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Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
See the Framework page in the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Reference Guide for more detailed information and a list of all supported operating systems. (MFWK-22657)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
This is a hot fix for this product. This release does not contain new features or functionality.
This release includes the following correction or modification:
SCI now starts and works properly on hosts running Windows 8. Previously, SCI sometimes terminated unexpectedly on Windows 8 hosts. (MFWK-15847)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
This is a hot fix for this product. This release does not contain new features or functionality.
This release includes the following corrections or modifications:
The Log Wizard in SCI now correctly maintains all options in the
log section. Previously, the Wizard removed all options in the
log section except for alarm, all,
debug, expire, interaction,
segment, standard, trace, and
verbose. (MFWK-15225)
The SCI Log Wizard now enables you to set log options correctly for an
application. Previously, in only the 8.0.300.18 release, the wizard was
case-sensitive and interpreted the Log configuration
option section (referenced, for example, in T-Server Application
Templates) to be different from the log section (as
referenced in most other templates). When the Wizard came across the
Log section, the option was not set, and the following error
message was displayed:
SCEE006 - A database error has occurred. Try the same action again.
If the problem persists, contact your network administrator.
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
This is a hot fix for this product. This release does not contain new features or functionality.
This release includes the following correction or modification:
The Log Wizard in SCI now correctly considers all wizard options when configuring log output. Previously, the Wizard would sometimes ignore the change to a wizard option, such as its deselection. (MFWK-14659)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
SCI now includes the updated Framework 8.1 Combined Log Events Help.
SCI supports new versions of operating systems. Refer to the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Guide for more information.
There are no corrections or modifications in this release.
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
SCI now includes the updated Framework 8.1 Combined Log Events Help.
This release also contains the following correction or modification:.
SCI no longer stops responding at startup if the configuration includes many disabled applications. (ER# 275421456)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
You can now prevent the list of Logs from refreshing automatically in
the Centralized Log view of SCI when an alarm is activated or
cleared. To implement this, set the new option log_auto_refresh
to false in the config section in the Annex of
the SCI Application object.
[config]
log_auto_refresh
Default Value: true
Valid Values: true, false
Changes Take Effect: Immediately
Specifies if the list of log records displayed in SCI refreshes automatically.
This option must be set in the Annex of the SCI Application
object.
(ER# 296535801)
SCI now supports two new virtualization solutions. Refer to the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Reference Manual for more information.
This release also contains the following corrections or modifications:
At initial startup, SCI no longer disconnects from Solution Control Server while it is loading configuration data from Configuration Server, which in turn progresses much more quickly. Previously, the disconnection of SCI from Solution Control Server caused the data loading to progress very slowly. (ER# 270386880)
When deleting records using the Log Database Maintenance Wizard, records
are now cleared from the G_LOG_ATTRS table. Previously, records
were not cleared from this table. (ER# 234080661)
SCI now reconnects to the backup Configuration Server after a Configuration Server switchover. Previously, SCI did not reconnect to the backup Configuration Server when Configuration Server was assigned its backup Configuration Server while SCI was running, and a Configuration Server switchover occurred. (ER# 231719613)
A new Application is displayed correctly in the Tree view of SCI in the following scenario:
Application object is created in Configuration Manager
without specifying a Host, Tenant, or port.Previously, the Application did not appear in the Tree view of SCI. The user had to restart SCI or specify the Host and port of the Application while creating the Application in Configuration Manager.
(ER# 231103542)
After it initializes, SCI now properly reconnects to Solution Control Server. Previously, SCI sometimes stopped responding and did not reconnect. (ER# 228436414)
In a single-tenant configuration, SCI now displays the Scripts
subfolder properly in both the Navigation panel and the list view.
(ER# 224220211)
When navigating between folders, SCI now displays the correct contents of the selected folder. Previously, the displayed contents were not the contents of the subfolder currently selected. (ER# 224108372)
When using the Sybase Database Management System (DBMS) for the Log Database, SCI no longer terminates while scrolling through the Centralized Log database. (ER# 187226822)
SCI no longer terminates unexpectedly when reconnecting to Configuration Server.(ER# 174139983)
In a redundant Message Server configuration, the real-time log is now available after a switchover of Message Servers. Previously, the real-time log did not start after the switchover. (ER# 166225741)
SCI no longer becomes unresponsive or terminates unexpectedly after it loses its connection to the network, or after a DB Server switchover. (ER# 149673478)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
SCI now includes the updated Framework 8.1 Combined Log Events Help.
SCI now supports a new virtualization solution. Refer to the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Reference Manual for more information.
