Version: 1 - Published: 22 Jan 2021

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History

'expect' script updated for clean shutdown on MPE/iX due to change in console prompt in Charon-PAR 3.0.1 kit.
When displaying virtual machines list, the "Start on boot" (Yes or No) has been replaced by "Startup type" (Automatic or Manual)
When a virtual machine is created, the startup type now is requested (default is manual)
When using multiple virtual machines (VM), the last selected one is no more global but is linked to the current session so that the configuration file or its shortened name has to be specified once and then all next commands will relate to this one. In case a new session is created the latest selected VM (in time) if any will become the current one. This eases usage of additional command lines like vmcfg, vmstart, vmstop, vmconsole and vmrmc.

Added one retry for login/password in 'expect' script for HP-UX shutdown due to issues sometimes appearing on 1st try.
When using "vim" as the favorite editor (from the preferences), the comments in the configuration file were displayed in gray which was not always easy to read. They are now in green.
When updating the alert script from "menu" → "14 - Alerts management" → "6 - Update/reinstall alert script" the message telling where the previous file will be saved was wrong ('.backup' has been removed). Its location has also changed to /opt/charon/archive and no more /charon/archive.
It was possible in some cases to add a virtual machine with a configuration file already used for another virtual machine
Menu option "1 - Install/Upgrade/Remove Charon" now checks if "Failed to" error messages are found during installation and not only the error code returned by 'yum'
In some cases licenses could not be detected and their content read. Example: an invalidated software license and a valid license dongle

The kit is validated with versions 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 only.

MPE/iX: 'expect' shutdown script enhanced: now CTRL-B is sent after the "(Shut 6)" message is displayed to get back to the "Main menu"
License update tool (apply V2C file) interface has been simplified : no sub-menu, all in one page. A new option has been added too to define a description for licenses (optional). Can be used to display dongle location for example.
The 'logview' and 'logtail' commands now display the virtual machine service state
New preferences options: it is possible to adjust the blue color in menus so that it is easier to read when using black background: 'menu' → '11 - Preferences' -> '10 Blue color adjust for white/black background'
'vmlist' command now accepts '-l' or '--lite' parameter to display only configuration file name, service status, model and description (this is for cases with several Charon virtual machines defined).
Some features updated for Charon-PAR Version 3.0.0 compatibility
'putty' can be defined as default connection to the virtual machine console in the preferences. If 'putty' cannot be used (no X server), 'telnet' if installed will be used instead.
When sending configuration and log files, the charon-report utility is also executed and the resulting tgz file is attached to the email.

The log severity checked was either ":warn:", ":err:" or ":ERR:" but it can also be ":WARNING:", ":ERROR:", ":FATAL:". These other severity levels are now taken into account.
Note: in case of upgrade, all the monitoring services must be restarted. To do so, run the 'menu' -> '9 - Manage monitored guests logs' → '8 - Restart all log monitoring services' option.
If the log monitoring is disabled from the preferences, meaning log monitoring is performed by another software/utility, the menu option "10 - Manage monitored guests logs" allows only to view and send log files.
Management of failed state corrected after the introduction of ExecStopPost
The virtual machine state has been simplified, the REQUESTED substate is no more displayed as in some cases the information reported was not correct.
If the memory is not specified in the configuration file, the default value (2GB) is now displayed
console log files stored in /opt/charon/log are now taken into account by the automatic log files cleaning system

Option added in the preferences to allow non root users to execute 'menu' with 'sudo'. Must be set first with root user. If connection with root is not allowed then run: $ sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu to edit the preferences.
Menu update: added option in '8 - VM Management' to create/edit guest check/run script

If the emulated server has more than one CPU:
- the start message was sent for each CPU based on "run cpu loop" message detection. Only one message is now sent.
- when starting an emulator, the continuous view of the log file did not stop and was looping.