What's New in this Release
The following are new features of DS 6.9 SP4:
- Added support for Mac 10.6
- Fixed issues (see Fixed issues in this release)
Fixed Issues in this Release
| Fixed Issue | Article ID |
| Any domain that has an Organizational Unit cannot be joined with Deployment Solution if the computer has never been on that domain. | |
| AClient displays the manufacturer information for VMware as No Enclosure. | |
| The Modify Configuration task fails when run in automation and using firm to copy the configuration file. | |
| MSI installations fail with error 1603 when running a distribute software job with a different user than the user that logged in. | |
| Win32 console crashes when attempting to remote control four or more clients separately in its own window. | |
| Trying to remote control a computer that has a multi-colored (picture) desktop background displays the colors incorrectly or has lines throughout the display. | |
| Scripts fail to fully execute when run under the Run as user context in a script task. | |
| Organizational Unit not importing with a CSV file when part of a domain. | |
| In the UI, information about an Organizational Unit is not being retained when you add a new computer through the console. | |
| For DAgent, an OS description is not displayed for Hyper-V in the RDP console. | |
| Cannot open the Web console on Windows x64. | |
| Jobs start to assign and then crash, leaving you at the console with no message. This is a dns_suffix table rights issue. | |
| DAgent/AClient properties show the Unknown status for all services that are running on nodes. | |
| Security modifications need to be enabled within child folders. | |
| Silent install is not using the specified SQL account during the installation. | |
| Update password for scheduled (existing) jobs when domain account and passwords change. | |
| File Base Writer Filter on the WES system displays the Error accessing the desktop message. | |
| Windows CE 6.0 stops communicating with the Deployment server when encryption is enabled. | |
| If the FBWF is in use the first time you try and change the computer name, an error occurs. | |
| The time zone is not set correctly during Sysprep Image Capture. | |
| AClient cannot install on FAT32. | |
| For RHEL 5.3, after Image Deploy, ifcfg-ethX file does not have HWADDR variable. | |
| The PXE server responds when the Enable response to requests from computers not in the database option is unchecked. | |
| HP DC 7xxx shows in the database as node_type 4 when it should show as node_type 3. | |
| For DAgent, the OS description is not displayed for Hyper-V in the RDP console. | |
| An unknown exit code returns when you run tasks against Macintosh nodes that are running Darwin ADLagent 2.6-74. | |
| When running a silent install with the /L switch, an invalid switch is received when running AXInstall. | |
| With RDP 6.0.1.13 and Altiris 6.9 SP3 Build 430, there's an intermittent Boot Wizard crash when you create DOS PXE images with multiple NIC drivers. | |
| A security change made to AClient for another defect breaks AClient. | |
| Include DS ActiveX control vulnerability patch 49568. | |
| Jobs start to assign and then crash to the console with no message displayed. | |
| ADLagent needs to properly handle all failure cases of the reply=ConfigFile message. | |
| Updated the WinPE and Linux drivers. | |
| Fixed denial of service vulnerability with dbmanager.exe. |
Known Issues
The following are known issues in this release:
| Fixed Issue | Article ID |
| When enabling the Display only computers and jobs the user has rights to manage option, no computers or jobs are seen by users that don't have administrator rights. | |
| A Windows failed to start error displays when Windows 7 images are deployed in a Linux or DOS preboot environment. | |
| Copy an existing localized system job folder loses localization function. | |
| The Agent Update Jobs string isn't translated in a Chinese console. | |
| The shortcuts view is not listed in the View menu for Japanese. | |
| IBM HS22 blades are not reporting the correct bay information. IBM has a firmware update that solves this issue. | |
| Encrypt session communication with Deployment Server" is always checked on. |