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I am pleased to announce that Release Candidates of Caché and Ensemble 2017.2 are now available.

Many customers have already downloaded the Field Test over the past few months, and we appreciate your feedback.

This release contains significant improvements, including:

• Parallel dejournaling to improve throughput of mirroring and journal restore.
• New iFind and iKnow features like co-occurrence search, performance improvements, and more.
• SQL enhancements in Query Auditing, optional ANSI SQL operator precedence, and Frozen Plan Evolution, along with our normal cast of query optimization improvements.
• En

Project related quality assurance efforts have revealed a number of concerns for the current release of 2017.1.0 and 2017.1.1 on all OpenVMS platforms. In certain situations, the impact can be severe. InterSystems will address these issues with the upcoming 2017.1.2 release, and in the meantime, will remove all 2017.1.x kits for OpenVMS from our Download Servers.

 

If you have immediate needs correcting existing deployments of this version, please contact the InterSystems WRC (support@intersystems.com).

 

July 27, 2017 – Alert: Linux Defects Can Corrupt Mirror Copies of Journal Files

InterSystems has encountered defects in Linux which can corrupt copies of journal files that are generated on a mirror backup or async member; this occurs only in certain specific configurations. The original mirror journal file created on the primary member is not affected.

The risk is only exposed in Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with version 2017.1.0. The risk only exists on Linux and only if a backup or async mirror member is configured to use the rtkaio library.

The rtkaio library is

I am pleased to announce the Maintenance Release of HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on data platforms 2016.1.4

This contains the HealthShare module Core: 15.021.8253

The version number for this kit is 2016.1.4HS.8253.0

The platform list is the same as for HealthShare Health Connect v15.02 for 2016.1.3. You can get details from the Supported Platforms document.

June 26, 2017 – Alert: Data Corruption with Mixed Endian Mirror Shadowing

InterSystems has corrected a defect that may result in corruption of Unicode data on a shadow system whose source is an async mirror member.

This defect affects all currently released Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with version 2012.2.0.  All platforms and operating systems are affected.

In order to be exposed to the risk the configuration must include mirror primary and async members, and a shadow of the async member.

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.4 maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.4 are available on the same platforms as 2016.1.3.  For complete platform details, please refer to the Supported Platforms document.

Availability of HealthShare Health Connect will be announced separately.

The version number of the kits for these releases is 2016.1.4.104.0

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the following maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2017.1.1
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on core technology 2017.1.1

Caché and Ensemble are available on the same platforms as 2017.1.0, except as noted below

• The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes.
• The version number of the kits for these releases is 2017.1.1.111.0
• Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for SPARC-64 and Oracle Solaris 10, 11 for x86-64 are not yet approved.

HealthShare HealthConnect v15.021 on core technology 2017.1.1.111.0

• Contains the HealthShare

With the recent release of Caché and Ensemble 2017.1, InterSystems customers can now create configurations where the data-at-rest cryptographic library used is compliant with FIPS 140-2.

Caché and Ensemble now provides you with the option to enable FIPS mode on RedHat 6.6, 7.1 on x86-64. This means is, that InterSystems products will no longer use the supplied crypto libraries that come with the kit, but will use the FIPS validated libraries provided by the Operating Systems vendor.

To configure your system, RedHat must operating in FIPS mode.

The last version of Caché, Ensemble released for VSI OpenVMS is 2017.1. Unlike HP OpenVMS (Alpha and Itanium), VSI OpenVMS on Itanium continues to be supported. This means that critical corrections or changes required to support customer’s hardware purchases will all be based on 2017.1 or earlier versions.

Related announcement: https://community.intersystems.com/post/platform-compatibility-hp-open-…

InterSystems is pleased to announce the availability of the following maintenance releases:

• Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.2
• HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 on two core technology releases, 2016.2.2 and 2017.1.0

Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.2 are available on the same platforms as 2016.2.1

• The full list of corrections can be found in the release notes.
• The build corresponding to these releases is 2016.2.2.853.0
• For complete platform details, please refer to the 2016.2 Supported Platforms document.

HealthShare Health Connect v15.021 for core technology 2016.2.2.853.0 contains the following HealthShare

InterSystems is pleased to announce the simultaneous release of 2017.1.0 of Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare Health Connect v15.02 

Some notes for Caché and Ensemble, including highlights, are:

• Enhanced OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
• FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography for database encryption
• iKnow REST API
• Improved DocBook Search and efficiency of Ensemble Message Search
• For complete technical details of what’s changed, review the Caché release notes and the Ensemble release notes.
• The version number for these kits is 2017.1.0.792.0

This release of HealthShare Health Connect is based on the core

I am pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2017.1 Release Candidate versions are now available for all platforms.

