Locator 2.11 SR3 (2.11.860)

Build Number

Official build number: 2.11.860

Release Date

February 28th, 2020

License Compatibility

If you are upgrading from a previous ViaWorks 2.x release, your ViaWorks 2.x license will continue to work. If you are installing Locator 2.11 SR3 for the first time, or if you are upgrading from ViaWorks 1.5.x, you will be required to obtain a new license key from ayfie. Contact your ayfie sales representative to obtain your license key.

New Installations

Download the Locator Installation package, and run Locator_2.11.860.exe.

For hardware and software requirements (including AV configuration information), and for help on how to install Locator, please see the Locator Installation Guide.

Upgrading from a Prior Installation

You can upgrade to this release from a previous ViaWorks 2.x release.

You CANNOT upgrade to this release from ViaWorks 1.x or earlier.

If upgrading from a previous major version, it's recommended that you upgrade all installed connectors. If upgrading from 2.7 or below it's required that you upgrade all connectors.

Supervisor Compatibility

Supervisor versions 2.1 and older do not support Locator 2.11 SR3. Customers should not upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR3 until they've upgraded to Supervisor 2.2.
As Supervisor version 2.3 requires the new Authority Service, that comes with Locator 2.11 SR1 and above, users upgrading to Supervisor 2.3 should first upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR3.

Note: When you upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR3 you need to configure the Active Directory authentication system, as this is a requirement for Supervisor 2.3.

Notes if Upgrading from ViaWorks 2.7 or Older:

The PostgreSQL database format will be upgraded. It is strongly recommended to create a backup of the database prior to running the 2.11 upgrade. Once the database has been upgraded, it is not possible to revert back to a previous version
The index will be rebuilt after the upgrade has finished. The index rebuild can potentially take a while, and users may not be able to search or have incomplete search results until the rebuild completes. Documents will not be re-fetched during this process
All customers will be moved from the "ViaWorksV2" Solr core to the “ViaWorksCloud” Solr collection during the upgrade process. The “ViaWorksV2” core from versions 2.7 SR5 and older is no longer supported
During the upgrade, the solrconfig_overrides.xml and schema_overrides.xml files will be reset. Before upgrading, make note of the customization added to these files so they can be re-applied after the upgrade is complete. Note: the Solr schema has changed and overrides will need to be updated to support the changes.
Locator 2.11 SR3 will install .NET Framework version 4.7.2.

New Features & Improvements

Locator 2.11.860 is a new service release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements

Improvements

Component	Description
Authentication	New version of the Authority Service.
Authentication	Improved logging for trusted authentication for the Active Directory plugin.
Converter	Improved Converter result codes and logging.
Document Handler	Updated the Document Handler display name.
Fetch Framework	Moved Converter registration from connector startup code to installer.
REST Service	Updated the REST Service API documentation.
ZooKeeper	Replaced embedded ZooKeeper in Solr with a standalone ZooKeeper service.
ZooKeeper	ZooKeeper upgraded to version 3.5.6.
Web Client	Updated the Norwegian translation for Sources Down.

Bug Fixes

Component	Description
Authentication	Fixed an issue with Active Directory plugin tries to look up UPN when username already on UPN format during trusted authentication.
Authentication	Fixed an issue where a re-authentication is not triggered for persistent sessions when stored credentials for primary authentication realm becomes invalid.
Converter	Fixed an issue with abandoned Document Filter converter processes.
Index Builder	Fixed an issue where Index Builder stops processing loop if an unexpected exception occurs.
Installer	Fixed an issue where the installer failed creating the Locator database because of a reserved keyword.
Installer	Fixed an issue where the installer registered connectors in the Management Dashboard without them being installed.
Installer	Fixed an issue where PostgreSQL upgrade fails if there's a reboot during upgrade.
Installer	Fixed an issue where the installer incorrectly thinks a re-index is required when upgrading secondary search servers.
Installer	Fixed an issue where upgrades fails if a reboot is required and PostgreSQL database needs to be upgraded.
Tools	Fixed an issue where Via.Repository.exe tool incorrectly formatted the document count number