General Main Release 10.6.0

• New features
• Changes

Note

For known issues with this version, refer to Known issues.

Tip

• For release notes related to DataMiner Cube, see DataMiner Cube 10.6.0.
• For release notes related to the DataMiner web applications, see DataMiner web apps Main Release 10.6.0.
• For information on how to upgrade DataMiner, see Upgrading a DataMiner Agent.

Prerequisites

Before you upgrade to this DataMiner version:

• Make sure version 14.40.33816 or higher of the Microsoft Visual C++ x86/x64 redistributables is installed. Otherwise, the upgrade will trigger an automatic reboot of the DMA in order to complete the installation.

  The latest version of the redistributables can be downloaded from the Microsoft website:

  • vc_redist.x86.exe
  • vc_redist.x64.exe

• Make sure all DataMiner Agents in the cluster have been migrated to the BrokerGateway-managed NATS solution.

  For detailed information, see Migrating to BrokerGateway.

  See also: DataMiner Systems will now use the BrokerGateway-managed NATS solution by default [ID 43526] [ID 43856] [ID 43861] [ID 44035] [ID 44050] [ID 44062]

Important changes

The following change may have an impact on your system, so please make sure to check this before you upgrade:

• Unicode string values will now be saved correctly in non-Unicode elements [ID 43929]