Release Notes
Release 7.4
E73107-02
September 2016
This document provides release information for Oracle DIVArchive Suite Release 7.4. Read this documentation before installing and using Oracle DIVArchive.
Contact Oracle Support for assistance installing, updating, or configuring DIVArchive. The Oracle Support Contacts Global Directory can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/us/support/contact/index.html
Refer to the Oracle DIVArchive Operations Guide in the Oracle DIVArchive 7.4 Core Documentation library for user-configurable parameters.
Before installing or upgrading DIVArchive, use the prerequisite package provided by Oracle to confirm that your system meets all requirements.
The following items from the pre-requisite package have been moved to the Installation Options located on the Choose Components dialog box in the Windows installation wizard and are disabled by default:
Disable Hibernate
When enabled, this option disables computer hibernation.
DIVA user account
When enabled, this option creates a Windows user account named diva.
Disable hidden extensions for know files
When enabled, this option hides file name extensions for know file types.
Disable IPV6
When enabled, this option disables IPV6 protocol.
Best performance for background programs
When enabled, this option tunes the computer so programs running in the background have the best performance.
US regional settings
When enabled, this option applies US regional settings.
Terminal services
When enabled, this option activates terminal services.
Enable quick edit mode for Command line
When enabled, this option sets quick mode editing for command line options.
Conf. file association
When enabled, this option associates configuration files with the Windows Notepad editor.
Windows update does not reboot
When enabled, this option prevents computer restarts after Windows updates are processed.
The following options are automatically activated during installation:
Configure Windows error reporting
Install a scheduled task to optimize database performance
Disable auto-run for tape drives when installing Actors
Oracle recommends keeping the operating system up to date with the latest security patches. However, Oracle cannot guarantee that all patches will operate correctly with DIVArchive because the operating system security patches are independent of the DIVArchive application.
You should determine the acceptable operating system security patch level for your environment. Contact Oracle Support for assistance in determining operating system patch level compatibility if necessary.
DIVArchive Release 7.4 includes the following new features and enhancements:
All DIVArchive 7.4 core components can run in an Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64) environment. The following limitations apply to the Linux operating environment:
Oracle DIVArchive Avid Connectivity is not supported.
Transcoder integration is not supported.
The Tape Reading Utility is not supported. Alternatively, standard commands (for example DD and MT) must be used.
Oracle Partial File Restore (video) is only supported for QT, GXF, and TS.
Actors in the Linux operating system do not support UNC paths for CIFS sources and destinations.
Oracle currently only supports Linux-based FTP servers (not Windows-based Filezilla or IIS servers) for DIVArchive systems running in the Linux environment due to constraints Windows-based FTP servers have on handling large numbers of files, which degrades performance.
Oracle Linux supports a variety of languages in addition to English. You must create a user with the required language set to use a language other than English. The language set can also be selected during installation.
Windows operating systems must be installed in English (only).
DIVArchive 7.4 supports a new type of ODA drive from Sony. The details of these drives are as follows:
Sony released a new generation of ODA drives: ODS-280F and ODS-280U. DIVArchive has only been tested with the Fibre Channel type. The ODS-280U has not been tested through the USB interface and it may (or may not) work in your environment. These drives are twice as fast as the Gen1 drives.
A new type cartridge is available for this drive: ODC3300R. This is a WORM drive with a 3.3 TB capacity.
Gen2 drives can read content written on Gen1 media with Gen1 drives. DIVArchive does not support the READ-ONLY media-drive compatibility. Oracle recommends isolating Gen1 media from Gen2 media in the configuration (no cross-generation compatibility) and there must be at least one Gen1 drive in a library containing Gen1 cartridges.
Partial File Restore of Transport Stream MPEG HD with AES3 audio tracks is now supported.
DIVArchive 7.4 enables support for the Promedia Carbon (formerly Rhozet) transcoder. You select the new transcoder type (Rhozet) in the Configuration Utility. Both Name and GUID are supported for presets and profiles as Format Type options.
DIVArchive 7.4 supports LTO7 drives and DataExpedition release 1.17.
DIVArchive now supports long absolute path names up to 4,000 characters. Some file systems may have character limitations, not allowing long path names, which can result in failed restore requests to these file systems.
Archive and restore of empty files (with byte size 0) and empty folders (containing no files) is supported. However, these files must be stored in AXF format. When you use LEGACY format, DIVArchive reports an error if an empty file or folder is discovered during transfer. The previous behavior is no longer supported (objects containing empty files or folders archived to LEGACY format would succeed and empty files and folders are ignored).
A new manager configuration setting has been added and named ABORT_ARCHIVES_ON_EMPTY_FILES. When enabled, this setting causes archive requests containing empty files to be terminated. The default setting is disabled, allowing archiving of empty files.
