<p><span id="SPAN411315609"><span class="normal">This cumulative point fix contains fixes for SMP and other Solutions for issues provided to customers POST-8.1 RU7 until ITMS 8.5 is installed.</span></span></p> <p><span id="SPAN411315609"><span class="normal">These are the fixes contained (each section contains its own set of fixes. Install those that you need from the respective zip files below):</span></span></p>
ITMS 8.1 RU7
<p><span id="SPAN411315609"><span class="normal"><strong>SMP</strong> (Symantec Management Platform) and <strong>SMA</strong> (Symantec Management Agent) Fixes:</span></span></p> <table border="1" width="1069" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Console error Unable to cast object of type System.DBNull to type System.String.</td> <td><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH250925.html">TECH250925</a></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>When using quick apply in a task as a non admin it is taking 30 seconds to a 2 minutes to populate the list.</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Software Update restart notification message does not display the entire message; no scroll bars present</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Package with spaces in folder and file name; Error while downloading package: HTTP status 400: The server cannot process the request because the syntax is not valid</td> <td><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH249435.html">TECH249435</a></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Basic inventory is returning the OS as Business instead of professional</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>NSE files generated by AD Import force Altiris Services to stop</td> <td><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH251928.html">TECH251928</a></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Packages designated for streaming (update O365) switch to SMP site codebases</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A possible "DHT engine is initializing. Go to retry and wait it to initialize" loop”.</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Web app, Comm hosts setting fields are grayed out for default NS comm profile after update from 8.1 Post RU5 PF v2 to 8.1 RU7 released build</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Windows Server 1709 and Windows Server 1803 show untracked in agent health UI</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Symantec Management Agent incorrectly inventory Routable column in Inv_Aex_AC_TCPIP table</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Package downloads fail when package location URL redirection is used</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Missing scroll bar under Data Source tab in a Computer Report</td> <td><a href="https://symantec.com/docs/TECH252750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH252750</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>SMA agent changes needed to address merging issues</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CTA gets 403.16 response on GetTasks requests after successful registration</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Failed to build interactive user SID error message connected to Azure AAD.</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>WMI call to AltirisAgent_Client fails with 'Generic failure' error on Win10 19H1 clients</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>P2P clients are trying to download from other peers whom had the package at one time, but no longer have the package</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Windows 10 1903 support added</td> <td><a href="https://symantec.com/docs/DOC11328" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DOC11328</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Changing LDAP port for AD Import Rules </td> <td><a href="https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/186524/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">186524</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>SMA breaks permissions for MS FsLogix</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span id="SPAN411315609"><span class="normal"><em>See attached "SMP_SMA_8_1_POST_RU7_v10.zip". <a href="https://ent.box.com/s/8wa8zkrhuf8w9yl86v3mw38uddgp38np" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download Here</a></em><br />Install instructions are under Readme.pdf inside this attachment.</span></span><br /><br />Note:<br />Also, we have added “support of Windows 2019 Server” for the Symantec Management Agent. Symantec Management Agent can be installed on this version of Windows Server. Support in other plugins will be added later.</p> <p>As well, now AD Import rules can communicate with Active Directory using :636 port instead of only :389 port</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>Task </strong> (Task Management) Fixes:</span></p> <table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Unable to add socket watcher errors: Socket is closed" on multiple remote task servers</td> <td><span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH252384.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">TECH252384</span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "TASK_8.1_POST_RU7_v1.zip"</p> <p><br /><span class="normal"><strong>ND </strong> (Network Discovery) Fixes:</span></p> <table style="width: 1000px;" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Network Discovery BwNetScope_x64.dll crashes the Atrshost service</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Network Discovery is not discovering devices that are active and accessible on the network</td> <td><a href="http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH251510" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">TECH251510</span></span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Topology: Hovering over the root device will show different “linked” count each time when go back to use a particular root device</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "NetworkDiscovery_8.1RU7_v2.zip"</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>Patch</strong> (Patch Management) Fixes:</span></p> <table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>When you select the option to distribute software updates the description field is set to New Advertisement Set</td> <td><a href="https://symantec.com/docs/TECH252032" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="feeditemtext cxfeeditemtext">TECH252032</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>The resolved issue about sp_PMLinux_Report_ComplianceByComputer discrepancy Summary vs Drill down executions.