Pulse 2 News
May 4th 2010 - Pulse 2 Imaging preview version available
The Pulse 2 team is now working for several months on adding a mastering / cloning module (Imaging) into Pulse 2.
This "Pulse 2 Imaging" module is derived from the port of the "Imaging" part of Linbox Rescue Server (LRS being Pulse 2 ancestor), thereby benefit of many years of experience and proven reliability.
The team is finalizing the integration of this new module. Nevertheless we now wish to reveal some of this new functionality through the release of a virtual machine demo image accompanied by an evaluation guide.
To discover this new version, please go to the following page : http://pulse2-trial.mandriva.com/beta. There you find all information related to this evaluation appliance :
- VMware Demo Image : Mdv_MES5-pulse2-1.3.0b.zip
- Evaluation Guide in English : Pulse2-Evaluation-Guide-1.3.0beta-EN.pdf
- Evaluation Guide in French : Pulse2-Evaluation-Guide-1.3.0beta-FR.pdf
Please be cautious : this demo is not intended to production use. It's main purpose is to evaluate the possibilities of the application regarding to your habits, procedures and architectures (whenever being a legacy LRS user or other asset management systems addict), in order to quickly identify gaps and lacks in terms of ergonomics or features.
Your feedback is valuable, so we count on your participation to this evaluation to cover more of your needs. You can send us your questions and remarks, preferably before May 17, 2010, at the following address: pulse2-beta <at> mandriva <dot> com.
Thank you in advance to all, and have a good test session !
November 20th 2009 - Pulse 2 1.2.4 available
Beyond the traditional maintenance fixes, the aim of this release is to push away the limits of the system, under heavy load and/or on potentially unreliable networks. In this context, this release introduces several enhancements :
- Package-server side : for MS/Windows XP and later, a new reactor to able the server to handle up to ten times the usual amount of parallel requests, as well as a better user feedback in case of errors (pserver down, unreachable, etc ...)
- Scheduler side : some mechanisms are now available to ensure a better behavior in hard environments : broken commands can be automatically neutralized, and an optional lock system can be activated for systems under heavy load.
Amongst other things of interest, starting with this version we are GLPI 0.72 compliant.
As usual, installation instructions and packages are available in the Download section, and up-to-date documentations may be found in the Documentation section. Upgrade instructions are available on the upgrade procedures page. The Pulse 2 demo image has also been updated, amongst its evaluation guide.
July 31th 2009 - Pulse 2 1.2.3 available
This version is focused on scheduling enforcement (errors handling and berhavior under specific circumstances such as bad MySQL connectivity combined to heavy load and low bandwidth).
Please note that starting from now, the full error code range (0 to 255) has been split into smaller one, some of them being reserved for internal purposes. See ticket #664 and the documentation for more details.
As usual, installation instructions and packages are available in the Download section, and up-to-date documentations may be found in the Documentation section. Upgrade instructions are available on the upgrade procedures page. The Pulse 2 demo image has also been updated, amongst its evaluation guide.
July 21th 2009 - New website section : Pulse 2 Snippets
A new section has been opened on the website : Pulse 2 Snippets.
Pulse 2 Snippets allows Pulse 2 users to share their packaging experience to build a repository of generic scripts that can be used together within the MSC module for maintenance or deployment purposes.
The various snippets are freely brows-able / download-able / search-able on the site, and a classification system (platform, application, label etc ...) provides quick access to desired scripts. To avoid spam, the publication of new snippets requires a user account whose creation takes only a few clicks. More information can be found on the "about" page.
The site just opened its doors, thus few snippets have already been posted, however we plan to regularly inject our own scripts and we hope you will contribute too !
June 17th 2009 - Pulse 2 1.2.2 available
This version brings little changes from the previous, as development now focuses on version 1.3 (Hard disk mastering).
For the most part, added patches are minor, but two large improvements phases are ending with this release:
- Completion of a first optimization step in the dyngroup module, where dynamic group deletion speed was enhanced,
- Introduction of a smarter cleaning mechanism for win32 platforms in order to circumvent any locks held on uploaded files.
Please note that the "smart cleaning mechanism" is partly based on tools embedded in Pulse 2 Secure Agent starting from version 1.2.1, whose last version 1.2.2 was released on 2009-06-11. Although Pulse 2 1.2.2 can work perfectly with pre-1.2.1 versions of the agent, people experiencing "file/folder locked" issues on MS win32 platforms MS are invited to update their agents. As from version 1.2.0, the agent is now fully vista-compliant, needless to say the upgrade worth a try !
As usual, installation instructions and packages are available here, and updated documentation may be found here. The Pulse 2 demo image has also been updated, amongst its evaluation guide.
May 14th 2009 - Pulse 2 1.2.1 available
An enormous work has been undertaken to improve the user experience, especially on the fluidity and ergonomics of the interface.
Other parts, however, earn some eagerly functions such as:
- In the inventory module, the ability to split clients into logical entities and to give users access to certain entities,
- In the MSC module, a new proxy mode (multiple) to make the deployment of packages over broadband link safer and quicker.
As usual, installation instructions and packages are available here, and updated documentation may be found here. The Pulse 2 demo image has also been updated, amongst its evaluation guide.
Jan. 15th 2009 - Pulse 2 1.2.0 available
We are proud to announce that version 1.2.0 of Pulse 2 is available for all.
Jan. 31st 2008 - Pulse 2 at Solutions Linux 2008 in Paris
Pulse 2 has been demonstrated at Solution Linux 2008 held in Paris to deploy Firefox and Openoffice.org on both Linux and Windows platforms.
