exact number of edited items.
• Changing language in web client has been updated
• You can now select saved queries when scrolling in the web client.
• The connection to OneView 6.4 server works as expected.
• The audit report and API call shows the same number of delete items.
• 'Contracted power' and 'Power sold' changed to 'Contracted power'.
• Pinned items in the web client are hidden when no racks are configured.
• Collisions are checked when a new asset is added from the web client or API.
• Cage split/merge now works as expected in the desktop client.
• Deleting locations in the web client now works as expected.

IT Advisor 9.3.7

November 2022

Updates

• This release updates the ITA server OS to Rocky Linux 8.7.

• Power KPI now shows power data for power sources by location, not only by room.

• Custom numbering for tiles in the web client

• Performance improvements for multi-edit in the web client equipment browser

• Security fixes have been applied

Bug fixes

• Rack labels in the web client and desktop client no longer rotate differently.

• The front-mounted location string in German was corrected.

• Tag recommendation is no longer shown for non strict tags.

• The login page is no longer greyed out after restore completes.

• Read-only users can now view the colo legend in the web client.

IT Advisor 9.3.6

November 2022

Updates

• Floor editing is now available directly in the web client.
• You can now monitor how ETL jobs are running in the web client.
• The Energy Cost report now includes racks that receive power directly from receptacles.
• The floor and rack layout export now includes PNG format.
• The desktop Equipment browser report includes empty rows.
• Security fixes have been applied.

Bug fixes

• The Equipment browser empty filter option no longer finds non-empty values.
• Special characters no longer missing in work order emails
• ITA web client login as expected after automatic session logout
• Associating a UCS Manager device with an ITA asset now works as expected.
• OneView external systems no longer have the same name in unassociated items list.
• Customer relations are deleted as expected after removing customer.
• The Energy Efficiency dashboard changes to DCiE from PUE as expected.

IT Advisor 9.3.5

September 2022

Updates

• New desktop client, required for ITA 9.3.5
• The web client is now supported on a tablet
• Colocators can now gray out surrounding areas so tenants see only their own space or racks.
• Support for QR codes to scan equipment
• Customer name and comments available in colo overlay in the web client
• Batch update for more than 200 elements
• Allow return of more than 50 items in the APIs
• Editable group size
• Allow removal of tags through web client bulk edit
• Security fixes have been applied
• Support for HSTS
• New Genomes

Bug fixes

• 3D view in the web client opens as expected.
• The web client loads more efficiently.
• The ITA server now starts as expected when the NTP server list includes spaces.
• Updated export database to contains new colo states.
• Long tags are now rendered correctly in the web equipment browser.

IT Advisor 9.3.4

August 2022

Updates

• New desktop client, required for ITA 9.3.4 and newer
• You can now create rack groups for easy management.
• A room filter is available in the equipment browser
• You can now see location information when rack is pinned
• Security fixes have been applied.

Bug fixes

• Tag filtering works with upper case letters.
• 3D view in the web client opens as expected.
• Edit multiple tags from the web equipment browser and API.
• Color-coded labels supported on network devices.
• Optimized export from web equipment browser.
• Colo states are sorted the same way in the desktop client and web client.
• Assign additional colors for saved queries.
• Layout image export works as expected.
• Opening a store room in the web client loads all content by default.
• The desktop client colo overlay displays the customer name and comment together.
• Simplified copying rack content from a rack bundle. You can now drop a bundle with one rack to a rack on the floor.

IT Advisor 9.3.3

June 2022

Known issues

Filtering by tags in the web client equipment browser doesn’t work when the tag name contains upper case letters.

The 3D view in the 9.3.3 web client is blank.

Updates

• You can now configure custom states that you use in your environment for racks and spaces. The states are shown in the new Colo overlay in the web client.
• Administrators can save queries in the equipment browser that can be used by all ITA users. Saved queries are color coded, shown in the Saved queries overlay in the web client.
• You can now filter on tags in queries, and view tags in the web client. Tags are also available in the APIs.
• The Excel import now supports receptacles for racks.
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• ITA 9.3.3 connects to IT Optimize.
• Message pooling is stopped when the ITA server returns a 401 response.
• Reduced the number of requests to AD server.
• Layer toolbar is now supported in multiple room editors.
• Active directory users now get emails from work order tasks.
• It is easier to edit power connections in the web client.
• There is now an “N redundancy” error when connecting server to extended rack ATS.
• You can now complete or change an empty workorder.
• You can now import blades via the Excel importer.
• The equipment browser export now contains row name, rack U position, and shows all pages and records.

