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MIB Views 2.0 Released

MIB Views 2.0 is now available for download. This release is available to all licensed MIB Views users. If your support period previously expired (or was due to expire) prior to December 31, 2013, you will find that your support period has been extended to December 31, 2013, so that this release is available to you.

This is partly in recognition of the length of time it’s been since the 1.9 release, but also because a number of things have been addressed that I would have liked to have gotten into the product a long time ago (such as ability to save agents, and fixing a number of minor but annoying quirks of the UI not mentioned specifically below), for which I’d just feel better about not having anyone stuck on a 1.x release, and create a better foundation for things to come.

Changes in this release:

387: Add save option for agent settings

MIB Views agent configuration can now be saved to a file in XML format and opened in new windows or sessions, rather than only remembering the last (partial) configuration. It will not save SNMPv3 passwords or unlocalized keys, but it will save localized keys, so it is recommended that agents be saved only to secure (e.g. encrypted or readable only by owner) locations.

5809: Remember SNMPv3 Trap Watch configuration

SNMPv3 Trap Watch tool configuration (port, SNMPv3 user name, keys, etc.) is now stored in the user’s preferences file and remembered between runs.

5806: Change preferences file format to XML

MIB Views application preferences are now stored in XML rather than INI format to allow for future features with more complex preferences. Existing preferences will be converted automatically.

5945: Show/Hide and Clear Message Log

Options were added to the View menu to show or hide the Message Log panel, as well as clear the log.

5954: Improve GUI responsiveness during walk

The Walk tool could appear to update in bursts if more CPU time was spent processing messages than allowing for GUI updates. It will now ensure the GUI updates when entries are added to the result table.

5485: OSX: Check if file system is writable when adding MIBs

MIB Views will no longer allow MIB modules to be added if it is being run from a read-only file system (e.g. the downloaded disk image). Previously it would report the issue but still allow the MIB to load for the duration of the session.

5953: Bad option “-fulloid” error in Tree View

A ‘Bad option “-fulloid”‘ error could occur in the Tree View due to changes introduced in version 1.9 to better handle ambiguous MIB definitions.

5766: Improve Unsigned32/Gauge32 conversion to derived types

MIB Views will better handle converting Unsigned32 and Gauge32, which have the same on-the-wire encoding, to the proper syntax for display purposes provided appropriate MIBs are loaded.

2121: Add support for pre-localized and unlocalized keys

SNMPv3 sessions can now be configured directly with unlocalized or localized auth/priv keys, rather than requiring passwords and letting the session manage conversion to keys and key localization.

1870: Add support for MODULE-CONFORMANCE (RFC-1303)

Support was added for parsing and validating the MODULE-CONFORMANCE construct from RFC 1303 (the SMIv1 predecessor to SMIv2’s AGENT-CAPABILITIES).

5127: Change preferences file format to XML

MIB Views application preferences are now stored in XML rather than INI format to allow for future features with more complex preferences. Existing preferences will be converted automatically.

5878: Windows: Prefer Application Data folder over Registry for preferences

MIB Views will no longer save application preferences to the Windows Registry except as a fallback if it can’t save elsewhere. Instead, preferences are saved to the user’s Application Data folder. Existing preferences will be imported, and user given the option to remove or preserve the old registry entries.

Plus a number of other minor changes/fixes not worth mentioning individually.