IGEL UMS 6 Resources

Universal Management Suite (UMS) is a single management solution for up to tens of thousands of decentralized endpoints. Purpose-built to simplify complex enterprise environments, UMS supports diverse operating systems, databases, and directories

Current Version: 6.07.100

Release Date: 2021-3-29

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• Release Notes

• IGEL UMS 6 KB Home page

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Download IGEL OS 6.07.100

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Getting Started​:​

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• IGEL Software Suite Step-by-Step Getting Started Guide for IGEL OS 11 & UMS 6

• EL KB Getting Started Articles

What's New​ in version 6.07.100 (March-'21)
 

UMS 6.07.100:

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• New System Information "Last Contact" - The timestamp will be updated whenever the device contacts the UMS

• New "Heartbeat "- Feature: Configure devices to execute a regular signal based on a defined interval & makes it much easier to identify dead devices -

• New view criteria "Configuration changes pending " - This allows an easy search for devices that are still waiting for updated settings.

• UMS Cloud Installations: Official support of UMS single server installations on Microsoft Azure and AWS environments - https://kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.07/en/installing-a-ums-network-on-microsoft-azure-43106123.html

• Improved procedure to update High Availability Installations: Enables a much faster update without any data inconsistencies -

UMS Web App:

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The UMS Web App now offers new features for the use case "Device Management":

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• Quickly manage profiles via UMS WebApp (structure profiles in directories and subdirectories, assign profiles to devices and directories, add files to profiles) -

• Give user groups/users permission to perform actions on multiple devices (bulk actions)

• Give user groups/users permission to delete loggings.

Learn more at https://kb.igel.com/ums/whatsnew 

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What's New​ in version 6.06.110 (Jan-'21)
 

This version includes the following bug fixes and will replace the version UMS 6.06.100: 
 

• Some important bug fixes for the UMS Web App

• The search does no longer crash handling a massive number of devices

• A bug inside the License-Check-Service (UMS Web App) for Windows10 devices resulted in an error that stopped the index-service

• Logging-section inside the Ums WebApp was hidden from AD-Group-Users and Superusers

• The device online check was incorrect if the user had insufficient permissions for the corresponding Cloud Gateway

• Universal Firmware Updates are no longer deleted from UMS WebDAV if the protocol is changed from HTTP(S) (UMS WebDAV) to another protocol.

• Shared workplace login was not possible if the user had no settings assigned

• Wildcard certificates were not selectable in the ICG Update KeyStore dialog​

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What's New​ in version 6.06.100 (Nov-'20)

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​UMS 6.06.100:

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• New dedicated management for the Web Certificate (https port 8443) – requires OS 11.04.220 or higher

  • kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/web-37282595.html

• New functionality to add and exchange the ICG root certificates – requires OS 11.04.240 or higher

• New command “Send ICG configuration” to define the device ICG configuration remotely from the UMS

  • kb.igel.com/igelicg-2.02/en/moving-an-endpoint-device-to-an-icg-37285231.html

• New option to synchronize downloaded Universal Firmware Updates within all WebDAV directories in High Availability Networks

  • kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/how-to-detect-which-files-are-synchronized-automatically-37283026.html

• New operators and criteria for creating Default Directory Rules & Views

• Improved preselection of firewall port as part of UMS installation process (Windows Installer)

• Improved notification messages for expiring licenses, packs and certificates

• New permission to use the UMS HA Health Check feature

  • kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/ums-ha-health-check-37283002.html

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UMS Web App:

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With the 2nd version for the UMS Web App we will introduce a lot more user-friendly features to complete the Helpdesk use case.

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• Ability to execute commands on directory level

• Support of several new commands

• Presentation of all assigned objects on device and directory level

• Functionality to assign/detach objects on device and directory level

  • kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/assigning-objects-37283377.html

• Improved responsive design for tablets

• Complete new Logging Application

  • kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/logging-37283410.html

Updated “Important Information”: kb.igel.com/endpointmgmt-6.06/en/important-information-37283266.html

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What's New​ in version 6.05.110 (Oct-'20)

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UMS

• Support of Active Directory authentication for MS SQL Server database

• New UMS superuser for initial UMS setup. This 'UMS superuser' is automatically created during installation and receives the same username and password as the database user

• Apache Tomcat from version 8.5.50 to 8.5.56

• Java from version 8u242 to 8u252

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UMS Web App

• Web-based user interface for managing IGEL OS endpoints (early feature set)

• Managing device tree

• Sending power control commands (Reboot, Shutdown, Suspend, Wakeup)

• Shadow devices

• Powerful search

• Network and server overview

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What's New​ in version 6.05.100 (July-'20)

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• New option to configure Windows firewall port exclusions in the UMS installer

• New option to install the UMS Web App component

• New user type for initial UMS setup, the UMS superuser

• Support of Active Directory authentication for MS SQL Server database

• UMS HA Health Check ​tool to check the status of an HA environment

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What's New​ in version 6.04.120 (Feb-'20)

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• Added support for OS Creator for Windows

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What's New​ in version 6.04.110 (Mar-'20)

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• Jobs 

  • Fixed: Jobs could not be edited/selected. (Error Message was "Error Unable to load details for the tree nodes. Original error message: null")

  • Fixed: A missing library could lead to failing jobs on headless installations.

• Automatic License Deployment (ALD)

  • -Fixed: Devices did not receive a renewal license automatically if the renewed subscription pack was assigned to the UMS Licensing ID and the pack had no ALD Token.

• Universal Firmware Update

  •  Fixed: The check for available firmware updates failed with a null pointer message if one of the downloaded firmware properties was invalid.

• Searches

  • Fixed: Search History used lifetime settings of views instead of its own lifetime settings.

• Database schema

  • Fixed: The UMS could not be updated if the used schema name contained dashes. (Only for Microsoft SQL Server databases)