IT Advisor 9.3.2

May 2022

Known issue

IT Advisor 9.3.2 is unable to connect to IT Optimize.
Customers who rely on IT Optimize should wait until the next release to upgrade.

Updates

• Energy Efficiency module
• New desktop client, required for ITA 9.3.2 and newer
• Web client equipment browser enhancements
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• The web client now shows power connections to the rack ATS as expected.
• The web client estimated load KPI no longer contains failover load.
• Changing cable trays from the Network Cable browser now works as expected.
• Changing attributes on cables now impacts tooltips and recommendations as expected.
• Layer height calculations now work as expected.
• Showing a cable for selected sections now works as expected.
• Showing a network route without capacity now works as expected as it corelates to the room view.
• Records in the Network Connection Browser now show as expected.
• Physical properties of network connections are now reflected in dialog.
• Configuring a network route using more than 250 characters now works as expected.
• Moving cable tray points over other cable trays now works as expected.
• Exporting the layout as an image now works for cable trays as expected.
• Exported PNG size of the floor layout with cable tray now shows as expected.
• The layout export as image feature now works as expected.
• Server communication issues removing and adding the same fanout connection are now fixed.
• Barcodes with spaces are now considered as unique.
• First-added tag is now visible when assigning to equipment.
• Custom properties null values are now handled correctly in PATCH REST API.
• Custom certificate after ITA upgrade now works as expected.
• RPP rollout power was added to reported PDU total power.

Desktop client release

• The desktop client installer now shows as expected in Japanese.
• Login to desktop client when password contains non-English letters now works as expected.
• The desktop client shows correct error message when providing an incorrect password.
• The Help Center URL was updated.
• BootstrapConfig.ini is now saved in user directory.

IT Advisor 9.3.1

March 2022

Updates

• Users can now comprehensively model network cable routing across a data center room in 2D in the desktop client.
• Users can now get cable length estimates from IT Advisor in the desktop client.
• Users can now model extended rack ATS to visualize inlets and outlets with detailed power informations.
• Users can now model modular patch panels.
• Users can now update custom properties and standard properties in one operation via the extension of the asset REST API.
• The RS-232 connector type was added to the list of connector types supported.

Bug fixes

• Network port modules now export in alphabetical order.
• The error message when the license count is exceeded is now clearer.
• Power values are now updated on application graphics.
• Copying rooms between locations now also copies cable tray layers.
• The web client can now show over 10 audit trail entries.
• The location area can now correctly be displayed in US units in the web client.
• Web client location summaries are no longer cleared after switching views.
• Location summary KPIs are now displayed as expected in the web client.
• Flickering no longer occurs when opening the floor view in the web client.
• The rendering of floor and rack elevations on some window proportions in the web client was improved.
• Restore no longer affects the database when there is not enough disk space.
• ETL Export improvements to avoid OutOfMemoryError.
• Performance improvements in web equipment browser search and export.
• The desktop client no longer restarts if the authentication server is not available.
• Add timezones to server logs

Known issues in 9.3.0 fixed in this release

• Installation and upgrade on machines using EFI now work as expected.
• The most recent Linux packages, including a fix for the known Polkit vulnerability, are included in 9.3.1.
• The 9.2.4 online upgrade now works as expected.

IT Advisor 9.3.0

January 2022

Updates

• Users can now comprehensively model cable trays in 2D in the IT Advisor desktop client. This feature will then be built upon to allow users to model network cable routing and calculate cable length in 2D in the IT Advisor desktop client in the next couple of months.
• Rocky Linux 8.5 replaces CentOS on EcoStruxure IT Advisor 9.3.0.
• New network types are available: Fiber LC OS2 and Fiber LC OM4. Security fixes have been applied.
• New genomes have been released.
  

Bug fixes

• Moving a device from one room to another now works as expected.
• RPP Rollup now correctly reports AMP readings.
• Non-ASCII characters are now supported in emails.
• Tenant users can now see the sensor overlay in the web client. Users can now re-order web client equipment browser columns.
• Rack maximum load data is now available in the ETL export database.
• Power capacity KPIs are now calculated for all PDUs, not only for top-level ones.

