Kaspersky Administration Kit 6 MP1 (build 6.0.1405)
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Version 6 MP1 of Kaspersky Administration Kit application features extended application functionality and has some errors detected in earlier application versions fixed.

Version 6 MP1 is a cumulative update of the Kaspersky Administration Kit application. It can be used either for the initial installation of the application or for updating any earlier versions of the Kaspersky Administration Kit application.

The following procedure is recommended for updating the application:

1) Carefully read this document and determine whether you need this service pack.

2) In order to install the administration server you need to install the MDAC version 2.8 component or higher on your computer.

3) Using the klbackup.exe utility create a backup copy of the Administration Server data. Note that in order to be able to fully restore the Administration Server data you have to save the Server’s certificate. Starting from Service Pack 3 of Kaspersky Administration Kit 5 application, the klbackup utility can use saved data of the previous versions of the Administration Server.

4) Run the Kaspersky Administration Kit 6.0 installer on the computer on which the Administration Server is installed and update the current version of the Administration Server. Backward compatibility is supported between the newer and older versions of the Administration Server. All data of the older (current) version of the Administration Server will be saved during the update to the new version.

5) Create a group or a global task for installing the Network Agent 6.0.1405 on the client computers. Run this task manually or according to the schedule. After this task is successfully completed the new required version of the Network Agent will be installed on the client computers.

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Updates and new features in Administration Kit V. 6.0.1405 

1) Added Windows Vista support.

2) Added Cisco NAC support to Administration Agent and Server.

3) Revised event handling rule configuration interface.

4) Added detailed troubleshooting option to Administration Server update download task.

5) Added rule automatically to move hosts from domain to administration group.

6) Added rule automatically to move new hosts from Active Directory container to administration group.

7) It is now possible to configure a rule for automatically making UDP Port 15000 an exception in Windows firewall when installing Administration Agent.

8) Changed report appearance.

9) Extended complement of fields included in reports and added default field sort criteria.

10) Added capability to filter based on report fields.

11) Added four new report types: 
    "Application Type Summary Report",
    "Work Station and File Server Protective Application Summary Report ",
    "Mail System Protective Application Summary Report ",
    "Perimeter Defense Application Summary Report ",

12) Added capability to start a task on a client when another task exits.

13) Added capability for tasks to be triggered by Virus Outbreak and New Updates Received by Administration Server events.

14) Added functionality for Administration Server remote installation and update. This functionality is also available for administration server hierarchy.

15) Network Agent writes data on current client antivirus protection status to the registry.

16) Added additional filtering capability for task execution results.

17) Added supplemental criteria for Virus Outbreak event.

18) Added new option to settings for automatic client reboot following a remote installation. This option automatically shuts down running applications for reboot.  

19) Added support for MySQL 5.0.32.


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Changes in build 6.0.1320 (Kaspersky Administration Kit 6) as compared with build 5.0.1152 (Kaspersky Administration Kit 5)

Added functionality:

1) Kaspersky Administration Kit application includes plugins for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows File Servers.

2) Support for intermediate updates distribution centers and deployment packages (Update Agents). 

3) Support for IP multicasts for deployment package distribution and application updates. This feature considerably reduces traffic peaks within the corporate network.

4) It is possible to create global tasks related to the results of computers search and queries.

5) Support for MySQL (build 5.0.22, default charset - UTF8) as the alternative database used by the Administration Server.

6) Ability to distribute deployment packages for the entire hierarchy of the administration servers.

7) Ability to create a task of installation and update of the applications for the entire hierarchy of the administration servers.

8) Ability to automatically resolve installation of the network agent conflicts resulted from copying of the hard drive image.

9) Reports include the user profile under which the virus infection occurred.

10) Ability of centralized management of files in the backup storage on the client computers. Node “Backup storage” has been added to the administration console; using this node the administrator can perform centralized administration of all backup storages on the client computers.

11) A column, indicating whether the network agent and anti-virus application are installed on the computer, has been added to the administration console.

12) Search by multiple event types.

13) Ability to create operations for selected groups of computers in the console.

14) Policies for the Administration Server.

15) Ability of preliminary collection of information about anti-virus applications installed on the client computers that are not managed by Kaspersky Administration Kit has been added. 

16) A task for removing third-party anti-virus products using Kaspersky Network Agent has been implemented.

17) A special policy type for mobile clients has been added. This policy is automatically activated on the client computer in case of a disconnection from the administration server.

18) Support for notifications for SMTP servers with authentication.

19) Support for creating deployment packages without accessing the public access folder on the Administration Server.

20) Task for automatic update of the slave servers is run after receiving the updates from the main server.

21) Password for removal of the network agent has been implemented.

22) Support for multiple sets of columns in MMC and switching between such sets have been implemented.

23) Ability for the administrator to launch a corporate network scan on demand has been implemented.

24) There is no need now to restart the server after changes have been made to the administration server settings.

25) Support for updating network agent installed by MSI installer and Active Directory installation tools using administration server tools. 
26) Ability to create computer queries by operation system version has been added.

27) Ability to disable all types of network scan via the administration console.

28) Ability of creating groups and adding computers to such groups has been added to the Quick Start Wizard.

29) Completion progress (in percent) indicator has been added to group tasks. When viewing the history of a group task the task execution progress in percent will be displayed on each computer.

30) Functionality related to sending test messages has been extended. 

31) Computer names conflict resolution using MAC address has been added.

32) A set of values can be used as a criterion of the real-time protection level in the administration group.

33) In case of a removal of an administration server a suggestion to create a backup copy will be displayed.

34) Ability to create deployment packages directly from the Kaspersky Lab’s products’ distribution packages. No intermediate steps involving unpacking the distribution package into a temporary folder will be required.

35) Predefined query that includes all audit events has been added.

36) Ability to delete a non-empty administration group if such group does not include client computers and slave administration servers has been added.

37) Ability to search for computers using computer’s DNS name has been added.
