Technical documentation

Status as of March 25, 2015

Version of 6.2.0 was finalized at 2015-03-06

Note: Version 6.2.0 will require an update to the YCEperl installation
See notes at bottom of this article.

• Nexus '(config-xxx)#^H#’ prompt detect fails on some nodes
• HP prompt detect failed for some config-object-paths
• HP device ‘end’ command when ‘quit’ should be used
• Nexus commit skipped
• Retrieving csv reports using MSIE blocked
• Search does not filter client/site
• Nexus [#### ] progress on save filtered from log
• Cannot use ‘Enter’ key on notes-field sites details form
• Width of Vlan field in subnet details
• Site details form VZP / Ref-code not shown/saved
• Nexus error messages incomplete
• Link to files from jobs (name change)
• Nexus backspaces in command echo’s: wor ^Hd instead of ‘word’
• Removed ‘[## ] from historic Nexus job-logs
• ML3 migration ‘finish’ not renaming nodes issue
• Nexus error message “vpc already exists” demoted to warning level.
• Corrected (numeric) sorting issues with some drop-down menus.
• Fixed some sorting issues in grids and drop-down menus.
• Renamed template save into 'export', load into 'import'. Fixed issue with import.
• Infoblox API update fails due to UTF-8 quotes used in newer versions
• In command-jobs tool corrected missing 'deselect all' after 'select all' was used
• Some forms have variable fields that are too narrow for the value to be shown completely.
• eVPN details accessed from Node-details form are not properly selected
• Some servers fail to be created from the 'servers - custom' form
• Fixed issue with service-type delete-ports-subnet

• Template #wait directive support. See Template directives
• The 'Operatie - Tools - Ping tool' has been reworked to allow free-form ip- and host-address pinging of interfaces too. See Ping nodes
• The 'Node topology - Add subnets’ form now supports multiselect on ports AND subnets allowing for quick assignment of a series of subnets to a range of ports on a device, including connected interfaces when topology exist.
• The ‘Build’ main-form ‘search’ function has been extended and optimized.
• Password-sensitive fields in the database are now stored encrypted in the database. Includes customer-based key-management and customizable field-selection. Encryption uses AES256 algorithm. See Encryption
• Support of customizable ‘Change-id’ requirements in jobs. See Job Configuration
• Support of Job approvals. Each job-type can be assigned requirements on job-approvals before being executed. The approval requirements can be defined in high detail using thresholding, limiting and authorisation level parameters. Jobs requiring approval are listed as ‘pending’. See Job Configuration
• Reworked ‘Scheduled jobs’ tool to support Job filtering (change-id, status, jobs-id, user), manipulation (cancel, suspend, resume, now) and approvals (approve, reject, comment). See Scheduled jobs
• Job notifications. Email notifications can be sent automatically for jobs pending approval (sent to user-group email-list of job owner). Also notifications can be issued for approval rejections, job cancellations or expiry (sent to owner).
• New customizable tool-setup XML file where scheduler queue and per-job-type configurations can be made (approvals, notifications, auditors, change-id validations)
• Local NetYCE Wiki installation and customer-enabled updates. See Download WIKI installation files
• Extended job-tools with text-box entry for 'SiteCode' values
• Subnet name and Subnet description now have distinctive references in the forms. Description is shown were relevant
• Many forms now allow for column sorting in its primary grids
• Form-fields not available for editing (role-dependent) are now visually distinguishable
• To distinguish the various NetYCE servers more easily, each server-button in the title bar can be assigned is own (customizable) text and button color.
• Databases now use utf8 throughout. VBA dependencies prevented this conversion
• HP Comware-7 vendor module
• Additional tools that support 'Change-id' field and customizable approval settings

• A rewrite of the service types including enhanced syntax checking and full API and custom-variables

Notes regarding YCEperl upgrade:
1) When running MariaDB, ensure MariaDB-devel is installed:
yum list installed | grep -i mariadb-devel
if not, install using sudo yum install MariaDB-devel
2) Should the command ck_license -X produce errors (with db running), recompile DBD::mysql using:
/opt/ycelib/perl/bin/cpanm –force DBD::mysql