Note: Solution Control Interface 8.0.300.05 was originally released on July 13, 2011. Effective August 26, 2011, Build 2 of this release includes support for the Windows 2008 operating system. Customers who obtained this software release prior to that date and need support for Windows 2008 must download Build 2 from the Genesys Software Download website.
There are no corrections or modifications in this release.
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
SCI now supports a PostgreSQL Log Database.
This release also includes the following corrections and modifications:
You can now properly set up the target folder for an alarm reaction script in the Alarm Reaction Wizard in a single-tenant environment. (ER# 244362384)
SCI no longer terminates when it is in Log view and it reconnects to Configuration Server. (ER# 242040176)
SCI now reconnects properly to Solution Control Server. Previously, SCI did not reconnect properly and sometimes terminated. (ER# 238495304)
SCI no longer shuts down unexpectedly while exporting the Alarm History Record to an XML file. (ER# 224255100)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
SCI now connects to DB Server only when required. This avoids opening DB Server connections during start-up, and minimizes concurrent DB Server processes. (ER# 218695280)
When a user logs in to SCI, the date and time when he or she last logged in can be displayed (if the feature is enabled in Configuration Server). This system security enhancement alerts users to unauthorized access to their system by someone else using a valid user’s account. (ER# 238888941)
Enhanced usability features, such as:
When an Application running on a Host has generated an alarm, the name of the Host now appears in the Tree and List views with an icon, and in a color that you can specify. Both the icon and color indicate the severity of the alarm. (ER# 218748349)
Tooltips are now available for toolbars, the shortcuts bar, and
Start and Stop buttons in the Application
Details pane. (ER# 218748359)
Ctrl+Z. (ER# 220651693)You can now configure a user with permissions to create and monitor alarms, but not to clear alarms. (ER# 218748332)
This release includes the following corrections and modifications:
SCI can now modify configuration objects after reconnecting to the primary Configuration Server following a loss of connection between the two components. (ER# 235133427)
After connecting to the backup Configuration Server running in primary mode
(that is, after a Configuration Server switchover), the items in the
File menu are active. In addition, if there is no connection to
DB Server, that connection can now be restored through SCI.
(ER# 231813817)
Queries to the Log Database on the Oracle DBMS are now optimized for improved performance. (ER# 221668733)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
This release is under shipping control. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Solution Control Interface.
Traffic between Solution Control Interface and Configuration Server is optimized, as Solution Control Interface now subscribes for only necessary notifications from Configuration Server.
The Change Password option is not available in the
File menu if external authentication is used.
This release includes the following corrections and modifications:
The spelling error in the SQL query statement in the Advanced Log Wizard has been corrected. (ER# 230475404)
Alarm messages can now exceed 256 characters in length. Previously, SCI terminated when an alarm was generated with the accompanying message longer than 256 characters. (ER# 209172921)
After deleting all Alarms, the details pane is empty. Previously, after deleting the Alarms, the last selected alarm still appeared in the details pane. (ER# 203668943, 222917590)
You can now clear alarms using the Clear option in the Active
Alarm Details Pane. Previously, the only way to clear alarms was to use the
Clear alarm option in the Alarm shortcut menu.
(ER# 193672226)
Solution Control Interface now displays the contents of the Scripts
folder in the Single-tenant configuration.
(ER# 168996643)
Supported Operating Systems
New in This Release
Corrections and Modifications
The operating systems supported by this release are listed in the Contents, above.
This release is under shipping control. This section describes new features that were introduced in the initial 8.0 release of Solution Control Interface.
Users can now perform a Graceful Stop of an application or solution. When stopping gracefully, an application or solution finishes processing all requests currently in its queue, but does not accept new requests. An application stops after it has finished processing all of its requests. A solution stops after all of its composite applications have stopped.
To support a Graceful Stop, applications now have
two new status levels—Suspending and Suspended.
A Suspending application is processing requests currently in its
queue and not accepting new requests. When it has finished processing those
existing requests, its status changes to Suspended and then
quickly to Stopped.
Note: Only applications that support the new
status levels Suspending and Suspended can be
stopped gracefully. Likewise, only solutions made up of applications that
support the new status levels can be stopped gracefully. Applications that
do not support the new status levels, and solutions made up of those
applications, are shut down ungracefully.
The Graceful Stop functionality is accessible by additional buttons and
menu items co-located with the existing Stop control. However,
when an application is in Suspending or Suspended
status, only the Stop control is available.
For more information about a Graceful Stop and the new status levels, refer to Framework 8.0 Solution Control Interface Help.
