Snow Commander 9
Here you can find the release notes for Snow Commander 9. You can find the old release notes on the Snow Globe.
9.7.1 latest
Release date: 2024-10-21
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.7.1 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Enhancements
A new system property "embotics.placement.destinationQuotaFirst" (boolean) was added. The default value is “false”.
When the "embotics.placement.destinationQuotaFirs" system property is set to “true”, priority is given to destinations based on the availability of resource and cost quotas. Destinations lacking quotas are downrated. This setting is designed to optimize resource consumption and costs for the highest-rated destinations.
Corrections
Selecting recommendation types from the Service Portal no longer fail and the user session is not terminated.
Scheduled reports now send emails with the configured body text when only the “Attach report as PDF/CSV“ option is selected.
When deployment requests are submitted through the Commander REST API, the destinations are now properly selected.
9.7.0
Release date: 2024-06-19
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.7.0 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
New
You can now add Custom Resources to Commander. Custom Resources can be used to define and manage IT resources and services that are not associated with cloud accounts supported by Commander. These can include both virtual and physical objects such as VMs and services from unsupported cloud platforms, physical servers, network devices, and any organizational assets that require visibility. For more information, see Custom Resources.
Enhancements
Commander has made security enhancements to align with industry best practices.
Corrections
The combo box used to select AWS instances for Service Catalog components is now sorted alphabetically.
Deprecated
These are the deprecations and removals for version 9.7.0.
| Version | Removed |
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| 9.7.0 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) integrations can no longer be configured. Support for existing SNMP integrations will be removed in a future release, and in the interim, existing integrations should be removed. |
| 9.7.0 | Splunk integrations can no longer be configured. Support for existing Splunk integrations will be removed in a future release, and in the interim, existing integrations should be removed. |
| 9.7.0 | Splitting single service cost among multiple organizations is no longer supported. Shared costs that were allocated in previous versions of Commander will continue to display as expected. |
| 9.6.0 | Support for Windows Session Authentication has been removed due to potential security vulnerabilities. For more information, see Microsoft Security Advisory 974926. To continue using a single sign-on solution, see Configure SAML SSO. |
| 9.4.0 | As of March 14, 2023, Microsoft has hardened changes in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). As a result, WMI connections are no longer supported as a fallback mechanism for Guest OS workflow steps. Guest Tools continue to be supported. |
| 9.4.0 | The Remove From Inventory functionality has been removed. Perform Remove Action workflow steps configured to remove VMs and services from inventory will be deleted from workflow definitions. Additionally, any existing Commander policies that remove VMs and services from inventory will be reconfigured to take no action. |
| 9.4.0 | The VM Billing Report has been removed, with its functionality replaced by the Cloud Billing Report. |
| 9.3.0 | The VM Billing Report no longer supports VM billing records for public cloud resources. |
| 9.2.0 | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is no longer supported. Support had been deprecated in version 8.7.0. |
| Version | Deprecated |
|---|---|
| 9.4.1 | Windows Session Authentication is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.4.0 | REST v2 is deprecated. |
| 9.4.0 | The Cloud Migration Planner Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.2.0 | The VM Billing Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. In the interim prior to its removal, the VM Billing Report will no longer support public cloud; the Cloud Billing Report should be used for all public cloud billing. |
| 9.20 | The Join Domain Guest OS workflow step may no longer work as expected due to Microsoft hardening changes in Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), and this functionality will be removed in a future release. A functionally equivalent workflow module, Join Domain, has been created and can be downloaded from the Snow Software public Cloud Management GitHub repository. |
| 9.1.0 | Media library support is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.0.1 | Splitting single service cost among multiple organizations. |
| 9.0.1 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Integration. Notification systems that use SNMP trap listeners must be updated. |
| 9.0.1 | Splunk integration. Rightsizing recommendations based on guest OS performance metrics are no longer supported. |
| 9.0.1 | Cost models for public cloud will no longer be targeted at anything below the account level. Cost models will still apply below accounts but must be targeted at the account level. |
| 8.1.0 | VM Billing Report for Public Clouds: You can use the VM Billing Report for private cloud environments; however, for public or hybrid cloud environments it's recommended that you use the Cloud Billing Report. The ability to use the VM Billing Report for public clouds will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.10.0 | The /cloud-accounts/{id}/access-rights/{user} endpoints in the Commander API are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use /users/{name}/access-rights/cloud-accounts and /users/{name}/access-rights/datacenters instead. |
| 8.7.0 | Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is deprecated as of version 8.7.0 and will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | vSphere datastore scanning is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Service Portal access for non-organizational users is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Quarterly and weekly timespans for displaying costs in the Admin Portal and the Service Portal are being deprecated. The options that will remain for showing costs are Daily, Monthly, and Annually. |
9.6.5
Release date: 2024-04-15
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.5 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Corrections
Azure billing record generation now uses the correct date for all time zones.
