AXIS GridLink Version Release History

The following is a list of release notes for historic GridLink versions. For the release notes for the latest release, please click here.

Release Notes for Version 4.42 (July 9, 2010)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - The Run Order of Batches Might Not Be Preserved When GridLink Local Cache Was Enabled

Release Notes for Version 4.41 (June 16, 2010)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Licence Information Not Updated Immediately
• GridLink - False Warning Message Was Reported When GridLink Local Cache Is Enabled
• GridLink - Minimum Number Of CPU Cores In Licence File

Release Notes for Version 4.40 (April 19, 2010)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Dataset Local Cache For Master
• GridLink - Suspend / Resume Multiple Jobs

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Couldn't Specify The Number Of Job Slots For Each Master Server
• GridLink - Drive Mapping Error Not Recovered On Helper Server
• GridLink - Controller Couldn't Close A Hung Helper
• GridLink - Controller Might Crash When A Job Was Resubmitted

Release Notes for Version 4.32 (February 24, 2010)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - FirstAid Might Crash When Being Used To Test Job Submission

Release Notes for Version 4.31

Unavailable. GridLink 4.31 is not an official release version.

Release Notes for Version 4.30 (February 16, 2010)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Explains Why A Remote Batch Job Is Pending
• GridLink - Retrieve Crash Dump Files
• GridLink - Change SMB2 Registry Settings

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Access Group Doesn’t Work On Windows Server 2008
• GridLink - Problem With Updating Licence File

Release Notes for Version 4.20 (December 9, 2009)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Support 256 CPU Cores Per Job
• GridLink - Error Report Generation
• GridLink - Job Startup Option
• GridLink - Copy Farm Settings
• GridLink - More Features Under Tools Menu
• GridLink - Limit The Number of CPU Cores That a Job will Use
• GridLink - Migrate to Visual Studio 2008

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Cannot Use Backup Manager When Farm Name Contains Illegal Character

Release Notes for Version 4.10 (September 14, 2009)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Improvement On Diagnosing Hung Jobs

Release Notes for Version 4.01 (August 19, 2009)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - AXIS Might Crash If "Make the window of the AXIS remote master/helper visible" Option Is Not Enabled  

Release Notes for Version 4.00 (July 3, 2009)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Block AXIS Versions Affected By Console Application Problem

• GridLink - Take A Helper Server Offline From Farm For Maintenance

• GridLink - Install Licence File

• GridLink - Remap Mapped Drives That Failed Before

• GridLink - Troubleshooting Printer Problems

Release Notes for Version 3.92 (March 9, 2009)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Controller Service May Hang During Backup Profile

Release Notes for Version 3.91 (March 5, 2009)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Controller May Stop Responding And AXIS Master May Lose Helpers During Backup

Release Notes for Version 3.90 (December 16, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Support 192 CPU Cores On One Farm
• GridLink - Specify The Maximum Number Of Simultaneous Jobs Per Master Server
• GridLink - Save FTA Setting Into Remote Job Record

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - AXIS Helpers Might Not Join If C:\Spare Directory Couldn't Be Created
• GridLink - Farm Profile May Not Be Saved During Back-Up

Release Notes for Version 3.82 (November 11, 2008)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Farm Status Displayed In Farm List Combo Box Might Not Be Correct

Release Notes for Version 3.81 (October 22, 2008)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - The Controller Might Stop Responding After Actively Running For A Long Time

Release Notes for Version 3.80 (October 16, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Rename Farm Profile

• GridLink - Install A File On GridLink Farm

• GridLink - Moving Jobs Between Queues

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - The Controller Might Run Out Of Memory

Release Notes for Version 3.70 (June 16, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Integration With Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server

• GridLink - Associate Drive Mapping With Access Group

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Backup Job Does Not Stop At Specified End Time

• GridLink - Farm Splitting Problem

Release Notes for Version 3.62 (May 15, 2008)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Allow Backup Jobs To Run Through Midnight

Release Notes for Version 3.61 (May 8, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Transfer Farm Settings Between Two Separate Farms

Release Notes for Version 3.60 (Apr 18, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Advanced Option For Remote Job Submission

• GridLink - Option To Disallow Users To Delete Historic Job Records

• GridLink - Show The Number Of AXIS Processes On The Server

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Could Not Rename Work Database File On Master Startup

• GridLink - Remote Job List In Job Monitor Didn't Refresh Automatically

Release Notes for Version 3.50 (Feb 18, 2008)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Resubmit Job From Remote Job List
• GridLink - Use GridLink Utility With Command Line
• GridLink - Help Text File

