Changelog

2025-01-09 - 13.0.1777.25008

Release Docusnap 14

Docusnap 14 has been released and is now available in the Docusnap download area.

Highlights

• Improved stability and fixes for SNMP and Windows inventory processes.
• Introduction of support for SNMPv3 security protocols.

New Features

• SNMPv3 Inventory
  • Enhanced functionality with updated security protocols to ensure safer and more reliable device collection.

Improvements

• SNMP Inventory
  • Fixed stability issues with scheduled jobs and specific scan targets that previously caused erroneous results.
  • Significantly improved processing speed for large SNMP inventory results.
• Windows SMB Protocols
  • Standardized display of SMB v2 and v3 as SMB v2/v3 for better technical accuracy.
• Documentation
  • Concept templates: Optimized supplied concept templates, especially those with table of contents objects.
  • Topology plans: Improved representation of Layer-3 elements and VLAN connections, particularly in systems with multiple network interfaces.
  • Plans (wildcards): Enhanced wildcard functionality for all plans in documentation.
  • Plans (symbols): Standardized device type symbols in topology plans for consistency.
  • Reports: Golden System Report - Hotfix comparisons now based on inventoried KB numbers, improving report accuracy.
  • Reports: Improved display of permissions and system information across various report types.
• Application
  • Configuration file: Configuration.xml is now generated in the standard XML format.
  • Trashbin cleanup: Enhanced performance for automatic database cleanup within the application.
  • Improved performance when editing concepts and IT manuals.
  • Physical infrastructure: Updated Knowledge Base links for better user guidance.

Fixed Issues

• Inventory

  • Windows: Resolved missing SMB protocol detection and inaccurate representations in Windows inventory.
  • Windows AD: Virtualized Windows systems are now reliably recognized.
  • SNMP: Improved support for specific devices and protocols, including NetApp storage and Cisco switches.
  • ADDS: Fixed issues with collecting site object information.
  • Exchange (on-prem): Transport rule descriptions now display fully.
  • Exchange: Resolved file import errors for DSI files and mailbox permission mappings.
  • Linux: Fixed certificate inventory issues on SUSE Linux Enterprise systems.
  • MS-SQL: Persistency issues (tSQLBackupHistory) resolved.
  • SNMP: Addressed conversion errors for inventory of manufacturers such as Barracuda, Canon, and Fujitsu.
  • SNMP: Fixed issues with NetApp systems, TP-Link switches, and Peplink load balancers.
  • SNMP: Resolved SSH timeout issues when using auxiliary tools.
  • SNMP: Addressed VLAN and connection detection errors in physical networks.

• Reports

  • Resolved inaccuracies in Golden System Reports affecting update status.
  • Fixed counting errors in license management leading to discrepancies between displayed and actual systems.
  • Improved filtering functionality in IT security reports.
  • Reports with custom fonts can now be generated in PDF format.
  • Corrected issues in various reports, including “Docusnap Configuration Report,” “Share Permissions” in IT security, and “Unwanted Products” in license management.

• Plans

  • Fixed object grouping display issues in diagrams.
  • Resolved errors in the representation of Layer-3 elements and VLAN mappings.
  • Corrected display of switch connections and IPsec tunnels between devices.
  • Disabled users in ADDS structure plans are now displayed correctly.
  • Fixed display issues for firewalls (Barracuda, FortiGate, Sophos) and switches (Extreme Switches, MikroTik) in topology plans.
  • Enhanced filtering functionality in topology and network plans.
  • Fixed VLAN plan display issues for stacked Cisco and Netgear switches.

• Concepts

  • Improved performance and resolved errors in the concept editor, particularly for validation and editing of extensive concepts.
  • Fixed missing chapters in table of contents.
  • Placeholder deletion now updates tasks.
  • Resolved chapter display issues in table of contents.
  • Concepts can now be extended after inserting dynamic objects.
  • Fixed issues with inserting blank lines before elements.
  • Hyperlinks are preserved after text deletion.
  • Addressed all reported performance issues in concept creation.
  • Resolved issues with headers, footers, and filtering of data elements.

