Release Notes 21.0.0

Important note

The "Matrix42 Enterprise Manager for SCCM (EM)" contains also all public released hotfixes that are available for previous versions.
Please note that installing this update will request a reboot of the system.

Enterprise Manager for SCCM 20.0.3 Setup can be used:

to perform a new installation.
to perform an update based on the version Enterprise Manager 19.0.x
to perform an update based on the version Enterprise Manager 20.0.x

An update from older versions is not possible and will not be supported by Matrix42.

Installation instructions

You must be familiar with the content of the following documents before you start the installation or update process:

Release Notes (click here for German and here for English)
System Requirements (click here for German and here for English)

If anything is unclear or you have any questions, please contact Matrix42 before you perform the installation or update.

All EM components should be updated. It is not supported to mix different versions in one environment.

Preliminary actions before installation

When you are downloading a Matrix42 hotfix or patch, the downloaded file may have a "Zone. Identifier" information attached (depending on your browsers security configuration).
Please remove this "Zone. Identifier", otherwise some problems with these files can occur (files are not loading correctly):

Right-click the blocked file, and then click Properties.
In the General tab, click Unblock.

To avoid the "Zone. Identifier" in future please add the address https://m42cdneu01.blob.core.windows.net and https://m42marketplacemediathek.blob.core.windows.net as a "trusted zone" in the Internet Explorer.

New Installation

EM Server

Run EM Server Setup and follow the steps. The manual installation is documented in the Matrix42 help center (de / en). Alternative you can run the installation of the server components silent. The instructions for silent installation also available in the Matrix42 help center (de / en).

EM Distribution Point

Run EM Distribution Point Setup on every SCCM Distribution Point Server and follow the steps or use alternative/automated installation methods. The installation of this components is also documented in the Matrix42 help center.

Manual Installation (de / en)

Silent Installation (de / en)

EM Agent

Run EM Agent Setup and follow the steps or use alternative/automated installation methods. Please follow the instructions in the Matrix42 help center to perform an installation of EMAgent.

Manual Installation (de / en)

Silent Installation (de / en)

Update from version 19.0.x / 20.0.x

The following steps must be performed to do an update of Enterprise Manager for SCCM Version 19.0.x / 20.0.x

EM Server

Create full backup of your EM database
Create full image, or at least an image of the EM Server file system
Run Server Setup and follow the instructions
The main setup launches a migration wizard that converts all objects in the database to the new version

In the event of any errors a new ‘View Log’ button is displayed. Click this button to open a file containing detailed information in front of other windows. In the case of errors, this file must be saved and kept for analysis purposes.

Once the migration wizard has completed successfully, further steps are performed by the setup function
Setup is now complete, and the EM master server has been successfully updated. We recommend updating the Distribution Points used by Enterprise Manager next

If you have switched your web console to SSL/ HTTPS, please check this after the update. By default, the HTTP port is used again.

EM Distribution Point

Run EM Distribution Point Setup and follow the steps or use alternative/automated methods for updating the EM-DP service.

EM Agent

Run EM Agent Setup on the client computers and follow the steps or use alternative/automated methods for updating the EM Agent, like:

EM Auto Update (de / en)
SCCM rollout
GPO, login script, etc.

Changes in version 20.0.3

	Description	Affected components
	SCCM 2010 Support
	Create Excel file in Reports optimized
	EM-Customizing optimized
	EM Agent Auto update optimized
	OSD status communication without EM tasks
	EM-Agent communication to EM server improved (TCP connections will be closed as soon as possible), errors fixed and calls to the WebApi interface reduced to a minimum
	New EM-Agent Clean Script available
	EM-Agent TCP timeout can be configured via the Agent profile
	OSD start time in different time zones
	EM-Server telemetry data are created and deleted after 3 days
	Stabilization, optimization and Bug fixing

Known Issues

	Description	Affected components
	Local Group membership not updating if SID is present	EM Agent