PowerChute Business Edition v8.0.1 - IBM UPS 750T, 1000T, 1500T, 3000X, 7500X and 10000X (2130)

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Version

8.0.1

Release Date

16 March 2009

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File link	File size	File description
pcbe_8.0.1_change_history_2-9-09.chg	13,108	CHANGE HISTORY for the PowerChute Business Edition v8.0.1
pcbe_8.0.1_readme_2-3-09.txt	46,368	README for the PowerChute Business Edition v8.0.1
ibm_pcbe_8.0.1_japan.zip	115,387,015	PowerChute Business Edition v8.0.1 (Japanese)
ibm_pcbe_8.0.1.zip	135,920,412	PowerChute Business Edition v8.0.1
pcbe8.0ibmjpn.zip	177,549,835	PowerChute Business Edition v8.0 (Japanese)
pcbe8.0ibmeng.zip	183,803,660	PowerChute Business Edition v8.0 (English)

Abstract

Download the latest PowerChute Business Edition for IBM System x

Download Description

New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Severity: Suggested

Change history

Version 8.0.1

Code changes:

Memory leak when USB cable is disconnected
Hibernation: Server hibernates again and UPS goes to sleep after Hibernation shutdown
Hibernation: 'Comm Lost' will be logged after resumed from hibernation shutdown
Hibernation: Datalog logged twice when resumed from hibernation
PCBE agent doesn't startup automatically after reboot on SLES 10 64-bit
Displays Wrong OS Name in PCBE Web-UI & PCBE Console for Asianux Server 3.0
Device setup screen is moved behind Console after adding Agent to PCBE Server on Win2K8 x64
Failed to shutdown UPS due to polling thread hang up upon adding 118557-08, 118557-09, 126665-01 patches on Solaris 10 Japanese, "Device communication is not established" with simple signalling
Agent thread hangs when invalid firmware revision received
When a setup is canceled, a signaling type does not return
Linux: upgrade failed if install directory is non-default
Scheduled Shutdown times (down and up times) get pushed ahead by an hour when the Daylight Savings Time clock gets pushed ahead
"default.sh" cannot be executed, as it is not suitable as an example
Typo: "Uninteruptable" in package information
Few characters are garbled in the license agreement screen of Solaris 10 new installer
Change PCBEProxy port #
Turn off delay not set to 180 secs for SURT under 5k
Values in Data log displayed incorrectly on a German version of XP
PCBE Server sometimes send empty broadcast notification or email
"Bypass Power Supply Failure" was logged as "Base Power Supply Failure"
OS name was truncated for W2K8 Enterprise Edition Server Core without Hyper-V
Truncated strings on Shutdown Sequence screen
Solaris x64/x86: Notification didn't happen
Increase the timeout value for javax.mail to 20 seconds
Disable broadcast from WebUI under Vista & Windows 2008
Hide broadcast notification from Console under Vista & Windows 2008
Disable changing both ComPort and SignalingType at same time
Set the recovery option of Agent & Server components

Version 8.0

Code changes:

Add uninstallation procedures for PCBE 80 on Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Getting started: Add how to acccess Agent Web UI
Copy in Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation JPN.txt
Update the Getting Started document
PCBE Console displays wrong OS name on Microsoft Windows 2008
Upgrade the bundled JVM to JRE 1.5.0_15
IBM installation packages
Add missing server core distribution installation blocks for Server and Console components
"Getting Started Guide" in PCBE product Installation page failed to open in Windows Longhorn Enterprise Sever Core
"Release Notes" in PCBE product Installation page failed to open in Windows Longhorn Enterprise Sever Core
Console Update is started and does not communicate with Server
Disable displaying the splash screen for the Agent -only installer
Add retry to read Shutdown Delay when it is invalid
"Communications Help" was not displayed on Vista and 2008.
The behavior of "Change" button in "Add-Remove Programs" changed
Add the digital signature to Export .exe and UPSSleep.exe
"Getting Started Guide" did not work on Server Core
PCBE Console crashes when the save user id option is selected
Create an entry to start WebUI in PCBE startup menu for US version
Gray out the broadcast notification option if running under Windows 2008 & Vista
Change the Installer Front End to accomdate agent only installation
Merge DataLog fix
Add retry to all polling data

Version 7.0.5

Enhancements:

PowerChute Business Edition (PCBE) does not support low battery in SNMP (simple signaling)
Diagnostic>Selftest screen only shows the date/time of the selftest result initiated from software
WebUI: Disable email option for 'Monitoring Stopped' event
Plug & Play Manager warning logged on OS EventViewer(USB)
default.cmd overwritten during update install
PCBE Agent won't automatically boot with Linux runlevel1
Add debug logging to investigate the Invalid OID exception that occurs when attempting to put the UPS to sleep
Retain debug.txt when a service starts up
Enhance proxy.txt logging for comm lost
A message on About (Help->About) window when lost connection was chopped off.
JPN: Square box shown on the installer for SUSE and RHEL4
Add proxy.txt logging for SNMP processing
Enhance debug logging with the power failure event
Change the text label on the "turn on delay" field of Device Properties

Problems Fixed:

PowerChute Business Edition (PCBE) USB implementation causes time sync issues
Agent service did not start while testing USB hibernation schedule: hs_err_pidxxx.log issue
Console Update doesn't work
RHELES2.1: OS name not shown properly on the console
First digit truncated for sleep time(hours) on Shutdown now screen
Insufficent disk space error installing on RHEL4
USB Power Meter tab remains after installing PCBE agent
PCBE Console needs to be reinstalled after 10 years in order to connect to server.
PCBE failed to send sleep command to UPS because of InvalidObjectIDException error
[OS shutdown] thread runs before [Send link command] thread
Do not allow PCBE service to hang infinitely
PCBE+4G UPS, "Power Returned"pop-up is not displayed and the Email won't be sent
AutoUpdate certificate will expire on 11/18/2011.
Retry if the UPS' response does not include "CRLF" instead of generating "comm lost" immediately
"R2" was missing from Windows version display on About (Help>About) window
Need retry to establish communication when Agent read "unknown Response" from UPS
Solaris: System installed JRE would be used if newer version Java exists on the system
Japanese text in WebUI Agent Notification is garbled
SuSE9: Agent OS name on the console is only displaying the kernel version
A dialog box about Windows logo test popped up during installation
WebUI allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by prepending several / (slash) characters.
[Installation abort] button on Logo test warning msg will not abort the installation
Error happens when opening console on Longhorn(Beta2)
OS name not correctly shown on Longhorn(Beta2)
"Number of Batteries" field does not appear in PCBEv7.0.5 build 104 UI.
Memory leak in FileLogger.java in the EventLogger component
Not returning Battery Voltage & EM Firmware revision through SNMP OIDs
Native service not restored after uninstall if update installed
OS shutdown during run-time calibration if USB connection present
Memory leak at console update
A utoupdate Notification message is truncated
Autoupdate: Cannot disable IE to be opened when you login to PCBE Console if once an autoupdate had been detected
SUSE RPM install: All characters garbled and unable to login from WebUI

Version 7.0.4a

This version addresses minor code corrections and code maintenance.

Version 7.0.3

This is the first firmware release to support the IBM UPS 7500XHV and the IBM UPS 10000XHV.

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Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x Hardware Options:Operating system independent / None

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