9.6.4
Release date: 2024-03-18
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.4 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Corrections
Azure billing costs now accurately reflect the amounts shown in the exported csv files.
Commander now automatically attempts to reconnect Azure cloud accounts that time out during inventory synchronization.
Shared reports in the Service Portal now display correctly for users accessing the Service Portal through a specified domain or IP address.
9.6.3
Release date: 2024-03-06
New
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.3 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Enhancements
Commander has made security improvements to align with industry best practices.
Corrections
ASCII control characters are now translated to blank characters to prevent issues with the user interface in the Admin Portal.
Commander no longer disconnects from Azure accounts when the Azure API returns an OK response code but fails to return the requested virtual machine.
9.6.2
Release date: 2024-02-05
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.2 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Enhancements
Commander has made security enhancements to align with industry best practices.
Upgraded Apache Tomcat to version 9.0.84. The HTTP response code was changed as a response to a Blind SQL Injection test. Some security scanning tools may identify this as a vulnerability, as described in Nessus/42424. Note that it has been investigated and tested, and does not pose a security risk, as SQL scripts cannot be injected and executed.
9.6.1
Release date: 2023-12-15
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.1 from versions 9.1.x - 9.6.0. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions prior to 9.4 are available in the Release Notes Archive.
- Commander has made security improvements to align with industry best practices.
9.6.0
Release date: 2023-11-22
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.6.0 from versions 9.1.x - 9.5.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for previous Commander versions are available in the Release Notes Archive.
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Due to Microsoft’s deprecation of Azure Enterprise Agreement Reporting APIs, Commander 9.6.0 has introduced a new method for retrieving Azure billing data. It is required you switch to this new retrieval method, which offers improved accuracy of your billing data. There are some special time considerations to take into account when upgrading and configuring the new retrieval method. For more information, see Retrieve Azure billing data with .cvs exports.
New
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Commander now enables you to run command workflows on bulk resources that are targeted based on search criteria. For more information, see Run command workflows on bulk resources.
Enhancements
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Commander now supports a new method for retrieving billing data from Azure using exported .cvs billing files. This new retrieval method renders billing data that directly matches the data shown in Azure’s exported billing files. For information on moving to this method from the legacy retrieval method, see Retrieve Azure billing data with .cvs exports.
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Commander now supports cost assignment for Azure shared disks. Shared disk costs are reflected in the Daily Cost chart in Cost Analytics, as well as in the Cloud Billing report. For more information on how costs are assigned, see https://docs.snowsoftware.com/commander/admin-portal/daily-costs.htm and https://docs.snowsoftware.com/commander/admin-portal/cloud-billing-report.htm.
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VM Access Proxy Tomcat web server has been upgraded to 8.5.95 to mitigate CVE-2023-44487.
Corrections
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Commander licensing details shown on Configuration > System > Licensing now accurately reflect current licensing practices.
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DNS settings are now correctly configured for the vRouter of a fenced network.
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VM counts in the Activity Report and the Licensing page no longer include counts of deployed vRouters.
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When creating search queries or generating reports, the Last 7 Days and Last 30 Days time range filters now include any available portion of the current calendar day.
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Disks added using change requests can be stored on the same datastore as the VM's existing disks.
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Redirected URI for getting Terraform managed infrastructure and configuration file state is handled correctly.
Deprecated
These are the deprecations and removals for version 9.6.0.
