ESET Remote Administrator version 5.2.22.0 has been released

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ESET Remote Administrator version 5.2.22.0 has been released and is available to download.

 

Changelog:

• Added: Server API
• Added: ERA Command-line Console with documented source code
• Added: Reports available to export to PDF
• Added: Retrieving Dual IP address using SysInspector reports (for machines behind a gateway or NAT)
• Added: Basic network actions from console (for example: Wake on LAN, Ping, Shutdown, RDP, and Message)
• Added: Log forwarding to Syslog (to enable log forwarding, some additional configuration is required)
• Improved: Remote deployment for Linux and Mac OS X
• Improved: Remote installation of custom package with redirected output to attach data as part of task details
• Fixed: Some server products are missing in the configuration template for program component update (PCU) mirror setup (fixed in ENU version only)
• Fixed: Logon Script installation type failure with pre-configured default credentials
• Fixed: Activating the notification “Test It” option might result in server crash
• Fixed: Incorrect time calculation during scheduled remote push installation
• Fixed: Upgrade from version 5.0.x could corrupt all saved search-tasks using Active Directory services
• Fixed: The client upgrade task might end with an error with many parallel installation instances

 

For instructions on upgrading from version 5.x to version 5.2, see the following ESET Knowledgebase article:

• How do I upgrade ESET Remote Administrator to the latest version?

See ESET Remote Administrator User Guide (section 2, "Installation of ERA Server and ERA Console") for software and performance requirements.

Edited July 3, 2014 by foneil
changed wording for first item to be more clear

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What's New in 5.2.22

This reply is to provide more details about the new and improved features available in this release.

 

See What's new in the latest version of ESET Remote Administrator for detailed information and instructions.

 

 

New

• API / Command Line Console – ERA Server (ERAS) database can be queried by machine-processing tools without needing to access ERA Console (ERAC) for license manipulation or replication, client and threat listing and database write-type operations related to tasks, policies, and configurations. There are 48 core commands supported by the API (for a list of the available commands, see the ESET Remote Administrator User Guide (section 7.2, "Commands").
   
• Print reports in .pdf format – directly output reports to PDF, which will make any report readable on many devices and platforms without further conversion from HTML or CSV.  
  
  Note: you must download a free-to-use third-party converter (GNU LGPL free software license) to enable PDF export in ESET Remote Administrator.
   
• Basic Networking Tools – conveniently execute network commands for endpoints directly from ERA Console. Includes Shutdown, Restart, Wake on LAN and ping commands.
  
  To execute network actions for specific client(s), right-click a client (or clients) and select Network Action from the context menu.

Improved

• Version 5.2.22 marks the official support for Linux and Mac OS X remote deployment.
   
• Remote installation of a custom package –  for example: MSI-based installers, scripts, batch-files, multi-file packages with defined entry points.
   
• Dual IP-retrieval – better log comparison and reporting via the ability to identify and report internal IP-address of machines that check in to ESET Remote Administrator server from behind a gateway or NAT-device.

Edited June 26, 2014 by foneil
added link to SOLN189, "What's new in ERA"