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  • Rocket iCluster 9.2.0 released

    By: Harald Braeunlich Harald Braeunlich , 4 months ago

    The Rocket Software team is proud to announce that the new version 9.2.0 of Rocket® iCluster is now available. 

    The iCluster Web user interface that has been introduced in iCluster 9.1.0 got a new dashboard that shows detailed latency and transaction information that includes historical data. Reports can now be created from iCluster Web and can be viewed and printed as PDFs.  

    Based on feedback from our customers and from our Rocket specialists we have integrated a long list of useful improvements and new features in Rocket® iCluster. 

    Highlights of this release of Rocket® iCluster: 

    iCluster Web UI 

    • The new Dashboard provides detailed history data of the source latency and the transactions (applied, send and to process) including graphs and detailed values to help analyze the health of the replication. 

    • The new Web Reports for sync check, group status, system and replication coverage add these most used reports to the iCluster Web UI for easy configuration, viewing and export or printing. 

    • Access rights for iCluster Web users can be granted per cluster to enable a more granular delegation of responsibilities and enable use cases for service providers. 

    Status monitor enhancements 

    • New option to delete the OBs objects on the backup node. 

    • Added progress information when using the Save and restore refresh method (SAVRST). 

    Report enhancements 

    • Added information for partial objects in the Replication Coverage Report (DMRPLCVRPT). 

    • New option to specify the group of the cluster in the Configuration Report (DMCFGRPT). 

    • Show progress on Start and end roleswitch simulator commands (DMSTRRSS and DMENDRSS). 

    • New option to list objects replicated by a specific group in the Replication Coverage Report (DMRPLCVRPT). 

    Remote journal and journal management enhancements 

    • Identification of a group that needs to be restarted in the Security Audit Journal (QAUDJRN). 

    • End remote journaling with End Group command (DMENDGRP) 

    • Filter on remote journals in the Work with Journals command (DMWRKJRN), new commands to start and end the remote journal (STRHARTJRN and ENDHARTJRN) 

    • New option to end multiple journals with the End Journal Management command (ENDHADJRCV) 

    Sync check enhancements 

    • Differentiate routing data and request data or command in sync check. 

    • Added object specifier or path name in the email summary report of the start user-specified Sync check commands (DMSTRSCUSR and STRHASCUSR). 

    • Improved handling of Out of sync (OOS) status when doing a sync check with Logical Files (LF). 

    • Logical Files (LF) are reported correctly as Out of Sync (OOS) code Total of member size (TMS) when the Index size is different. 

    Usability enhancements 

    • Provide event log message when staging store (cache of changed data on source system) reaches 90% of maximum size. 

    • The settings in the Green Screen and iCluster Web UI are now shown in the same order and grouping. 

    • Automatically add a missing HATMOBJ record activating a suspended object command (DMACTOBJ). 

    • New command to check alert destinations (DMCHKALRD) that sends test alert messages to email, SMS, or message queues. 

    • Start iCluster with one command (ICMENU) that includes changing the library. 

    • Enhanced help information for the command to initialize a node for recovery (DMINZNODE). 

    • New command to synchronize constraints (SYNCHACST). 

    • New command to change the user profile (DMCHGUPRF) allows to generically disable or enable user profiles. 

    • Removed the limitation in the number of object specifiers in the system configuration backup that is created when the master node is started. 

    • The activate BSF Object command (DMACTBSF) now resolves coded character set identifiers (CCSID) differences. 

    Non-Journal Work files 

    • New option to avoid journaling for files where the content is not being mirrored, useful especially for Work files. 

    Detailed release notes can be found here Rocket® iCluster release notes (rocketsoftware.com). The complete documentation is available in the Library (rocketsoftware.com).