Drive Eraser 6.16.0 and Configuration Tool 2.16.0 - Release notes

Features:

  • ALBUS-7276 - Intelligent Business Routing - Workflows with Custom Fields and Questions.
  • ALBUS-6461 - Erasure of Remapped Sectors as Optional or Mandatory.
  • ALBUS-7003 - Reporting "Blancco SSD Erasure" Compliance with NIST.
  • ALBUS-6803 - Detection of NVMe Compliance with TCG Specifications.
  • ALBUS-7272 - Improved Detection of SMART ATA Attributes, pt 2.
  • ALBUS-6410, ALBUST-681 - Validation of TLS Certificates from BMC.

Bug fixes:

  • ALBUS-7309, ALBUS-7297 - The Condition action has been improved and supports additional variables and functions.
  • ALBUS-7357 - The popup indicating the presence of SSD, NVMe, eMMC or SSHD drives has been removed.
  • ALBUS-7472 - Removing legacy messages from the report related to SSD/NVMe/eMMC erasure.
  • ALBUS-7347 - Static fallback settings are disabled in Workflow mode.
  • ALBUS-7367 - Reusing the same Entity Info within a Workflow duplicated it.
  • ALBUS-7327 - The parameter libata.allow_tpm=1 was sometimes not detected.
  • ALBUS-7212 - Some Sandforce SSD's reported a wrong drive size and serial number.
  • ALBUS-7431 - External drives "Seagate Expansion Desktop" 8 TB failed the erasure after formatting.
  • ALBUS-7493 - The popup to switch from RAID to HBA blocked the automatic erasure.
  • ALBUS-7346 - Workflow diagnostics are not executed on machines lacking the tested component.
  • ALBUS-5340 - Fixing a flaw in the erasure of remapped sectors.
  • ALBUS-7189, ALBUS-6009, ALBUS-7187, ALBUS-7559, ALBUS-7182 - Various fixes related to SMART attributes detection and reporting.
  • ALBUS-7533 - The Intel Core i7-8850H processor was reporting a low max speed.
  • ALBUS-6838, ALBUS-6855 - Fix for an incorrect battery capacity detection.
  • ALBUS-7561 - The XML report is updated before testing a Workflow Condition-action.
  • ALBUST-683 - Disabling the RPD mode disables per-drive custom fields.
  • ALBUST-670 - Static fallback setting "Purge to Clear" is disabled in Workflow mode.
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