• IT Security

  • Fixed display and filtering issues for permissions of specific users and groups.
  • Resolved erroneous display of domain administrators despite enabled filtering.

• Application

  • Resolved display issues when editing system details, especially for manually maintained entries.
  • Tenant-specific permissions now function correctly in user management.
  • Improved criteria for automatic location assignment.
  • Excluded systems are now correctly ignored in license calculations.
  • Fixed Active Directory authentication issues in inventory dialogs.

• Web Client

  • Fixed issues with displaying DNS, DHCP, and Microsoft 365 data.
  • Resolved internal server errors when loading specific SNMP OIDs.

• Miscellaneous

  • Fixed issues with Exchange on-premises plans and Sophos firewall routing information.
  • Optimized database processing for large data volumes to reduce memory issues.

2024-09-18 - 13.0.1719.24347

Improved

• Database Creation: When selecting the “Use Local Database” option, the database is now created with SQL Server 2022 (Version 16.0.4131.2)
• Exchange 2010: Exchange 2010 installations can now optionally be inventoried with the standalone Discovery-Exchange-Legacy.exe module
• Authentication: Foreign Security Principals from other domains can now be used for user management, as server users, and for integrated authentication
• Linux: The option “Create RSA-Key” has been renamed to “Create Key,” and the key generation method has been changed to ED25519
• CIFS: For systems that do not support the SMB standard share IPC$, the C$ share is now also queried for inventory purposes
• Discovery.exe: The archiving of inventory results in the file system has been standardized for autonomous inventory modules
• Security: Security has been enhanced through updates to the used software products

Fixed

• Documentation
  • Connect: Issues with the resolution and translation of Active Directory group members and enum references have been fixed
  • IT Concept: Issues with creating table of contents in documents have been resolved
  • IT Concept: All known errors related to inserting topology diagrams into concepts have been fixed
  • IT Concept: Inserting images no longer causes text displacement
  • Datasheets: The archiving issue caused by inconsistent path names has been resolved through a revision of the path replacement mechanism
• Inventory
  • ADDS: User password age is now displayed as intended
  • AWS: Issues with inventorying S3 resources have been fixed
  • IGEL: All monitors connected to thin clients are now properly inventoried
  • Oracle: Captured data is now fully displayed in the interface
  • SNMP: Inventory issues causing incomplete representations in plans for HP, Sophos, Brocade, and Unify have been resolved
  • SNMP: Handling of ‘HostDowngradeException’ now results in a warning instead of an error
  • SNMP: Display errors for unconfigured VLANs with IDs from 3000 on Cisco Catalyst have been fixed
  • SNMP: Add-ons – Issues with sequence checking related to ‘ResponseWait’ have been resolved
  • SNMP: Problems with displaying switch data for Microsens, Juniper, MikroTik, and D-Link have been fixed
  • SNMP: Issues with MIB import for Konica Minolta printers have been fixed, and the import now completes successfully
  • SNMP: All existing IPv4 addresses from SNMP systems are now fully displayed in the “All Systems” view
  • Windows: Issues with setting the software version based on the .XML file during software search have been corrected
• Application
  • Activation: Issues with license activation via software distribution have been fixed
  • DDS: Issues with executing add-ons during Windows inventory via the Docusnap Discovery Service have been resolved
  • Enterprise Search: Problems with displaying additional information included in the search index have been solved
• IT Security
  • NTFS: Permissions analysis - Issues with incomplete directory reports have been resolved

2024-07-15 - 13.0.1167.24196

Realized Ideas from the Ideas Portal

• Documentation
  • Concept: Fields for capturing the version creator and backup creator have been integrated in addition to the author.

Improved

• Inventory
  • Windows: More accurate detection of physical and virtual Windows systems in the inventory process.
  • Windows: The search function for software and files has been optimized and now reliably supports a large number of search definitions.
• Docusnap Web
  • Data captured by add-ons is now displayed in Docusnap Web.

