Werk #4556: Fixed compatibility problem in agent updater with some older windows versions

Component	Agent bakery
Title	Fixed compatibility problem in agent updater with some older windows versions
Date	Mar 23, 2017
Level	Trivial Change
Class	Bug Fix
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.4.0b5 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When running Check_MK agent updater under some older Windows versions (eg. Windows XP), a problem with some missing runtime libraries can possibly occur. This would result in an error message beginning with "Error loading Python DLL:..."

A quick-fix for this problem would be the installation of a Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package. It can be found at Microsoft support homepage. (support.microsoft.com) with the search term "vcredist_x86". The MS VC++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) would be sufficient.

However, the needed runtime libraries will be included in all Check_MK releases containg this werk.

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