Below are a list of bugs I’ve discovered in PC 12.56. I’ll update this list over the next 30 days as more are identified.
1) Username/Password in Monitor Profiles are not used (Even when credentials exist). In 12.53 you could leave the username and password blank in a Monitor Profile and PC would use the Service account credentials by default to pull counters from a system. In 12.56 the primary service overrides anything you’ve entered and uses the primary service account. This will impact all monitor profiles that use a custom credentials (anything other than the default service account).
2) This isn’t a bug but is noteworthy. If you try to view Analysis files created via 12.56 tests, errors will be thrown if you use Analysis 12.53 loaded. The issue only shows for the Analyzed Results and not the Raw Results.
3) Just like 12.53, My Performance Center requires a large monitor/screen space. Pretty common these days but it can be frustrating when you attempt to load it from VM your RDP’d into and modifying the screen resolution isn’t possible.
4) Pools in 12.56 are also troublesome. The ‘General’ pool that is created by default does not seem to effectively ‘stick’ with some hosts. I recommend creating a new pool if you intend on sharing access across many projects.
StressingQuality 