7.3.0 Patch 3 - March 2024

The 7.3.0 Patch 3 release includes fixes and enhancements provided in previous releases.

Enhancements

  • The Standalone Logger Archive Conversion Tool is introduced with this release, to allow converting Logger archives into CEF (default), CSV and JSON formats. For more information, see Standalone Logger Archive Conversion Tool.

  • The Archive Restore Tool has been improved to:

    • Restore archives irrespective of time zone

    • Use either hostname or IP to identify the source Logger

  • For L7700 Appliances, an OS upgrade to RHEL 8.8 is provided

 

Fixed Issues

The following issues are fixed in this release.

Issue

Description
OCTCR33I774011 After upgrading to Logger 7.2.2 Patch 2, the total amount of events displayed on the Event Summary by Receiver dashboard does not match with other event summaries (such as "Event Summary by Source"). This behavior has been observed when having multiple devices on a single receiver.
OCTCR33I821019 Searching with End Time selected in the timeframe setting returns the Encountered an error while executing the search from db: Communications link failure error.
OCTCR33I835009 Attempting to load a saved search with a Logger in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and Japanese locales does not work properly.
OCTCR33I843056 Uploading a valid Lookup file to Logger 7.3.0 with the "Local" option fails with the Could not rename the uploaded file to the proper file name [{filePath}] message.
OCTCR33I854018 A Logger Software installation is not possible in a server that uses remote storage for the data directory. For example, a VM with an AWS EFS mount point.
OCTCR33I861031 When performing regex or string match searches, the returned IP fields (such as agentAddress, deviceAddress, destinationAddress) contain an appended "highlight" tag string ([xHixSTARTx0]).

Known Issues

The following known issues apply to this release. Micro Focus strives to ensure that our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. If you need assistance with any issue, visit Micro Focus Support, then select the appropriate product category.

Issue

Description
OCTCR33I867120

Issue: Uploading a new lookup file with the On Logger File Location option results in a "Please specify a path and a file" error when the name of the file is too long.

Workaround:

  1. Place the new lookup file in your local machine.

  2. Follow the Uploading Lookup Files procedure using Local as File location option.

OCTCR33I896042

Issue: After a Logger appliance has been upgraded to RHEL 8.8, the root password cannot be changed.

Workaround:

  1. Open the system-auth file with this command:

    vi /etc/pam.d/system-auth

  2. Update the /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so path to:

    /lib64/security/pam_unix.so

Supported Platforms

Version Release Date Appliance Models Operating Systems Supported Browsers Upgrade Path

7.3.0 Patch 3 (8455)

 March 2024

L7700

L8000

Certified on:

RHEL Linux 7.9

RHEL Linux 8.8

Rocky Linux 8.8

Supported on:

RHEL Linux 7.8

RHEL Linux 8.4

RHEL Linux 8.6

Rocky Linux 8.6

Microsoft Edge *

Firefox *

Chrome *

7.3.0 (8422)

7.3.0 Patch 1 (8432)

7.3.0 Patch 2 (8441)

An asterisk (*) next to a browser version indicates that the browser version supported is the one current at the date of release.

Customers running on platforms not provided in the Technical Requirements or with untested configurations will be supported until the point Micro Focus determines the root cause is the untested platform or configuration. According to the standard defect-handling policies, Micro Focus will prioritize and fix issues we can reproduce on the tested platforms.