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What's new

This page helps administrators to upgrade their TeemIp instance and summarizes the improvements that have been brought to the product during its lifetime.

Localization

TeemIp is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish !

Special thanks to the following people who kindly contributed to the translation work:

  • Maria Laura Colantoni from Qinet for the Italian translation.
  • Miguel Turrubiates for the Spanish Castellano translation.
  • Michael Blank, David Gümbel and Martin Raenker from ITOMIG GmbH for the German translation.

TeemIp standalone relying on the iTop project, the translation of specific iTop dictionnaries is naturally inherited from that project.

TeemIp change log

This chapter lists the cumulative changes that took place during TeemIp history.

2.6.1

Coming soon

2.6.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.6.0 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.7 and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.7. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.6.0 standalone relies on iTop tag 2.7.0-1 dated April 2020.

  • Subnet blocks
    • At creation, parent block is automatically computed.
    • A bug was preventing a bnew block to be inserted within a block tree. This has been corrected.
  • Subnets
    • At creation, parent block is automatically computed for subnets as well.
    • A dashboard attribute that provides, by defaults, statistics on subnet's IPs has been added to the subnet's details page. Every user can adapt it to its needs, like any other dashboard.
    • Subnets can be NATed and a configuration option enables automatic symmetrical NAT.
  • IP Addresses
    • Thanks to improvements made to iTop's APIs, attachement & release of IPs to CI is now fully automatic when an IP is attached to a CI or when this IP changes.
    • Short name computation is now done through a method defined in XML at the FunctionalCI level and can, therefore, be customized to meet everyone's need for each class of CI.
    • Port and protocol informations have been added to the NAT relations
    • Automatic symmetrical NAT is disabled by default
  • IP Tools
    • A new shorcut has been created under the IP management menu to group IP related tools. A enhanced subnet calculator has been set there. More tools will follow.
  • CMDB
    • A MAC address attribute has been added to all datacenter devices and to all end-user devices.
    • On Hypervisor's details page, a tab lists all IPs carried by the network interfaces of the associated server.
    • Logical interfaces can now be attached to a VLAN.
    • On VLAN's detailed display, a tab lists all IPs attached to the interfaces associated to the VLAN.
  • Profiles
    • New profiles have been created: Admin tools, Audit, Notifications, Query and User Managers
  • Portal
    • TeemIp's portal has been adapted to follow iTop's 2.7 evolutions in that area.
  • Administration
    • Administrators have now access to a news room where key informations on TeemIp's project will be given.
    • Admin tools menu has been split in 3 menus: Administration, Configuration and System. New profiles have been created to access these menus.
    • Global IP Settings has moved under the new Configuration menu, next to TeemIp's general configuration menu.
  • Miscellaneous
    • Method GetBlockSize associated to Subnet Blocks has been deprecated. It must be replaced by GetSize

2.5.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.5.1 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.6 and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.6. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.5.1 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.6 as per 2019, December 10.

  • IP Discovery
    • Even when attached to an IP Discovery application, a subnet can be removed from the discovery process.
    • Interaction with zone management module has been improved.
  • Subnet blocks
    • Global configuration parameters, like size or CIDR alignment, can be disabled at creation time
  • Subnets
    • Global configuration parameters can be disabled at creation time
  • IP Addresses
    • Related CIs are displayed even if these are obsolete.
    • When an IP is released, it is automatically removed from all the CIs and interfaces it is allocated to.
    • Ping command on assignement has been improved for a better handling of Windows environments.
    • Global configuration parameters, like ping or name uniqueness, can be disabled at creation time
  • DNS Zones
    • DNS records can be created, updated or cleared at once for a whole subnet.
    • @ is now a valid character for the name of resource records.
    • Authoritative DNS servers for a zone can be documented.
  • DNS Domains
    • Within the tab that lists the hosts attached to a domain, it is now possible to filter the hosts that are directly attached to the domain and the ones that belong to child domains only.
  • Profiles
    • Name of TeemIp's “Helpdesk agent” has been changed to “IP Helpdesk agent”.
    • Name of TeemIp's “Portal user” has been renamed to “IP Portal user”.
    • “Guest” profile has been denied access to all Ticket classes.
  • IP Requests
    • IP update was generating an error when domain was changed. This has been corrected.
    • When released, an IP is automatically detached from the CIs it was allocated to.
  • Portal
    • Legacy portal is no more supported.
    • TeemIp portal now correctly implements iDBObjectURLMaker.
  • Miscellaneous
    • Handling of lists within object tabs has been corrected: DisplaySet have been replaced by DisplayBlocks.

