Release Notes 5.12

Release Notes > Release Notes 5.12

The 5.12 release significantly enhances Discovery automation, integrations with ITSM tools, CMDB functionality, and MSP user management, while also addressing numerous bugs to improve stability. Post-release, users must perform updates and possibly manual installations depending on network restrictions.

  • Discovery
    New Feature

    Implemented support to set the status of the connected agent to false if the Discovery Client goes down.

  • Discovery
    Enhancement

    Added support for importing assets from Microsoft Intune and Microsoft SCCM.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for sending email reports for the “Schedule Scan Import”feature.

  • Enhancement

    Renamed the probe from ‘Deep Host Scan for Windows/Linux/Network Devices (WMIC)’ to ’Deep Host Scan – SSH | SNMP | Windows(WMIC)’.

  • Enhancement

    Renamed the probe from ‘Deep Host Scan for Windows Devices (PowerShell)’ to ‘Deep Host Scan – SSH | SNMP | Windows(PowerShell)’.

  • Enhancement

    In the Vulnerability Management module, if multiple CIs are associated with the same CPE URI, all Asset IDs are now displayed, separated by commas.

  • Enhancement

    Added a field called “Operational Status” for Blueprint Virtual Machines when importing Azure records.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for scheduling imports for Azure, AWS, and Meraki.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for using “ip addr” as an alternative command to fetch IP addresses on Linux OS.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for discovering Juniper Chassis.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for ping in the PowerShell scans.

  • Discovery
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where sorting the column for the resource group in the “Import from Azure” module was not working correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue with certain scans was failing to update it status to completed.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the count of edited users was not updating in the Import logs after importing from AD and Azure AD.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where customizing columns for applied filters displayed all records instead of only the filtered ones, specifically for the AWS, Azure, and Meraki modules.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the “Imported On” date was not updating when Page 6 of 8 importing AWS records.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where ‘JBoss’ CI records were created even though the host did not have JBoss running.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where some host CIs incorrectly included information from a different host

  • CMDB
    New Feature

    Implemented support for flagging parent CIs as vulnerable in the BSM Map View when a child CI is vulnerable.

  • CMDB
    Enhancement

    Added support for displaying both the ‘Add’ and ‘Cancel’ buttons when selecting a Blueprint while adding a CI from the UI.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for enabling the Network view in BSM map views for all blueprints.

  • CMDB
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the tabular order was not displaying correctly after deleting a CMDB record from the details tab.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue where the value of a custom date field in CI records was displayed in timestamp format.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue with the date and time format while importing the CIs.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where IIS Server duplicate record was being created.

  • Integrations
    New Feature

    Implemented support for users to delete ServiceNow Mappings

  • Integrations
    Enhancement

    Added support for advanced search options for mapping Ivanti, Cherwell, and Jira link properties.

  • Enhancement

    Added a help link for the ServiceNow credentials popup.

  • Enhancement

    Added support to include Boolean properties in Service-now copy.

  • Integrations
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where property mappings in Jira mappings for certain Blueprints were not displaying correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the filter issue in Incidents and Changes within CMDB for ServiceNow module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where filtering the status field on the My Request page was failing.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where updating condition mappings for blueprints from Ivanti and Cherwell was not applying correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved an issue where the CI history showed the CI was copied to Ivanti but the record details had it as false.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where “Communicates With” relationships was failing to be copied.

  • MSP
    New Feature

    Implemented support to consider the email address as the username when importing an MSP user if the username is not present.

  • MSP
    Enhancement

    Added MFA support for MSP users.

  • MSP
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue with Change password link not showing up for MSP Vendor in user details page.

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    New Feature

    Implemented support for users to build an agent for Windows and Linux hosts.

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    Enhancement

    Enhanced the App and Agent update processes to include periodic checks and the ability to download the agent from the Discovery Server.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for Linux based agents.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for importing credentials on the Discovery application.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for bulk deleting and flushing credentials on the Discovery application.

  • Enhancement

    Added a feature to mask ‘Configuration Name’ value during data entry for Windows credentials type.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for Windows Agent scans via PowerShell probes

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the Agent’s Last Scanned On date was not updating correctly

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Enhancement

    Added support for triggering a Runbook linked to an ITSM record for both the Associated CIs and the Root Cause CI.

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the pagination issue in the Catalog Items sub-tabs.

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved the export functionality issue for the Knowledge model.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the page redirection issue when navigating from the Stockroom to the Hardware sub-tab.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the error encountered when adding a new comment to a knowledge article in the end-user portal

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue of duplicate ‘State property’ appearing in the personalized columns of the Procurement module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where PO Line Items property values were not being imported with hardware assets

  • Bug Fixes

    Added previously omitted properties such as change plan, back-out plan, test plan, and approval notes to the personalized columns for the Change module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an error encountered during bulk editing of Link Properties in the Hardware Assets module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue with dissociating a department from the user page.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue related to hiding and showing records in the Vendor sub-tabs.