Known issues

• There is a known issue upgrading to 9.3.0 affecting all existing online IT Advisor 9.2.x versions on CentOS 8 (offline upgrade is not supported). Please perform a clean install of IT Advisor 9.3.0 and then restore a backup file (from 9.2.x).

• A known Polkit vulnerability in the Linux distribution shipped with ITA 9.x has been discovered.
  Customers running ITA 9.3.0 can mitigate the vulnerability by manually upgrading Linux distribution packages using Webmin.
  Customers running ITA versions prior to 9.3.0 are recommended to upgrade to ITA 9.3.1 when it is released in mid-February to obtain the fix.

• There is a known issue installing or upgrading to ITA 9.3.0 on machines that use EFI that prevents the VM from starting.
  Customers who deploy ITA on machines that use EFI should wait until to upgrade until ITA 9.3.1 is released in mid-February.

IT Advisor 9.2.4

November 2021

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue where desktop client freezes after updating to 9.2.3

IT Advisor 9.2.3

October 2021

Some users are experiencing an issue where their desktop client freezes after updating to 9.2.3.
This issue is being investigated.

Updates

• You can now model cable trays in 2D in the IT Advisor desktop client.
  Cable modeling will be included in an upcoming release.
• Asset UIDs are now visible in the desktop client user interface.
• The genome packages added in the last three ITA releases are bundled in ITA 9.2.3.
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• Users with read-only access no longer experience an error when opening storage rooms in the web client.
• Hyperlinks in web client custom properties are now clickable.
• The web client equipment browser now exports asset location data as expected.
• ETL import for RFCode now works as expected.
• Creating server-side fan out connections now works as expected.
• Adding an item on a shelf now works as expected.

IT Advisor 9.2.2

September 2021

Known Issue

The ITA 9.2.2 web client doesn't render Floor and Elevated view as expected when using Firefox on Windows.

Updates

• New desktop client release, required with version ITA 9.2.2

  • Updated Java to version 1.8.0_302.
  • Added support for macOS Big Sur. Requires OpenJDK.
    
    Download:
    • OpenJDK 8
    • MacOS
    • x64
    • JRE
    • .pkg
    https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases/download/jdk8u302-b08/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_mac_h...

    Update to ITA 9.2.2 and then log in to the web client to download the desktop client.

  Update to ITA 9.2.2 and then log in to the web client to download the desktop client.

• Updated web client Elevated view translations

• New genome package

• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

Web client

• The Elevated view now displays as expected in the web client except in Firefox on Windows.

• Users can now successfully change blade properties in the web client.

• Users can now customize the logo and the name of the web client.

Desktop client

• • Changing rack U-position ordering no longer negatively affects the top and bottom of already mounted equipment.

  • Setting up MPO network connections from patch panels now works as expected.

  • Painting multiple racks with overhead/under-floor U-positions now works as expected.

IT Advisor 9.2.1

Updates

• Modeling for overhead, under-the-ceiling, and under-the-floor-tile patch panels is now available in the desktop client.

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• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• Full-height blades are no longer displayed as half-height in the web client rack view.
• Global search now loads asset property pane(s).
• Rack are displayed as expected in the web client elevated view.
• Measurements for outlets on AP68653 rPDUs associated with IT Expert are now displayed.
• The CentOS 8.x installer now works as expected.
• Migrate from ITA now works as expected in the desktop client.
• Network management pane no longer displays an invalid port error in fanout cable configuration.
• The network connection dialog now shows the u-position for devices.ETL imports created in DCO now work as expected in ITA.
• The desktop client Floor Plenum Pressure overlay now displays as expected after restore from backup.

IT Advisor 9.2.0

June 2021

Known Issue

The desktop client is not currently supported on MacOS Big Sur. We are working on resolving this issue.

Updates

Improvements to the web client Inventory elevated view including:

• Pin racks across the same and different rooms.
• Compare an unlimited number of racks side by side, across the same
  and different rooms.
• Synchronize floor and rack elevation views using Link mode.
• Detach windows when working on multiple monitors.
• Add multiple assets to racks at once.
• Delete assets in racks.
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• Users can now view room properties in the web client.
• Tenants can now connect and disconnect power from rack equipment to
  rPDU in the Tenant portal.
• The network port numbering is now working as expected.