2.5.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.5.0 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.6 and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.6. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.5.0 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.6 as per 2019, September 24.

  • Subnet blocks
    • Direct delegation when a block is created is now forbiden. Delegation can only be done through the “Delegate” action.
    • OQL that filters parent organizations is coherent with the fact that a block can be delegated to a grand child organization.
  • IP Addresses
    • Modelization of NATed IPs have been redesigned. Instead of having only one lnkIPAddressToIPAdress instanciated and leting the display handling the reverse link, two such links are now instanciated and managed, one per direction.
    • When un-allocated from CIs, an IP is un-allocated from obsolete CIs as well.
    • When a CI gets obsolete (or in-stock), its IPs are automatically removed from it.
  • DNS Zones
    • Management of IP addresses and zones are now linked: DNS records can be manually or automatically created or updated when an IP address is created or updated.
  • DNS Domains
    • Domains can now be delegated to other organizations, like what is done for subnet blocks.
  • Miscellaneous
    • Display of MAC Address attributes has been corrected.
    • Hostmaster profile has now r/w access to IP Discovery applications
    • Tab titles within details pages have been aligned with iTop standard where number of listed items is not indicated when null.
    • Help URL (? at the top right of the page) now points to TeemIp's wiki.

2.4.1

TeemIp 2.4.1 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.6.1 and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.6.1. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.4.1 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.6 as per 2019, April 12.

This maintenance release doesn't bring any new pure TeemIp features but includes the many bug fixes and few new features included in iTop 2.6.1, as descibed in iTop's change log. As a consequence, no new revision has been created for TeemIp as a module.

2.4.0

TeemIp 2.4.0 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.6 and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.6. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.4.0 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.6 as per 2019, February 08.

  • IP Discovery
    • This extension is now integrated in the Standalone version of TeemIp. Note that the IP Discovery collector still needs to be deployed on remote systems.
    • Full documentation of IP Discovery is available here on this wiki.
  • Zone Management
    • TeemIp now offers you the possibility to manage DNS zones and views
      • Manage standard DNS records: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SRV, TXT
      • Link them to IP and CMDB objects
      • Export DNS zones manually or throug TeemIp web services,
    • Full documentation of TeemIp Zone Management is available here on this wiki.
  • IP Addresses
    • IP allocation has been improved so that IPs can be allocated to CIs that have one or more IP address attribute, whether this attribute is a foreign key to an IPAddress, an IPv4Addres or an IPv6Address.
  • IP Requests
    • IPv4 and IPv6 creation requests allows automatic attachment to any of the IP addresses of a CI that has IP address attributes
    • This feature is available on TeemIp portal as well
  • Miscellaneous
    • Domain: all hosts and domains which name ends up with <domain> are displayed under that <domain> name
    • Profiles have been reviewed:
      • Configuration manager: r/w on Domains and IP Addresses only
      • Hostmaster: r/w on all IP Objects and DNS Objects
      • Hostmaster-DNS: r/w on DNS Objects and Views

2.3.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.3.1 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.5.x and bugs that have been corrected within iTop 2.5.1. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.3.1 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.5 as per 2018, November 02.

  • Subnet Blocks
    • A few bugs have been corrected on the Find Space action
      • Subnet mask was lost when subnet creation was displayed
      • For IPv6 Blocks,
        • Only subnets are proposed if mask > 64
        • Subnets and blocks are proposed if mask = 64
        • Only blocks are proposed if mask < 64
  • Subnets
    • Hidden configurations have been changed to accommodate the last revision of IP Discovery extension (0.2.0)
  • IP Addresses
    • A reserved, released or unassigned IP can now be directly allocated to a CI
      • List of available CIs is filtered according to the instanciated classes of CIs that have one IP address attribute
    • An allocated IP can be detached from the CI and interfaces it is allocated to
  • WEB Services
    • Version 1.1: You may now ask TeemIp to automatically provide you with a subnet in an IP Block through the standard REST/JSON interface of iTop.
  • Miscellaneous
    • OQL that filters locations that can be attached to WAN Links has been corrected

2.3.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.3.0 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.5.x and has been adapted to it, namely the new search tool. iTop new features are documented here. TeemIp 2.3.0 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.5 as per 2018, August 29.

