Upgrade
Upgrade steps are described in the following KB: PowerConnect ABAP Support Pack 6.X to 7.0 Upgrade
!Important notes:
Please perform Metric queue cleanup step before the upgrade
User roles are updated in this release and should be re-imported after upgrade
Known problems
Changes
New
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New Central License service integration (beta)
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New SLT DMC Replication Table & Load Status extractor (LTRC_DMC)
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New Certificate change history extractor (STRUST_HISTORY)
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New Historical data collector program
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New Snapshot monitoring extractor (SDF_MON)
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New Invoice extractor (BPM_ECC_INVOICE)
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New SAP Notes extractor for SAP SolMan systems (SM_SAP_NOTES)
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New GRC Provision requests extractor (GRC_REQUESTS)
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New Registered Outbound tRFC/qRFC Destinations extractor (SMQS)
Improvements
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Metric queue has been reworked for better performance
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Control Panel View Log screen has been enhanced with error type filter
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Control Panel now showing more specific connection test error messages
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LTRC: Enhanced with additional fields for IUUC replication
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HDB_DBCC_AUDIT: HANA Audit log extractor is able to pull XSA events
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SE16N_CD and S416N_CD are pulling changes as structural data
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SE16N_CD and S416N_CD got subtype to check global table modification flag
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OSQLSCRIPTS: extractor is now checking user authorization to select cross client data
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OSQLSCRIPTS: all variables are now aligned with TREAD_DYN extractor
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SM58 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated now
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SMQ1 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated now
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SMQ2 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated now.
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PC_HEALTH enhanced with the information from Administrator->Check errors menu
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STAD Main subrecord enhanced with SAP Passport fields
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SRT_MONI enhanced with XPATH filter
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HDB_DBCC_OLOCK enhanced with runtime information (program and user)
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HDB_DBCC_RLOCK enhanced with runtime information (program and user)
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SM21 extractor is now using new API (if available)
Bug fixes
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Metrics are not uploaded to load balanced Target Group bug fix
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Time based extraction: incorrect job user name fix
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Upload scheme: target deletion bug fix
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Field filter migration bug fix (post upgrade)
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STAD: reduntant events bug fix
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STATS: time conversion issue fix for SAP NW 7.40
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STATS: data collected from single app server fix
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STAD: data collected from single app server fix
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SM12: WP number with more than 2 digits extracted properly now
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STRUST: Validity timestamp format has been fixed
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LOGS: Gateway logs parsing error fix
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Sybase table size calculation bug fix
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SM37: missing EPP context fields
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TREAD_DYN: Extraction failing if specified timestamp has long format
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TREAD_DYN: Extraction failing in case time field in DB is empty
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SLG1: bug fix for duplicate field in context structure
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LTRC_CHECK: data extraction bug fix
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CDPOS: filter backup export bug fix
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Note: This is a prep release for version 8.0 upgrade.
Upgrade
Its recommended to upgrade in conjunction with Version 8.0. The upgrade steps are documented in version 8.0 release notes.
Known problems
All the Known problems mentioned in the version 8.0 release notes are applicable for this release as well.
Changes
All the New/Changes mentioned in the version 8.0 release notes are applicable for this release as well.
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