Fuse Management Central 1.5.0
29-07-2022
VILT Group, S.A.
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1. Introduction
These Release Notes provide an overview of Fuse Management Central version 1.5.0 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 |
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1.0 |
2022-07-29 |
All |
Initial version |
2. About Fuse Management Central
This section provides an overview of Fuse Management Central version 1.5.0.
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 1.5.0
The following section details all relevant changes in Fuse Management Central 1.5.0, whether new features or discontinued and/or deprecated ones.
2.1.1. New Features and Enhancements
Fuse Management Central 1.5.0 includes the following new features and enhancements:
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Added support for OpenText Content Server 21.4
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Added support for OpenText Archive Center Cluster
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Maintenance Windows is now an available feature, allowing system administrators to schedule one-time or recurring time windows to perform potentially disruptive actions on managed systems, such as backups, updating drivers, applying patches, among others. System administrators can define the scope of the Maintenance Window to individual/selective managed systems or to one or more environments (e.g. PROD and QA)
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Out-of-the-box ServiceNow integration, providing a tight and transparent interaction between Fuse Management Central and ServiceNow by automatically creating, updating, or resolving ServiceNow incidents based on Fuse Management Central’s Alert Manager activity and rules set
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OpenText Archive Center managed components keeps growing, now also including the full monitoring and administration of:
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Replicated Logical Archives
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External Logical Archives
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Jobs
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Cache
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Simplified license upload and status for all Fuse Management Central license types
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Fuse Management Central has now 90+ preconfigured alerts, overwatching both OpenText Content Server and OpenText Archive Center health, performance, best practices, configurations and much more…
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Fuse Management Client for OpenText Content Server and OpenText Archive Center logic, performance and log improvements
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Technological base updates
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UI/UX enhancements
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:
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Right to be informed
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Right of access
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Right to rectification
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Right to object
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Right to erasure ("the right to be forgotten")
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Right to data portability
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Right to restrict processing
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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:
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Fuse Management Central
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Fuse Management Client for OpenText Content Server
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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 |
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1.5.0 |
1.5.0 |
3.2. Documentation
Fuse Management Central documentation includes:
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Fuse Management Central 1.5.0 - Installation and Administration Guide
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Fuse Management Central 1.5.0 - User Guide
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Fuse Management Central 1.5.0 - 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 |
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1.5.0 |
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Docker Support
To install Fuse Management Central Docker and Docker Compose are required:
| Fuse Management Central Version | Host Operating System |
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1.5.0 |
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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 |
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1.5.0 |
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| 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 |
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1.5.0 |
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| Fuse Management Central web application requires a screen resolution set at a minimum of 1366x768. |
4.4. Hardware Requirements
This section provides details about Fuse Management Central hardware requirements:
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Memory |
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Disk Space |
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| 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 |
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1.5.0 |
OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.2 |
OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.3 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.4 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.5 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.6 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.7 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.8 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.9 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.10 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 16.2.11 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 20.2 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 20.3 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 20.4 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 21.1 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 21.2 |
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OpenText ™ Content Server 21.4 |
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 |
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1.5.0 |
OpenText ™ Archive Server 10.5 |
OpenText ™ Archive Center 16.2.0 |
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OpenText ™ Archive Center 16.2.2 |
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OpenText ™ Archive Center 20.2 |
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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 |
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EN |
DE |
JA |
FR |
IT |
PT |
ES |
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1.5.0 |
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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 1.5.0.
For upgrade instructions please refer to the Fuse Management Central Installation and Administration Guide.
| Please have in consideration this known issue with Threads Heatmap widget |
6. Fixed Issues
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#2723: OTAC Original Archives Pools actions not working
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#2711: Logs page scroll problems
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#2701: Infinite loop on updating System Configurations
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#2690: xECM Licenses filter problems
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#2685: SOV Processes missing in System Details
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#2684: Problems with Alert list filters
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#2677: Wrong permissions for guest users in OTAC actions
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#2670: Download logs not working for Guest users
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#2666: Systems page wrong alert counters
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#2654: OTAC Attach Volume action available for Guest users
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#2650: Guest users cannot see OTAC Protocol messages
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#2617: Wrong links in Threads Heatmap widget when time-machine is on
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#2614: Threads Heatmap widget link setting a wrong chart interval
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#2604: OTCS Trace Viewer not working properly
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#2603: OTAC System already activated can be activated in another instance
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#2586: Cannot open trace file
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#2585: Upgrade OTCS Client log4j version
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#2583: Fuse Client generating trace files in OTCS 20.4
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#2562: Wrong Distributed Agent status being collected
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#2560: Storage Providers not being displayed in Environemnt Details
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#2552: Logs Viewer auto-updating even if auto-update is off
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#2541: SOV Processes not being listed correctly in System Details
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#2535: Widgets not being flaged when there are alerts
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#2519: Cannot start SOV Process
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#2516: Fuse Management Central logs missing timezone
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#2512: OTAC Client activation issues
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#2507: Trace file generated by Fuse Client OTCS for 20.4
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#2502: Trace file generated by Fuse Client OTCS for 20.4
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#2501: Opening big trace file crashes Logs Viewer
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#2488: Alert Manager page infinite loading
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#2467: SOV metrics not being collected sometimes
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#2465: Problems calculating CPU usage in OTCS Client
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#2457: Error opening Trace file
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#2451: Cannot add OTCS System when there are OTAC Systems in the Environment
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#2449: Dismiss alert should work for all severities
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#2445: Service Report using wrong metrics
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#2439: Duplicated OTAC Original Archives
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#2437: Systems List multi-select only works for first Environment
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#2434: Cannot search inside a Log file
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#2430: OTAC Alerts being shown in OTCS Service Report
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#2402: Wrong alert links in Environment Alert emails
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#2364: Stale Metrics alerts cannot be dismissed
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#2359: Stale Metrics alerts being raised for xECM when xECM is not installed
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#2355: Admin alerts cannot be dismissed
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Other minor and QOL issues…
7. Known Issues
7.1. OTCS Threads Heatmap Widget data will be reset after upgrade
Due to a performance improvement in the OTCS Threads Heatmap Widget, it was necessary to move the query mechanism to pre-computed metrics in Fuse Management Central 1.5.0.
This means that previous data displayed in this widget won’t be visible anymore (last 15 days) and new data will start to be processed and presented from the moment Fuse Management Central is upgraded to version 1.5.0.