  • Subnet Blocks
    • Handling of IPv6 blocks bigger than /64 has been corrected
    • Find space action was broken. It has been fixed.
  • IP Addresses
    • When an IP is attached to a CI, the name of the CI is copied into the shortname of the IP. This behaviour can be enabled or disabled through configuration.
  • WEB Services
    • Version 1.0: WEB services have been created. You may now get the number of registered IPs in a subnet and ask TeemIp to automatically provide you with an IP in a subnet or in an IP range through the standard REST/JSON interface of iTop.
  • IP Requests
    • /32 and /31 IPv4 subnets, /127 and /128 IPv6 subnets are now hidden to the requestor who needs to pick a subnet where to create its new IP from.
  • Miscellaneous
    • A new “Guest” profile with read only capabilities on the CMDB and IP space has been created.
    • On a connectable CI, the list of IPs hosted by the CI's interfaces provides the name of the interface.
    • Some functions that were not working with PHP 7.2 have been reworked to support that PHP version.

2.2.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.2.1 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.4.x, namely the obsolescence and the archiving. TeemIp 2.2.1 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.4 as per 2018, April 13.

  • Subnet Blocks
    • Undelegate action is no more visible if block has not been delegated
    • Find space action is now working with x64 OS.
    • /32s can be searched for in IPv4 Blocks
    • GetBlockSize method is deprecated and should be replaced by GetSize
  • Subnets
    • Deletion of subnets where broadcast and subnet IPs were automatically managed was causing a fatal error: fixed
  • Miscellaneous
    • Module teemip-datacenter-mgmt-adaptor has been created. It adds IP addributes to classes defined there (Rack, Enclosures, PowerConnections…)
    • Installation was not working on some x64 systems (see ticket #54): fixed.
    • Class IPMgmtExtraMenus that implements iPopupMenuExtensiondetection has been reviewed to speed up display of nemus.
    • Size of popup windows for IP object creation has been standardized: window for block creation was too narrow.

2.2.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.2.0 supports all the new features brought by iTop 2.4.x, namely the obsolescence and the archiving. TeemIp 2.2.0 standalone relies on iTop branch 2.4 as per 2017, November 23.

  • Subnets
    • Mask of IPv4 subnets can be as small as /32.
    • Mask of IPv6 subnets are no longer set to /64 only. They can be selected within the /64 - /128 range.
  • IP Addresses
    • An IP address can be given to a Peripheral
  • Miscellaneous
    • IPv6 or IPv4 addresses can be directly created from the edition form of objects (server, IP phone…) that have an IP Address attribute.
    • A new tab lists all IPs of all physical interfaces attached to a Connectable CI
    • A new tab lists all IPs of all logical interfaces attached to a Virtual machine
    • Subnet imports…

2.1.2

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.1.2 relies on iTop branch 2.3 as per 2017, July 28.

  • Hidden features
    • New abstract class IPApplication has been created
    • “List & Pick IPs” as well as “CSV Export IPs” functions have been adapted to support the future IP Discovery application.
    • DisplayBareRelation of class IPv4Address has been modified so that it can be overloaded by a custom design.
  • Subnet Blocks
  • Next to the delegation options, Subnet Blocks can have now their delegation taken back.
  • Subnets
  • Output format of “CSV Export IPs” function has been aligned to iTop export feature.
  • IP Ranges
    • Output format of “CSV Export IPs” function has been aligned to iTop export feature.
  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • SourceForge bug #50 “some vulnerabilities” has been corrected.
    • SourceForge bug #55 “PHP warning related to GetAsCSV” has been corrected.

2.1.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.1.1 relies on iTop branch 2.3 as per 2016, December 19.

  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • It was not possible to create IP related ticket from the portal. This has been corrected.

2.1.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.1.0 relies on iTop latest 2.3.2 version (branch 2.3 as per 2016, November 25) and therefore, benefits from all new features and all bug fixes of iTop's core modules that have been developped since iTop 2.0.3 !!

  • WAN Links
    • Locations for WAN links end points can now be locations attached to carriers organizations.
  • Domain Names
    • Display of domain names in tree format has been corrected.
  • Subnet Blocks
  • Two new configuration parameters have been added:
  • Minimum size of IPv4 blocks can be reduced down to 1 !!
  • Blocks can be delegated to organizations that don't have any parent / child relation.
  • Subnets
  • Gateway IPs can be changed if no specific format is imposed.
  • IP Ranges
    • When a new IP range is created, existing IPs that are part of the range are now automatically attached to it.
  • IP Addresses
    • Regression with the display of NATed IPs has been corrected.
    • A new attributed called 'Aliases' has been added: you may now document multiple aliases with an IP.
    • When allocationg an IP to a device, reserved IPs are not listed anymore.
  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • Few integration bugs with iTop 2.1 and 2.3 have been corrected
    • A few dictionnary entries have been corrected.
  • End user devices
    • TeemIp now includes standard iTop End User devices. You may now register IPs for your Mobile Phones, IP Phones, PC, Printers and Tablets like any other IP devices.