IT Advisor 9.1.9

June 2021

When you update ITA to version 9.1.9, the desktop client checks whether the certificate matches your domain name or IP address. Please issue a self-signed certificate. More...

• Updates
  • Users are now able to model MPO/MTP fanout cables.
  • New genomes have been released to the IT Advisor Genome Library.

Security fixes have been applied.

• Bug fixes
  • Connections in the network connection drop downs now organize logically.
  • "Other" network port types are now counted thoughout IT Advisor.

IT Advisor 9.1.8

Updates

• Users are now able to configure different types of connectors on network cables.
• New network connector options were added.
  See IT Advisor supported network connector types
• New genomes were released to the IT Advisor Genome Library. See Genome Library release notes
  The ITA 9.1.6 genome packages are now bundled in ITA 9.1.8. Customers with a valid support contract can download the latest Genome Library here.
• The breaker panel rating field was added as a dataset to the ETL export database for reporting via 3rd-party BI tools.
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• The desktop client contiguous free rack U-space report now takes rear counts into consideration.
• The desktop client energy cost report now works as expected.
• Deleting users via REST API now works as expected.
• Querying contracted power via REST API now works as expected.
• In the power path layout, floor equipment in now correctly categorized.
• Power measurements from downstream items now work as expected.

IT Advisor 9.1.7

Updates

• New genomes have been released to the IT Advisor Genome Library. FThe list of newly released genomes is available on the Help Center for customers with a valid support contract.
• Breaker panel schedule data sets are now available in the ETL export
  database for reporting using 3rd party BI tools.
• Various security fixes

Bug fixes

• Customers can now successfully use Data Center Expert (DCE) as an authentification server.
• Customers can now install both IT Advisor 9.1.7 and 9.1.5 in offline mode.
• The open-vm-tools package and its dependencies were added to both the IT Advisor 9.1.7 and 9.1.5 offline ISO to improve the integration between the operating system and VMware.
• The web client 3D view now works as expected using Google Chrome.
• Fixed issue in IT Advisor 9.1.6 wher equipment browser and network cable manager was not starting as expected.

IT Advisor 9.1.6

February 2021

Known Issue

EcoStruxure IT Advisor 9.1.6 release was pulled down due to critical issue in desktop client where equipment browser, network cable manager was not working as expected.

 

IT Advisor 9.1.5

Known Issue

The 3D view in the web client does not work in the Chrome browser.

Offline ISO is not working at the moment, we are working on resolving this issue.

Updates

• Updates to and completion of web client Traditional Chinese translations.
• Floor asset search feature renaming.
• Linux and Windows 32 bit installer desktop client downloads removed from web client

Bug fixes

• Equipment browser now successfully returns switch enclosures
• Contracted Power now shows in the desktop client Executive Power report.

IT Advisor 9.1.4

Known Issue

The 3D view in the web client does not work in the Chrome browser.

Bug fixes

• The Table view in Web Client now includes the customer filter option.
• The Table view now sorts as expected when the customer column is enabled.
• Exporting in Table view now works as expected when the customer column is enabled.

IT Advisor 9.1.3

Known Issue

The web client table view is missing the option to filter out equipment based on customer information.

• New data sets added to the ETL export database for reporting using 3rd party BI tools
• Bug fixes
• Security fixes via packages upgrades

IT Advisor 9.1.2

Known Issue

EcoStruxure IT Advisor 9.1.2 desktop client

Running the EcoStruxure IT Advisor desktop client on the latest MacOS Big Sur is not supported.

Energy Efficiency module available for current DCO license holders

The Energy Efficiency module is now available in IT Advisor 9.1.2 for on-premises deployments only, for DCO customers who have purchased the Energy Efficiency module in the past and upgrade to IT Advisor 9.1.2 or newer only. A new license is not required.

A clean install and restore from backup is required when moving from DCO to ITA for security reasons (postgresql upgrade and base system upgrade).

Security fixes

IT Advisor hosted:

• Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in authentication-servers REST web service
• XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MasterProductCatalogWebService SOAP web service

Other improvements

• Various security fixes
• You can now search and navigate to blades in the web client as expected.