| Version | Removed |
|---|---|
| 9.6.0 | Support for Windows Session Authentication has been removed due to potential security vulnerabilities. For more information, see Microsoft Security Advisory 974926. To continue using a single sign-on solution, see Configure SAML SSO. |
| 9.4.0 | As of March 14, 2023, Microsoft has hardened changes in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). As a result, WMI connections are no longer supported as a fallback mechanism for Guest OS workflow steps. Guest Tools continue to be supported. |
| 9.4.0 | The Remove From Inventory functionality has been removed. Perform Remove Action workflow steps configured to remove VMs and services from inventory will be deleted from workflow definitions. Additionally, any existing Commander policies that remove VMs and services from inventory will be reconfigured to take no action. |
| 9.4.0 | The VM Billing Report has been removed, with its functionality replaced by the Cloud Billing Report. |
| 9.3.0 | The VM Billing Report no longer supports VM billing records for public cloud resources. |
| 9.2.0 | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is no longer supported. Support had been deprecated in version 8.7.0. |
| Version | Deprecated |
|---|---|
| 9.4.1 | Windows Session Authentication is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.4.0 | REST v2 is deprecated. |
| 9.4.0 | The Cloud Migration Planner Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.2.0 | The VM Billing Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. In the interim prior to its removal, the VM Billing Report will no longer support public cloud; the Cloud Billing Report should be used for all public cloud billing. |
| 9.20 | The Join Domain Guest OS workflow step may no longer work as expected due to Microsoft hardening changes in Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), and this functionality will be removed in a future release. A functionally equivalent workflow module, Join Domain, has been created and can be downloaded from the Snow Software public Cloud Management GitHub repository. |
| 9.1.0 | Media library support is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.0.1 | Splitting single service cost among multiple organizations. |
| 9.0.1 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Integration. Notification systems that use SNMP trap listeners must be updated. |
| 9.0.1 | Splunk integration. Rightsizing recommendations based on guest OS performance metrics are no longer supported. |
| 9.0.1 | Cost models for public cloud will no longer be targeted at anything below the account level. Cost models will still apply below accounts but must be targeted at the account level. |
| 8.1.0 | VM Billing Report for Public Clouds: You can use the VM Billing Report for private cloud environments; however, for public or hybrid cloud environments it's recommended that you use the Cloud Billing Report. The ability to use the VM Billing Report for public clouds will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.10.0 | The /cloud-accounts/{id}/access-rights/{user} endpoints in the Commander API are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use /users/{name}/access-rights/cloud-accounts and /users/{name}/access-rights/datacenters instead. |
| 8.7.0 | Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is deprecated as of version 8.7.0 and will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | vSphere datastore scanning is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Service Portal access for non-organizational users is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Quarterly and weekly timespans for displaying costs in the Admin Portal and the Service Portal are being deprecated. The options that will remain for showing costs are Daily, Monthly, and Annually. |
9.5.4
Release date: 2023-10-24
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.5.4 from versions 8.9.x - 9.5.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions 9.3 and earlier are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Corrections
Updated Apache Tomcat version to 8.5.94 to address security vulnerability CVE-2023-44487.
Commander now detects deleted Azure Resource Groups before synching Gallery Image versions to keep inventory in sync.
9.5.3
Release date: 2023-09-08
Upgrade Notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.5.3 from versions 8.9.x - 9.5.x. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions 9.3 and earlier are available in the Release Notes Archive.
New
Commander now supports custom images from Azure compute galleries. For more information on this preview feature introduced in Azure, see What's new for Azure Compute Gallery.
All compute gallery images are displayed as templates in Commander. Only those defined with a Standard security type can be deployed from Commander. Compute gallery image versions can be configured with a data disk that uses a snapshot as its source; these data disks are disregarded in Commander's template definition.
Enhancements
Commander now allows you to track up to 21 storage tiers based on the different types of storage media you use.
Commander has made security updates to align with industry best practices.
Corrections
Service requests now transition correctly from in-progress to complete.
The new Azure disk type SSD ZRS is now included in Commander inventory. It is displayed as having an UNKNOWN disk type, and cannot be configured in Commander.
Upgrades from Commander version 9.4 to 9.5 now complete successfully.
GCP accounts that use a private key file containing the universe_domain json property can be synced with Commander.
9.5.1
Release date: 2023-06-13
Upgrade Notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.5.1 from versions 8.9.x - 9.5.0. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for Commander versions 9.4 and earlier are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Corrections
Reserved instance costs are no longer split into daily costs. Costs are registered on the day they are charged by AWS.
9.5.0
Release date: 2023-06-06
Upgrade Notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.5.0 from versions 8.9.x - 9.4.4. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for previous Commander versions are available in the Release Notes Archive.
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To help us maintain and improve Commander's services, Snow Software will begin collecting telemetry data on the health and configuration of your Commander environment. For more information on data collection, see Snow Software's Privacy Policy and Master License and Services Agreement. If you would like to disable this feature, see Disabling Commander Telemetry Collection on Snow Globe.
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As of Commander 9.5, it is required that all Service Portal users be members of at least one organization. Existing Service Portal users who were not members of an organization will be automatically moved to a default placeholder organization after upgrading. For information on moving organization members, see Move members to new organizations.
Enhancements
RESTv3 API enhancement
Commander administrators can now use REST v3 API calls to generate the most recent daily and month-to-date cost totals for all resources owned by an organization. The new endpoint is /organizations/{name}/costs.