2.0.2

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.0.2 relies on iTop latest 2.0.3 version (branch 2.0.3 as per 2015, March 1st) and therefore, benefits from all new features and all bug fixes of iTop's core modules.

  • WAN Links
    • WAN link types are now typology elements and the “Type” attribute is selected through a combo box?
    • Next to the attribute “Rate”, you can now document a “Burst Rate” and an “Underlying Rate”.
    • The “Carrier” attribute is no longer a text field but a pointer to an Organisation. That should ease management of links provided by a given carrier.
    • Next to the carrier reference, an internal reference can be documented.
    • A new “Move to production date” can be registered.
    • A new “Decommissioning date” attribute will tell you when your links has been obsoleted.
  • AS Numbers
    • “Registrar” of an AS number no longer is a text field but a pointer to an organization.
  • Domain Names
  • The “Internet Registrar” of a domain is no longer a text field but a pointer to an organization.
  • Subnet Blocks
  • An allocation date can now be registered for Blocks . This new attribute is automatically updated when object is created.
  • Some autocompletion feature has been added to ease the handling of IPv6 addresses.
  • Subnets
    • An allocation date can now be registered for Subnets . This new attribute is automatically updated when object is created.
    • Subnet calculator gives now the IP of the previous and next subnets (if any) of the same size.
    • Some autocompletion feature has been added to ease the handling of IPv6 addresses.
  • IP Ranges
    • An allocation date can now be registered for Ranges . This new attribute is automatically updated when object is created.
    • Some autocompletion feature has been added to ease the handling of IPv6 addresses.
  • IP Addresses
    • Contacts and documents can now be attached to an IP address
  • IP Objects
    • Allocation and release dates have been moved to abstract class IP Object. In order to ease the migration, a procedure is executed when the TeemIp is upgraded to move these 2 attributes from leave classes to the IP Object one.
  • IP Requests
    • When a request for a new IP is created (directly or through the portal), requestors may ask to attach the IP to a specific device. If the IP is a management IP, device's attribute is automatically updated. If it is part of a physical or logical interface attached to the device, it remains up to the agent handling the ticket to create the interface.
    • Contact tab now appears in the detail of an IP ticket.
    • On the portal, the list of attributes of the search filter has been extended.
  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • Creating a delegated block directly from the block creation page was displaying a fatal error window, though the delegated block was created.
    • Calculation of CIDR alignement for subnets was not working well.
    • Display of CSV IPs within subnets and ranges was not working anymore due to an obsolete IP address attribute.
    • Automatic calculation of IP range when new IP is created has been fixed.

2.0.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.0.1 dated 2014, May the 26th relies on iTop 2.0.2 version and therefore, benefits from all new features and all bug fixes of iTop's core modules.

  • VRFs
    • A new functional CI has been brought to TeemIp. As part of the Network group of the Configuration Management module, it allows you to document the VRFs (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) used within your organizations. For each of them, you may document:
      • its name, organization and provide a description
      • the route distinguisher and the route target
      • the list of subnets and physical interfaces attached to that VRF
  • WAN links
    • Attribute “Type” is now visible in the Detail menu.
    • A new attribute “Rate” allows you to register date rate of the link.
  • IP Addresses
    • Allocation date can now be registered for IPs. This new attribute is automatically updated when status of the IP address moves into “allocated” state.
  • Search and filter on IP lists
    • The search menu is now displayed at the top of each list of IP objects (blocks, subnets, ranges and addresses). This allows you to filter and restrict the content of a list.
  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • IPv6 CIDR calculation for blocks and subnet was not working on 64 bits servers.
    • Display of Domain trees was resulting in an application error.

2.0

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 2.0 dated 2014, April 21st relies on iTop 2.0.2 version and therefore, benefits from all new features and all bug fixes of iTop's core modules.

  • Delegation of Subnet blocks
    • Blocks (v4 or v6) can now be delegated from an organization to a child organization. This can be done when the IP block is created or later on, during its lifecycle. Delegated blocks belong to the child organization and appear at the top of the child organization's IP plan.