This release includes the following corrections and modifications that were made between release 7.6 or earlier releases and the initial 8.0 release:
Complete information about Active Alarms is displayed in the Details Pane of SCI. Previously, some information, such as the name of the application that generated the alarm and the text of the alarm, was not displayed. (ER# 182297746)
This section provides the latest information on known issues and recommendations associated with this product.
An attempt to open (by right-clicking or using the Details pane) any object in a separate window opens the window with an empty General tab intermittently. The content is shown only after the window is resized or tabs are switched. (MFWK-22985)
| Found In: 8.0.301.05 | Fixed In: |
Configuring application logging and Alarm Condition, Detection, and Reaction objects are unavailable through SCI. This functionality, called Configuration Wizards, was implemented by a separate component, installed separately, and integrated in SCI interface. This component is unavailable on Windows 7 and later. The listed configuration tasks can be carried out regularly using Configuration Manager or Genesys Administrator. The built-in wizards, ML Troubleshooter, Log Db Maintenance, and Log Advanced Search, remain available in SCI. (MFWK-22962)
| Found In: 8.0.301.05 | Fixed In: |
The Log Wizard in SCI correctly maintains those options in the
log section for which it can be used (alarm,
all, debug, expire,
interaction, segment, standard,
trace, and verbose). However, it removes all
other options in the log section.
Workaround: If you use any log options other than those
mentioned above, you can do one of two things to avoid this problem:
log options on the Options
tab of Genesys Administrator or Configuration Manager, and do not use the
SCI Log Wizard.log
options on the Options tab of Genesys Administrator or
Configuration Manager.(MFWK-15225)
| Found In: 8.0.300.18 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.20 |
The SCI Log Wizard interprets the Log configuration
option section (referenced, for example, in T-Server Application
Templates) to be different from the log section (as
referenced in most other templates). When the Wizard encounters a
Log section, the option is not set, and the following error
message is displayed:
SCEE006 - A database error has occurred. Try the same action again.
If the problem persists, contact your network administrator.
Workaround: To avoid this issue, you can do one of two things:
Log section to
log as necessary.(MFWK-15170)
| Found In: 8.0.300.18 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.20 |
In large configurations, the operating system frequently refreshes the SCI window and causes it to become visually unstable and difficult for a user to see clearly. This problem is most visible on Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows Vista platforms.
Workaround: Minimize the SCI window and maximize it for viewing only as necessary.
(MFWK-13773, ER# 312020861)
| Found In: 8.0.300.15 | Fixed In: |
SCI becomes unresponsive after a Tenant object is deleted
from the configuration. (MFWK-13525, ER# 303031171)
| Found In: 8.0.300.15 | Fixed In: |
An error message might be displayed if all three of the following conditions are true:
All Log Records or Standard
Log Records tab) of an Application, Solution, or Host is displayed.log_auto_refresh is set to false.(MFWK-13328, ER# 297431733)
| Found In: 8.0.300.12 | Fixed In: |
The list of log records on any of the logs tabs (such as the All Log
Records or Standard Log Records tab) of an Application,
Solution, Host are not affected by the setting of the option
log_auto_refresh; these lists are still refreshed automatically
if the option is set to false. This option applies only to the
Centralized Log view. (MFWK-13327, ER# 297431731)
| Found In: 8.0.300.12 | Fixed In: |
The Alarm Reaction Wizard in SCI does not support the configuration of an Alarm Reaction to switch over an application based on CPU or memory thresholds of a host.
Workaround: To configure an Alarm Reaction of this kind, manually add one of the following in the Annex of the Alarm Reaction Script:
[sml]
reaction-type=9
name=<name of application>
If you are using Solution Control Server 8.1.0 or earlier:
[sml]
reaction-type=9
dbid=<DBID of application>
Warning: Do not open an Alarm Reaction Script created this way (manually) using the Alarm Reaction Wizard. Doing so will result in the deletion of all manual settings from the script. Likewise, you must manually perform all editing of the script for a manually-created Alarm Reaction.
(MFWK-13182, ER# 294198851)
| Found In: 8.0.300.05 | Fixed In: |
SCI sometimes stops responding at startup if the configuration includes many disabled applications. (ER# 275421456)
| Found In: 8.0.300.04 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.15 |
SCI will sometimes terminate when it is in Log view and it reconnects to Configuration Server. (ER# 242040176)
| Found In: 8.0.200.07 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.04 |
SCI is not reconnected to Solution Control Server and sometimes terminates. (ER# 238495304)
| Found In: 8.0.200.07 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.04 |
After SCI reconnects to the primary Configuration Server after a loss of connection for any reason, SCI cannot modify any configuration objects.
Workaround: Restart SCI.