Other
Commander administrators can now provide organizations access to multiple external webpages in the Service Portal menu. For more information on configuring external pages, see Create Organizations.
Corrections
The REST v2 organizations/{orgId}/quotastats endpoint now reports the difference between an organization’s quota limit and their actual resource usage instead of reporting the remaining available quota. When an organization’s actual resource usage exceeds their quota limit, the quota statistics will now return a negative value representing the difference, where previously the remaining available quota was reported at a value of zero.
Kubernetes resource data now loads successfully in the Service Portal.
vRouter files that track the VM ID are now cleaned when a VM from a fenced service is deleted.
When Commander administrators enable and subsequently disable per-tier storage quotas, the per-tier quotas no longer persist and no longer produce false warning messages in the Service Portal.
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) default memory settings have increased, and these settings are retained on upgrade. The initial heap size is now 512MB, and the maximum heap size 8GB.
Upgraded Apache Tomcat to version 8.5.89. The upgrade addresses security vulnerabilities.
When tag export is enabled, Commander now sets metadata tags on the resource group when deploying an ARM template.
Deprecated
These are the deprecations and removals for version 9.5.0.
| Version | Removed |
|---|---|
| 9.5.0 | The Cloud Migration Planner report has been removed. |
| 9.5.0 | Service Portal access for non-organizational users is no longer supported. Existing Service Portal users who are not members of an organization will be moved to a placeholder organization upon upgrading, and Service Portal users who held an individual role prior to Commander 9.5 will have that role automatically removed. |
| 9.4.0 | As of March 14, 2023, Microsoft has hardened changes in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). As a result, WMI connections are no longer supported as a fallback mechanism for Guest OS workflow steps. Guest Tools continue to be supported. |
| 9.4.0 | The Remove From Inventory functionality has been removed. Perform Remove Action workflow steps configured to remove VMs and services from inventory will be deleted from workflow definitions. Additionally, any existing Commander policies that remove VMs and services from inventory will be reconfigured to take no action. |
| 9.4.0 | The VM Billing Report has been removed, with its functionality replaced by the Cloud Billing Report. |
| 9.3.0 | The VM Billing Report no longer supports VM billing records for public cloud resources. |
| 9.2.0 | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is no longer supported. Support had been deprecated in version 8.7.0. |
| Version | Deprecated |
|---|---|
| 9.5.0 | On October 5, 2023, Microsoft will remove support for Azure Enterprise Reporting APIs, which Commander use to retrieve billing data for Azure Enterprise Agreement accounts. To continue our support of Enterprise Agreement accounts, future releases of Commander will introduce integration with Azure billing exports to enable recurring data retrieval. |
| 9.4.1 | Support for Windows Session Authentication is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.4.0 | REST v2 is deprecated. |
| 9.4.0 | The Cloud Migration Planner Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.2.0 | The VM Billing Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. In the interim prior to its removal, the VM Billing Report will no longer support public cloud; the Cloud Billing Report should be used for all public cloud billing. |
| 9.20 | The Join Domain Guest OS workflow step may no longer work as expected due to Microsoft hardening changes in Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), and this functionality will be removed in a future release. A functionally equivalent workflow module, Join Domain, has been created and can be downloaded from the Snow Software public Cloud Management GitHub repository. |
| 9.1.0 | Media library support is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.0.1 | Splitting single service cost among multiple organizations. |
| 9.0.1 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Integration. Notification systems that use SNMP trap listeners must be updated. |
| 9.0.1 | Splunk integration. Rightsizing recommendations based on guest OS performance metrics are no longer supported. |
| 8.1.0 | VM Billing Report for Public Clouds: You can use the VM Billing Report for private cloud environments; however, for public or hybrid cloud environments it's recommended that you use the Cloud Billing Report. The ability to use the VM Billing Report for public clouds will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.10.0 | The /cloud-accounts/{id}/access-rights/{user} endpoints in the Commander API are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use /users/{name}/access-rights/cloud-accounts and /users/{name}/access-rights/datacenters instead. |
| 8.7.0 | Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is deprecated as of version 8.7.0 and will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | vSphere datastore scanning is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Service Portal access for non-organizational users is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Quarterly and weekly timespans for displaying costs in the Admin Portal and the Service Portal are being deprecated. The options that will remain for showing costs are Daily, Monthly, and Annually. |
9.4.4
Release date: 2023-05-09
Corrections
The Cloud Billing report now accurately tracks Azure usage costs for all service types, as well as Reserved Instances and unassigned costs.
