Enhancements made from busTRACE 9.0 to busTRACE 10.0

• NEW! busTRACE Storage Manager.
• NEW! busTRACE RAM Drive.
• NEW! NUMA Node Performance Tester.
• NEW! 64-bit reader now provided (previously only 32-bit reader provided).

All Applications

• IMPROVED! Extensive decoding for ATA/SATA commands and log pages in our CDB decoding engine. Includes decoding using little endian format.
• IMPROVED! Latest CDB decoding engine with support for more data structures, more firmware/software defects checks.
• IMPROVED! When a CDB is decoded, if a portion of the CDB is flagged with an error, a red error indicator will appear over the vertical scrollbar. Move the scrollbar over the indicator to bring the warning or error into view.
• IMPROVED! On multi-column tree control, you can now right click on a single item and just copy that row/item to the clipboard.
• IMPROVED! All tree controls now updated to use the same expand/collapse buttons that Windows uses.
• IMPROVED! Improved high contrast display support.
• IMPROVED! MDI applications (such as the busTRACE capture application and busSCRIPT) now have a close button on each document tab.

New Features - busTRACE Capture Application

• NEW! On systems with multiple NUMA nodes, now captures I/O NUMA Node information. Includes capturing IRP MDL, device NUMA node, data buffer NUMA node, processor NUMA node, and others.
• NEW! Full support for capturing extended SCSI Pass Through IOCTLs (e.g. IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_EX, IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT_EX, SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_EX, SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT_EX).
• NEW! Added storage I/O subsystem event log capture. Event log activity generated by the I/O subsystem will now appear in the I/O Capture List. User can customize which events they want to capture. Event log entry background color can be customized. User can configure a trigger point on an event log.
• NEW! Added serial port input and output trigger point support.
• NEW! If an SRB or SCSI Pass Through request takes longer than the timeout specified, but still completes successfully, we now flag the I/O as a failure and indicate the reason for the failure. While the I/O did not fail from the operating system's failure, this type of failure can be indicative of other more serious issues (not to mention the lengthy I/O delay).
• NEW! Added full CPU enumeration and decoding to the System Explorer.
• NEW! Added full SMBIOS enumeration and decoding to the System Explorer (up to v2.8 of the SMBIOS specification).
• NEW! Added ACPI enumeration and decoding to the System Explorer. Publicly defined ACPI table entries fully decoded.
• NEW! Added raw hex data viewing to the System Explorer (if applicable).
• NEW! When decoding IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH or IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT, we now decode the command and data transfer in the CDB window using ATA pass through CDBs. busTRACE also shows you the ATA/SATA command sent in the Command 2 column of the I/O Capture List.
• NEW! Added ability to set a trigger point on I/O completion time. Useful if you want to know any time a given I/O takes more than a specified time to complete.
• NEW! Added ability to force a bug check (i.e. BSOD) when a trigger point is detected. You can also configure busTRACE to block I/O from reaching the device that hit a trigger point. Both these settings are geared towards helping you leave the system and/or device in its given state when a specified trigger point is detected.
• NEW! In the I/O Capture List, you can now right click on the I/O Originator to filter all I/O generated by the originator or filter all other drivers.
• NEW! Added a new "Automatically remap SCSI request sent to HBA device object" in the option settings.
• IMPROVED! Improved I/O Exclusion setting with more options on what to filter from being captured.
• IMPROVED! Improved Submission and Completion trigger point options.
• IMPROVED! CDB Trigger List now supports fast find. Just start typing the CDB you're looking for and it will jump to that entry.
• IMPROVED! CDB Trigger List now supports a filter. Type in part of the CDB you're looking for and it will filter from view all CDBs that do not contain that substring.
• IMPROVED! Sense Code Trigger List now supports fast find. Just start typing the sense code you're looking for and it will jump to that entry.
• IMPROVED! Sense Code Trigger List now supports a filter. Type in part of the sense code you're looking for and it will filter from view all sense codes that do not contain that substring.
• IMPROVED! Data Corruption Analysis feature will now run on HDDs/SSDs and is no longer limited due to advanced paging techniques of the file system.
• IMPROVED! Reduced memory usage per captured I/O.
• IMPROVED! Opening up a ZIP file in busTRACE now allows you to load multiple BTD files at one time. Dialog box can be resized now.
• IMPROVED! Faster sort times.
• IMPROVED! Faster loading and saving capture files.
• IMPROVED! Improved performance updating our device tree on systems with a large number of devices (e.g. > 100 devices).
• IMPROVED! When decoding the STORAGE_ADAPTER_DESCRIPTOR structure, we'll now show you the MaximumPhysicalPages field as a capacity value (in addition to the raw value).
• IMPROVED! Improved performance for long running WMI queries.
• IMPROVED! WMI queries copied to the clipboard can now be cancelled by the user. Progress indicator now displayed. Only applicable when copying a huge WMI output.
• IMPROVED! In the device tree, improved ability to enumerate storage device drive letter when Storage Spaces, mirroring, spanning, etc. are in use.
• IMPROVED! In the device tree, added the ability to enable/disable capture on a range of sibling devices.
• IMPROVED! Improved support for port drivers that return a shortened SCSI Pass Through structure.
• IMPROVED! Program will still prompt you that a reboot is required to load a newly downloaded kernel driver. If user chooses not to reboot, program will now let busTRACE capture with the old driver until the next reboot occurs.
• IMPROVED! Improved kernel driver load settings.
• IMPROVED! Other miscellaneous minor improvements.

