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What's New in Stat 5.4.2

The latest release of Stat includes some important new capabilities designed to enhance the user experience, increase migration controls, and improve workflow flexibility.

New Capabilities

Description

Improved migration management controls

Stat includes new migration capabilities that improve the flexibility and security of the migration process. 

  • Support for specifying user-defined parameters in post-migration steps to give more options on what kinds of actions can be performed.
  • Support for the use the SSH protocol in script execution to enhance the security of post migration steps.

Enhanced user experience and workflow

Stat has made a variety of improvements to the user interface and experience for users of both the windows client and the Web interface – improving access to important information and productivity. 

  • View the workflow history of a change request directly in the CSR so that a report does not have to be run in order to see that information. 
  • View the history tab & detail logs of a CSR from the Web interface
  • Access pre-defined reports directly from the Web interface.
  • Faster object archiving as well as more expansive archive set comparison operations that provide more information at the environment level.
  • Perform approvals via email rather than directly through the Stat client. 
  • The object compare wizard can now be run for multiple objects at a time. 

 

Expanded platform support

Every release of Stat updates support for key platforms and internal components. 

  • HTTPS support for Web-interface  

 

1. Stat Environment

Supported Databases
DBMS

Oracle: 9i version 9.0.1 and higher, 10g version 10.1.0.2 and higher, and 11g (Unicode and non-Unicode support for all Oracle DBMS),

MS SQL Server:
2000 and 2005 (Unicode and non-Unicode: ISO Character Set with Unicode collation. Database defined with BINARY collation)

Notes:

  • Can reside on same server as PeopleSoft or Oracle E-Business database or separate server.
  • If PeopleSoft is configured for Unicode operation, the Stat database must be also.
Hardware RequirementsHardware independent. Must support Oracle or SQL Server.
Minimum RequirementsDevelopment database: 4 GB
Demo database: 500 Mb
Production database: 20 GB (growth varies dramatically by usage)

Stat Client
Operating SystemWindows 2000, Windows XP Professional (current SP recommended)
Database ConnectivityOracle: Oracle Client 9, 10 and 11
MS SQL Server: 2000 client, 2005 client
Minimum Requirements866 MHz, 256 Mb RAM per user on same machine
Disk: 500 Mb for local install (recommended) or <1 Mb w/network install with 500 Mb on the network

Stat Server
Operating System & JDK/SDKStandalone configuration (recommended):
Windows 2000 Server SP2, XP Professional, 2003 Server, Windows Server 2008 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 1), Solaris 8, Solaris 9, Solaris 10, HPUX 11.11 or 64bit AIX v5.2 or 5.3(all English-based)
  • Windows, Solaris, and RedHat Linux require Sun’s JDK/SDK 1.5.x
  • HPUX 11.11 requires HP’s JDK/SDK 1.5.x
  • 64bit AIX v5.2 and 5.3 requires IBM’s JDK/SDK 1.5.x
  • Standalone configuration not recommended on same machine as SQL Server Stat Database
WebLogic configuration (optional):
WebLogic 9.2 or higher on Windows 2003 Server or Solaris 10
Minimum Requirements1 GHz (2GHz recommended for 20+ users) Pentium 4 (or equivalent)
RAM: 512 MB (2 GB recommended for 20+ users)
DISK: 1 GB
Web BrowserMicrosoft Internet Explorer (Windows) Versions 5.5 and 6.0
E-mailSupported protocols: Outbound e-mail-SMTP, Inbound e-mail- IMAP4 and POP3

2. PeopleSoft Environment

Applications
PeopleTools ApplicationsSupports all applications that are certified by PeopleSoft to run on the following PeopleTools versions: v7.0 (all versions), v7.5 (all versions), v8.0-v8.22, and v8.4-v8.49.
PeopleSoft ApplicationsSupports all PeopleSoft Applications built on PeopleTools, including but not limited to the following:
  • CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
  • EPM (Enterprise Performance Management)
  • ESA (Enterprise Service Automation)
  • Financials
  • Human Resources Management
  • Portal Solutions
  • Student Administration
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Trading Exchange Services
  • Other (e.g., custom applications, etc.)

Supported Databases
DBMS

Oracle:
Oracle 8i, 9i 10g, and 11g (Unicode and non-Unicode)
Connectivity: Oracle Client 9i

MS SQL Server:
2000, 2005 (Unicode and non-Unicode: ISO Character Set with binary collation)
Connectivity: SQL Server 7.0, 2000 client, 2005 client

Note: PeopleTools 8.48 and higher require Stat to be running on SQL Server 2005 client.

Sybase:
ASE 12 (Unicode and non-Unicode)
Connectivity: Sybase ASE ODBC client

DB2:
DB2 UDB for AIX V7.2, V8.2 (Unicode and non-Unicode)
DB2 UDB for OS/390 v6.1, DB2 UDB for z/OS & OS/390 v7.1 (non-Unicode only), v8.1
Connectivity: DB2 Connect 7 FixPak 6 or later (for DB2 v7), DB2 Connect 8 FixPak 6 or later (for DB2 v8)

Notes:

  • Stat supports the locking, archival and migration of all PeopleSoft Unicode data. Character sets other than Western cannot be entered directly into Stat through the Stat GUI interface.
  • All Stat features are available for use in a Unicode environment except for File Object Impact Analysis and File Compare & Merge.

3. FTP, SSH Servers

Requirements

Must be NT, Unix, MVS or Netware compatible; SSH2 must use standard format listing; OpenSSH (UNIX and Windows), SSH Communications Corp. (UNIX and Windows), bitwise WinSSHD, and wodSSHServer are supported. VanDyke VShell 2.1 is NOT supported.

The configuration of your SSH server determines which ciphers are used when connecting to the Stat Server.  The Stat Server currently supports the following cipher and MAC configurations:

Ciphers:

  • Blowfish
  • Triple DES
  • AES128Ctr
  • AES192Ctr
  • AES256Ctr

Message Authentication Code (MAC):

  • HMAC-MD5
  • HMAC-SHA1
  • HMAC-MD5-96
  • HMAC-SHA1-96

Date PostedNameVersionFile TypeSize
Jul 16, 2020 Stat 5.4.2 - Release Notes
5.4.2 /Quest_Site_Assets/PDF/Stat_542_Release_Notes.pdf 50.19 KB





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