Upgrade
Upgrade steps are described in the following KB: Upgrading PowerConnect ABAP 8.X to latest release
Changes
New
New event filter by data kind (logs, traces);
New OpenTelemetry trace extractor based on STATS data (STATS_TRACE);
New Application log error message throttling functionality;
New Application log retention period config parameter;
New HDB certificate list extractor (HDB_CERT_LIST);
New POS interface monitor Extractor (WPER);
New SM20, SM21, SLG1 events can now use trace_id field to link logs data to traces;
New upload streams implementation;
New LOGS dev_rfc.log format parser;
Splunk REST endpoint is not supported anymore;
Improvements
LTRC_CHECK: Pulls only error messages by default;
TREAD_DYN: Can accept character date and time fields in the filter definition;
SM37: Ehanced for new Filter options for Finished jobs;
SMMS: Ehanced with few message server parameters;
SE16N_CD: Enhanced to set the right event time (when the event happend in the system);
S416N_CD: Enhanced to set the right event time (when the event happend in the system);
USER_AUTH: Reference user search;
SLM Control panel got an option to refresh system state;
LOGS: stability improvements and binary file determination;
CDPOS: Performance improvements for multiclient extractor;
Bug fixes
ST03_TIME invalid append order dump fix;
ST03_TIME_TOTAL invalid append order dump fix;
LTRC compatibility fixes;
LTRC_CHECK compatibility fixes;
SUIM IDENTITY changes extraction dump fix ;
SM59 Data not collected when filter not saved fix;
HDB_DBCC_RECLOCK Bug Fix & new logic to get process ID;
HDB_DBCC_OBJLOCK Bug Fix & new logic to get process ID;
SM59 Data not collected when filter not saved fix;
Extractor missing class error handling fix;
Control Panel 0 divide dump fix (can be raised in case of misconfiguration);
Upload lock is not set fix (happens in limited circumstances);
DB6_DB02_ACTVT system log message fix;
TABLE_COUNT row count fix (Sybase);
PC_METRIC_QUEUE row count fix (Sybase);