Upgrade Package' settings are dropped when migrating a Group Policy in the Repository that includes (NETIQKB42656)

fact
NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0

symptom
Upgrade Package' settings are dropped when migrating a Group Policy in the Repository that includes information in the Upgrades section of a Software Installation Package.

cause
Group Policy Administrator is not correctly handling the Upgrades information when performing a Check-in of a Group Policy into the Repository.

fix

This issue is resolved in NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0 Hotfix 41790

This hotfix provides the following improved functionality:

• You may experience improved performance when generating Comparison reports.

This hotfix corrects the following issues:

• Hotfix 41790 allows you to select a trusted domain when mapping security principals with the Domain Map.
• Hotfix 41790 corrects an issue where RSoP Analysis would not process certain nested groups when computing Resultant Set of Permissions.  Hotfix 41790 correctly processes nested groups.
• Hotfix 41790 corrects an issue where the repository would not check in some changes to GPOs that included upgrade packages.  Hotfix 41790 correctly checks-in changes to GPOs that include upgrade packages.

To install this hotfix, run GPA40000_Hotfix41790.exe on each GPA console computer.

This hotfix modifies the following files in the installation folders. By default, this folder is \Program Files\NetIQ\Group Policy Administrator 4.0:

• \Bin\faGPRInterface.dll
• \Bin\faGPR.dll
• \Bin\faTokPrv.dll
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faADMFuncDiff.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGPODiffReportXML.xsl
• \Bin\XML\RSOP\faRsopAnalyzeGpsGpos.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopExecuteAccountTokenQuery.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopExecuteLdapQuery.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopHierarchy.xml
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopProcessLdapResult.xsl

For more information, contact NetIQ Technical Support.

Formerly known as NETIQKB42656