The DIVAMANAGER_BULK_EXPORT parameter has been removed from the Manager configuration.
A new parameter, TAPE_FULL_ON_SPAN_REJECTED, has been added to the Manager configuration. This is a true or false parameter. When set to true, and spanning is disabled, the Manager will mark a tape full when a spanning occurs.
The default administrator and operator password profile have been removed. After installation it is no longer possible to use the default password to log in to the Control GUI for the administrator or operator profile. You must assign an administrator and (or) operator password in the Configuration Utility before using these profiles.
An error message notifies you to set a password in the Configuration Utility for the corresponding profile if you attempt to switch to one of these profiles in the Control GUI before setting a password. After the password is set it does not matter what is used for the old password when updating the profile password.
The fully qualified path to a file, and the fully qualified path to an empty folder, are displayed in the Components List under the Instances tab of the Object Properties dialog box. The Elements List under the Instances tab of the Object Properties dialog box displays empty files. Empty folders are not displayed in the Elements list because they are only metadata and have no physical presence on the tape.
All files and folders are also displayed on the Components tab of the Object Properties dialog box.
DIVArchive 7.4 only supports the following database packages:
Windows only supports DIVAOracle Database package 2.3.3_Oracle_11-2-0-4-7_SE1_Windows_64-bit
Linux only supports DIVAOracle Database package 3.0.0_Oracle_12_1_0_2_0_SE2_OEL7_x86_64
The JDBC Thin Driver enables specifying the Oracle Service Name in lieu of the Oracle SID setting in the Manager configuration file. If both the service name and SID are specified, the Oracle service name takes precedence. The setting is identified using the DIVAMANAGER_DBSERVICENAME parameter in the Manager configuration file.
DIVArchive passwords are no longer stored as plain text in the configuration files. All database password parameters have been removed from the Manager, Oracle DIVArchive Storage Plan Manager (SPM), DBBackup, and Migration Service configuration files.
The password file permissions are restricted to read-only permission for all operating system users and groups. Only the DIVArchive Administrator operating system user has permission to reset or change the password file.
When you create a user, DIVArchive creates a password file that DIVArchive services use for the configuration file parameters. The DIVArchive services (for example manager, SPM, dbbackup, migration, and so on) read the password from the file when the service starts. The services will fail to start if the password does not exist, the file is empty, or decryption fails. The Configuration Utility and Control GUI do not use the password file.
You use the new -ORAPWD command line switch with the create_diva_user (for example create_diva_user -ORAPWD) script to generate, or regenerate, a password file when you create a database user, to upgrade an existing customer, or to reset an existing password. When you use the create_diva_user script to create a database user, the passwords mentioned as arguments are encrypted and stored in the password file located in the C:\DIVA\Program\commonJava\pkpwd folder In Windows, and located in the /home/diva/DIVA/Program/commonJava/pkpwd directory in Linux.
For more information about the new password configuration see the Oracle DIVArchive Installation and Configuration Guide, and the Oracle DIVArchive Database User's Guide in the Oracle DIVArchive 7.4 Core Documentation library.
The Oracle Java and DIVArchive C++ APIs support the following enhancements. See the appropriate API reference documentation in the Oracle DIVArchive 7.4 Additional Features Documentation library for details.
The file list now contains empty files (of size 0 bytes). Client applications developed against APIs before release 7.4 receive empty files in the file list that accompanies and Object Info message.
The file list of each object in the object list now contain empty files (of size 0 bytes). Client applications developed against APIs before release 7.4 receive empty files in the file list that accompanies and Details List message.
The file list now contains empty files for non-complex objects, and the folders list contains all folders in a non-complex object. Both the Folders Only and Files and Folders options are available for use with non-complex objects.
DIVArchive 7.4 Export and Import functions enable the following enhancements. See the Oracle DIVArchive Export/Import User's Guide in the Oracle DIVArchive 7.4 Core Documentation library for detailed information.
The exported XML now contains additional XML attributes named type and elementIds under the component XML element.
The type attribute uses D to represent a directory and F to represent a file.
All components for non-complex objects created before the DIVArchive 7.4 release will be designated (by default) as files (F) because only files were stored in non-complex objects before this release.
The elemnetIds attribute presents the fully qualified path of Element ID values for a file or empty folder's fully qualified path.
All objects created before the DIVArchive 7.4 release will have components that default to a null value for the elementIds attribute.
The Oracle database included with the DIVArchive system is limited to use only for the operation of the DIVArchive software.
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Oracle DIVArchive Suite Release Notes, Release 7.4
E73107-02
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