Patch Manager 2.1.5 Hotfix 1 Release Notes

Fixed issues

This hotfix addresses the following issues:

• The Discovery task for subnets cannot retrieve MAC addresses from a machine located in other subnets. To resolve this issue, this hotfix adds an additional WMI request to the Discovery task that uses credentials to retrieve MAC addresses from machines located in other subnets.
• The Windows Firewall tab does not work correctly for systems running Microsoft^® Windows Server^® 2016 (build 1709). To resolve this issue, this hotfix enables Patch Manager to retrieve firewall information without errors for Patch Manager servers running Windows Server 2016 (build 1709).
• "WMI providers are not installed" error when viewing the Windows Update History on computers running Windows^® 10 and Windows Server 2016. This hotfix resolves this issue and includes a new version of Patch Manager WMI providers.
• The Windows Update log cannot be viewed within Patch Manager. This issue is caused by changes in the Windows Update log on computers running Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This hotfix resolves this issue.

Modified files

This hotfix modifies several files on the Primary Application Server and Secondary Application Server. The following table lists the files that are modified in this hotfix and the paths to their corresponding directories. All DLL files are used by the EminentWareDataGrid Service. 

Environment

• Patch Manager 2.1.5.6002

Download

You can download this hotfix from the Customer Portal. 

Installation instructions

Install this hotfix on the Primary Application Server and Secondary Application Server.

SolarWinds strongly recommends that you only edit the files mentioned in this article as instructed. Any additional modifications to this file may result in system performance issues or create an error state.

1. Open Services and stop the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
2. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server

3. Back up the following files to another location:
   • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
   • EminentWare.Core.Server.Jobs.dll
   • EminentWare.DataGridServer.SystemObjects.dll
   • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dll
4. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Console

5. Back up the following files to another location:
   • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
   • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dll
6. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server\packages\EminentWare

7. Back up the following files to another location:

   wmiproviders_2.1.5.6002.exe

8. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server

9. Copy the following files included with this hotfix to the directory, overwriting the existing files:
   • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
   • EminentWare.Core.Server.Jobs.dll
   • EminentWare.DataGridServer.SystemObjects.dll
   • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dll
10. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

     %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Console

11. Copy the following files included with this hotfix to the directory, overwriting the existing files:
    • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
    • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dll
12. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:

    %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server\packages\EminentWare

13. Copy the following files included with this hotfix to the directory, remove the existing file:

    wmiproviders_2.1.5.6002.exe

14. Open Services and start the EminentWare Data Grid Server Service.

    The hotfix is installed.

Uninstall the hotfix

1. Open Services and stop the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
2. Locate the following backup files:
   • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
   • EminentWare.Core.Server.Jobs.dll
   • EminentWare.DataGridServer.SystemObjects.dll
   • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dl
3. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:
   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server 
4. Copy the backup files from step 2 to your custom installation folder or Server directory, overwriting the existent files.
5. Locate the following backup files:
   • EminentWare.Core.Network.dll
   • EminentWare.Tasks.Custom.dll
6. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:
   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Console
7. Copy the backup files from step 5 to your custom installation folder or Console directory, overwriting the existent files.
8. Locate the following backup file:
   wmiproviders_2.1.5.6002.exe
9. Navigate to your custom installation folder or the following directory:
   %ProgramFiles%\SolarWinds\Patch Manager\Server\packages\EminentWare
10. Copy the backup file from step 8 to your custom installation folder or EminentWare directory, overwriting the existent file.
11. Open Services and start the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
    The hotfix is installed.

For assistance, contact SolarWinds Technical Support.