BizTalk MsgBoxViewer - download here the latest version of the tool
Version 10.15.9078.
Download it : MsgBoxViewer10_15.zip
New Features and Fixes :
- Fixed MSDTC/COM+ package Version reported for W7 and W2K8 R2
- Fixed warning reporting incorrectly that Mgmt pack version installed was too old
- Check on ALL BT Servers belonging to a BizTalk 2006 R2 group for R2 SP1 presence and raise yellow warning suggesting it if not present
- Raise yellow warning if TDDS_FailedTrackingData rows > 50 000 (possiblr known issue described in KB 977289)
- Added a rule in "BizTalk Eventlog" query checking for occurrence ofissue described in KB 950048 (MSQC with msg size > 4 MB)
- Added a rule in "Receive Locations" query checking for occurrence of issue described in KB 976306 (MSQC Receive Location using “Request MSg Body Before” tracking option)
- Addedd mention to KB 978796 when DTA orphaned issue warning is raised
Version 10.15.8978.
Download it : MsgBoxViewer10_15.zip
New Features:
- Fixed issue where all TCP settings were not retrieved from the registry
- Fixed issue preventing properties of Web sites to be displayed in the "Web Sites" Query
- Fixed issue where TEMP DB datasource is incorrectly retrieved in cluster configuration
- Fixed issue where KB 954814 is suggested in a warning for BizTalk 2009 (known issue only for 2006 and 2006 R2)
- New query to check for the presence of BizTalk Mgmt Pack and its version on the server running MBV
- New query to get GAC assemblies and their version on the server running MBV
- New query to get current identity nID of MessageZeroSum table and raise warning suggesting to install KB 970231 if identity is approaching 2 billions (known issue)
- New query to check if row count in a HostQ table >= 2 billions and raise warning of possible arythmetic error on BizTalk 2004 and 2006 environments (known issue)
Version 10.15.8478.
Download it : MsgBoxViewer10_15.zip
New Features:
- Include "Tempdb" info on the "Dbs infos", "Dbs Files", and "Dbs Space" queries
- Query to get list of IIS App pools with their owning Applications and check if an Application is a BizTalk Receive Location
- Query to get list of Web sites with all their propertes App pools with their owning Applications and check if an application is a BizTalk Receive Location
- Get list of active global SQL Trace flags
- Query to get the SQL agent log
- Changed the KB linked to the warning message when AllowOnlySecureRpcCalls is not set correctly on cluster
- Fixed HotFix queries to get also the 32 bits installed on a X64 machine
- Display now HotFix file(s) with their version
- Fixed the .NET config files to have also the ones from 64 bits version of the Framework
- Get also BTSNTSVC64.exe.Config if found
- Order by DESC the Most recent records in TDDSFailedTRRackingData table for both DTA and BAM dbs
- Fixed an HTML display issue (report can be expanded correctly ) when we fail to connect to some Dbs
- Added Autogrow rules for the "DBs File" query to check the current auto grow of BizTalk Dbs against our recommendations for MDF and LOG files
Version 10.15.8078.
Download it : MsgBoxViewer10_15.zip
New Features:
- New query in “Server Info” category: “NET Config files” on all BT servers - not checked by default
- New query in “Server Info”: “Running Processes” on all servers
- New query in “Advanced DB Info” category: “Tracking tables Sequence Number” - not checked by default
- New query in “Advanced DB Info” category: “Tracking tables Sequence Number gaps” - not checked by default
- New query in “Advanced DB Info” category : “Tracking tables Sequence Large BLOBs” - not checked by default
- Provides a rule raising a warning if large table “NotEqualPredicateTables” found (known issue)
- Provides additional EventsLog rules
- Improves MsgBox Database naming convention in some Summary Report categories to be unique in multiple MsgBox scenarios
- Provides “Total Q rows” entry in the “MsgBox Table” Summary Report category
- "Current Error Log" query is modified to list entries in Descendant order
- Provides some rules to the "Current Error Log" query to check for Disk space errors, Db Integrity or Fatal errors, and raise warnings if found
- "Error Log.1" request in now moved into its dedicated query - not Checked by default
- Host instance "Start time" is now added in Topology Report "Running Host instance" category
- System Variables are added in Topology Report
Version 10.15.
Download it : MsgBoxViewer10_15.zip
New features:
- Can export now into MBV Extension File custom rules created in MBV gui ("Export" button present in the Rule Dialog in MBV gui)
- Get Artefacts per Host
- Get COM+ rollup version from COM+ & MSDTC modules loaded in BizTalk instances and from the “Important software Layer” query
and add it in the Topology Report
- Get SQL ERROR LOGs
- Get LanManWorkstations parameters of all Servers
- Get Config File of all BT servers
- Get also the list of Stopped services on all servers, raise warning if some BizTalk related services are stopped (EDI, Rules update, etc…) and add this list in the Topçology Report
- Get BAM Portal config file
- Get BAMQueryService config file
- Get BAMMgmtService Config File
- Get RPC Settings and Internet Port range on all Servers if found
- Get File list of all BT HotFixes installed on all BT Servers
- Include also in the Perfmon Log query the “Process” counters for all running BTSNTSVCx.EXE and RUNTIMEAGENT.EXE
- Select now by default "Error and Warning" as type of events to retrieve in the Event Log Query
- Changed DTC Settings and CID duplication queries to be a single VBS query and manage x64 targeded servers (so it should target correctly this time remote x64 registries)
- Check for “FailureActions” changes in BizTalk Services (default is “Restart Service”)
- Check when max size of a DB file is soon reached (based on his growth) and raise warning if it is
- Add SQL Servers Disk Infos in Topology with Disk types, Capacity, and FreeSpace
- Populate more statistics in the “BizTalk group” category in the Summary Report to reflect very quickly number of BT Servers, SQL ones,
DBs, MsgBoxes, RL, send Ports, pipelines, ports, etc…
- Identify and include more software versions in the Topology Report (WCF adapter, MQS client layer, Oracle client layer, SAP client layer, etc..)
- For BT 2009, add UDDI Db in list of Dbs analyzed if its location is found in registry in the BTS running MBV
- Detect when SMS agent is running and raise a warning suggesting to use latest version of Mgmt Pack (risk of 100 CPU% wiyh previous version of the BizTalk Mgmt Pack)
- Detect if some BizTalk related services were stopped on BT servers (MSDTC, ENTSSO, EDI, Rule Engine)
- Raise "not supported" warning if W2K8 R2 is detected
- Fixed bug when generating temp .VBS file with path having spaces
- Fixed bug whene generating temp .BAT file with a long filename
- Checks for non unique document namespaces and raise a warning if found