IT Advisor 9.1.1

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 support

  IT Advisor 9.1.1 contains an operating system and a database upgrade for security and performance improvements that were not available for RHEL in version 9.1.0.

  ITA on-premise users must perform a clean installation and restore from backup.
  See Installing IT Advisor (on-premise) and Backing up and restoring backup

• Updated and more intuitive experience in the IT Advisor web client
  The ITA web UI is optimized for desktop, laptop, and tablet use. Mobile is not supported.

• Improved performance navigating across floors and rooms

• Modeling tools to create, edit, and delete rooms and locations in web client, with a help panel that describes actions

• Various bug fixes

• Security updates

IT Advisor 9.1.0

IT Advisor 9.1.0 is a major software release with an operating system and a database upgrade for security and performance improvements.

ITA on-premise users must perform a clean installation and restore from backup.
See Installing IT Advisor (on-premise) and Backing up and restoring backup

Installing ITA 9.1.0 on a Red Hat operating system is not supported in this specific release.
A newer ITA version that supports installation on Red Hat will be released in the near future.

• Base OS upgrade to CentOS 8.2
• PostgreSQL upgrade to 12.1
• Genome package update
• Fixed installation on RHEL
• Various bug fixes
• Security updates

IT Advisor 9.0.7

This release contains security updates.

IT Advisor 9.0.6

• Offline installation and upgrade is now supported.
• Color labeling on floor equipment
• Ability to search equipment by customer in web client, Customer information in properties category
• Various bug fixes
• Various security updates

IT Advisor 9.0.5

The EcoStruxure IT Advisor 9.0.5 release allows online install/upgrade only.

The ITA server must have access to the internet for the upgrade or install to work. If you can't install or upgrade IT Advisor using the online option, please wait until the next release.

• Read only Network view in Web Client
  • Network port and connection view
  • Network path view
• Color Labeling in rack view
  
• Online Install
  • Introducing online install which reduces image size.
• 3D View improvements
  • Introducing Power Cables in rack view
  • Introducing Cages
  • Improved Navigation
  • New 3D models
• Equipment Browser Improvements
  • Split of Filters and Columns
  • Comparing Columns
  • New Filters
• Improved Floor view

IT Advisor 9.0.4

• Translations for the web client have been updated.
• Bug fixes in the web client for the Equipment Browser and the 3D view
• Security patches

Internet Explorer 11 will not be supported after this release. Use Edge, Firefox or Chrome instead.

IT Advisor 9.0.3

• Web client Equipment Browser
  Quickly locate equipment using three filters: location, property, and custom property. You can save searches and export results as a CSV file. Customize results by:

• • • Sorting according to type, location, name, model and manufacturer, serial number, bar code, dates.

    • Using drag and drop to re-arrange the order of the columns.

    • Modifying table row height and the number of results to load on scroll.

• Multi edit of Asset Visuals
  You can now apply asset visuals to all similar servers in a specific rack in one click. You can navigate to a specific rack, select a server, and use the asset visual pane to add and edit server images.
• Minor fixes and improvements

IT Advisor 9.0.2

• Asset Visuals
  You can now upload both front and rear asset visuals in the IT Advisor web client on your laptop or mobile device to help you find specific assets faster. This feature is limited to server images for now.
• Web Client 3D View (Preview)
  There is now a 3D view of the data center floor integrated into the web client.
  You can move the room on the X and Y axis, and move around the room in camera mode.
• Custom Properties for Tenants
  Tenants with the appropriate permission can now add and edit custom properties for their assets.
  Tenants with the appropriate permission can now add and edit custom properties for their assets.
• Improved Navigation for Tenants
  Tenants can use the new Location pane to see where their equipment is located (cages or racks) on the colo data center floor.
• Server Access Removed
  Effective now, the Server Access module has been removed from IT Advisor, both on-premise and cloud-based.

IT Advisor 9.0.1

• Single Sign On for hosted ITA customers is available for both the web client and the desktop client.
• The External User Access feature provides the possibility to prohibit user from accessing the ITA instance from outside the company network.
• Data Center Request Form has received an update so the asset requested in the form is now created in a storage room, and can be used as part of a work order.
• Various security updates