AVEVA PI SMT 2023 Release Notes

Overview

PI System Management Tools (PI SMT) released in 2023, provides PI System administrators with a suite of applications that provide management functionality for the PI Data Archive. These tools include:

1. PI System Management Tools: A host application and a suite of plug-ins that provide management functionality.

2. PI Collective Manager: Create and monitor the health of PI Collectives.

3. PI Module Database Builder: Excel add-in which allows you to create, modify, and delete items in your PI Module Database.

4. PI Builder: Excel add-in which allows you to create, modify, and delete PI Points on your PI Data Archive as well as objects on your PI AF Server

5. PowerShell Tools for the PI System: Microsoft PowerShell module that allows you to use scripting to manage your PI Data Archive and now AF Server.

6. PI Interface Configuration Utility: A tool for configuring and managing interfaces.

PI SMT 2023 introduces support for OpenID Connect (OIDC) mapping when it is used with PI Server 2023 or later. Refer to the Customer Portal Products page for additional information.

Expectations and limitations

PI System Tray has been deprecated and will no longer be distributed.

New features and enhancements

The following enhancements are introduced in AVEVA PI SMT 2023:

• OpenID Connect Mapping Support

  PI System Management Tools introduces support for OpenID Connect Mappings in the 2023 release when it is used with PI Server 2023 and later.

• OpenID Connect Server Status Verification

  The PI System Management Tools 2023 release includes support for verifying the OpenID Connect (AVEVA Identity Manager) Server status when it is used with PI Server 2023 and later.

Resolved issues

The table lists all resolved issues for the PI SMT 2023 release.

Known issues

Refer to the Customer Portal Products page for a list of all known issues for PI SMT.

Security information and guidance

We are committed to releasing secure products. This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision.

We proactively disclose aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities addressed in each release. The tables below provide an overview of security issues addressed and their relative severity based on standard scoring.

Vulnerabilities fixed

The following table lists the number of fixed vulnerabilities for the PI SMT 2023 release by severity category and CVSS base score range.

Vulnerabilities mitigated

There were no new vulnerabilities for PI SMT 2023 mitigated in this release.

Distribution kits

This table lists the exact versions included in the PI SMT 2023 distribution kits. Use these numbers to confirm what was installed, plan safe upgrades, and share precise component versions during troubleshooting.

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