This section describes incompatibilities of functions.
Status window and security auditing report
In auditing result display for a PCs violating security policy, the auditing result will indicate OK if firewall has been set twice or more.
Main menu
The main menu has been changed as follows:
Refer to "Appendix A Term Table" for details on the main menu terms.
Category | V14.2.0 or Earlier | V15.1.0 |
|---|---|---|
Detail of Device window > Details of Contract tab | Original Contract No. or Mainte Code with underline link | (Detail of Contract) is added to Original Contract No. or Mainte Code without underline link. By selecting (Detail of Contract), contract information details are displayed. |
Systemwalker Desktop Patrol AC
"Best" and "worst" used as output information type have been changed to "high achievement rates" and "low achievement rates".
Updater
If you register the DS updater for version upgrade, the upgrade will also be applied to the CT on the DS.
If you register the CT updater for version upgrade, however, the upgrade will not be applied to the CT on the DS.
Displaying a Windows server/client
For the following case, the Start menu (Apps screen) structure registered during Systemwalker Desktop Patrol installation has been changed, with the layered display of the submenu removed, and directory names in the submenu omitted to make way for a new display style where menus are placed next to each other.
If upgraded from Windows Server(R) 2008 or Windows(R) 7 or earlier to Windows Server(R) 2012 or Windows(R) 8
Note that the icon images and names for invocation displayed in each menu have not been changed.
Information
Customization of the Apps screen for Windows Server(R) 2012 and Windows(R) 8
Grouping can be done by dragging and dropping the icons in the Apps screen.
The Apps screen size can be decreased by rotating the wheel backwards while pressing Ctrl on the Apps screen. Once the Apps screen size has been decreased, group names can be renamed by selecting the icon group.
To check which product the Apps screen shortcut is for, right-click the shortcut and then select Open file location from the menu at the bottom of the screen. This will open the file location in Windows Explorer, where the product name can be checked.
Event settings
The Event Settings window has been changed as follows:
Category | V14.2.0 or Earlier | V15.1.0 |
|---|---|---|
Alarm notification | - | The order of the check boxes has been changed. |
Add or Remove Software | Add Or Remove Product |
File
The file names have been changed as follows:
Category | V14.2.0 or Earlier | V15.1.0 |
|---|---|---|
File | Add or remove programs information file | Product information file |
Software addition or deletion change information file | Product information addition and deletion change information file |
Source name of the event log
In environments where CS has been installed, the source name of the event log output from the database has been changed as follows:
Category | V14.2.0 or earlier | V15.1.0 |
|---|---|---|
Source name of the event log | SymfoWARE RDB | AssetMgr RDB |
Connecting from a CT in V14.2.0 or earlier
Connection from a CT in V14.2.0 or earlier will no longer be possible. To authorize connection, the CustomPolicy command must be used to configure the settings. Refer to the Systemwalker Desktop Patrol Reference Manual for details on CustomPolicy.exe (policy for modifying custom setup).
Operations during the execution of PC Information > Inventory Collection on the main menu
In V14.2.0 or earlier, when a CT is selected for PC Information on the main menu, and Inventory Collection is executed, collection was performed in accordance with the inventory collection behavior (default was difference collection) of the CT. In V15.1.0, however, all inventory information is collected before notifying the server.
Security diagnosis result window
If you upgrade the version of a CT of Windows 7 (original release) or Windows Server 2008 R2 (original release), the Diagnosis result window of operation settings will indicate a failure. Also, the PC will be deemed as one with a security problem, and aggregated as such on the main menu.
To prevent CTs that use these operating systems from treating this scenario as a failure, change the support status of the operating system in the security policy to Not Auditing before the version upgrade.
Omission in the EXE information file path
In EXE information collection, collected file paths exceeding 127 fullwidth characters or 380 halfwidth characters will be displayed truncated. As of V15.1.0, however, the file path will be collected and displayed with some middle section of it omitted.
Change in current license information file format
The following items have been added between the 7th and 8th columns of the current license information file (refer to "Current License Information File" in the Systemwalker Desktop Patrol Reference Manual for details).
No | Item |
|---|---|
8 | Supplier |
9 | Purchasing department |
10 | Purchaser |
11 | License type |
12 | License type (remarks) |
13 | License form |
14 | License form (remarks) |
15 | License agreement |
16 | License agreement (remarks) |
17 | License certificate |
18 | Certificate number |
19 | Management department |
20 | Storage location |
21 | Previous license management number |
22 | Other conditions |
23 | Scheduled update date |
The security patch group name and security patch name for the software dictionary group
Security patch for the software dictionary group in Distribution > Security Patches Distribution and Environment Setup > Software Auditing in the main menu, security patch group names and names for Windows XP or earlier have been changed. The security patches that depend on Japanese, English, or Chinese (Simplified Chinese) will display the depended language in their names and group names.
Procedures for version upgrade
The procedure for version upgrade in environments in which V13.2.0 or earlier is used will change.
For V13.2.0 or earlier, registration of the CT updater for upgrade in the following directory will be added.
<DVD-ROM>\utilites\tool\updv132
Refer to "Procedures for Version Upgrade by Applying Updater" in the Systemwalker Desktop Patrol Installation Guide for details.
About language display
When Systemwalker Desktop Patrol is upgraded in V15.1.0 from V13.2.0 or V14.2.0, Chinese display is changed to English display.
