Operations Control Logger version 23.1 Readme

Last revision: 12/7/2023

About This Release

This release supports the installation of the Operations Control Logger 23.1. It contains various fixes and improvements since its last release.

What's new

This version incorporates the following changes and enhancements:

• Security fixes

System Requirements

This section describes the operating system, hardware, and software requirements to install Logger.

Supported Operating Systems

Below are the Operating System minimum requirements:

• Long Term Servicing Channel:
  • Windows 10 Enterprise, IoT Enterprise 2015 LTSB (1507)
  • Windows Server 2016 LTSC Standard and Datacenter
• General Availability Channel:
  • Windows 10 21H2 Pro, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise

Hardware Requirements

Below are the basic hardware requirements to install Operations Control Logger.

• CPU Cores: 4
• RAM: 4 GB

Software Requirements

• A clean installation of Operations Control Logger requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 and Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Redist 2019.

Port List

The following ports are used by default:

• 57727: ocLogger service port

  Important: If you want to change the default ports, be very careful when changing port settings. Doing so may impact product operation.

Operations Control Logger Installation

This section describes the installation steps of Operations Control Logger.

Installing Operations Control Logger

To install the Operations Control Logger:

1. Right-click the setup.exe file and select Run as administrator.

   The Operations Control Logger Agreement screen appears.

2. Accept the End User License Agreement and then click Next.
3. Select the components that you want to install:
   • Select Operations Control Logger.
4. Click Next.

   The Ready to Install the Application screen appears.

5. Click Install to start the installation.

   Once the installation is complete, the installation successful dialog box appears.

6. Click Finish.

Installing Operations Control Logger Silently

You can install Operations Control Logger silently through command line mode.

To install Operations Control Logger Silently from the Command Line:

1. Open the command prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator.
2. Change the working directory to the folder where you downloaded Operations Control Logger Setup.exe.
3. Run one of the following commands, depending on whether or not you want the computer to reboot automatically.

   To automatically restart the node when installation is complete, enter the following command:

   "C:\...\CD-OCLoggerStandalone\Setup.exe" /silent "C:\Response.txt"

   If you do not want to automatically restart after installation, use the /Silentnoreboot option:

   "C:\...\CD-OCLoggerStandalone\Setup.exe" /silentnoreboot "C:\Response.txt"

   Note: Sample response files, “SampleResponseFiles” are present in CD-OCLoggerStandalone media folder.

Uninstalling Operations Control Logger Silently

You can uninstall Operations Control Logger silently through command line mode.

To uninstall Operations Control Logger Silently from the Command Line:

1. Open the command prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator.
2. Change the working directory to the folder where you downloaded Operations Control Logger Setup.exe.
3. Run one of the following commands, depending on whether or not you want the computer to reboot automatically:To automatically restart the node when uninstallation is complete, enter the following command:

   "C:\...\CD-OCLoggerStandalone\Setup.exe" /silentuninstall {64484352-2B13-4C3C-94E6-4AA582C80EB6}

Uninstalling Operations Control Logger

To uninstall Operations Control Logger:

1. Click the Uninstall or Change a Program option in Windows Control Panel. The list of software installed on your computer appears.
2. Select Operations Control Logger, and then click the Uninstall/Change. The Modify, Repair or Remove Installation dialog box appears.
3. Click the Remove option, and then click Next. The confirmation dialog box appears.
4. Click Uninstall. The component is uninstalled, and the complete uninstallation dialog box appears.
5. Click Finish.

Repairing Operations Control Logger

To repair Operations Control Logger

1. Click the Uninstall or Change a Program option in Windows Control Panel. The list of software installed on your computer appears.
2. Select Operations Control Logger, and then click the Uninstall/Change. The Modify Repair or Remove Installation dialog box appears.
3. Click the Repair option, and then click Next. The Confirm Repair dialog box appears.
4. Click Repair. The complete repair dialog box appears.
5. Click Finish.

Installation update

If all nodes are not upgraded from a lower version to a newer version, you might encounter compatibility issues while connecting to a remote log viewer/log monitor from older to newer version and vice versa. To resolve the issue, you need to set the registry key value. This action will disable some security changes and work in a non authentication mode.

To set registry key value:

1. For 64-bit node:
   1. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ArchestrA\Framework\Logger.
   2. Create a DWORD key EnableCompatibleMode and set the key value to 1.
   3. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArchestrA\Framework\Logger.
   4. Create a DWORD key EnableCompatibleMode and set the key value to 1.
2. For 32-bit node:
   1. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ArchestrA\Framework\Logger.
   2. Create a DWORD key EnableCompatibleMode and set the key value to 1.
3. Restart the machine.