Connexion 14.5 B3 (v14.5.433)

Connexion 14.5 B3 (v14.5.433)

Re-release

Please note that we encountered an issue with the channel cloning routine in the original 14.5.430 release. Please also note that this release utilizes the .NET 4.5.2 framework version. This may cause installations to be slower than normal since this version of the framework may need to be downloaded and installed during setup (typically on older OSs like Windows 7 and 2008R2). If .NET is upgraded, you may see NGEN working away for some time (up to 10 minutes) before your channels are able to start.

Released On

May 26, 2016

Release Type

Beta Release

Release Location

Connexion 14.5:

Gateway and Gateway Management Application:

Gateway Management Application:

Remote Integrator:

Remote Integrator Queue:

This release is mainly bug-fixes to the beta 2 build. There is one major feature update (shared with the R9 release):

In prior versions of Connexion, the channel import routine relied solely on the channel and device keys when attempting to match channels within a file to existing channels in a system. This system worked well when importing a small number of channels and when the source of the channel file was always the same. This has become problematic since there are scenarios where channel and device keys will change (for example, importing the same channel file twice into different tabs or groups). These newly imported channels (with new keys) can never be exported and overwrite a matching set of channels in another Connexion instance.

To remedy this, we have switched the matching logic to use Group Name/Tab Name/Channel Name. Therefore, there is a uniqueness constraint on these three properties (ie, no channels with the same name in the same tab). We have also changed the import UX by splitting the import routine into two:

  1. Import channels into current tab: All channels within the current channel file will be imported into the currently selected Group/Tab. Any matching channel names will show the option of update or import and rename. This is import behavior we see most often and matches previous versions of Connexion.

  2. Import channels into system: Channels will be imported to the same group and tab as they were exported from. If the group or tab does not exist, they will be created. This allows you to take a set of channels from one system (QA) and import them into another system (Staging) keeping the same group and tab structure. If channels with matching names are found, you will have the option to update or add and rename.

In each case, the update routine has been improved and will attempt to add and remove devices to match the channel file structure. Please note that queue devices are never removed during an import - you must manually remove queues.

We have also updated the routine which attempts to "fix up" device configurations post-import. For example, this is how a branch device being imported into a new system knows where to point post-import. Please pay particular attention to any devices which reference other devices/channels and double-check that messages are being sent to the correct destination.

 

Connexion Tickets Resolved

Resolved

Description

Resolved

Description

CNXN-2591

Issue with "set as Active Application Server" function

CNXN-2590

Branch device selection should exclude MongoDb queues since they will cannot be branched to

CNXN-2587

PostOnChannel can hang under certain conditions

CNXN-2585

Channel Change Tracking - Should keep 60 days of changes on file for debugging purposes

CNXN-2584

Create a better channel drop down with filtering

CNXN-2583

Cannot Select which RI inbound connecter to connect to from RA client

CNXN-2581

Ability to stop a channel from custom code

CNXN-2580

Copy Selected Messages to Queue doesn't copy attachments

CNXN-2579

NLog's archiving is poorly implement. Archiving of log files should be managed by Connexion

CNXN-2577

Setup Software for Connexion does not recognize proper DB Version

CNXN-2576

Logging - Editing the app.config causes Logging/Alerting to stop functioning properly

CNXN-2575

Up to 50 events are lost if no event is generated in about one hour

CNXN-2574

Include Charts in Snapshots not working and charts incorrect

CNXN-2573

Connexion server UI tags active app server incorrectly in failover setting

CNXN-2572

Alert Groups do not follow tabs and channels configuration

CNXN-2571

Alert Schedule not followed by groups in alerting configuration

CNXN-2570

Disk Space Alert doesn't work

CNXN-2569

Info level alerts are not being forwarded to custom alert code

CNXN-2568

At times the Connexion Client won't Launch

CNXN-2567

Incorrect number of RA Clients listed on the "Authorized" tab

CNXN-2566

Exception on Steve's Machine - InsufficientMemoryException - An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full

CNXN-2564

Edit and Requeuing a message with a collapsed block may cause the collapsed region to become corrupted

CNXN-2562

Manage Channel Backups doesn't work without Edit permission

CNXN-2561

Manage Application Servers allows user to edit CXN_Connexion database settings

CNXN-2560

Manage Groups error navigating to new group

CNXN-2559

Manage Authorization doesn't work properly

CNXN-2558

Manage Alerting doesn't work without Edit permission

CNXN-2557

Manage System Documentation doesn't work without Edit permission

CNXN-2556

Manage Custom Plugins unable to change device version in a channel

CNXN-2555

Delete Channel fails if user doesn't have Edit authorization

CNXN-2554

Recycle Owner Process throws FaultException

CNXN-2553

Client - starting up the client causes an attempt to create a new channel on the server

CNXN-2552

New install of 14.5 fails with sql script error

CNXN-2549

MessageContext.WriteEvent(EventSeverity.Fatal,...) should send the message to the error queue

 

Integrator Tickets Resolved

(None)