Features by release
New in NightWatchman Enterprise 7.3
This release introduces the following enhancements:
WakeUp support for ConfigMgr phased deployments and maintenance windows - for more details please refer to Using WakeUp with ConfigMgr
WakeUp console improvements - you can now export details and search for subnets on the Agents tab. Sort by subnet is also correct (done numerically). For more information please refer to Using the WakeUp console.
Report changes - the Wakeups for a week, Wakeups for any ConfigMgr deployments, and Manual Wakeups for collections reports now allow reporting by desktop and/or laptop computers. For more information please refer to Reporting.
Additional documentation has been provided to describe the meaning of the WakeUp status fields - please refer to Understanding WakeUp Status for details.
Features released in NightWatchman Enterprise 7.2.500
This release introduced the following enhancements:
The 1EAgent is now the 1ENightWatchmanAgent and will install the NightWatchman agent only.
The WakeUp agent is removed from the 1EAgent and integrated as a module in Tachyon 3.3.
The Health agent functionality is completely removed from WakeUp agent module.
The local WakeUp agent has also been removed from WakeUpServer installer. Install the Tachyon Agent on the WakeUp server to have use feature.
The WakeUp ConfigMgr console collection and computer menu extensions have two new options when you run the WakeUp Server installer on a computer that has a ConfigMgr console:
Send WakeUp with Software Update Deployment Evaluation
Send WakeUp with Application Deployment Evaluation
The NightWatchman agent now reports fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) to the NightWatchman server.
The log files for WakeUp Server and the 1E Agent can now rollover multiple times. This means that more log information for those products can be maintained allowing persistent issue tracking.
Integration with ActiveEfficiency cloud server has been removed:
The power consumption data synchronization and the cloud-based savings report features are not available. Contact 1E Support if you require power consumption values.
In the Nightwatchman Management Center installer, the WakeUp integration with ActiveEfficiency feature has been renamed to Wake up peers that have requested Nomad content if no other peers are available.
Support of TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.
Support for Configuration Manager 1806.
1EAgentMac support on the latest macOS 10.14 Mojave
Features released in NightWatchman Enterprise 7.2
This released introduced the following features:
Computer Reclaim (formerly Hardware Utilization) is now more prominent and has the following enhancements:
Rarely used computers are now included in Computer Reclaim reports.
Accuracy is improved by optionally excluding weekends, using more granular periods, and ensuring that computer use is recorded in all scenarios.
1E Tachyon integration: see which NightWatchman clients are online or offline nearly in real-time in the NightWatchman console when you integrate with Tachyon (our companion product).
You can see current online/offline status for small numbers of clients using convenient red/green 'stoplight' icons in the NightWatchman console
You can also see current online/offline status for large numbers of clients (even hundreds of thousands) using the location and organization group properties dialog box in the NightWatchman console.
All NightWatchman 7.2 customers are entitled to a perpetual license for Tachyon integration into NightWatchman. The license also provides free full Tachyon functionality for two months.
A much improved and reorganized reporting console with a deeper menu system with simplified and consistent terminology in line with our other products
Enhancements to NightWatchman policy management:
Improved restrictions for local administrators. Without the Modify privilege, administrators can select and apply appropriate policies to their NightWatchman location or organization group hierarchies but:
cannot add, rename or delete groups
cannot remove members from groups
cannot move computers between groups
When you delete Location/Organization groups, they are now hidden from view and power saving reports are not affected. Previously, the power savings report were skewed by the removal of these groups as their associated clients were orphaned and even though the underlying data was not affected, the reports could not pick them up.
Policies that include scheduled actions have a new option that logs the user off and if that's successful would force the computer to standby
Reboot Optimization can be enabled/disabled by using policies (previously it was enabled by default on new clients and clients that didn't have a policy prior to 7.1)
Features released in NightWatchman Enterprise 7.1
This release introduced the following features:
Power Optimization reports
Power optimization summary – provides high-level information on the power consumption of your battery-powered devices
Battery details – identifies devices that run out of battery power, devices that drain battery power more than expected, batteries do not fully charge, batteries that have been discharged and recharged numerous time. It may be possible that these issues are symptomatic to a subset of users but nonetheless, it gives you the opportunity to analyze the underlying issue and adopt strategies to mitigate them.
Connected standby effectiveness – how well this feature is used. Poor usage could be a result of a misconfiguration, wrong device drivers or out-dated firmware. Others may be using it too aggressively (draining the battery excessively) or overly passive (resulting in data update latency).
Lowest power state effectiveness – identifies devices that get to standby but not deepest runtime idle power state (DRIPS) typically due to a configuration issue.
Reboot Optimization report
Reboot summary – graphs for rebooted devices per day, reboot speed, pending reboots and the length of time before a user reboots their device
Security
FIPS compliance for Web WakeUp and Enterprise View