RELEASE NOTES

HC8 Build 10

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents

 

Target Audience. 3

Why Upgrade?. 3

Enhancements & Fixes. 3

Build No 8.00.00010: (Windows) 3

New Features: 3

Enhancements in Existing Modules: 4

Bugs Fixed: 6

Build No 8.00.00010: (Linux) 7

Enhancements: 7

Bugs Fixed: 7

Contact Us. 8


 

 


Target Audience

This document is intended for those who are running their own hosting business and they need their services to be synchronized with the latest build/version of HC.

 

Why Upgrade?

Hosting Controller releases Windows Build10/Linux Build 10.  These builds provide fixes for issues which were reported in past few weeks. It is recommended to update HC installation on your machines. Visit Service Pack section to download latest builds.

 

 

 

Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 must be installed on your HC server(s) prior to this installation. Moreover, this build removes .NET mappings from the root of the web server as it is not recommended to have .NET mappings on the root of the web server.

 

 

Enhancements & Fixes

 

This build slots in following enhancements and fixes:

 

Build No 8.00.00010: (Windows)

New Features:

 

Ø      OCS User Properties Configurations Where Multiple User’s Options are Available for the Followings:

o        Federation

o       Archiving

o       Presence

o       Meeting

o       Voice Settings

 

Ø      Exchange Mail Domain Alias Support

Ø      Bulk Exchange Mailbox Creation (Only for Exchange 2007/2010), http://portal.hostingcontroller.com/KB/a194/how-to-add-bulk-exchange-mailboxes-through-hc.aspx  

Ø      Major Enhancement in HC Billing Module Where Host and Resellers have Ability to Set Multiple Regional Tax Rules for Their Customers 

Ø      Virtualization Module

o       Improved Error Handling and Status Messages During Virtual Machine Creation from HC Panel

o       A Restriction is Added Where Space Cannot be Included in Virtual Machine Name

o       HC Panel will Prompt Error if Base OS template VHD Size Exceeds Virtual Machine HDD Size

o       HC Now Verifies Communication Among Hyper-V Components and Display Warning if Any of HC Hyper-V Component is not Installed on Base OS VHD

o       OS Based Plans Allow Hosts/Resellers to Set Different Prices Based on Operating System Types

o       VPS Support in Disk Usage Calculation and Disk Usage Reports

Ø      MailEnable Support

o       HC Now Support MailEnableTM Version 5

Ø      WHMCS Support

o       HC Now Support WHMCS 4.4.2 http://portal.hostingcontroller.com/KB/a24/how-to-configure-whmcs-in-hosting-controller.aspx

 

Enhancements in Existing Modules:

Ø      Remote HC Database Support

o       Now HC Installation is not Required on Remote SQL Database 

Ø      Sub-Domains can Now be Created Under Different Owner Within Same HC Reseller
 

Ø      Now HC Host and Reseller can Put their Logo and Banner Within HC Panel

Ø      During New Mail Domain Creation, HC Webadmin/Reseller can Change Default Admin Mailbox Account

Ø      Dynamic CRM and SharePoint Debug Logging Option is Now Available in HC Panel

Ø      Set Default Mailbox Size at HC Reseller Level for Each New Mailbox Creation

Ø      “Generate Password” Option is Now Available While Creating a New HC User

Ø      Allowing Users to Set Different Date Formats in Payment Gateway Settings at HC Host level

Ø      HC Host and Reseller can Now Add Company Banner on Top of Control
Panel

Ø      Once a Click and Install Application is Disabled From HC Host Level, the Application will No More be Visible at Webadmin and Reseller Level

Ø      Merak Mail Server Name is Now Changed to IceWarp in HC Panel

Ø      Added Feature in HC Exchange Module Where User can Manage MailContacts and PublicFolders as Member of DistributionLists in HC

Ø      Trouble Tickets in HC Panel can Now Sorted-Out With Client Name

Ø      Click and Install Applications Default Login Credentials can be Viewed at HC Webadmin Level

Ø      Now it is Possible to Change Locale from “English – United States” to Any Other Language if Installed on SharePoint Server

