Microsoft: DNS Server PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the Microsoft: DNS Server PowerPack is an update from version 1.0. It includes updates to the "Microsoft: DNS Zone Transfer Performance" Dynamic Application.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Microsoft: DNS Server" PowerPack version 100.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installing or Upgrading the PowerPack

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install version 100 of the Microsoft: DNS Server PowerPack, perform the following steps:

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "Microsoft: DNS Server" version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Microsoft: DNS Server" version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect DNS Server performance data.

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 100 of the "Microsoft: DNS Server" PowerPack:

  • The "Microsoft: DNS Zone Transfer Performance" Dynamic Application was updated with a new "Zone Transfer Failure Rate" presentation object.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.