CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.2.0] - 2017-08-21

Dropped some long overdue documentation updates. New URL: https://wahlnetwork.github.io/Vester

Added

• Online documentation at https://wahlnetwork.github.io/Vester
  • #158:
    • Docs migrated from .rst to .md
    • Use PlatyPS to include current cmdlet-based help
    • Enable automated updates w/ new project build script
  • Docs output to branch "gh-pages", which powers GitHub Pages at the new URL (#160)
  • Renders the old readthedocs URL obsolete
• New function Get-VesterTest (#157)
  • A glorified Get-ChildItem for Vester test files (*.Vester.ps1)
  • Default path gathers all tests included with the module
  • Filter by Name or Scope (like "Cluster")
  • Exposes test details, like "Description", for simple user reference

Changed

• Changed the readme (and all references to the old docs site) to the new URL (#164)

Much ❤

@michaeltlombardi

[1.1.0] - 2017-06-15

I learned that we need to publish releases far more often. :)

Added

• New scope for datastore clusters: "DSCluster"
• New DSCluster tests:
  • AutoOverride-IoLoadBalance
  • AutoOverride-PolicyEnforcement
  • AutoOverride-RuleEnforcement
  • AutoOverride-SpaceLoadBalance
  • AutoOverride-VmEvacuation
  • IO-Latency
  • IO-LoadImbalanceThreshold
  • IO-ResIopsThreshold
  • IO-ResPercentThreshold
  • IO-ResThresholdMode
  • IOLoadBalance
  • LoadBalance-Interval
  • SDRS-AutomationLevel
  • SDRS-DefaultVMAffinity
  • Space-FreespaceTheshold
  • Space-ThresholdMode
  • Space-UtilDiffMin
  • SpaceUtilPercent
• Some new tests were written, and others were ported from the old test format (prior to Vester 1.0's module life)
• New vCenter tests:
  • SMTP-Sender
  • SMTP-Server
  • VC-EventMaxAge
  • VC-EventMaxAgeEnabled
  • VC-TaskMaxAge
  • VC-TaskMaxAgeEnabled
• New ESXi Host tests:
  • Advanced-Kernel-iovDisableIR
  • BPDU-Filter
  • Disk-MaxLUN
  • ESXAdmins
  • NetDump-Settings
  • NetDump-SettingsEnable
  • NTP-Service
  • NTP-Service-Policy
  • SSH-Service-Policy
• New VM tests:
  • Boot-Delay
  • CPU-Reservation
  • Isolation-DeviceConnectable
  • Isolation-DeviceEdit
  • Memory-Reservation
  • RemoteConsole-VNC
  • Snapshot-Retention
  • Sync-TimeSettings
  • Tools-HostInfoAccess
  • Tools-SetInfo-SizeLimit
• New VDS Network tests:
  • VDS-LinkOperation
  • VDS-MTUsize
  • VDS-Teaming-HealthCheck
  • VDS-VlanMTU-HealthCheck

Changed

• #114 / #115: Invoke-Vester is more than twice as fast now! We removed repeated Get calls within private file VesterTemplate.Tests.ps1. Big thanks to @Midacts/@jpsider/@jonneedham for collaborating on this.
• #118 / #119: Config.json files now sort their settings within each scope.

Fixed

• #90: Invoke-Vester -Test $TestList should execute all tests in the array, instead of just the final one after ignoring the rest. Now they do again.
• #99: Re-implemented -PassThru on Invoke-Vester.
• #116 / #129: The name of the active vCenter connection was not being reported properly.
• #154: Network test VDS-MTUsize had an incorrect parameter.
• Cleaned up VM test files:
  • Tools-DiskWiperDisable
  • Tools-HGFS-ServerDisable

Much ❤

@jeffgreenca @haberstrohr @jonneedham @Midacts @jpsider @Factorization

[1.0.1] - 2017-02-28

Initial availability as a PowerShell module

[1.0.0] - 2016-11-10 [YANKED]

Published just to reserve the name on the PowerShell Gallery. If you have this version, please update!