The way IPs can be attached to CIs have been fully reviewed and enhanced. From now on:

  • IPs / CIs linkage
    • IPs may be attached to IP Interfaces, Virtual Machines (VMs) or Datacenter Devices (DDs).
    • IPs don't have any external key to CIs that may host IPs
    • A new tab is listing the CIs that an IP is attached to.
    • Attachement of an IP to a CI is done from the CI creation or modification menus.
    • The same IP can be attached to multiple IP Interfaces (case of an HSRP IP)
    • An IP Interface can be attached to multiple IPs
    • VMs and DDs are pointing to 1 IP at the most
    • A new status has been created: unassigned
    • IP status is automatically managed.
  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • Display of notification screen of the Admin tab was broken
    • Reconciliation keys were missing on some abstract classes Localization
  • IPv6 capability
    • The main noticeable feature that has been included within the 2.0-beta version is certainly the IPv6 capabilities: IPv6 blocks, IPv6 subnets, IPv6 ranges and IPv6 addresses can now be created and managed within TeemIp.
    • The same functions that were available to manage IPv4 space are available as well to manage IPv6 space:
      • split, shrink, expand blocks (note that, in IPv6, subnets have a set size of /64 that cannot be changed).
      • list & pick IPs, find space and export contents.
      • IP attributes of CMDB objects (like the management IP of Network Devices) can point to both IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
  • IP Management
    • Minimum size of subnet blocks can be defined by administrator.
    • A subnet calculator has been integrated to the tool. It is available from the subnet (v4 or v6) menus.
    • Subnets can be attached to the new VLAN objects that are now part of iTop CMDB.
    • Subnets become and attribute of IP addresses
    • Gateway IP with predefined setup (IP subnet + 1, broadcast IP - 1, free allocation) is a new attribute of subnets.
    • Typology for IP ranges exists next to typology for IP addresses.
    • IP typologies have been grouped in the Data administration module, under Typology configuration.
    • Default IP setups have been moved into the Data adminstration module too.
    • Fully qualified domain names registered with IPs are relying on the new DNS domains objects.
    • MAC addresses are not attributes of IP addresses anymore but attributes of IP interfaces only.

A module dedicated to network management has been added. It contains objects that were already present in iTop 2.0.1 (IP interfaces) or in latest iTop 2.0.2 version (VLANs) as well as new objects;

  • Network Management
    • DNS domains
      • to align the FQDNs used within an organisation to the domain space of that organisation
      • for an easier administration of DNS assets purchased to an Internet Registrar
    • WAN links to manage carriers and lines between sites.
    • AS numbers to centralise in TeemIp administration of all network related assets.
  • Relations with CMDB objects
    • All IP addresses of CMDB objects are pointers to IPv4 or IPv6 addresses that do exist as objects in the data base.
    • IP addresses can be attached to physical or virtual interfaces.
    • Subnet and mask informations have been removed from all CMDB objects as these are attributes of the subnet that the object's IP belongs to.
  • Portal
    • TeemIp portal supports IPv6 objects: IP addresses and subnets, IPv4 or IPv6, can now be managed through that interface.
    • Portal look and feel has been improved, in alignement to what has been done on iTop's portal.
    • Users can provide a comment when closing their request.
  • Helpdesk
    • Features of Helpdesk and Change Management modules of TeemIp 1.0.1 have been merged into a single HelpDesk module. Goal of that modification is to simplify the management of the user requests made through the portal.
    • Automatic creation of IPs and subnets is still available
    • Both IPv6 and IPv4 address or subnets can be managed through the helpdesk.
    • A new parameter can be used to offset the creation of IPs within a subnet.
    • IPv4 and IPv6 offsets can be different.
    • Resolved request can now be reopen
  • Installation
    • All files and directories used within TeemIp standalone are now the same as the ones used within TeemIp as a module.
  • Data Model
    • TeemIp 2.0 data model has been significantly changed compared to TeemIp 1.x branch. In 1.x, IPv4 classes (addresse, ranges…) where all deriving from the same generic IPv4Object class. In 2.0, v4 and v6 class of a same type (like IPv4Subnet and IPv6Subnet) derive from a generic type class (IPSubnet) who all derive from the top level IPObject class.

1.0.1

Next to its own enhancements, TeemIp 1.0.1 dated 2013, July 29th relies on iTop and therefore, benefits from all new features and all bug fixes of iTop's core modules.

  • Miscellaneous fixes
    • Corrects a bug related to the usage of a function that is not supported by the core of the product anymore (DBUpdateTracked_Internal)
    • Modifies the way subnet gateways are calculated. These can, now, be the 1st IP of the subnet, the before last IP of the subnet (before the broadcast IP) or freely defined by the user.
    • Defines the minimum size of subnet blocks to 8 IPs. IPv4 space becoming a scarce resource, registrars do allocate now very small chunk of IPv4 as small as 8 IPs.
    • Implements all new bug corrections and features embedded within iTop 2.0.1.
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