Blog from April, 2024

Preinstall 3.1 - Release Notes

Features:

• LEE-4829 - Collect machine information for Autopilot detection
  
  • Ability to gather machine information from the running machine, the data is then sent to a configured BMC or BMP (Blancco Management Portal) account for detecting the Autopilot status.

Drive Eraser 7.11.0, Drive Verifier 7.11.0 and Configuration Tool 3.11.0 - Release notes

Features:

• ALBUS-9537, ALBUS-8804, WFE-310, LEE-4829, WD-421, MC-7361, BCC-2809, CIS-493 - Detection for Autopilot enrollments
• ALBUS-8236 - Support for UEFI Secure Boot
• ALBUS-10270 - Display drives that are unavailable for processing
• ALBUS-2183, ALBUST-1353 - Support for Japanese input method
• ALBUS-9505, ALBUS-6470, ALBUS-7556 - Report display information (size, vendor, resolution...)
• ALBUS-9624, ALBUS-9045 - Automatic BIOS time update
• ALBUS-11208, ALBUST-1345 - Hide proxy fields
• ALBUS-10124, WFE-383 - IBR workflows: ability to skip a hardware test
• ALBUS-11305, ALBUS-11282 - IBR workflows: support for nested variables
• ALBUS-11007, ALBUST-1349 - "Three-sectors" verification
• ALBUS-8479, ALBUST-1340 - Format NVMe drives after erasure
• ALBUS-10052 - Release dynamic IP address at shutdown
• ALBUS-7333 - Improved hotplug for USB-to-Ethernet adapters (any USB port)
• ALBUS-10443 - Hotplug support for USB Wi-Fi adapters
• ALBUS-10667, ALBUST-1341 - Hardware diagnostics: Battery Capacity test is both automatic and manual
• ALBUS-11122 - Log the Fingerprint in the XML report
• ALBUS-9200, ALBUST-981 - Support for "Report per Connected Devices" mode in all Enterprise images

Improvements and Bug fixes:

ALBUS-10891 - Memory usage optimization on idling machines
ALBUS-11238, ALBUS-10913, ALBUS-11221, ALBUS-11223, ALBUS-11224, ALBUS-11440 - Fix for Microphone & Speaker Tests issues occuring on several machines
ALBUS-11288 - Fix for an erasure speed decrease on a E2400 system
ALBUS-9869 - Fix for drive detection issues on server environments
ALBUS-11388, ALBUS-11266 - Better handling of special characters in Wi-Fi passwords
ALBUS-11499 - Fix for a crash occurring after trying a "NIST 800-88 Clear" erasure
ALBUS-11003, LEE-4814 - Fix for a booting issue on Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3
ALBUS-11206 - Improving the writing of the sectors adjacent to the Fingerprint location
ALBUS-7808 - Fixing the battery detection on Surface Pro machines
ALBUS-11501 - Fix for an issue where the NIC looping did not work when a VLAN is in use
ALBUS-11533 - Fix for a Chromebook erasure problem, related to ChromeOS v122
ALBUS-11412 - Fix for a problem where drives behind StarTech SATA PCIe Controller were not detected
ALBUS-11375 - Fix for a bug where the UI stoppped responding when saving a report with empty mandatory custom fields to a network share
ALBUS-11117 - Fix for an issue where an Enterprise image did not support per-drive reports
ALBUS-11339 - Fix for a drive detection issue on HP DL 380 G9 with HPE Smart Array P440ar
ALBUS-10657 - Fix for a problem where IBR Workflows could not collect reliably "Uncorrectable Sector Count" data from drives
ALBUS-11398 - Fixing a namespace detection issue on NVMes
ALBUS-11367 - Fixing the usage of keyboard shortcuts when the screensaver is shown
ALBUS-11058 - Improving the detection and reporting of batteries
ALBUST-1322 - Configuration Tool: renaming "Asset report" to "Bootable asset report"

Management Portal 2.5.0 - Release notes

Features:

• User Groups - Management

  • Allows grouping of users into groups

• License Pools

  • Allows pooling volume licenses. Can assign pools to users.

• Delete Reports

  • User can select and delete unwanted reports

• Deleting Tenants

  • Designated Blancco user can now delete a Tenant in BMP

• Device Autopilot Detection Service

  • Enables the autopilot detection feature

• UI based configurations for Blancco Mobile Solutions setup on BMP

  • Enables easy onboarding of BMS customers on BMP

• UI Enhancements and Tweaks
  • Bunch of minor UI improvements

Bug fixes:

• BCC-2819 - User unable to access the BMP
• BCC-2988 - Logo upload failed
• BCC-3040 - Columns names for hardware tests show only as 'Test' instead of the actual test names

Features:

• Process Management API - Extends remote management capabilities via API (e.g. pull issue reports)
  • Enables remote use of BMC
• License Snapshot - Communicates license balance and consumption history to our secure Blancco Cloud for effective account management.
  • This information enables our sales account team to better cater to our customers' needs.
• Autopilot Detection Gateway
  • Supports the Blancco Autopilot Detection capability by providing a gateway to the cloud detection service.
• Group and License Pool Migration
  • The BMP update tool now supports moving subgroups and license pools.