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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.2 Common Documents - Release Notes

Known issues

Known issues

The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.

Table 3. General known issues

Known issue

Issue ID

Upgrading with Hyper-V does not always mount the appropriate disk partition.

K2-7527

CentOS 8 deployments fail when the repository cache is enabled.

K2-7517

RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux ) and CentOS 7 manual deployment ends in dracut.

K2-7439

The filter tasks box is skewed when browser size is decreased.

K2-7435

Certain task types cause screens to appear in front of the KBE page.

K2-7158

Klonewin stops responding due to network instability issue during file copying phase.

K2-7124

After importing an MI created with All Operating System checkbox selected on the KACE System Management Appliance (SMA), the Runtime Environment is displayed as Windows on the KACE SDA server.

K2-7000

When importing same packages, duplicate entries are created on the appliance.

K2-6964

Issue with VMWare hardware version is reported. For details, see https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/4314237.

K2-6769

Japanese user profile is not listed in Available Profile List.

K2-6492

The Date and Time Settings page should follow the language region date format.

K2-5509

When deploying a dual or multiple partition WIM image through multicast instead of unicast, only the first partition deploys.

Workaround: A workaround is available for this issue. For more information, read the following KB article:

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/212975

K2-5393

Detail View should highlight selected row in data table .

K2-5115

Non-ASCII KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Managed Installation (MI) package name is garbled on the package import list.

K2-4381

Invalid date is allowed for the Run once, on option while creating or updating a scheduled boot action.

K2-4197

Non-English offline user state from Windows 8 is not scanned for K-Image or scripted installation.

K2-3555

lagg0 does not appear in munin.

K2-3500

When KACE SMA and KACE SDA are linked together, two boot actions are created for client machine with two network interface cards (NICs).

K2-3226

System requirements

System requirements

The minimum version required for installing version 9.2 is the latest 9.1 version (9.1.178). If your appliance is running an earlier version, update to the listed version before installing this major release and restart the appliance after the update is installed. To check the version number of your appliance, log in to the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Administrator Console, open the Need Help pane on the right, then click the About Appliance icon.

Before upgrading to or installing version 9.2, make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements. These requirements are available in the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance technical specifications: http://support.quest.com/technical-documents/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/9.2-common-documents/technical-specifications-for-virtual-appliances/.

End of support for Dell 12G physical servers

11th and 12th Generation Dell PowerEdge (R610/R410/R420) servers are no longer supported. Any attempts to upgrade the appliance using this hardware result in failure. Contact your KACE Sales Representative to plan for a migration to a virtual platform.

Product licensing

Product licensing

If you currently have a KACE Systems Deployment Appliance product license, no additional license is required.

If you are using the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance for the first time, see the appliance setup documentation for product licensing details. Go to More resources to access the appropriate guide.

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NOTE: Product licenses for version 9.2 can be used only on a KACE Systems Deployment Appliance version 9.2 or later. Version 9.2 licenses cannot be used on appliances running earlier versions of the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance, such as 8.2.
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NOTE: Prior to upgrading, check the SDA Status Overview Report and verify that the current maintenance status is valid and not expired. You can find the report under Audit Log > Reports.

Installation instructions

Installation instructions

Prepare for the update
Update the appliance using an advertised update
Upload and apply an update manually

You can update the appliance using an advertised update or by manually uploading an update file.

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