We appreciate the many customers who have downloaded, tried it, and given us feedback over the past few months.

Some things not in the original field test that you may want to check out include:

• Ubuntu is now a full production platform.
• OpenID Connect now supports JWKS with OpenID Connect Discovery and OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration.

There have been over 300 additions and corrections since the beginning of Field Test.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.3 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.3, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.3 are available on the same platforms as 2016.1.2.  The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The HealthShare team will announce availability of its products separately.

The build corresponding to this release is 2016.1.3.306.0

Beginning with the next release after 2017.1, InterSystems products will no longer be offered on macOS (OS X) as a Server platform. This platform has been re-classified and will be available as a Development platform in future releases.

November 22, 2016 – Alert: Database Integrity on UNIX^® and Linux Platforms

InterSystems has corrected a defect that may, in rare circumstances, result in database degradation on UNIX and Linux platforms.

This defect affects Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with Caché version 2012.1. It is only a possible risk on UNIX and Linux platforms that are using asynchronous I/O for database writes. The following table specifies if asynchronous I/O is always on or optional for the affected platforms and releases:

I am pleased to announce the field test of Caché and Ensemble 2017.1, including many new improvements.

The product team at InterSystems looks forward to your participation in the field test and feedback over the coming months.

Some of the more significant changes in 2017.1 are the new RESTful APIs for iKnow, FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography for Caché database encryption, and improved DocBook search.

Starting with 2017.1, InterSystems has moved macOS from being a server platform to a development platform. 2017.1 will only support macOS 10.12 and will no longer be available as dmg kits.

Verification of macOS 10.12 has not been completed at this time and Field Test kits for this platform are not yet available.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.1 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.2.1, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.1 are available for the same platforms as 2016.2.0.  The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The HealthShare team will announce availability of its products separately.

The build corresponding to this release is 2016.2.1.803.0

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.5 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2015.2.5, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble are available for the same platforms as 2015.2.4.  The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The HealthShare team will announce availability of its products separately.

The build corresponding to this release is 2015.2.5.953.0

InterSystems has corrected a defect that may result in missing updates when utilizing Caché online backup.

This defect is present in all Caché and Ensemble versions 2015.1.x, 2015.2.x and 2016.1.x, and all HealthShare distributions based on those versions.  It affects all platforms and operating systems except backups of OpenVMS cluster databases.

The risk does not exist for Mirror Catchup applied to mirrored databases restored from Caché online backup.

The risk only exists when restoring from Caché online backup and applying journal files.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.2 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.2, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.2 are available for the same platforms as 2016.1.1.  The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The HealthShare team will announce availability of its products separately.

The build corresponding to this release is 2016.1.2.206.0

August 24, 2016 – Alert: Database Compaction

This is an addendum to the Alert published on October 14, 2015 – Alert: Database Defragmentation.

That alert indicated that the database defragmentation utility in 2014.1 and higher, on all platforms except OpenVMS, could cause database degradation and the correction JO2871 is available to clients upon request and would be included in future releases.  The correction was included in 2015.1.3, 2015.2.2 and 2016.1.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.4 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2015.2.4, please review the release notes. 

Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.4 are available for the same platforms as 2015.2.3, with this exception:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power System-64 has been dropped.

The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The build corresponding to this release is 2015.2.4.903.0

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are now available on all supported platforms.

This followup announcement adds all the OpenVMS versions that were excluded in the announcement last week.

InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are now available as maintenance releases.

For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.1, please review the release notes.

Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are available now for the same platforms as 2016.1.0, with the following exceptions:

• OpenVMS is not available yet.  It will be announced separately.

• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power System-64 is now dropped. 

The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and/or patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.

The build

At the end of this year support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 will end. InterSystems has started the process to move to OpenSSL 1.0.2 and use the 1/28/2016 release (1.0.2f) for verification and product inclusion. I will update this post once InterSystems  decided which versions will receive  support for OpenSSL 1.0.2.

I am happy to announce the immediate availability of  Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.

The highlights of 2016.1 are

• Significant improvements in JSON support
• Continued advances in SQL performance
• Database scalability improvements
• New REST services for DeepSee

These and other new features are summarized in this video introduction to 2016.1

For complete technical details of what’s changed in 2016.1, review the Caché release notes and the Ensemble release notes.  

This advisory concerns the recently announced vulnerability CVE-2016-0800, aka DROWN, which is due to weaknesses in SSLv2. For more information, see https://drownattack.com.  This vulnerability may be relevant to InterSystems customers as InterSystems products have the capability to utilize SSLv2.