OpenText Open Enterprise Server CE 25.3 Release Notes

1.0 Introduction

Open Enterprise Server (OES) 25.3 is an update to OES 24.4 that includes enhancements, improves usability, and defect fixes.

2.0 What’s New

2.1 Installation and Upgrade

Supported OES Update Paths

The following table lists the supported update paths for this release:

Source Version

Supported Methods

Additional Information

OES 24.4, OES 24.4.1, OES 25.1, or OES 25.2

NCC

SMT

SUSE Manager

ZENworks

Register with NCC, SMT, SUSE Manager, or ZENworks to proceed with the update.

For more information, see Update Options in Installation Guide.

Supported OES Upgrade Paths

The following table lists the supported upgrade paths for this release:

Source Version

Supported Methods

Additional Information

OES 23.4, OES 24.1, OES 24.2, OES 24.3, OES 24.3.1, OES 24.3.2, or OES 24.3.3

Physical Media (OES 24.4)

AutoYaST

SUSE Manager

ZENworks

Register with NCC, SMT, SUSE Manager, or ZENworks to proceed with the upgrade.

OES 24.3.3

Channel Upgrade

Register with NCC or SMT to proceed with the upgrade.

OES 2023 with the latest patch

Physical Media (OES 24.4)

AutoYaST

OES 2018 SP3 (64-bit) with the latest patch

Physical Media (OES 24.4)

AutoYaST

For more information, see Upgrading OES in Installation Guide.

NOTE:The OES25.3.tar.xz compressed file in SLD contains RPMs from the OES 24.4 update for reference only.

2.2 Enhanced sputil

sputil no longer supports --ext option. The existing --ext configurations are automatically converted to patterns. OpenText now recommends using --pattern instead.

sputil now supports purging files with combined --pattern and --pattern-age filters for greater precision. Multiple pattern-age pairs can be specified. Example, purging abc*.txt files deleted over 10 days ago alongside xyz*.pdf,pqr*.doc files deleted over 20 days ago. You can also clear specific patterns or all patterns using --clear with --pattern or --all-patterns.

For more information, see sputil in Storage Services File System (NSS) Administration Guide.

2.3 iPrint

  • iPrint Client for Windows upgraded to version 6.27.30.

  • iPrint Client for Mac upgraded to version 6.23.

3.0 Known Issues

The following issues have been identified in this release:

  • Upgrading from OES 2018SP3 to OES 25.3 fails with a conflict message

    During an upgrade from OES 2018 SP3 to OES 25.3, selecting the UMC pattern may trigger a conflict during the OES Database (DB) configuration. This occurs because the installer attempts to use a lower version of PostgreSQL than what's already present.

    Workaround:

    • During the conflict, select the option to downgrade PostgreSQL-17 to PostgreSQL-16 to continue.

    • After the upgrade, if the PostgreSQL service is not running, this may indicate multiple PostgreSQL versions are installed.

    To resolve this:

    1. Run the following command to select the required PostgreSQL version from the list:

      update-alternatives --config postgresql

      Sample Output:

      There are 2 choices for the alternative postgresql (providing /usr/lib/postgresql).

      Selection Path Priority Status

      ------------------------------------------------------------

      * 0 /usr/lib/postgresql14 140 auto mode

      1 /usr/lib/postgresql13 130 manual mode

      2 /usr/lib/postgresql14 140 manual mode

      Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 1update-alternatives: Using /usr/lib/postgresql13 to provide /usr/lib/postgresql (postgresql) in manual mode

    2. After switching versions, restart the PostgreSQL service:

      systemctl restart postgresql.service

4.0 Documentation

For Open Enterprise Server documentation, see Open Enterprise Server website.

5.0 Legal Notice

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