Fixed

• Inventory
  • Backup Exec: Previous inventory issues have been resolved.
  • DFS: Import issues with DFS have been fixed.
  • DFS: Repeated DFS inventories no longer alter existing NTFS data.
  • SNMP: Errors in inventorying devices such as HP, Konica, Cisco, Zebra, Lancom, and Alcatel have been corrected.
  • SNMP: Network information is now fully displayed in the inventory results.
  • Exchange: Issues with inventorying Microsoft Exchange have been resolved.
  • Linux: All communication data is now fully captured.
  • Linux: Inventory issues caused by timeouts have been fixed.
  • Linux: Discovery-Linux and the gensudo.sh configuration file for script inventory have been updated.
  • Mac: Sporadic “Bad Interpreter” errors have been eliminated.
  • Microsoft 365: Persistence errors have been corrected.
  • Microsoft 365: The error “Bulk insert failed into table tM365ExchangeMailboxFolder” no longer occurs.
  • Microsoft 365: Conditional policies captured with Entra ID now show correct object resolution.
  • Veeam: All known import errors have been resolved.
• Application
  • User Management: Issues with name conflicts between local and ADDS users have been fixed.
  • Docusnap Discovery Service: The “Last Connection Establishment” information is now always displayed correctly.
  • Enterprise Search: All known issues with user search, assets, and Azure elements have been resolved.
• IT Security
  • CSV Import: The CSV import now considers all share variants.
• Documentation
  • Report: “Backup Analysis - Unsecured Systems” now lists each Veeam B&R server only once.
  • Report: “Backup Analysis - Backup Status of All Systems” now shows the correct inventory date for BackupExec servers.
  • Diagrams: The issue of objects with the status “deleted” being displayed has been resolved.
  • Concept: Images in RTF fields are now included in the PDF export.
  • Concept: PDF export issues causing memory problems have been fixed.
  • Concept: Default plans now support placeholders.
  • Concept: Hyperlinks in compilations now function correctly.
  • Concept: The concept compilation now reliably considers the required page sizes and orientations.

2024-03-20 - 13.0.737.24080

Fixed

• Inventory
  • Microsoft 365: The ‘Problems with persisting inventory data’ error has been fixed.
  • Microsoft Exchange: All known issues causing missing snapshots or persistence errors have now been resolved.
• Docusnap Update:
  • The occasional issue where the database update did not complete has been eliminated.

2024-03-14 - 13.0.703.24073

New

• Inventory
  • Standardization of autonomous Discovery Modules - Filename, parameters, and integrated help have been standardized.
  • Microsoft 365: Entra-ID inventory now captures the last login event of users (requires P1 license or better).
• Documentation
  • New report section “Backup Analysis” with reports “Backup status of all systems” and “Unsecured systems”.
  • New report “Services with local users and AD accounts” in the “Windows Security” report section.

Improved

• Inventory
  • Linux: TimeOut settings can now be configured in the advanced options.
  • SNMP: The CSV import function now checks for the correctness of IPv4 addresses.
  • Windows: Improved detection of whether it’s a virtual system.
  • The processing speed of the XML Windows import has been significantly increased.
  • Windows systems - the “additional scans” node now also shows “Veeam B&R” and “DFS” installations.
• Documentation
  • Physics: Optimized display performance.
  • Physics: Improved the display of images in the site plan.
  • Concepts: Improved handling of inserted Connect-Views.
  • Reports on “Network devices” and “Windows .NET Framework” have been improved.
  • The network plan now optionally filters out IP hosts and workstations for plans with more than 500 devices.
• Application
  • The Docusnap server status dialog has been improved and now shows much more information.
• IT Security
  • NTFS analysis: Improved detection of the correct folder size.
  • Resolution of local groups and filtering out of printer shares have been improved.
  • The “Report jobs (csv)” feature now also supports DFS folder targets.

