Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 7 Release Notes

October 2018

Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 7 resolves specific previous issues. This document outlines why you should install this patch update.

Many of these improvements were made in direct response to suggestions from our customers. We thank you for your time and valuable input. We hope you continue to help us ensure that our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback in the Advanced Authentication forum on NetIQ Communities, our online community that also includes product information, blogs, and links to helpful resources.

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1.0 What’s New?

Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 7 provides the following enhancements and fixes in this release:

1.1 Enhancements

This release introduces the following enhancements:

User Interface to Monitor the Replication Batches

You can monitor the last 200 outgoing batches that a server transmits to replication partners. You can also use the following new command line scripts to resolve replication conflicts between the servers in the cluster:

  • rereplicate

  • copy-db

  • forget

For more information see, Monitoring Outgoing Replication Batches in the Advanced Authentication - Administration guide.

For more information about command line scripts, see Command Line Scripts in the Advanced Authentication - Administration guide.

Provision to Add Facets in FIDO U2F

Advanced Authentication facilitates you to add a list of facets for the FIDO U2F tokens to work on multiple sub-domains in a single domain. This allows users to enroll the FIDO U2F tokens on a single domain and get authenticated on multiple sub-domains.

For more information see, Configuring Facets in the Advanced Authentication - Administration guide.

Optimized Clients to Reuse the Same Endpoint Session

To reduce the write lock period of an endpoint in the database, updating the endpoint_session.last_access is now performed at end of HTTP request.

1.2 Software Fixes

Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 7 includes the following software fix:

Issue with Replication in a Cluster

Issue: In a cluster, if a replication conflict is detected due to the violation in foreign key constraint then the replication between the servers stops and the servers do not synchronize.

Fix: The foreign key constraints are optimized to avoid conflicts.

2.0 Upgrading

You can upgrade to Advanced Authentication 5.6 Patch Update 7 from any one of the following versions:

  • 5.5

  • 5.5 Patch Update 1

  • 5.6

  • 5.6 Patch Update 1

  • 5.6 Patch Update 2

  • 5.6 Patch Update 3

  • 5.6 Patch Update 4

  • 5.6 Patch Update 5

  • 5.6 Patch Update 6

NOTE:After you upgrade to 5.6 Patch Update 7, the Database (DB) slave servers are susceptible to a replication conflict. To resolve this conflict, click Fix in the Conflicts section on both the DB master and slave servers. Such conflicts will not occur again.

To upgrade from versions prior to 5.6 Patch Update 2 to the latest version, you must first upgrade to 5.6 Patch Update 2 and then migrate using the Export and Import feature.

For more information about upgrading, see Upgrading Advanced Authentication in the Advanced Authentication Installation and Upgrade guide.

3.0 Contact Information

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