What's New in Management Framework for 9.0

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What's New in Management Framework for 9.0

For full information about supported operating systems, databases, browsers, and virtualization platforms, refer to the Framework page of the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Reference Guide.

December 06, 2019

• Configuration Server external authentication now uses OpenSSL version 1.0.2s for Windows and Linux operating systems, and OpenSSL version 1.0.2r for AIX and Solaris operating systems.
• The following utilities are no longer installed by default with Solution Control Server:
  • logmsg
  • mlcmd
  • gstuckcalls
  • Scripts for gstuckcalls
  • SNMP utilities and scripts.
• On Windows 64-bit operating systems, Local Control Agent now uses statically linked C runtime libraries.

September 27, 2019

• DB Server 8.5 does not support AIX and Solaris operating systems. You can continue to use DB Server 8.1 for AIX and Solaris environments.
• Limit the number of Configuration Server proxies reloading configuration data from the master Configuration Server.

July 30, 2019

• Framework servers now support Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 virtualization platform.

June 26, 2019

• Framework servers now support Windows Server 2019 operating system.

May 28, 2019

• Configuration Server, DB Server, and Message Server now support Oracle 18c RAC database.

April 26, 2019

• Configuration Server, DB Server, and Message Server now support Oracle 18c database with Oracle client 12.x.
• New configuration option to enable indefinite locking of an account after multiple failed connection attempts.

February 28, 2019

• For Configuration Server and Solution Control Server, log events related to read access activities provide extended information, such as IP address of host, username, application name and application type.

January 31, 2019

• Configuration Server external authentication now uses OpenSSL version 1.0.2q.
• Language Packs for Configuration Server have been updated.
• The Configuration Database Maintenance Scripts component includes a new version of locale to support a generic Linux OS type for creating Linux hosts.
• Support is discontinued for Genesys Deployment Agent (GDA).

November 30, 2018

• Framework servers now support:
  • Oracle Linux 7 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) 4.x
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
• Enhanced Keep-Alive feature support on connections between LDAP and Configuration Server.
• New configurable option to detect hang-up during the data loading process between the Configuration Server HA pair.

August 31, 2018

• Configuration Server now requires LDAP server to operate at minimum TLS version 1.1 for a successful connection.
• Genesys LDAP authentication supports TLS version 1.1 and 1.2.

August 10, 2018

• Configuration Server can now utilize User Principal Name (UPN) usernames for Kerberos external authentication.
• Configuration Server is now using extended retention policies for audit records that are stored in the database. Audit records of up to 1 year or 100 thousand entries can be stored by Configuration Server.

July 10, 2018

• For Configuration Server and DB Server, there are no Visual Studio redistributable packages associated with Visual Studio 2005 for 64-bit executables.
• For Message Server, Local Control Agent, and Solution Control Server, there are no Visual Studio redistributable packages associated with Visual Studio 2005 (or prior Visual 88Studio releases) for 64-bit executables. These components now use Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 for installation on Windows 64-bit platform.

June 8, 2018

• Configuration Server and Message Server now support MS SQL 2016 (and later) Always On with MultiSubnet Listener for disaster recovery and business continuity scenarios involving the Configuration and Log Databases, respectively. DB Server 8.1.3, if configured, supports the same functionality for one or both databases.
• Audit performance with larger databases is improved, and includes a new filter to extract records from a large set of data.

May 8, 2018

• Configuration Server can now be configured to skip all or some validation of changes (empty or duplicate sections) in the Annex of a configuration object.
• Users can now specify a time interval in which Local Control Agent (LCA) expects a response to its switchover request to an application. If the application does not respond within that time, LCA sets the application to Unknown mode.
• Minimum required database privileges are now documented in the Management Framework Deployment Guide.

March 27, 2018

• Support of optional transaction serialization.
• Limit the number of Configuration Server proxies reloading configuration data from the master Configuration Server.
• Support for:
  • Microsoft SQL client software on Linux and Windows with support for MSSQL Server 2017
  • Oracle 12.1 client software on Linux and Windows
  • PostgreSQL 10.1 client software on Linux and Windows

March 6, 2018

• DB Server support for:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017 running on Linux
  • Microsoft SQL client software on Linux
  • Oracle 12.1 client software on Linux and Windows

January 26, 2018

• Support for Oracle 12c Release 2 Multitenant Pluggable Database (PDB).
• Support for the Red Hat KVM (Kernel Virtualization Machine) virtualization platform.

December 22, 2017

• Support for the CentOS Linux 7 operating system.
• New timeout in which Solution Control Server can expect a TCP success or failure response from the Configuration Server to which it is connecting.

September 26, 2017

• Support for the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 virtualization platform.

August 22, 2017

• Support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system:
• New Configuration Database Maintenance scripts to help you upgrade your single-tenant Configuration Database to multi-tenant format.