Release Notes 1.5.3
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NetSpyGlass v1.5.3


Improvements and New Features
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 - when primary server prepares configuration builders with devices and variables
   for other cluster members, it now does this in parallel threads

 - generation of monitoring variables moved into the primary server (it used to be
   done by secondary servers). All other cluster members then download variables
   from the primary.

 - server startup and shut down sequences have been streamlined and improved

 - function that is used to retrieve tags in given facet from a device object in
   Python scripts has changed from ``getTags()`` to ``getTagsInFacet()``

Bug fixes
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 - when secondary server receives new monitoring variables from the primary, it should
   merge them with those it already has in the data pool rather than replace them