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executable that is added does not display until the rule is closed then reopened. [DDPSTE-414, DDPSTE-415, DDPSTE-421,
DDPSTE-426, DDPSTE-430, DDPSTE-431, DDPSTE-437, DDPSTE-443]
● In the Remote Management Console, when Client Firewall rules are added, the Add dialog occasionally freezes when
incorrectly formatted values are entered. To work around this issue, click the close button in the upper right corner of the
dialog then click the Add button under Specify Networks to reopen the dialog. [DDPSTE-432]
● When Virtual Edition is updated, the Remote Management Console must also be updated. For instructions, see the Virtual
Edition Quick Start Guide and Installation Guide.
New Features and Functionality v8.5
● DDP Enterprise Server - Virtual Edition (VE) now supports automated migration from DDP Personal Edition to Enterprise
Edition with the DDP Managed Migration Utility.
● VE now supports Secure LDAP (LDAPS).
● VE v8.5 has been validated with VMware ESX/ESXi 5.5.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.5
● The user can no longer download a duplicate update but is, instead, now prompted to install the previously downloaded
update. [DDPS-504]
● Various improvements have been made to the VE Terminal user interface. [DDPS-622, DDPS-624, DDPS-881]
● Logs are now properly rotated based on the log rotation interval configured in the VE Terminal. [DDPS-653]
● VE user password complexity requirements are now correctly enforced. [DDPS-654]
● Changes to time zones are now correctly set, regardless the length of time zone names. [DDPS-656]
● A few previously unlocalized portions of VE Terminal and Remote Management Console screens and AdminHelp topics are
now localized. [DDPS-757, DDPS-758, DDPS-760, DDPS-761, DDPS-762, DDPS-763, DDPS-764, DDPS-766, DDPS-832,
DDPS-943, DDPS-972]
● When the VE hostname is changed in the VE Terminal, the syslog and the Dropbox for Business landing page now correctly
display the updated VE hostname. [DDPS-797, DDPS-801]
● In AdminHelp, default values now correctly reflect the defaults implemented in VE for these Mac Encryption policies: EMS
Access Code Attempts Allowed and EMS Cooldown Time Increment. [DDPS-804, DDPS-805]
● Custom reports in Compliance Reporter are now preserved in VE backups. [DDPS-838]
● The Cloud Edition download page on the Japanese VE now correctly displays Japanese characters. [DDPS-845]
● After a backup is restored to a VE when remote database access is enabled, access is now enabled, and the VE Terminal
Enable Database Remote Access field is properly selected. [DDPS-854]
● When restoring a backup on a VE with a hostname that has been changed since the backup, backup proceeds normally, and
an email notification that VE is unable to resolve the host is no longer sent to the root user. [DDPS-855]
● When VE email notification settings are changed, VE Servers now correctly restart and Cloud Edition account registrations
are successful. [DDPS-865]
● Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) now successfully activate against VE. Previously, in a few cases, SEDs did not activate as
expected. [DDPS-867]
● File names are no longer duplicated in backups extracted on Windows computers. [DDPS-884]
● The Support Tools option in the VE Terminal, Generate System Snapshot Log, now correctly includes rollover logs and
system-level logs. [DDPS-890, DDPS-909]
● When VE disk utilization exceeds 90 percent, an email is now sent to notify the administrator that the oldest VE backups will
be removed. [DDPS-894]
● The Cloud Edition download page on VE now correctly displays the OS versions supported with Cloud Edition. [DDPS-908]
● The VE Terminal Available Update screen now displays the version of the update. [DDPS-952]
● Notification of a reboot now displays after an update is installed. [DDPS-955]
● In the Portuguese Remote Management Console, the tool tip for the Inactivity Period for Device Lock policy now displays
the correct value range. [DDPS-965]
● If the Update Server experiences a timeout during update download, after the second VE startup, VE now automatically
reattempts the download. [DDPS-982]
● Key material now downloads normally after reactivation of non-domain users who were previously deactivated. [DDPS-1136]
● When VE starts for the first time, the Update Server Hostname dialog no longer displays. The dialog has been removed,
because the Check for Update function fails if the hostname is changed at initial startup. [DDPS-1271]
● VE has been updated to eliminate the potential for exploitation through the Shellshock Vulnerability, described in Ubuntu
Security Notices USN-2362-1 (http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2362-1/) and USN-2364-1 (http://
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