NOTE:

1. This is a BETA for our latest 2030 version. We are confident in this release, but it has not been deployed to many customers yet. We fully support this release, so if you have any problems, we will handle ASAP.

2. 99% of everything will look the same. Outwardly, you’ll notice the application start icons have been tweaked to the ones shown above. Icons have not changed inside the apps and nothing has been moved — we don’t do that kind of stuff. There isn’t any major code changes inside the app that will break anything. The biggest thing we did was upgrade the targeted .Net libraries from .Net 4.0 to .Net 4.6. This change has improved speeds of running some reports, and the app itself will probably “feel” about 10% snappier/faster. It also greatly improved memory management (fixed a number of “out of memory” errors with the Crystal runtime engine).

3. Do you use the End of Batch Notification report with any of your batches? Are you using service pack 20 (SP20) or previous of the Crystal runtime engine? If so, the report will fail if you do not have .Net 2 or .Net 3.5 still installed on your machine (this is due to a dependency the ADO.Net XML driver it uses has). There are some automatic fixes for this driver in SP21 and later.

4. The updater will take care of EVERYTHING when you run it. One of the things it will do for you is uninstall the previous version. You WILL get warnings when you go to uninstall the previous version (this is a different behavior than previous versions). You should IGNORE the uninstall warnings and continue. Your DATA is SAFE. Neither the installer or updater will touch your data.

5. Both the updater and full installer have an option to install our new Report Runner Monitor and Debugger. This app requires ZERO configuration. It will display all Report Runner tasks running on the machine (including task IDs). There are also options that make viewing log files and finding logs with errors easier. We highly recommend installing this free add-on.

NOTE:

1. This is a BETA for our latest 2030 version. We are confident in this release, but it has not been deployed to many customers yet. We fully support this release, so if you have any problems, we will handle ASAP.

2. Most everything will look the same. Parts of the Event Server Controller monitor feature have been moved to the new Report Runner Monitor and Debugger application. So the Controller Monitor only shows the XML files and has an option to launch the Monitor and Debugger application. You’ll find that the Controller Monitor runs a little smoother now, too, since it’s not keeping up with so much.

3. The installer will take care of EVERYTHING when you run it. One of the things it will do for you is uninstall the previous version. You WILL get warnings when you go to uninstall the previous version (this is a different behavior than previous versions). You should IGNORE the uninstall warnings and continue. Your DATA is SAFE. Neither the installer or updater will touch your data.

4. BEFORE running the update, make sure and note what ID you are using to run the Event Server service. By default, when it gets installed, it will default back to the SYSTEM account. Also pay attention when running the installer as to if you want to enable any of the rule packs (SQL, File, and/or Mail Rules). They are disabled by default.