Release Notes for Version 3.40 (Dec 10, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Formula Table Accelerator Option

• GridLink - Compact Job History Database

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Failed To Start Backup Manager In GridLink Utility
• GridLink - Remote Jobs Might Not Run In The Submission Order

Release Notes for Version 3.30 (Oct 16, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Support 128 CPU Cores On One Farm

• GridLink - Master Failure Detection

• GridLink - Farm Profile Backup

• GridLink - Improve The Speed Of Refreshing Remote Job List

• GridLink - Improve WinSock Messaging Mechanism

• GridLink - View Job CPU Usage

• GridLink - View Free Disk Space

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Cannot Add Profile Host Domain Name In Log On Dialog

Release Notes for Version 3.23 (Oct 3, 2007)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Network Communication Errors Reported In A Batch Macro

Release Notes for Version 3.22 (Aug 21, 2007)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Conversion Problem

Release Notes for Version 3.21 (Aug 17, 2007)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Service Upgrade Might Fail

Release Notes for Version 3.20 (Aug 10, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Upgrade GridLink Service

• GridLink - Urgent Job

• GridLink - Allow Multiple GridLink Backup/Restore/Compact Job

• GridLink - Integration With Platform EGO

Release Notes for Version 3.11 (Jul 17, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Allow More Than 64 CPU Cores To Be Used In A Farm

Release Notes for Version 3.10 (Jun 14, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Integration With DataSynapse GridServer
• GridLink - Print Results From GridLink Farm

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Run Multiple Jobs On The Same Server

Release Notes for Version 3.00 (Apr 18, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Make Resource Priority Ratio Configurable

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Farm Might Not Be Split Correctly
• GridLink - Farm Might Run Out Of Disk Space

Remarks

Starting from 3.00, we will only release new versions of GridLink service. The application mode will not be supported.

Release Notes for Version 2.31 (Feb 28, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Resource Priority Control

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Temporary File Directory In Farm Settings Was Not Used

Release Notes for Version 2.30 (Feb 14, 2007)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Support System Formula Batches
• GridLink - Active Backup
• GridLink - Controller Failure Recovery

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - 2 Remote Jobs Could Run On Same Server At The Same Time
• GridLink - GridLink Utility Might Hang When Starting Service That Already Started
• GridLink - Using Access Group And Mapped Drive In Service Mode
• GridLink - Problems With Mapped Drives In Service Mode

Release Notes for Version 2.20 (Dec 6, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Manage More System Parameters In GridLink Utility
• GridLink - Designated Controllers for Users
• GridLink - Retrieve Local Log Messages From Servers
• GridLink - Number Of Remote Jobs Running Simultaneously On The Same Server
• GridLink - Farm Statistics Information
• GridLink - Changing Service User Account

Release Notes for Version 2.13 (Nov 14, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - The Utility Did Not Prompt Users To Install GridLink Service

Release Notes for Version 2.12 (Nov 6, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Non-Administrator Users Cannot Use The Utility

Release Notes for Version 2.11 (Sep 19, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Service Mode Didn't Work With AXIS 11.5 Maintained Versions

Release Notes for Version 2.10 (Sep 8, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Access Groups

Release Notes for Version 2.01 (Aug 29, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Mapping Network Drives (Service Mode)

Release Notes for Version 2.00 (Aug 10, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Make Controller More Responsive When AXIS Stops Responding
• GridLink - GridLink Controller Service
• GridLink - Subnet Support
• GridLink - Change Remote Job Resource Priority

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Couldn't Move Remote Job Up/Down With Older AXIS Versions
• GridLink - AXIS Deployment Didn't Work When Running The Utility On Windows 2000

Remarks

This is the first release of GridLink service mode.

Release Notes for Version 1.60 (Jun 13, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - AXIS Version Deployment With GridLink
• GridLink - Suspend / Resume The Farm
• GridLink - Log The User Name Who Cancelled/Terminated A Batch Job
• GridLink - Support Dataset Formula Batch
• GridLink - Get System Information From Servers
• GridLink - Allow Deletion Of Multiple Jobs In The Queue
• GridLink - Remote Copy/Backup/Restore/Compact Dataset

Bug Fixes

• GridLink Might Not Start Helpers

Release Notes for Version 1.51 (Jun 5, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Licence Might Not Be Recognized With Some System Locale

