Service Pack 2 released for Desktop Central

Hello Everyone,

Warm wishes from Desktop Central.

Here is the announcement on the release of Service Pack 2 for Desktop Central 6. Existing customers and evaluators (who are in build 60003 or higher) can use this to upgrade your DC.

Following are the important features available with this release

1. Support for Remote Office Management.
2. Scalability and performance improvement on AD reports.
3. SoM (Scope of Management) enhancements.
4. Improvements on Inventory.
5. Bug fixes for the earlier reported issues.

This Serive Pack 2 has the build number and agent version change

Build Number : 60201
Agent Version : 6.2.0

Here is the URL to download it

http://bonitas.adventnet.com/desktopcentral/25Jul2008/ManageEngine_Desktop_Central_6_0_0_SP-2_0.ppm

Instructions to apply the Hotfix

1. Shut down Desktop Central. (either through Start -> Programs -> Desktop Central -> Stop Desktop Central (or) Right click Desktop Central logo on the Notification area of Task bar and click Shut down Server)
2. Take backup of the <DesktopCentral_Server>\MySql\data directory
3. Execute the UpdateManager.bat file present in the <DesktopCentral_Server>\bin directory.
4. Click "Browse" and select the hotfix (.ppm) file that you have downloaded.
5. Click "Install" to install the hotfix. This may take few minutes depending on the amount of data that needs to be migrated.
6. Wait until the hotfix is fully installed.
7. Click "Close" and then click "Exit" to exit the Update Manager tool.
8. Execute the stopdb.bat present in the <DesktopCentral_Server>\bin directory.
9. Start the Desktop Central now to work.

romanus
MEDC Technical Support Team