Changes in wktools Version 3.4.4.2

1) Bug Fixes

1.1 ConfigMaker

With some seperator/placeholder identifier constellations not all placeholders were replaced.

2) New Features

2.1 Device Information Parser

Support for Cisco ASR1000 routers added.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.4.0

1) New features

1.1 Configmaker

1.2 Configure Devices

Introduction of Config Templates. At this time, two templates are available -> one for Inventory Parser and one for Interface Parser.

1.3 Device Information Parser

License Information of PIX and ASA devices from Version 6.3 and later is now available in the result.

2) Bug Fixes

2.1 Configure Devices

When a new devicegroup file was added by the tool, it has overwritten the last used devicegroup file. Now, a new tempdevgroup.txt is added. 

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.3.0

1) New features

1.1 Configure Devices

• When a user specifies the DeviceGroup File, the file Name is now always used -> the tempDevGroup.txt filename is now only used, when the file is generated by the tool.
• Intruducing Tag "!CRLF": When this tag is used in the config file, a CR/LF is sent to the remote host.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.2.0

1) New features

1.1 Version reminder enhancement

A debug level is now available. Set the Updater regkey (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\wktools\Settings\Updater) value to 2, to enable the debug level.

1.2 Configure Devices

A Remark Column was added the DeviceGroup File for ease of use of the DG file. This column is only for the user - the application ignores the values. Remarks in the IP address file will be copied to this column.

2) Bug Fixes

2.1 ConfigMaker

• The ConfigFile and DataFile were not always refreshed when changes occured in the Settings tab. This cosmetic issue is resolved now.
• The Flexible ConfigMaker produced a wrong output when the whole output was written in on file. This problem is resolved now.

2.2 Configure Devices 

A check for the used protocol is now included for MultiHop usage. The reason is, that you must use the same value for the Protocol column for all hosts. This rule is only true for MultiHop - for SingleHop you may use any protocol. 

2.3 Device Information Parser 

Under rare conditions a crash occured when information for more than one device is saved in a file. The crash happens, when filesystem information is available for the devices. This problem is fixed now.

2.4 Scheduler 

The Profile DropDown Menu was not refreshed, when new profiles were added in the ConfigMaker tool. This cosmetic bug is fixed now.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.1.2

1) Bug Fixes / Enhancements

1.1 Configure Devices

Under rare conditions, show output collection was not working for ASA devices.This was due to an incorrectly sent \r\n. This is resolved now.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.1.1

1) Bug Fixes / Enhancements

1.1 Configure Devices

Some error messages added, when non-compatible settings are used in the device Group Tab.

1.2 Device Information Parser

There were some issues with parsing the S/N of NPE-G1 and NPE-G2 processor engines. This is fixed now.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.1.0

1) New features

1.1 Configmaker - Flexible Configmaker

• Flexible Data File
• Use Tags
• Replace LF

Please see the documentation for more information.

Changes in wktools Version 3.4.0.0

1) New tool

A Scheduler is integrated now in wktools. With this Scheduler you can create tasks and run them as scheduled Windows tasks or on-demand. The Scheduler is a very extensive new tool with many features. See the docu for more information.

2) New features

1.1 Configmaker

The option "non-standard format" for Data files is introduced. Use this option if the Data file is generated with MS Excel and linebreaks are used within cells.

1.2 Configure devices

• Append Option for "show" output files: You can choose now whether an existing file should be overridden or the new data should be appended to the file.
• Added HTTP as Modus option: It is now possible to collect data with http.

1.2 Device Information Parser

• Cisco IP Phone support added. Needed information is collected with http.
• Enhanced CatOS Support - Versions prior to 5.x are now supported (tested with WS-C2926 with CatOS Version 4.5(13a).

3) Bug Fixes

2.1 Configure Devices

The error history in the output tab was not correct. This is fixed now.

2.2 Device Information Parser 

Information from Cisco 3750 stacks was not parsed in the right order.

Changes in wktools Version 3.3.2.0

1) New features

1.1 Version reminder enhancement

Logs are generated now and show the status of the check.

1.2 Configmaker

Option "Use Seperator as Placeholder End" was introduced. With this option it is now possible to insert variables in front of normal text (no special sign is needed any more between the placeholder and the normal text).

2) Bug Fixes

2.1 Configure Devices

• PIX/ASA hostname wrong detected - The first char of the hostname was cut. This is resolved now.
• PIX/ASA: Connection Error was shown, even if there was no error. This cosmetic issue is resolved now.

