Fuse Management Central 1.4.1

28-09-2021

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1. Introduction

These Release Notes provide an overview of Fuse Management Central version 1.4.1 including new features, delivery information, and supported platforms. It is recommended that you read these release notes in conjunction with the documentation included with the software package. If any conflicts exist, the Release Notes supersede the other documentation.

1.1. Document Revision History

Revision Number Modification Date Section Modified Modifications

1.0

2021-09-28

All

Initial version

2. About Fuse Management Central

This section provides an overview of Fuse Management Central version 1.4.1.

Fuse Management Central is a centralized web administration console for OpenText ™ solutions, providing to Self-Managed Customers or Managed Service Providers a Unified Management Experience. With Fuse Management Central intuitive user interface simplified deployment, OpenText ™ system administrators can now interact directly from a system component, maintaining the context and understanding of it, with the option to schedule any action.

Fuse Management Central also separates system administration from content administration, introducing a new layer of security on top of the traditional OpenText ™ administration tools.

2.1. What’s New in Release 1.4.1

The following section details all relevant changes in Fuse Management Central 1.4.1, whether new features or discontinued and/or deprecated ones.

2.1.1. New Features and Enhancements

Fuse Management Central 1.4.1 includes the following new features and enhancements:

  • Added support for OpenText Content Server 21.2

  • Remote log file browser and viewer is now available for OpenText Archive Center

  • Log level settings are now available as administration actions for OpenText Archive Center

  • Log file viewer now allows to filter by errors and/or error log entrie(s)

  • Fuse Management Client for OpenText Content Server has now its own log level settings, as well as log rotation and compression

2.2. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that gives residents greater protection and control of their personal data. It regulates the data companies inside and outside the EU can collect, store, and transfer – as well as how they use it. All companies that process EU resident data must comply with GDPR, starting on May 25, 2018.

GDPR defines the following rights for the EU citizens:

  • Right to be informed

  • Right of access

  • Right to rectification

  • Right to object

  • Right to erasure ("the right to be forgotten")

  • Right to data portability

  • Right to restrict processing

  • Rights regarding automated decision-making and/or profiling

Companies use Fuse Management Central products to monitor and manage their OpenText ™ systems performance and quality of services which, by default, don’t track personal data.

For these reasons, Fuse Management Central is and must be GDPR compliant.

3. Packaging and Delivery Information

3.1. Software

Fuse Management Central is delivered with the following software packages:

  • Fuse Management Central

  • Fuse Management Client for OpenText Content Server

  • Fuse Management Client for OpenText Archive Center

3.1.1. Software Versions and Compatibility

The following table lists Fuse Management Central software version compatibility matrix:

Fuse Management Central Version Fuse Management Client Version

1.4.1

1.4.1

3.2. Documentation

Fuse Management Central documentation includes:

  • Fuse Management Central 1.4.1 - Installation and Administration Guide

  • Fuse Management Central 1.4.1 - User Guide

  • Fuse Management Central 1.4.1 - Release Notes

4. Supported Environments and Compatibility

This section provides details about supported platforms, systems, and versions for both Fuse Management Central and Fuse Management Client.

4.1. Server Platform Support

Operating System Support

The following chart describes the server Operating System supported by Fuse Management Central host.

Fuse Management Central Version Host Operating System

1.4.1

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit, Windows Server 2016 64-bit, Windows Server 2019 64-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

  • Oracle Linux 7.x
Docker Support

To install Fuse Management Central Docker and Docker Compose are required:

Fuse Management Central Version Host Operating System

1.4.1

  • Docker Engine 18.06.0 or higher

  • Docker compose 1.25 or higher

4.2. Java Support

The following chart describes the version of Java that is required for Fuse Management Central.
It is highly recommended that you use the associated Java and Fuse Management Central versions listed below as our testing is focused on these combinations.

Fuse Management Central Version Java Version

1.4.1

  • AdoptOpenJDK 8 or higher

  • Oracle JDK 8 or higher
Free long term support (LTS) versions of JDK are provided by AdoptOpenJDK and Oracle. We recommend you install a long term support version to use with Fuse Management Central.

4.3. Client Browser Support

Fuse Management Central web usage is supported on the following browsers on their latest versions:

Fuse Management Central Version Chrome Edge Internet Explorer Firefox Safari

1.4.1

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4.4. Hardware Requirements

This section provides details about Fuse Management Central hardware requirements:

Processor

  • Minimum: 4 CPU @ 2GHz

  • Recommended: 8 CPU @ 2GHz

Memory

  • Minimum: 8GB

  • Recommended: 16GB

Disk Space

  • Minimum: 50GB

  • Recommended: 100GB
Disk space consumption has an estimated growth of ~0.1GB/day/system and this data is kept for 15 days by default, for long term metrics.

4.5. Fuse Management Client

4.5.1. OpenText ™ Content Server Support

Fuse Management Client must be installed on each managed system.
To support multiple OpenText ™ Content Server versions, a specific client version is released for each system application version.

The following table contains the client compatibility matrix for each system application.

Fuse Management Client for OpenText Content Server Version System Application Release

1.4.1

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.2

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.3

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.4

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.5

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.6

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.7

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.8

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.9

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.10

OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.11

OpenText ™ Content Server 20.2

OpenText ™ Content Server 20.3

OpenText ™ Content Server 20.4

OpenText ™ Content Server 21.1

OpenText ™ Content Server 21.2

4.5.2. OpenText ™ Archive Center Support

Fuse Management Client must be installed on each managed system.
To support multiple OpenText ™ Archive Center versions, a specific client version is released for each system application version.

The following table contains the client compatibility matrix for each system application.

Fuse Management Client for OpenText Archive Center Version System Application Release

1.4.1

OpenText ™ Archive Server 10.5

OpenText ™ Archive Center 16.2.0

OpenText ™ Archive Center 16.2.2

OpenText ™ Archive Center 20.2

OpenText ™ Archive Center 21.2

4.6. Language Support

Fuse Management Central is currently localized in the following languages. Additional languages may be available in future releases.

Fuse Management Central Version

Languages

EN

DE

JA

FR

IT

PT

ES

1.4.1

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5. Upgrade Notes

If there is already a version of Fuse Management Central installed, it is possible to upgrade it to version 1.4.1.

For upgrade instructions please refer to the Fuse Management Central Installation and Administration Guide.

6. Fixed Issues

  • #2271: Service Report > Missing Information

  • #2269: Time Machine alerts don’t match

  • #2242: Fuse Management Central logs warning

  • #2273: Incorrect Environment OTCS System counter

  • #2172: Click on the Admin Server not opening properly

  • Multiple performance improvements

  • Other minor issues…​

7. Known Issues

N/A