9.4.2
Release date: 2023-03-31
Upgrade Notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.4.2 from versions 8.9.x - 9.4.1. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for previous Commander versions are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Important: Following this upgrade, you may not be able to sign in to the Commander Admin Portal until you have cleared your browser history and cache.
Corrections
Support tool for monitoring cloud billing now captures all Azure billing data.
9.4.1
Release date: 2023-03-24
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.4.1 from versions 8.9.x - 9.4.0. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for previous Commander versions are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Important: Following this upgrade, you may not be able to sign in to the Commander Admin Portal until you have cleared your browser history and cache.
Corrections
REST API workflow steps now accept up to 2048 characters for the URL value.
Deprecated
- Windows Session Authentication is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
9.4.0
Release date: 2023-03-10
Upgrade notes
You can upgrade directly to Commander version 9.4.0 from versions 8.9.x - 9.3.0. For more information, see Upgrade Commander.
Before upgrading, it is recommended that you review all release notes between the version you are currently using and the version you are upgrading to. Release notes for previous Commander versions are available in the Release Notes Archive.
Important: Following this upgrade, you may not be able to sign in to the Commander Admin Portal until you have cleared your browser history and cache.
Enhancements
Commander has made a number of security improvements to align with industry standards.
Product optimization now allows Commander to maintain high performance when managing multiple or more complex cloud accounts, improving cloud account inventory processing and billing record retrieval speeds.
To secure against possible brute force attacks on local user accounts, Commander has implemented a limit on the number of unsuccessful login attempts permitted before a user account is temporarily disabled. This preference is automatically enabled for new installations. To manually enable it after upgrading Commander, see Change sign in preferences for all users.
Datastore scanning has been optimized to improve system performance by scanning file details for out-of-inventory VMs only.
Corrections
Commander correctly reports VM deployment state if deployment from Azure Public image encounter non-critical error.
The Cloud Billing Report has been updated to allow for 15 advanced filters.
The vRouter root password has been changed. New vRouters deployed with Commander version 9.4 or later will use the updated root password. For any existing vRouters, the root password will remain unchanged.
Deprecated
These are the deprecations and removals for version 9.4.0.
| Version | Removed |
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| 9.4.0 | As of March 14, 2023, Microsoft has hardened changes in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). As a result, WMI connections are no longer supported as a fallback mechanism for Guest OS workflow steps. Guest Tools continue to be supported. |
| 9.4.0 | The Remove From Inventory functionality has been removed. Perform Remove Action workflow steps configured to remove VMs and services from inventory will be deleted from workflow definitions. Additionally, any existing Commander policies that remove VMs and services from inventory will be reconfigured to take no action. |
| 9.4.0 | The VM Billing Report has been removed, with its functionality replaced by the Cloud Billing Report. |
| 9.3.0 | The VM Billing Report no longer supports VM billing records for public cloud resources. |
| 9.2.0 | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is no longer supported. Support had been deprecated in version 8.7.0. |
| Version | Deprecated |
|---|---|
| 9.4.0 | REST v2 is deprecated. |
| 9.4.0 | The Cloud Migration Planner Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.2.0 | The VM Billing Report is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. In the interim prior to its removal, the VM Billing Report will no longer support public cloud; the Cloud Billing Report should be used for all public cloud billing. |
| 9.20 | The Join Domain Guest OS workflow step may no longer work as expected due to Microsoft hardening changes in Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), and this functionality will be removed in a future release. A functionally equivalent workflow module, Join Domain, has been created and can be downloaded from the Snow Software public Cloud Management GitHub repository. |
| 9.1.0 | Media library support is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 9.0.1 | Splitting single service cost among multiple organizations. |
| 9.0.1 | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Integration. Notification systems that use SNMP trap listeners must be updated. |
| 9.0.1 | Splunk integration. Rightsizing recommendations based on guest OS performance metrics are no longer supported. |
| 8.1.0 | VM Billing Report for Public Clouds: You can use the VM Billing Report for private cloud environments; however, for public or hybrid cloud environments it's recommended that you use the Cloud Billing Report. The ability to use the VM Billing Report for public clouds will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.10.0 | The /cloud-accounts/{id}/access-rights/{user} endpoints in the Commander API are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use /users/{name}/access-rights/cloud-accounts and /users/{name}/access-rights/datacenters instead. |
| 8.7.0 | Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is deprecated as of version 8.7.0 and will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | vSphere datastore scanning is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Service Portal access for non-organizational users is deprecated, and this functionality will be removed in a future release. |
| 8.7.0 | Quarterly and weekly timespans for displaying costs in the Admin Portal and the Service Portal are being deprecated. The options that will remain for showing costs are Daily, Monthly, and Annually. |
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