Fixed

• Inventory
  • Linux: The installation date of Linux Suse systems is now correctly captured.
  • Microsoft 365: Issues with app creation have been resolved.
  • Microsoft 365: Known inventory problems are now solved.
  • SNMP: Known inventory issues (HP, Profibus, D-Link, Silex) have been resolved.
  • SNMP: VLAN detection for Aruba Switches now works correctly.
  • Windows: Issues with drive designations have been resolved.
  • Windows: Windows IP inventory no longer generates offline systems.
  • Active Directory: The error “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” has been eliminated.
  • Active Directory: Reported issues with inventory using Discovery-ADDS.exe are resolved.
  • Microsoft Exchange: Issues causing missing snapshots or persistence errors have been fixed.
  • Microsoft 365: MFA authentication settings are now correctly inventoried.
  • Linux: Certificate inventory now works.
  • SNMP: “Additional programs Telnet/SSH” sequence check is no longer limited to switches.
  • Windows: The dynamic date filter for Windows (AD) now works correctly.
  • DHCP: Import problems with files created by Discovery-DHCP.exe have been eliminated.
  • Veeam B&R: Execution errors (“Import failed”, “unknown error”) no longer occur.
  • Veeam B&R: Further reported issues (license check, incorrect execution times) have been resolved.
• Docusnap Web
  • Docusnap Web: Known performance and display problems have been resolved.
• Documentation
  • VLAN report: This report now displays all information correctly.
  • Connect: VLAN overviews with switches now output all switches.
  • Diagrams: Insertion of successor objects is now correct.
  • Concepts: Dynamic objects no longer change unintentionally.
  • Topology plan: Display issues (DLINK, Cisco, manually created) have been resolved.
  • Veeam B&R: The output of the “VM Backups” report now includes files.
  • VMware: The data storage details in the report and data tree are now correct.
  • Connect: Reported issues (AD users, DFS member servers, Azure, VMware) have been resolved. IT Security
  • NTFS analysis: The inventory of DFS folder targets now works correctly.
  • NTFS analysis: The capture of CIFS systems is now complete.

2023-12-14 - 13.0.383.23348

Realized Ideas from the Ideas Portal

• SNMP discovery: additional programs - Telnet/SSH support for all SNMP types

Improved

• Inventory
  • Microsoft 365 Teams: Channel information now includes members and role assignments
  • DFS: Checked if there were permission issues when capturing SMB permissions of folder targets
  • DFS: Improved consolidation of individual DFS results into a domain-wide view
  • SNMP: Improved validity check for IPv4 addresses in the assistant
• Documentation
  • Physics: Improved representation of racks in site plans
  • IT Concept: New handling of very large data elements improves stability

Fixed

• Inventory
  • All Modules: Snapshot entries with the same date are no longer created
  • Autonomous Inventory Modules: Standardized parameters such as the help call
  • DFS: Improved automatic detection of DFS servers and fixed known inventory issues
  • Microsoft Exchange: Fixed inventory issues
  • Veeam Backup & Replication: Fixed inventory problems in the assistant
  • NTFS Analysis: Partially incorrect display of folder sizes corrected
• Documentation
  • IT Concept: Fixed issue where data elements were sporadically not displayed
  • IT Concept: Solved problems that occurred occasionally during loading and saving
  • Physics: Fixed recognized performance issues and errors in the cabling plan

2023-11-22 - 13.0.307.23331

Realized Ideas from the Ideas Portal

• Autonomous Inventory Module for Distributed File System (DFS)
• Docusnap Connect: Automated email dispatch of reports in CSV, Excel, and XML formats.
• Veeam Backup & Replication: Report on executed restore jobs.
• Linux Inventory: Expanded capture of certificates and their properties.

New

• Autonomous Inventory Modules: Standardization with names like “Discovery-(Module).exe” and consistent parameters for archiving, execution, and logging, such as “Discovery-Windows.exe”.
• Distributed File System (DFS) Inventory: Complete capture of all DFS namespace variants, including DFS replication groups and detailed information on configuration, topology, and connections.
• Veeam Backup & Replication Inventory: Cross-platform capture of configurations, backup and tape library infrastructures, virtualization platforms with their virtual machines, backup jobs, and their execution status.
• Usability Improvements: Option to hide non-essential objects in the Docusnap tree view.

Improved

• Active Directory Domain Service: New “All Memberships” overview for comprehensive representation of direct and indirect memberships of user, group, and computer accounts.
• DFS Permissions Analysis: Optimization of NTFS analysis for DFS deployments, including detailed reporting.