We are proud to announce the release of Xoom 3.8. This major new release introduces first-class support for Windows PowerShell scripting to Xoom, and with it a new product, Service Optimization Tuning Toolkit. This exciting development brings a host of new scripting and automation capabilities to configuration management, as well as major improvements to the way ClickSchedule configuration can be tuned and maintained, with direct operational impact.
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Xoom 3.7.7 has been released
Xoom 3.7.7 is a patch release that contains the following changes:
- Added support for scheme changes introduced in Service Optimization 8.2 and 8.3.
- Improved the handling of many-server environments. Service Optimization code that was previously used by Xoom wasn’t robust in handling the parallel access to multiple servers, resulting in unexpected errors and sometimes failure to start the Xoom service in many-server environments. Xoom now uses its own code that suitably addresses this case.
- Xoom installer now accepts an optional parameter DISABLESERVICESTART. The parameter enables the installation to complete successfully without attempting to start the Xoom service. The purpose of the new parameter is to make it easier to diagnose the problems and find the solution in rare cases where Xoom service can’t be started for whatever reason.
Xoom 3.7.6 has been released
Xoom 3.7.6 is a patch release that includes the updated SXP Extensions for Service Optimization containing significantly improved look-up capabilities for SXPXoomGetObjects. The change won’t affect most users of Xoom, and has been introduced in order to enable more advanced customised use cases, in particular transactional data migration.
Xoom 3.7.5 has been released
Xoom 3.7.5 is a patch release that includes the following changes:
- Object References are no longer sorted by object name. The decision to make this change was made due to the fact that we encountered a single case where the sorting resulted in a functional error. The sorting was previously considered (and still is, according to ClickSoftware’s product documentation) to be an entirely safe convenience feature making it easier to look up object references using Xoom tools, XoomXML files and Service Optimization Administration tool.
- Both the readability and usability of Bad References Report have been improved. By displaying the value of the element that contains the actual bad reference, the report now makes it easier to decide whether the remedy for each particular bad reference is in the configuration or in the knowledge base (i.e. in the erroneous interpretation of the configuration).
Xoom 3.7.4 has been released
Xoom 3.7.4 is a patch release that includes the following changes:
- The installer now allows users to specify the installation directory, both from command line and via the user interface. This is the directory where both Xoom and Xoom W6 directories will be created. The default directory is: “C:Program Files (x86)Zany Ants”.
- Settings Migration Tool no longer excludes the deployment of Agents Manager and Mapper settings due to the introduction of suitable keep-target instructions that will prevent server names from being overwritten by default.
Xoom 3.7.3 has been released
Xoom 3.7.3 is a patch release that includes the following changes:
- It introduces a new standard query called Structure, which includes scheme and object reference setting. This query is very useful for automated analysis of the compatibility of different environments and the capability of transferring data between them.
- Xoom Processor now implements a built-in custom command called GetCustomQuery. The command takes a skeleton structure as its input, and fills in the details using Xoom, exactly as though the skeleton were the body of a named query. This means that ad hoc queries can be used with Xoom without the need to define corresponding named queries.
Xoom 3.7.2 has been released
Xoom 3.7.2 is a patch release that addresses the name of Xoom custom installation inside the list of installed applications. Instead of just “for Customer” the name is now correctly displayed as “Xoom for Customer”.
Xoom 3.7.1 has been released
Xoom 3.7.1 is a patch release that addresses two issues:
- Message size limit has been increased in order to accommodate large document sizes encountered by some customers.
- Support has been added for correct reference interpretation in a case where one or more keys of a referenced item themselves reference another item.
Xoom 3.7 has been released
We are pleased to announce the release of Xoom 3.7. This is a major release including both significant new functionality and performance improvements.
Xoom 3.6.6 has been released
We are pleased to announce the release of Xoom 3.6.6. This includes a number of functional improvements, such as an improved References report; and greatly improved performance of configuration retrieval.