PowerFolder Server 16 SP5

Release Date: October 2021
Build Number: 16.5.104
Type: Hot-Fix Release

Fixed Security Issue

This release contains an important security fix

All production builds are starting from X.Y.100* and development builds (not for productive use) are starting from X.Y.1 - 99

* (Where X=Major software version and Y=Service pack number)

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Upgrade Information

Please read this complete Release Notes and instructions before upgrading.
Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux
Upgrading any previous version higher or equal to version 11.8
Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 14.3.5

New Feature: Storage Migration during Uptime (BETA)

Automatic migration of data on backend storage
This function is currently marked as in beta state. Although heavy quality assurance was run on it, we still recommend to fully run this function in test systems only.

For more information, please visit our documentation.

Downgrade Information (optional)

In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
- For a downgrade you have to review our downgrade documentation.
- Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:
- [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.

Changes

Release Date: September 2021
Build Number: 16.5.101
Type: Service-Pack Release