  • Admin
    Enhancement

    Added support for users to return from the map property tab to the configuration tab in Ad Configuration.

  • Admin
    Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where updates to a user’s display name were not being reflected in the tabular view across all modules.

  • Reports
    Enhancement

    Added support for including user properties in Ad hoc Reports

  • Reports
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved an issue where the properties names for Hardware, Contract, and Vendor in Reports did not match those in the main models.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed a bug where duplicate reports with the same name were created when reports were scheduled.

  • Vulnerability Management
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue in Vulnerability Management where the total number of records displayed did not align with the pagination settings.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue with filtering CVE data by selecting the published year from the dropdown.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the application error encountered while filtering columns for CVEs in Vulnerability Management.

  • Business Rule
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the action type “Create New Record” was not visible in the Discovery Module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Added an alert for missing mandatory link properties when creating a business rule.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where updating hardware assets business rule was removing associated configuration items from the corresponding records.

  • General
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the ‘Advanced Search’ results did not clear previously searched values when changing operators to ‘Not Empty’ and ‘Is Empty’.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where certain scheduled jobs were not being triggered as scheduled.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue in SAML where email addresses added as claims in the Service Provider portal were not reflected in Virima.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed issue related to personalized columns.

  • Action required by the user’s post-release
    Actions

    User Advisory: Clear/Delete Browser Cache before using Virima for this release.

    1. Virima Admins must ensure the latest Discovery Application client is installed and updated to the latest version. Instructions for the same are provided below.
    2. Click on Client icon in your Discovery App to update to the latest version 1.0.4018
      (Please note that if you have clicked the update button but your application is still not updating, restrictions on your network may be preventing the updates. You can download and install the most recent application version in such a case.)
    3. To manually update the application, please follow the below steps:
      1. Stop the current application.
      2. Backup the following files: ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\cat.json,’ ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\hcm.json,’ ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\session.txt,’ and ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\config\configuration.xml.’
      3. Uninstall the application.
      4. Delete the old application record from https://login-yourregion.virima.com/www_em/pages/probe/?entity=clients.
      5. Download the latest version of the application from https://login-yourregion.virima.com/www_em/pages/adminHome/?entity=adminHome.
      6. Install the latest version of the application.
      7. Replace the backed-up files.
      8. Under Windows Services log-on, please add the service account permissions for the Virima Discovery Application.
      9. Start the application as an administrator.
      10. Verify that all the required credentials are active in the discovery application credential section.

User actions are required for this update
  • Discovery
    New Feature

    Implemented support to set the status of the connected agent to false if the Discovery Client goes down.

  • CMDB
    New Feature

    Implemented support for flagging parent CIs as vulnerable in the BSM Map View when a child CI is vulnerable.

  • Integrations
    New Feature

    Implemented support for users to delete ServiceNow Mappings

  • MSP
    New Feature

    Implemented support to consider the email address as the username when importing an MSP user if the username is not present.

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    New Feature

    Implemented support for users to build an agent for Windows and Linux hosts.

User actions are required for this update
  • Discovery
    Enhancement

    Added support for importing assets from Microsoft Intune and Microsoft SCCM.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for sending email reports for the “Schedule Scan Import”feature.

  • Enhancement

    Renamed the probe from ‘Deep Host Scan for Windows/Linux/Network Devices (WMIC)’ to ’Deep Host Scan – SSH | SNMP | Windows(WMIC)’.

  • Enhancement

    Renamed the probe from ‘Deep Host Scan for Windows Devices (PowerShell)’ to ‘Deep Host Scan – SSH | SNMP | Windows(PowerShell)’.

  • Enhancement

    In the Vulnerability Management module, if multiple CIs are associated with the same CPE URI, all Asset IDs are now displayed, separated by commas.

  • Enhancement

    Added a field called “Operational Status” for Blueprint Virtual Machines when importing Azure records.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for scheduling imports for Azure, AWS, and Meraki.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for using “ip addr” as an alternative command to fetch IP addresses on Linux OS.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for discovering Juniper Chassis.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for ping in the PowerShell scans.

  • CMDB
    Enhancement

    Added support for displaying both the ‘Add’ and ‘Cancel’ buttons when selecting a Blueprint while adding a CI from the UI.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for enabling the Network view in BSM map views for all blueprints.

  • Integrations
    Enhancement

    Added support for advanced search options for mapping Ivanti, Cherwell, and Jira link properties.

  • Enhancement

    Added a help link for the ServiceNow credentials popup.

  • Enhancement

    Added support to include Boolean properties in Service-now copy.

  • MSP
    Enhancement

    Added MFA support for MSP users.

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    Enhancement

    Enhanced the App and Agent update processes to include periodic checks and the ability to download the agent from the Discovery Server.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for Linux based agents.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for importing credentials on the Discovery application.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for bulk deleting and flushing credentials on the Discovery application.

  • Enhancement

    Added a feature to mask ‘Configuration Name’ value during data entry for Windows credentials type.