</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Patch policies do not populate "Recently Used targets"</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Improved "sp_PMLinux_Report_ComplianceByComputer" stored procedure performance</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Default Software Update" patches installation schedule does not work on client machines if "illegal" start date has been provided</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "PATCH_8_1_POST_RU7_v5.zip"</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>SWM </strong> (Software Management) Fixes:</span></p> <table style="width: 1000px;" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>'Execution status' report never ends, sometimes causes TempDB 'out of space' messages, when "Only Most Recent for Computer" option is selected.</td> <td><a href="http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH253458" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">TECH253458</span></span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Managed SW delivery configured to run from server at any connection speed downloads and runs the package locally.<br /><strong>Note</strong>: For this pointfix to be fully implemented, you will need to also install SMP_SMA_8_1_POST_RU7_v10.zip or later. </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "SWM_POST_8_1_POST_RU7_v2.zip". <a href="https://ent.box.com/s/w380ram0qc9jo7mkk113lst08pe1ufhb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download Here</a><br />Install instructions are under Readme.pdf inside this attachment.</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>DS</strong> (Deployment Solutions) Fixes:</span><br /><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.Tech234364.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to read Instructions on how to install pointfix</a></p> <table style="width: 1000px;" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>iPXE doesn't read NBS general settings</td> <td><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH251414.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH251414</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>No system disk error displayed in logs (DA doesn't run) though getwindowsdrive.bat provides correct active windows drive</td> <td><a href="https://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.TECH250967.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH250967</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reconfigure Deployment solutions after RU7 install fails on iPXE</td> <td><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH250873.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH250873</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>000 Guid from pectagent after sending inventory</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>iPXE settings are not saved and reverted on edit</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dell Servers create new Resource not matching predefined record</td> <td><a href="https://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH253001" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH253001</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>With latest Linux PE (kernel 4.9.77) unable to add any custom Linux drivers</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apply System Configuration Task fails on Mac OSx after upgrading to RU7</td> <td><a href="https://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH251154" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH251154</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Extract SSL policy fails to extract certificate on 2016srv site server having domain certificate</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>driver.manifest.txt fails to download in some select sites</td> <td><a href="https://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH253003" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH253003</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dpinst 2.1.1.0 isn't properly installing driver VEN_8086&DEV_A368&SUBSYS_225F17AA&REV_10</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>MTU size not respected with second PXE boot file</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>pxe-e16 no offer received error on computer with more than one NIC while UEFI PXE booting</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019 Support</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Windows 10 LTSC 2019 Support</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>WinSer2016core/2019Core: Deploy image with DA task is failing while re-targeting drivers</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>DA tagging provides the drivers to DA but DA still ranks the drivers according to newness. Should use the DA drivers that are tagged and not stack rank them</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Surface Pro 4 device using Docking station doesn't match a record when they use a USB dongle for imaging (DSUniqueID changes)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>SBSServer service attempts to stop and hangs in an unresponsive state</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Driver manager fails to import all files needed to allow dpinst to successfully install intel video drivers</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>DeployAnywhere logs do not get copied to the logs directory at x:\\program files\\symantec\\deployment\\logs</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Request to GetResourceGuid fails with request XML is Invalid</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Copy File packages being deleted every 6 months</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "DS_POST_RU7_v7_7_13Nov.zip" (Install on Notification Server)</p> <p>Note: We have added support for 'Windows 2019 Server' and 'Windows 10 LTSC 2019'</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>ULM</strong> (Unix Linux Mac) Fixes:</span></p> <table style="width: 1000px;" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Problems with SEP installation package in ITMS 8.1 RU7</td> <td><a href="https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH252749.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH252749</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span id="SPAN241230474"><span class="normal">Missing Primary User for a portion of Mac systems - Primary user field is blank</span></span></td> <td><a href="http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH253470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TECH253470</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached file: ULM_8.1_POST_RU7_v2_28Feb.zip</p> <p> </p> <p><span class="normal"><strong>INV</strong>(Inventory Solution) Fixes:</span></p> <table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Software component associations are removed from Software Product if the Name is changed</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Software Inventory is still kept even when the software is no longer installed</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See attached "INV_8_1_POST_RU7_v1.zip"</p>