August

These release notes describe the enhancements, fault corrections and general information for Asset Information Management (AIM) 6.0. It is a Full Main Release.

This Release Contains

A full release of AVEVA Asset Information Management 6.0, which upgrades the full release of AVEVA Asset Information Management 5.1.12.

Prerequisite for this Release - Operating System

Note: The recommended/supported hardware and software configurations are constantly subject to review, so please consult the AVEVA support web pages for the latest recommendations.

Prerequisite for this Release - Products

AVEVA Licensing System 5.0 or latest and an appropriate licence file. For further details, see https://softwaresupport.aveva.com.

Works (is compatible with)

Please see the Technology Matrix for compatible technologies and products at AVEVA Asset Information Management 6.0 x64 - Technology Matrix.

Auth0 Support

Auth0 is only supported as an authentication provider with CONNECT.

AIM supports the OpenID Connect protocol. However, we test with Auth0 supported by CONNECT, but we do not test it with every authentication provider available on market

To Install this Product Release

Please read the installation guide, which is available at https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/asset-information-management/page/1126128.html.

Notes:

• To enhance the security there is a provision to create encryption keys before deployment and the same keys can be used during the installation.

  • This increases security and safeguards critical information such as databases, services and application pool passwords.

  • The key created must be securely stored at a location accessible across multiple machines while installing the applications.

  • In addition, ACLs (Access Control Lists) can be applied to the configuration file to define fine-grained permissions for different users.

• The Import, Job, FileStore and EIA services will run with the virtual service account by default instead of Local System. These services can run with the minimum privileges required.

• When installing Microsoft SQL Server, ensure that the Full-Text Search feature is selected in the Feature Selection window.

• While upgrading from a version 5 installation, any new files you have added are deleted, and all files delivered with the application, are overwritten. This includes:

  • web.config settings, such as additional Portal IDs.

  • AVEVA.NET.Import.Server.exe.Config settings, such as database related details.

• All 3D models require reprocessing through Import Controller and any markups created on 3D with earlier versions of AIM will be deleted and needs to be recreated.

• The name of the authentication provider for AIM-hybrid has been changed from AIMHybrid3DVS to AIMHybrid. This change requires updating the authenticationProvider parameter in the web.config file.

Statement of Withdrawal

Technologies that have been withdrawn at this release.

• VizStream

• Windows 10

• Microsoft Office 2019

• TLS 1.0 & 1.1

Product Quality Statement

The development, maintenance and testing of AVEVA Solutions’ software products is carried out in accordance with the AVEVA Quality Management System lifecycle processes and this document includes a summary of the testing carried out on this release and a list of significant defects known to exist at the time of release.

Development Testing

Developers have performed unit testing of each enhancement and/or fix in the development environment to verify that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected.

Regression tests have been run in the development environment to verify that enhancements and/or fixes have not adversely affected the integrity of the product.

System Testing

Independent system testing has been carried out on the product, as released, to verify that it installs correctly in all supported configurations and that product functionality operates as intended, subject to any known exceptions listed below.

Acceptance Testing

This document has been prepared before Acceptance Testing. This product release will be subjected to an acceptance test by AVEVA’s System Test team.

Any exceptions found during Acceptance Testing or after release will be reported in the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site. https://softwaresupport.aveva.com/.

Content

List of Enhancements

This release includes the following functional enhancements:

List of Fault Corrections

This release addresses defects arising from the following support incidents:

Known Issues

AVEVA intends to fix the defects listed below in a fix release or service pack as soon as reasonably possible.

For the latest list of exceptions and other updates, please see the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site https://softwaresupport.aveva.com.

Please refer also to the Product Release Latest Update Note for the original full release, https://softwaresupport.aveva.com.