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Release Notes Discover (Version 2.1)
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.3.0050
Release Date: Sep 05, 2017
New Features
- You can now create asset tags with non-US characters.
- You can now configure discovery methods to scan on isolated networks.
Resolved Issues
- Uninstalling Discover now removes any saved actions for the discovery methods.
- Parsing ping results on international versions of Windows no longer returns incorrect hostnames.
- Removing a computer group from a discovery method now updates the Discover-generated action group.
- Deleting a discovery method will now stop any running scheduled actions that the method started.
- The Unmanaged Assets sensor no longer returns stale results.
- The Managed Asset question was updated to properly identify all managed assets on older versions of Tanium Server.
- Non-Windows scripts were updated to work more consistently across different distributions and versions.
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.2.0103
Release Date: Aug 08, 2017
New Features
- Added purge activity tag that enables assets to be deleted automatically based on a set of criteria.
- Ping and Nmap scans are no longer performed on isolated subnets.
- Improved Nmap package distribution by checking for already installed versions of the Visual C++ Redistributable and WinPcap prior to installation.
- Improved Discover package distribution, ensuring the endpoints will receive the latest updates.
Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue where hidden computer groups were being shown during discovery method configuration.
- Fixed the “Is Not Empty” criteria when used with the Tags column in grids.
- Improved grid view responsiveness in UI.
- Fixed date sorting in grid views.
- Resolved an issue where Discovery Method configurations were not updating on the endpoints.
- Resolved issues with selecting and deselecting rows in the grid.
- Fixed the CSV export value for the Discovery Method column.
- Fixed managed assets being marked as unmanaged.
- Fixed ping scan timeouts on Solaris and Mac.
- Fixed tags not properly displaying in some versions of IE.
- Fixed newly created computer groups were unavailable when defining discovery methods.
- Fixed deleted computer groups could cause discovery methods to become unmodifiable.
- Fixed Discover Scan Range sensor that might cause it to generate an error.
- Fixed an issue that blocked the deletion of tags that were created in earlier versions of Discover.
- Removed limit of manual tags to 50 entries.
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.1.677
Release Date: Jun 27, 2017
New Features
- Improved Managed Assets Saved Question completeness.
- Re-implemented the Lost Assets feature from Discover v1.
- Upgraded Nmap to version 7.40.
- Added timeouts to Action-based scanning methods.
- Added Has Latest Nmap Scanner Sensor.
Resolved Issues
- Fixed Discover Nmap Scanner Version Sensor to report on the Nmap version, not the Discover version.
- Resolved issue that caused Computer Groups that were not created by Discover to get deleted.
- Resolved issue that caused assets with more than one network Interface to be reported as unmanaged.
- Resolved issue that caused assets with a MAC address with an unknown OUI to be excluded from Nmap results.
- Resolved issue that caused the Add Computer Group link to be missing when editing an existing Discovery Method.
- Resolved several Internet Explorer issues.
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.0.627
Release Date: May 4, 2017
New Features
- Administrators can disable the scheduled import by setting their background process frequency to 0.
- Administrators can now use these new advanced settings:
- ReadSystemStatus: This flag enables the System Status import. We made this an opt-in feature so administrators will need to set this flag to `True` to use it.
- DisableManualImport: This flag hides the manual import button in Discover.
Resolved Issues
- Additional Support for Discover 1.x database migrations.
- Fixed: Discover now ensures that it will only delete computer groups it created.
- Fixed: arp assets content now only reports results from clients' subnet.
Security Update
This release includes security updates. Details of the issue, including affected versions, and mitigation information, can be obtained within Tanium's Support Portal, or by contacting your TAM.
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.0.489
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Resolved Issues
- Improved service and workbench stability.
Tanium Discover Version 2.1.0.467
Release Date: March 30, 2017
New Features
- Left navigation is now collapsible, to align the Discover user interface with other Tanium products.
- Automatically start the import of the Discover Client Deploy solution with the button in the Discover Client Deploy interface. (Requires Tanium Server 7.0.314.6319 or later)
Resolved Issues
- Resolved database migration issue that caused upgrades to fail.
- Clarified error message that is displayed when service credentials are incorrect.
- Removed Discover Client Deploy version to API requests.
- Fixed CPU and Memory related issues during the asset import process.