(ER# 235133427)
| Found In: 8.0.100.03 | Fixed In: 8.0.200.07 |
After connecting to the backup Configuration Server running in primary mode
(that is, after a Configuration Server switchover), most of the items in the
File menu are disabled and appear grayed out. In addition, if
there is no connection to DB Server, that connection cannot be restored with
SCI. (ER# 231813817)
| Found In: 8.0.100.03 | Fixed In: 8.0.200.07 |
If a Configuration Server is assigned its backup Configuration Server while SCI is running, when a Configuration Server switchover occurs, SCI will not reconnect to the backup Configuration Server. (ER# 231719613)
| Found In: 8.0.100.03 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.12 |
In a Distributed Solution Control Servers configuration, SCI does not display operating system information for Hosts controlled by any Solution Control Servers other than to which SCI is connected. Therefore, the corresponding tab in SCI for these other Hosts is blank. (MFWK-11651, ER# 231230074)
| Found In: 8.0.100.03 | Fixed In: |
If an Application object is created in Configuration Manager
without specifying a Host, Tenant, or port, and then is later assigned to a Host,
the Application does not appear in the Tree view of SCI.
Workaround: Restart SCI or specify the Host and port of the Application while you are creating the Application in Configuration Manager.
(ER# 231103542)
| Found In: 8.0.100.03 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.12 |
The Clear option in the Active Alarm Details Pane does not work.
Workaround: Use the Clear alarm option in the Alarm shortcut
menu.
(ER# 193672226)
| Found In: 8.0.000.05 | Fixed In: 8.0.100.03 |
Access permissions that are changed while SCI is running do not take affect in SCI until SCI is restarted. (MFWK-10852, ER# 183730451)
| Found In: 8.0.000.05 | Fixed In: |
SCI does not re-log in to Configuration Server automatically if, during SCI inactivity, Configuration Server had gone out-of-service and was restarted. (MFWK-10857, ER# 184329146)
| Found In: 8.0.000.05 | Fixed In: |
When using the Sybase Database Management System (DBMS) for the Log Database, SCI sometimes terminates while scrolling through the Centralized Log database. (ER# 187226822)
| Found In: 8.0.000.05 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.12 |
When using the Sybase DBMS for the Log Database, SCI sometimes sorts the logs by the Generated Time field incorrectly. (MFWK-10898, ER# 187226827)
| Found In: 8.0.000.05 | Fixed In: |
Solution Control Interface does not display the contents of the Scripts
folder in the Single-tenant configuration.
Workaround: Use Configuration Manager, the Alarm Reaction Wizard, or the Alarm Detection Wizard to view and access the scripts.
(ER# 168996643)
| Found In: 7.6.000.06 | Fixed In: 8.0.100.03 |
Sometimes, SCI may become unresponsive or shut down unexpectedly after losing connection to the network, or after a DB Server switchover. (ER# 149673478)
| Found In: 7.6.000.06 | Fixed In: 8.0.300.12 |
SCI may become unstable during log deletion with the Log DB Maintenance Wizard. (MFWK-10323, ER# 144038217)
| Found In: 7.6.000.06 | Fixed In: |
SCI and Universal Router Server (URS) both identify which Message Server
is dedicated to logging, but they do so in different places. To avoid
problems, you must configure the Message Server signature in both places.
For SCI, use the Options tab of the Message Server Properties
dialog. For URS, use the Annex tab of the Message Server
Properties dialog. (MFWK-8310, ER# 93143)
| Found In: 7.1.000.05 | Fixed In: |
This section documents features that are no longer supported in this software. This cumulative list is in release-number order with the most recently discontinued features at the top of the list. For more information on discontinued support for operating environments and databases, see Discontinued Support in the Genesys Supported Operating Environment Reference Guide.
Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 is no longer supported.
| Discontinued As Of: 8.0.200.07 |
Windows 2000 is no longer supported.
| Discontinued As Of: 8.0.100.03 |
Information in this section is included for international customers.
There are no internationalization issues for this product.
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Framework 8.1 Deployment Guide provides instructions for installing and configuring Framework 8.1 components, and for starting and stopping the Framework 8.1 components either using the Management Layer or manually.
Framework 8.1 Management Layer User's Guide describes the concepts, terminology, and procedures relevant to the Management Layer.
Framework 8.0 Solution Control Interface Help describes how to use Solution Control Interface.
Framework 8.1 Configuration Options Reference Manual describes configuration options for Framework 8.1 components.
Framework 8.1 Combined Log Events Help describes log events that Genesys server applications generate and that Genesys Administrator and Solution Control Interface display.
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