PowerConnect SP 8.00 Release notes (ABAP)
Upgrade
Upgrade steps are described in the following KB: https://powerconnect.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/POW/pages/3295215617
!Important notes:
Please perform Metric queue cleanup step before the upgrade
User roles are updated in this release and should be re-imported after upgrade
Known problems
Changes
New
New Central License service integration (beta)
New PowerConnect config synchronization using push (beta)
Old config sync is deprecated now.New SLT DMC Replication Table & Load Status extractor (LTRC_DMC)
New Invoice extractor (BPM_ECC_INVOICE)
New SAP Notes extractor for SAP SolMan systems (SM_SAP_NOTES)
New Registered Outbound tRFC/qRFC Destinations extractor (SMQS)
Improvements
Metric queue has been reworked for better performance
Control Panel View Log screen has been enhanced with error type filter
Control Panel now showing more specific connection test error messages
HDB_DBCC_AUDIT: HANA Audit log extractor is able to pull XSA events
SE16N_CD and S416N_CD are pulling changes as structural data
SE16N_CD and S416N_CD got subtype to check global table modification flag
OSQLSCRIPTS: extractor is now checking user authorization to select cross client data
OSQLSCRIPTS: all variables are now aligned with TREAD_DYN extractor
SM58 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated nowSMQ1 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated nowSMQ2 enhanced with statistical information
Detailed data could be deactivated now.PC_HEALTH enhanced with the information from Administrator->Check errors menu
STAD Main subrecord enhanced with SAP Passport fields
SRT_MONI enhanced with XPATH filter
HDB_DBCC_OLOCK enhanced with runtime information (program and user)
HDB_DBCC_RLOCK enhanced with runtime information (program and user)
SM21 extractor is now using new API (if available)
Bug fixes
Metrics are not uploaded to load balanced Target Group bug fix
Time based extraction: incorrect job user name fix
Upload scheme: target deletion bug fix
Field filter migration bug fix (post upgrade)
STAD: reduntant events bug fix
STATS: time conversion issue fix for SAP NW 7.40
SM12: WP number with more than 2 digits extracted properly now
STRUST: Validity timestamp format has been fixed
LOGS: Gateway logs parsing error fix
Sybase table size calculation bug fix
SM37: missing EPP context fields
TREAD_DYN: Extraction failing if specified timestamp has long format
TREAD_DYN: Extraction failing in case time field in DB is empty
SLG1: bug fix for duplicate field in context structure
LTRC_CHECK: data extraction bug fix
CDPOS: filter backup export bug fix
SM20 duplicated events bug fix