New Features - busTRACE Remote Server

• NEW! Now display a security warning when you run the application to let the user know that data is sent unencrypted over the network.
• IMPROVED! Improved display of system's total memory

New Features - busPROBE CDB Exerciser

• NEW! Added ability to view device by connection (new default) or by type (previous setting).
• NEW! Added ability to view SCSI device ID in device tree.
• NEW! Added support for > 16 byte CDBs (requires minimum Windows 8 / Server 2012 as a STORPORT miniport driver with extended SRB /STORAGE_REQUEST_BLOCK support).
• NEW! On systems with multiple NUMA nodes, we now allow you to specify which NUMA node the buffer will come from and which NUMA node the thread will execute on.
• IMPROVED! Added a number of predefined ATA/SATA commands you can send from busPROBE (to a device or driver that supports ATA Pass Through CDBs).
• IMPROVED! Increased maximum CDB buffer size from 256K to 2MB. Also improved error messaging if you try and send a buffer larger than what the miniport can handle.
• IMPROVED! User can now specify any custom CDB timeout instead of the limited options available in the drop list.
• IMPROVED! Moved device specific settings into toolbar above device tree (like capture application) instead of down in the Properties docked pane.
• IMPROVED! No longer let busPROBE starve the GUI dialog box when looping on a large quantity of extremely low latency CDBs.

New Features - busSCRIPT

• NEW! Added support for > 16 byte CDBs (requires minimum Windows 8 / Server 2012 as a STORPORT miniport driver with extended SRB /STORAGE_REQUEST_BLOCK support).
• IMPROVED! User can now specify any custom CDB timeout instead of the limited options available in the drop list.
• IMPROVED! User can now specify any custom node pause time instead of the limited options available in the drop list.
• FIXED! Fixed a bug where the most recently used file list was not always visible.

New Features - busCHECK

• NEW! Added SATA defect checks for HDD/SSD.

New Features - busFAULT

• NEW! Added support for Extended SRBs (STORAGE_REQUEST_BLOCK) and Extended SCSI Pass Through IOCTLs.
• NEW! Added support for > 16 byte CDBs (requires minimum Windows 8 / Server 2012 as a STORPORT miniport driver with extended SRB /STORAGE_REQUEST_BLOCK support).
• IMPROVED! Device icon colors are now synchronized with the busTRACE capture application.
• IMPROVED! Caches the currently selected SRB status and/or check condition so that settings are restored the next time you run busFAULT.
• IMPROVED! CDB List now supports fast find. Just start typing the CDB you're looking for and it will jump to that entry.
• IMPROVED! CDB List now supports a filter. Type in part of the CDB you're looking for and it will filter from view all CDBs that do not contain that substring.
• IMPROVED! Sense Code List now supports fast find. Just start typing the sense code you're looking for and it will jump to that entry.
• IMPROVED! Sense Code List now supports a filter. Type in part of the sense code you're looking for and it will filter from view all sense codes that do not contain that substring.
• IMPROVED! Sense Code List can now be sorted by clicking on the column list header.

New Features - busPROBE CDB Viewer

• NEW! A new filter edit box has been added to the bottom of the list of CDBs. This allows you to quickly filter from view the CDBs you are not interested in.
• IMPROVED! Now remembers your last selected CDB / device type and restores it the next time you run the application.
• IMPROVED! You can now right click on a CDB and select the option to add it to the executable CDB database.

New Features - busPROBE Sense Viewer

• NEW! You can now sort the data based on the sense code or sense description by clicking on the list control header.
• IMPROVED! To be consistent with our other applications, moved the sense code filter option to the bottom of the list of sense codes.

New Features - GUID Explorer

• IMPROVED! Added ability to view decoded device instance status (i.e. CM_Get_DevNode_Status()).

New Features - Filter Driver Load Order

• IMPROVED! Dialog box now resizable
• IMPROVED! Updated device tree with latest icons and tree buttons