Parallels Parallels Operations Automation 2.9 Hotfix02 Release Notes Revision 4.0 (August 12, 2009) 1999-2009
2 C H A P T E R 1 New Features Overview Common Features Migration of Exchange and SharePoint Hostings Into POA/PBA Is Supported Starting from POA 2.9 HOTFIX02, POA/PBA platform provides migration capabilities for hosting providers which already use Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with provisioning through Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 4.0 using own provisioning and billing platform. Hosting provider can migrate customers and their hosting/billing data into POA/PBA using the HMC Migration Tools. After the migration, a customer will be able to log in to POA/PBA Control Panel. The migrated Exchange mailboxes, distribution lists, public folders, and SharePoint sites will become manageable through the POA/PBA Control Panel. PA 2.9 HMC Migration Tools User's Guide
3 Windows Shared Hosting Ability to Create Multiple WSS Sites in Shared Web Application In POA 2.9 HOTFIX02 Customers can create multiple Windows SharePoint Sites 3.0 in a single shared web application. Earlier this possibility was provided only for exclusive applications. New capacities are added in Provider's Control Center: Number of shared WSS applications Number of WSS sites on shared web applications POA Provider s guide / Reseller s guide >> IIS Web Hosting > Creating Service Template Provider s guide / Reseller s guide >> Managing SharePoint Services > Creating Service Template for SharePoint Hosting Subscriber s guide >> Managing SharePoint Services > Managing SharePoint Sites Subscriber s guide >> Managing SharePoint Services > Managing SharePoint Sites > Adding/Deleting SharePoint Site
C H A P T E R 2 Functional Changes Windows Shared Hosting Microsoft FTP Publishing Service for IIS 7.0 and Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 Versions 7.5 Are Supported Starting from POA 2.9 HOTFIX02, Microsoft FTP Publishing Service version 7.5 for IIS 7.0 and Microsoft WebDAV Extension version 7.5 for IIS 7.0 are supported. POA 2.9 Windows Shared Hosting Deployment Guide >> Deploying IIS Web Hosting > Deploying IIS 7.0 Web Server > Installing IIS Services and Extensions Support of WSS 3.0 SP2 Since version 2.9 HOTFIX02, POA supports Service Pack 2 of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. POA 2.9 Windows Shared Hosting Deployment Guide >> Deploying Windows SharePoint Services Hosting > Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3 > Installing Service Pack 2 for WSS 3.0 Hosted CRM Internet-Facing Deployment Configuration is Mandatory Starting from POA 2.9 HOTFIX02, CRM should be deployed in the IFD (Internet-Facing Deployment) configuration. For initial installations, providers should follow the instructions in the POA Hosted CRM Deployment guide. Non-IFD CRM installations should be upgraded according to the instructions provided in the Parallels KB article - http://kb.parallels.com/en/6567/. Note: CRM branding becomes unavailable with this configuration.
Functional Changes 5 POA 2.9 Hosted CRM Deployment guide >> Deploying Hosted CRM >> Configuring CRM Deployment > Configuring CRM Application Servers > Configuring Internet-Facing Deployment Update Rollup 5 for CRM 4.0 is Supported Update Rollup 5 released by Microsoft should be installed in production environment and should be recommended to be installed by default on all servers/client computers with Outlook plug-in. POA 2.9 Hosted CRM Deployment guide >> Deploying Hosted CRM > Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Prerequisites (Windows Server 2003) POA 2.9 Hosted CRM Deployment guide >> Deploying Hosted CRM > Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Prerequisites (Windows Server 2008) Miscellaneous Changes New System Property The Inherit branding configuration system property is added in POA 2.9 HOTFIX02. This system property defines how to bind a new account to a brand when account is created with the using of the pem.addaccount POA Public API method. POA 2.9 Provider's Guide >> Managing Accounts > Configuring Your Account > Configuring System Properties POA 2.9 Provider's Guide >> Managing Accounts > Configuring Customer Control Panel > Configuring General Settings POA 2.9 Reseller's Guide >> Managing Your Account > Configuring System Properties POA 2.9 Reseller's Guide >> Managing Your Account > Configuring Customer Control Panel > Configuring General Settings Changed Public API Method The pem.addaccount Public API method is changed in POA 2.9 HOTFIX02. Note: To learn more about the method, refer to POA 2.9 Public API Reference. Management of Accounts and Account's Staff Members
6 Parallels Operations Automation 2.9 Hotfix02 Parallels pem.addaccount POA 2.9 Public API Reference >> Public API Reference > Management of Accounts and Account's Staff Members > pem.addaccount
C H A P T E R 3 Fixed Issues Plesk in VPS Hosting Bug#437762 Activation parameters are fetched from RT but not ST Bug#439464 Unable to add domain to plesk Bug#440161 "Plesk in VPS: install license" fails Windows Shared Hosting Bug#436739 Number of "IIS Websites" is shown incorrectly on Customer services page for shared windows hosting server Bug#437392 Sharepoint user cannot be added to group Bug#431085 Exclusive ip address may be assigned to two IIS sites in different accounts UI and System Bug#438794 Disaster recovery guide. No files found mentioned for backup (IIS) Bug#439639 Capacity notification emails mailbombing us! Bug#438187 Customization of option "keep statistics for" for AWStats Bug#438836 Custom menu does not work in POA 2.9 Bug#438474 Account with domain cannot be deleted Bug#438249 [Screen 2.11.00.01] Empty screen instead of Online Help Bug#440042 PPM/RPM sub-tab is absent under Packages tab Bug#439807 SOA record error if mail contains dot in name Bug#437500 2nd level reseller does not aquire branding settings of its vendor VPS Hosting Bug#438030 failed backups causing diskspace problem Bug#435228 Incorrect order of templates installation Bug#433329 Reload button on HW capacities should be renamed Bug#438352 Can not get statistics for VPS Hardware Nodes Bug#437093 Backup diskspace resource was counted several times for the same backup
8 Parallels Operations Automation 2.9 Hotfix02 Parallels Bug#255793 [VZ4] login via CPP "Login to VZPP:" requires password Hosted Exchange Bug#437272 Autodiscover proxy domains are casesensitive Bug#438045 installation of Exchange 2007 management tools Bug#440145 Cannot change service template of subscription with GlobalRelay Bug#436724 Task 'MX Logic: Protect domain' fails: "MX Logic API Error: 207, [Domain aliases has duplicate(s)]" Bug#439995 Max post item size for a public folder ignores activation parameters and is set to the coded limit of 2097151 KB (2 GB) instead. Bug#439534 warnings like "P001000XXX\name-aaa is absent." Hosted Dynamics CRM Bug#439543 Hosted CRM should be deployed using IFD (Internet-facing deployment) tool Application Hosting Bug#440943 Application with database will cannot be installed if web hosting on other subscription Linux Shared Hosting Bug#437025 Cannot switch ip address type of proftpd on webspace Bug#435868 phpmyadmin Vulnerabilities Bug#438093 webalizer action in logparser fails, so statistics for July is empty