PowerConnect SP 8.04 Release notes (ABAP)

Upgrade

Upgrade steps are described in the following KB: Upgrading PowerConnect ABAP 8.X to latest release

Known problems

• ITAB_DUPLICATE_KEY Dump in SLM control panel

Changes

New

• New Splunk Metrics connection type;

• New ICI Trace Extractor (CRM_ICI_TRACE);

• New Event Extraction framework (beta);

• New Metric statistics report;

• New SPAD_STATUS filter
  It is a mandatory configuration to be set from 8.04 release to ensure data retrieval.

• New AIF_ERROR filter;

• New predefined KPI definitions (sample);

Improvements

• AIF_ERROR Extractor can pull data from all clients;

• NRIV Extractor can pull data from all clients;

• PRC_CHAIN_LOG Extractor enhanced with calculated job runtime value;

• STATS Extractor enhanced with ability to pull all record data as deep structure;

• STAD Extractor enhanced with ability to pull all record data as deep structure;

• SM13_STATE enhanced with Global Update switch status;

• ODATA_SERVICE enhanced with parameters and navigation support;

• SM19 enhanced with parameters info from RSAU_CONFIG;

• SM12 enhanced with lock time calculation field;

• ST03_TIME timestamp is set to end of the time range;

• SM59 filter has been changed to follow inclusion logic instead of exclusion;

Bug fixes

• Fixed BCSET Activation transport error(SP 8.03);

• Fixed STAD_TRACE timestamp conversion issue (SP 8.03);

• Fixed Object generation error during upgrade;

• Fixed AIF_ERROR Extractor missing interfaces;

• Fixed SM59 is login check if Same user flag is set;

• Fixed SM20 CDS view access SQL error;

• Fixed TABLE_COUNT extractor error;

• Fixed issues in KPI generation framework;

• Fixed ST22 missing exception name;

• Fixed SM51_QUEUE conversion overflow;

• Fixed SRT_MONI UI filter issues;

• Fixed BD87_DYN empty status data issue;

• Fixed SM21_LOG shortened tcode issue (NW 7.00);

• Fixed TREAD_DYN long timestamp bug mentioned in KB 220