New 2X ApplicationServer 7.1 Released - How To Upgrade

Online date: 15/06/2009 (for new downloads)
Web Notification: 22/06/2009 (for notification of already installed)
License info: Upgrade approved for valid upgrade insurance.

How to upgrade to ApplicationServer V 7.1:
Customers with a valid UPIN contract or who have purchased and activated their full version within the last 60 days (after 22 April 09) are entitled to upgrade for free. Other customers need to purchase the version upgrade (ASxxxVU) and optional ASxxxUPIN together with it.




Important Changes:

Improved seamless application and user response
Better use and feel of applications due to redirection support for "Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key", "Mouse swap buttons", "Mouse Wheel Scroll Lines", "Keyboard Repeat Delay", "Keyboard Repeat Rate".

Support for ConnectAsAdmin
(required mstscax.dll version 6.0.6001.18000). Control version should read 70 or 71 from Launcher.

Increased support for 2nd Level Authentication
(Deepnet Auth Import and Verify user accounts, Deepnet "Use only for user with Deepnet account" mode
Deepnet Exclusion rules (User/Group/IP/MAC/Gateway IP connection)
2nd Level Authentication for the session connection.

Japanese version problems
Added support for RDP printer renaming (Japanese version)
Fixed potential crash in Japanese version of 2X Proxy Gateway service.

Licenses
"Free key" and "Buy License" links from License Activation Dialog.
Support for license key with VDS-NP product ID. Add NP tag in case of NP keys in the license category page.

Universal Printing
Support for thin Vertical/Horizontal lines in EMF printing when scaling.
Adding universal printer always using EMF format and not RAW (some applications might not behave correctly with RAW)

Additional changes
Added action to take with current connected session is the WTS is disabled from a schedule rule.
Option to configure reaction time of Slave when master dies (only from registry, requires 2X Publishing agent service restart)
Fixed Gateway-Controller connection cache.
Session cookie cache (option to clear cache: Options->Advanced Settings -> "Clear Session Cookies on exit")
Remove trayicon fail error (for shells which dont support trayicons), in this case the autohide feature is disabled

Scripting Support:
Programmable scripting interface (compatible with ASLB and VDS)

WebPortal:
Support for MAC OS using Safari browser.

Portable Apps Client:
Client support for Portable Apps

 

You could have warned us !!

It seems that the new version v7.1 requires an upgrade.

Whilst that is fine, some warning on the install routine would have been the decent thing to do.

We have just upgraded our servers, the licence keys have now failed & nobody at any of the 2x offices will contact us by email and we cannot speak to anybody either (we have rung all of the worlwide published offices).

There is an option to purchase the upgrade but not clear which upgrade we need for system which was running 2 * 2x Servers running ApplicationServerLoadBalancer v6.1 with redundancy (1 master, 1 slave)& printing.


Need some help - customers screaming !!!

SpringBox

 

Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x without a valid upgrade insurance or purchase within 60 days of release of the new version will cause your system to loose activation.

If you upgraded to 7.x without the proper license clearance you shall need to disconnect all users, export your settings as a backup, uninstall 7.x and re-install the latest 6.x version. Your setting should be maintained through this process.


Open a ticket and the guys shall help you resolve your issues.

Thanks.

 

Downgraded

Hi Hal2000

Yes, that it exactly what we did - phew !!

Will upgrade in an orderly fashion soon

SpringBox