Ø      Now HC Panel will Show DNS Editor on Default Zone Editing Selection

Ø      Allow Form Variable Passed in the Custom Menu Link to External URL, http://portal.hostingcontroller.com/KB/a196/question-what-are-form-variables-in-the-custom-menu-option.aspx

Ø      Option to Communicate HC Dynamic CRM Module Under Default Credentials

Ø      Select Different Billing Period While Selling Hosting Plan From Within HC Panel


Bugs Fixed:

 

The bugs that have been fixed in this build are:

 

Bugs

Fixed

Where Dedicated Reseller Couldn’t Create Mail Domain on a Mail Server Whose Role is Set to “Everyone”

Where HC Addon Invoice was not Showing Currency

Where Addon Price is not Showing Correct For Mailbox Size

Where Multiple MBX Server not Listed in Drop Down Under Exchange Mail Stores

Where HC Billing Service was Disabling User Automatically For Reseller Who were Using HC Billing Module

Hosting Report Showing 0 Consumed Quota for Migrated Exchange Mail Accounts

Where HC was Showing Incorrect Total Consumed Mailbox Size for Migrated Exchange Mailboxes

Where Mailbox Size was not Updating for Smarter Mail Server

Where Newer Version of WHMCS (4.1.6 Onwards) were not Able to Create Mail and Stats Site

Where Some Functionalities of HC API were not Working

Where Transfer Website was not Working in HC Panel

Transfer Website was not Assigning DNS Zone Record to New User in HC Database

Where Quick Help Link was Broken in HC Panel

Where HC Payment Invoice Email was not Showing Paid Amount

Where HC buttons were not Showing Properly in Firefox Browser

Where Website Suspension was not Working Once User is Disabled in HC Panel

Where SharePoint Site was not Creating Due to Database Size Error 

If Reseller has Disabled the “User Manager” Menu, HC Panel Session was Breaking When a Webadmin Tries to Modify the Profile

Where Users Were Unable to Set Amount Over Thousand in Generating Manual Invoice

Where HC Plan Name Tag was Listing on Domain Creation Template

Where HC was Throwing User Creation Error if Over Selling Enable in Panel

Where Secondary DNS Zones not Removed for DNS-Only Domains

While Adding the New User, Disabled Plans were Also Visible

Where in Some Cases, HC Panel was Sending Multiple Emails on New Account Creation

Where C7I Apps was Throwing DB Connection Error if MyQL was not Running on Default Port

Where in Some Cases, HC Panel was Showing Incorrect Mail Domains Lists Under Reseller When Browsing Mail Domain Properties

DotNetNuke Creation Issue in Firefox

Where DB Restore was not Working if MSSQL Located on Remote Machine

Where Mailbox Count was not Properly Updated for Mailonly Mail Domains by HC Service Scheduler

Where Public Folder Title was not Displaying Properly on “Set Permission” Option

Where Firefox was not Allowing to Edit C&I Apps Categories at HC Host Level

Where Context Menu for Public Folder was not Working in Firefox

Where User was Unable to Disable an Exchange Mailbox Using Firefox

Where User was Unable to Set ASPNET 4.0 on IIS Virtual Directory

 

Build No 8.00.00010: (Linux)

Enhancements:

 

Ø      Virtualization Support for Linux (Xen)

 

Bugs Fixed:

 

The bugs that have been fixed in this build are:

 

Bugs

Fixed

Where HC Panel was not Setting Chroot Linux Permission if User Name Contained Dot “.”

Where HC Panel was not Deleting the Linux Parked Domain if No DNS Server Role is Available

Where User was Unable to Edit/Delete Parked Domain from HC Panel

Where HC Panel did not have Everyone (Other) User Permission in the ACL Manager

Where Additional FTP User Permission was not Setting Properly in /etc/passwd

Where User was not Able to Change Permission of FTP User Using vsFTP

 

 

Contact Us

In case of any ambiguity/query regarding HC8 Build 10, please feel free to contact us at support@hostingcontroller.com