2.2 Compare Files

The output filename was wrong. There was no "\" between path and filename. This problem was resolved in 3.3.2.0

Changes in wktools Version 3.3.1.1

1) New features

1.1 Version reminder enhancement The version check is now startet in a background thread.

1) New features

1.1 Version reminder enhancement

Due to personal firewalls the version checker sometimes gets no connection and needs to timeout before the tool is startet. For the user it seems that the tool is not working.If this is the case for you, please set the following Registry key from 1 to 0:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\wktools\Settings\Updater

1.2 Configure Devices enhancements

The new tag !LOG is introduced. Place this tag in the config file one line before a command for which you want to have the returning data logged into a file. It works like "show" output but you do not need show.

1.3 Device Information parser

Three new options added to the inventory parser:

• When enhancing the template to "show file system", the flash size is now also parsed.
• Support for PIX, ASA and FWSM was added
• Optimized parsing when "chassis information only" checkbox is checked.

2) Bug Fixes

2.1 Device Information parser - Inventory tool

Parser was not working for some XL switches. This issue is resolved now.

1) New Tool

The new tool "Interface Parser" added to Device Information Parser. This tool parses the output of "show interfaces" and builds a table of errors and statistics. Please see documentation for more information.

2) New features

2.1 Version reminder

Wktools3 now checkes if there is a newer version available for download. It establishes a http session to www.spoerr.org and downloads a file with the version information. No other information is exchanged and all traffic is unencrypted.

2.2 IP List tool enhancements

the output of IP list now includes the filename and Interface name from where the IP address is collected. This information is ignored when using the generated list with "Configure devices".

2.3 Device Information parser

Two new options added to the inventory parser:

• Chassis information only checkbox: Use this option if you only want to have one line per device where the chassis information is listed. No module or power supply info is added to the result file.
• The new column "Hardware Revision" is added.
  Two tests are added to check if the DeviceGroup File is consistent.

3) Bug Fixes

3.1 Configmaker

The state of the "Append" checkbox was not saved after closing the application. This problem is fixed now.

3.2 IP List

If there are secondary IP addresses configured at the interface, the first one was added to the list because the secondary IP addresses are listed before the primary one. Now there is a check that only the primary IP address is used for the list.

3.3 Device Information parser - Inventory tool

If there is no "show inventory" information for Catalyst switches, the submodule information was not collected.

1) Enhanced DeviceGroup File Consistency Tests in Configure Devices

• If the last character in a line is not ";", this error is ignored.
• An error message is generated if the first column is missing.

2) IP List Bug Fix

If the paresd file is in Unix Format, the IP address could not be recognized. This problem is fixed now.

1) Added column in Device Information Parser Output

2) Bug Fixes in Device Information Parser

Sometimes wktools crashes after parsing Cat6k output when there is no "show inventory" information. This problem is resolved.

3) Bug Fixes in Configure Devices

No return value is sen t when [confirm] is prompted by the router. Now "yes" is sent when this prompt is returned by the device.

1) First official Release

Since the problem with the crash in "Configure Devices" is found, this is the first official release. There are no enhancements, only bug-fixes compared to 3.1.

2) Resolved Login Problems

When a login banner is included to IOS devices it may occur, that the Username/Password prompt is different to the default one -> Username: does not include a SPACE at the end. The default is that there is always a SPACE behind the colon (":"). Before this version there was never sent a username/password if there is no SPACE after the colon.

3) Documentation updated 

I did some minor updates on the documentation. It includes ducu bugs and enhancements.

4) Messages updated

Some messages in the event window were in german. They are now in english.

Changes in wktools Version 3.1.17.0

1) cl32.dll (Cryptlib) was rebuilt

In the past, cl32.dll was built with a different MS VS Version than wktools itself. The problem here was, that cl32.dll used a different C-Runtime library than wktools. With this step, cl32.dll now uses the same libs as wktools and these libs should be available on every standard windows installation. The formerly used "msvcr71.dll" is no more needed.

Changes in wktools Version 3.1.16.0

1) .NET Framework detection routine added.

This is needed to detect if .NET Framework is installed. If this is not the case, the application will display an error message at startup. The program will still be startable. The main reason of this addition is that without .NET Framework, wktools3 will crash under rare conditions.

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