Locator 2.11 SR1 (2.11.841)

Build number

Official build number: 2.11.841

Release Date

October 18th, 2019

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 SR1 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_2.11.841.exe. Use a valid License Code and follow instructions on the screen.

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 1.5.x or earlier.

New Features & Improvements

Locator 2.11.841 is a new service release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements

Supervisor Compatibility

Supervisor versions 2.1 and older do not support Locator 2.11 SR1. Customers should not upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR1 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) users upgrading to Supervisor 2.3 should first upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR1.

Note: When you upgrade to Locator 2.11 SR1 you need to configure the Active Directory authentication system as this is a requirement for Supervisor 2.3.

Locator upgrades and schema overrides

Locator now supports additional schema override files on upgrades. All xml files located in the folder: "~\ProgramData\ayfie\Locator\Solr\configsets\ViaWorksCloud\conf\schema_overrides" will be merged into schema.xml in addition to schema_overrides.xml.

Lingo 2.2 that is installed with Supervisor 2.3 will add the file "schema_overrides_for_lingo.xml" to the new overrides folder. If you're running Lingo 2.2 and have performed the following workaround Missing fields after Supervisor upgrade - WORKAROUND, you need to remove remove the Lingo fields from schema_overrides.xml before you start the upgrade to 2.11 SR1, if not you'll get a duplicate fields warning during upgrade.

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 SR1 requires .NET framework v. 4.7.2 to be installed.

Improvements

Component	Description
Authentication	Optimize provisioning of users in the Authority Service
Authentication	New version of the Authority Service
Converter	Updated to the latest version of the Hyland Document Filter library
Installer	Added a new Wizard page User Credentials for configuring authentication system for the Authority Service

Bug Fixes

Component	Description
Authentication	Increased the max scope request length in the Authority Service
Authentication	Opened Authority Service ports in Windows Firewall
Installer	Fixed an issue with lost Supervisor Lingo index fields when upgrading Locator