Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Client Description and User's Guide

Appendix G. Version Changes

This appendix describes the changes between earlier versions.

Organization of this section

(1) Changes in version 09-00

(2) Changes in version 08-50

(3) Changes in version 08-10

(4) Changes in version 08-00

(5) Changes in version 07-50

(6) Changes in version 07-00

(1) Changes in version 09-00

JP1/Software Distribution SubManager has been discontinued, and the software relaying facilities have been integrated into JP1/Software Distribution Client. Additionally, the graphical user interface is no longer supported for the managing server.

When inventory information is updated on the distribution-destination system or when a new distribution-destination system is added, information on these events is now automatically reported to the higher-level system.

Products having the integrated model name (model name comprised of multiple products) stored in the Hitachi Integrated CD-ROM can now be packaged.

Computer names can now be reported as system information.

The following messages have been added:
KDDM1554-E, KDDM2543-I, KDDM2544-W, KDDM2545-I, KDDM2546-I, KDDM2547-E, and KDDM2548-I

The following message has been modified:
KDDM7032-E

The following messages have been deleted:
KDDI3072-E and KDDI3124-W

(2) Changes in version 08-50

Inventory items (password, shared folder setting status, etc.) that can be collected in the system information have been added.

Hitachi program products stored on a hard disk can now be packaged.

The apostrophe (') can now be entered in the user inventory information.

The system configuration of JP1/Software Distribution can now be used to resolve the address of the distribution-destination system.

Result files can now be sent immediately to the higher-level system.

Periodic polling can now be performed from an end workstation.

The rdsstart command and rdskillsrv command have been added.

The following messages have been added:
KDDM2277-E, KDDM2540-W, KDDM2541-W, and KDDM2542-W

The following messages have been modified:
KDDM0010-I, KDDM0011-I, KDDM1510-E, KDDM1539-Q, and KDDM2440-E

(3) Changes in version 08-10

The AIX maintenance package can now be packaged and distributed.

A MAC address has been added to the system configuration information.

The maximum number of clients that can simultaneously connect to JP1/Software Distribution SubManager has been increased from 256 to 9999.

Clients can now be managed based on host IDs.

The following messages have been added:
KDDM0581-I, KDDM0582-E, KDDM0583-E, and KDDM0584-E

Messages KDDM0555-E and KDDM1548-E have been modified.

(4) Changes in version 08-00

Distribution of another company's software is now possible.

As a result of changing the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution product suite, descriptions have been added and changed.

Options have been added to the rdsusrinv command so that software information can be entered on the command line.

The following messages have been added:
KDDM0573-I, KDDM0574-I, KDDM0575-E, KDDM0576-E, KDDM0577-W, KDDM0578-E, KDDM0579-W, KDDM0580-W, KDDM1552-E, KDDM1553-E, KDDM7043-E, KDDM7044-W, KDDM7515-I, KDDM7516-I, KDDM7517-W, KDDM7518-E, KDDM7519-E, and KDDM7520-E

As a result of adding and changing the functionality of the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution, the description in F. Differences with JP1/Software Distribution for Windows has been changed.

(5) Changes in version 07-50

It is possible to distribute OS patches from the managing server and to apply them to the distributed-destination systems.

The acquisition of software information was supported for more antivirus products.

It is possible to specify whether to restart the OS after software is installed in the distribution-destination system.

It is possible to acquire core files, OS libraries, and other core-related information used for troubleshooting.

The Cause and Action parts in messages were changed.

Messages that report syntax errors and other states for the commands of client services were added.

(6) Changes in version 07-00

It is possible to specify the number of distribution-destination system connections, including distribution-destination systems for which connection is being retried.

It is possible to prevent the output of patch information when acquiring software information.

With the addition of support for the software information search functions of Microsoft Office products and anti-virus products in the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution Manager, a description was added about acquiring permissions when a UNIX version is the lower-level system.

It is possible for generator tools to issue JP1 events associated with JP1/Integrated Manager - Agent and JP1/Base.

Messages KDDM0554-W and KDGF1035-E were added.

Since jobs being executed by systems directly under the relay system can now be canceled and resumed from the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution Manager, descriptions were added and changed.

It is possible to restart the computer after installation of the package, when the distribution-destination system is Windows.

Compatibility with multiservers was added.

It is possible to identify the cause (lower-level system power off or service not running) when the startup of a lower-level system fails in the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution Manager.

With the additions and modifications to the functions of the Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution, the descriptions in the Differences with JP1/Software Distribution for Windows were changed.

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