Release Notes for Version 1.50 (Apr 7, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Improve GridLink Module Utility
• GridLink - User Access Right Control For GridLink Module

Release Notes for Version 1.42 (Mar 13, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Number Of Pending Jobs Showed On GridLink Controller

Release Notes for Version 1.41 (Mar 3, 2006)

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - Helpers Did Not Use Specified Temporary Directory
• GridLink - GridLink Might Not Start Helpers For A Batch Macro

Release Notes for Version 1.40 (Feb 1, 2006)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Dynamically Split the Server Farm

Bug Fixes

• GridLink - AXIS Remote Master Might Crash On Start-up

Release Notes for Version 1.30 (Dec 6, 2005)

Enhancements

• GridLink - To Start Helpers through GridLink Controller
• GridLink - Multiple Servers with Licenced GridLink Controllers

Release Notes for Version 1.20 (Aug 9, 2005)

Enhancements

• GridLink - Submit More Than One Batch Job to Controller
• GridLink - Submit Batch Job Without Opening Dataset

Release Notes for Version 1.10 (Jun 7, 2005)

Remarks

This release only has some minor internal enhancements.

Release Notes for Version 1.00 (Apr 6, 2005)

Enhancements

• AXIS Job Controller

Remarks

This is our first GridLink release, although it didn't have this fancy name yet. It was called "Remote Job Controller" at that time. The name "GridLink" was officially introduced in version 1.30.

GridLink Related Jobs Implemented in AXIS (not in GridLink module)

Enhancements

Version #12601001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - AXIS Distributed Processing Performance Monitor	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - Open Dataset Folder	More

Version #12202001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Enhance	SYS	No	Improvements on Job Monitor	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - Batch Job Status Clarified	More

Version #12201001 Type Modules Affected Changes Results? Summary of Change More Enhance SYS No Add Buttons And For Changing Position Of Pending GridLink Batch Jobs In Queue More

Version #12101001 Type Modules Affected Changes Results? Summary of Change More Enhance SYS No Default Database Link And Distributed Processing More

Version #11601001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - A Toolbar Button For 'Monitor Remote Jobs'	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - Command Line Utility To Submit Job	More

Version #11501001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Enhance	SYS	No	GridLink - Ability To View Batch Log From AXIS GridLink Job Queue List	More

Bug Fixes

Version #12602001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	Yes	Block Recalculation Run Might Produce Incorrect Results When GridLink Shuts Down Helpers	More

Version #12601001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Local Helper Might Not Join Distributed Processing	More

Version #12503001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - "Close Monitor" Button On The Remote Job Monitor Is Invisible On Windows Vista/7	More

Bug

SYS

Yes

Master Might Hang When GridLink Shuts Down Helpers

More

Version #12501006
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS / Stochastic Processing	Yes	GridLink - Block Recalculation Batch Might Produce Incorrect Results On A Multiple Job Queue Farm	More

Version #12403003
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	Starting and Stopping Multiple Copies of AXIS Many Times May Cause Computer To Fail	More

Version #12303001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Duplicated Output Records	More

Version #12302001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Remote Job List Dialog May Miss Some Servers In The Server Name Combo Box	More

Bug

SYS

No

GridLink - Wait For File Option For Remote Job Submission Does Not Work From User Interface

More

Version #12301003
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	AXIS Might Crash When Running First Time On A Multi-Processor GridLink Server	More

Version #12203002
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Remote Server Name Might Not Be Updated On Remote Batch Status Dialog	More

Version #12103001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	AXIS Master Might Not Be Able To Detect A Helper Failure If Dynamic Load Balancing Is Enabled	More

Version #12102003
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	AXIS Master And Helpers Might Hang At The End Of Batch	More

Version #12102001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Missing Batch Log for System Macro	More
Bug	SYS	No	Helpers Might Report ’Could Not Obtain Database Lock’ And Fail To Join Master	More

Version #12101001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Error Message From Job Monitor	More

Version #12003001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Remote Master Might Hang When Helpers Were Shutdown	More

Version #12002002
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - AXIS Crashed When Viewing Remote Batch Log Messages	More

Version #12002001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Dataset/System Formula Batch Problem	More

Version #11603001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - AXIS Helpers Appeared Hanging For A Long Time	More

Version #11601001
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - AXIS Might Crash When Viewing Batch Log Details From Remote Job List	More

Version #11503002
Type	Modules Affected	Changes Results?	Summary of Change	More
Bug	SYS	No	GridLink - Helper On Machine With Multiple Network Cards Might Not Join	More