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OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service Release Notes

The following is a log of all enhancements and bug fixes that have been introduced with OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service releases. For general information about the OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service, please refer to the following application notes:

2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.2.1 – August 25, 2020

Bugs Fixed

Title	Where	Fix ID	Description	Status
Sync finishes with no result (no user attributes or groups)	DSS	26386, 26425	If user log-in was turned on OpenLM Server and a sync ran and finished, no data (user attributes, groups) was added to the database	Bug has been fixed
DSS/DSA system blocked when upgrade to v1.2 fails	DSS/DSA	26600	When a user would configure DSS to use a MySQL database and tried to upgrade to v1.2, if the upgrade failed, DSS would fail with no rollback option	Bug has been fixed

Enhancements

Title	Where	Enh. ID	Description
Improved logging	DSS	26390, 26491, 26599	Removed extraneous messages and login info from logs making them easier to read and enhancing system security
Better sync status notifications	DSS UI	26404	Added better UI icons/status indicators in the Status column of the Sync Manager tab
Encrypt password in configuration files	DSS	26413	Password values in the configuration file are now encrypted

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.2.0 – August 04, 2020

It is highly recommended to also upgrade OpenLM Server to v5.1.0.310 or higher to take advantage of related performance enhancements.

Bugs Fixed

Title	Where	Fix ID	Description	Status
DSS API – Agent Config: Agent config cannot be created if port is set to a value higher than 0	DSS API	24735	When the DSS API is called, the Agent configuration cannot be created if port parameter is set to a value higher than 0	Bug has been fixed
OlmApprove error when re-sending DSS approval request to EA if a current one has not expired yet	DSS UI	24885	When users clicked Apply on the DSS/Service Configuration tab while an active request was already sent and had not expired, users would see a non-descript “OlmApprove” error	A more user-friendly error is now shown
DSS: Sync job reports “failure” if there is nothing to sync	DSS	25390	After a sync was re-run, it would show as failed, even though it had nothing to sync since it already had all the entities from the specified path	Bug has been fixed
DSS: Sync Manager: Unable to sync active users if username contains “/”	DSS	25422	DSS would be unable to sync active users if the username contained the slash “/” character	Bug has been fixed
DSS: Save button remains disabled when trying to create a new sync definition	DSS UI	26247	In some cases, if users were trying to create a new sync definition but were not able to save it, the Save button would remain disabled	Bug has been fixed
DSA and DSS configuration folders are saved in Program Files (x86)	DSS/DSA	26313	DSA and DSS configuration folders were saved in Program Files (x86) even though they are x64 apps	DSA/DSS default configuration folders are now stored in Program Files
DSS: Error when saving syncs with names longer than 50 characters	DSS UI	26318	Users were unable to create/save a sync definition that had a name longer than 50 characters	Users are now able to save a sync only if the sync name is under 50 characters

Enhancements

Title	Where	Enh. ID	Description	Status
DSS: Sync Manager: OpenLM validation during synchronization	DSS	25123	Added additional verification of connection between DSS and OpenLM at the last stage of the sync in order to prevent
Directory Synchronization sync optimization	OpenLM Server / DSS	25275	Directory synchronization process has been optimized, yielding, in most cases, syncs that complete 8 to 10 faster than they did previously	OpenLM Server 5.1.0.310 or higher is required to take advantage of this enhancement

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.1.1 – June 30, 2020

Enhancements

Title	Where	Enh. ID	Description	Status
DSS targets 64-bit architecture	DSS	25651	DSS is now built to target 64-bit architecture. Additionally, clean installs are placed in the default ‘Program Files” folder. Upgrades from previous versions in the “Program Files (x86)” folder will continue to use the same path.

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.1 – June 22, 2020

Bugs Fixed

Title	Where	Fix ID	Description	Status
The “runningJobs” API endpoint returns no data	DSS API	24787	The GET/api/agent/{agentId}/syncDef/{syncDefId}/runningJobs endpoint would return a general response without an objects list	Bug has been fixed
Database UPDATE statement conflicts with the FOREIGN KEY SAME TABLE constraint	DSS	25014	If relationship and entity data was manually cleared for a sync, subsequent syncs would log a database error	Bug has been fixed
DSS log error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object	DSS	25015	In some cases a “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error would be logged during synchronization	Bug has been fixed
Sync runs for over 24 hours without finishing	DSS	25108	Sometimes sync jobs would report as running after a long period of time without finishing	Bug has been fixed. Improved code to deal with hanged or timed out jobs
Relations tab: user-defined display record number is not saved	DSS UI	25116	The user-defined “Show up to X records” field value in the Relations tab was not being saved	Bug has been fixed
Monitored OpenLM user list out of sync when sync starts by scheduled time	DSS	25157	Because of the way DSS caches the OpenLM user list, if the user-defined sync interval was lower than the monitored user list sync interval, a sync could be run without taking into account new OpenLM users	Reduced the ActiveUsersRefreshIntervalHours value to 6 hours instead of 24. For more info, please consult the documentation
DSS URL is always set as localhost even it’s requested from a different machine	DSS installer	25158	The default “localhost” set for the DSS server by the installer in the Service Configuration tab was preserved even if changed by users	Bug has been fixed
MySQL DB: entity records with characters that used 4 bytes would cause an exception when saving	DSS	25205	MySQL DB: when synchronizing entities who had records with values that included characters that used 4 bytes per character (UTF-8/16/32), an exception would get triggered when saving	Bug has been fixed
DB Upgrade fails for a case-sensitive MSSQL database	DSS	25207	The DB Upgrade process would fail to upgrade/create table schema for a case-sensitive MSSQL database	Bug has been fixed
DB Upgrade: Database MSSQL/MySQL index out of range error	DSS	25397	When using the DB Upgrade tool with a new MSSQL or MySQL database, an index out of range error would be logged	Bug has been fixed

Enhancements

Title	Where	Enh. ID	Description
Add Time & Date settings tab	DSS UI	24998	Added a Time & Date tab in the user-interface for users to change the display timezone and date format
Add Logout function to the interface	DSS UI	25027	Added a user logout function
New interface design	DSS UI	25040	User interface has been refreshed with a new design that follows the OpenLM brand style
Add entity path in DSS Entities table	DSS UI	25248	The Entities tab now has a column which displays an entity’s Distinguished Name

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.0.1 – June 15, 2020

Bugs Fixed

Title	Where	Fix ID	Description	Status
“Only users monitored by OpenLM” box state not being saved	DSS UI	25270	In some cases, the “Only users monitored by OpenLM” checkbox state (enabled/disabled) would not be saved when configuring a sync definition	Bug has been fixed. Emptying the browser cache and doing a hard reload for the DSS UI is advised.

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.0.0 – June 03, 2020

Title	Where	Enh. ID	Description	Status
Initial release of OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service	OpenLM DSS		OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service is the main component that provides LDAP synchronization functionality for OpenLM Server v5

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OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service Release Notes

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.2.1 – August 25, 2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.2.0 – August 04, 2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.1.1 – June 30, 2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.1 – June 22, 2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.0.1 – June 15, 2020

OpenLM Directory Synchronization Service v1.0.0 – June 03, 2020

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