  • Enhancement

    Added support for Windows Agent scans via PowerShell probes

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Enhancement

    Added support for triggering a Runbook linked to an ITSM record for both the Associated CIs and the Root Cause CI.

  • Admin
    Enhancement

    Added support for users to return from the map property tab to the configuration tab in Ad Configuration.

  • Reports
    Enhancement

    Added support for including user properties in Ad hoc Reports

User actions are required for this update
  • Discovery
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where sorting the column for the resource group in the “Import from Azure” module was not working correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue with certain scans was failing to update it status to completed.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the count of edited users was not updating in the Import logs after importing from AD and Azure AD.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where customizing columns for applied filters displayed all records instead of only the filtered ones, specifically for the AWS, Azure, and Meraki modules.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the “Imported On” date was not updating when Page 6 of 8 importing AWS records.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where ‘JBoss’ CI records were created even though the host did not have JBoss running.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where some host CIs incorrectly included information from a different host

  • CMDB
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the tabular order was not displaying correctly after deleting a CMDB record from the details tab.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue where the value of a custom date field in CI records was displayed in timestamp format.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue with the date and time format while importing the CIs.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where IIS Server duplicate record was being created.

  • Integrations
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where property mappings in Jira mappings for certain Blueprints were not displaying correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the filter issue in Incidents and Changes within CMDB for ServiceNow module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where filtering the status field on the My Request page was failing.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where updating condition mappings for blueprints from Ivanti and Cherwell was not applying correctly.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved an issue where the CI history showed the CI was copied to Ivanti but the record details had it as false.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where “Communicates With” relationships was failing to be copied.

  • MSP
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue with Change password link not showing up for MSP Vendor in user details page.

  • Discovery Application (v1.0.4018) & Agent (v1.0.113)
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the Agent’s Last Scanned On date was not updating correctly

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the pagination issue in the Catalog Items sub-tabs.

  • ITAM and ITSM
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved the export functionality issue for the Knowledge model.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the page redirection issue when navigating from the Stockroom to the Hardware sub-tab.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the error encountered when adding a new comment to a knowledge article in the end-user portal

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue of duplicate ‘State property’ appearing in the personalized columns of the Procurement module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where PO Line Items property values were not being imported with hardware assets

  • Bug Fixes

    Added previously omitted properties such as change plan, back-out plan, test plan, and approval notes to the personalized columns for the Change module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an error encountered during bulk editing of Link Properties in the Hardware Assets module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue with dissociating a department from the user page.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue related to hiding and showing records in the Vendor sub-tabs.

  • Admin
    Bug Fixes

    Addressed an issue where updates to a user’s display name were not being reflected in the tabular view across all modules.

  • Reports
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved an issue where the properties names for Hardware, Contract, and Vendor in Reports did not match those in the main models.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed a bug where duplicate reports with the same name were created when reports were scheduled.

  • Vulnerability Management
    Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue in Vulnerability Management where the total number of records displayed did not align with the pagination settings.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue with filtering CVE data by selecting the published year from the dropdown.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the application error encountered while filtering columns for CVEs in Vulnerability Management.

  • Business Rule
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the action type “Create New Record” was not visible in the Discovery Module.

  • Bug Fixes

    Added an alert for missing mandatory link properties when creating a business rule.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where updating hardware assets business rule was removing associated configuration items from the corresponding records.

  • General
    Bug Fixes

    Fixed the issue where the ‘Advanced Search’ results did not clear previously searched values when changing operators to ‘Not Empty’ and ‘Is Empty’.

  • Bug Fixes

    Resolved the issue where certain scheduled jobs were not being triggered as scheduled.

  • Bug Fixes

    Fixed an issue in SAML where email addresses added as claims in the Service Provider portal were not reflected in Virima.

  • Bug Fixes

    Addressed issue related to personalized columns.

User actions are required for this update
  • Action required by the user’s post-release
    Actions

    User Advisory: Clear/Delete Browser Cache before using Virima for this release.

    1. Virima Admins must ensure the latest Discovery Application client is installed and updated to the latest version. Instructions for the same are provided below.
    2. Click on Client icon in your Discovery App to update to the latest version 1.0.4018
      (Please note that if you have clicked the update button but your application is still not updating, restrictions on your network may be preventing the updates. You can download and install the most recent application version in such a case.)
    3. To manually update the application, please follow the below steps:
      1. Stop the current application.
      2. Backup the following files: ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\cat.json,’ ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\hcm.json,’ ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\session.txt,’ and ‘C:\Program Files\Virima Discovery Application\config\configuration.xml.’
      3. Uninstall the application.
      4. Delete the old application record from https://login-yourregion.virima.com/www_em/pages/probe/?entity=clients.
      5. Download the latest version of the application from https://login-yourregion.virima.com/www_em/pages/adminHome/?entity=adminHome.
      6. Install the latest version of the application.
      7. Replace the backed-up files.
      8. Under Windows Services log-on, please add the service account permissions for the Virima Discovery Application.
      9. Start the application as an administrator.
      10. Verify that all the required credentials are active in the discovery application credential section.