Software Downloads

Go to https://download.liquibase.com/ to download files.

Notable Improvements

Required Rollbacks

A new metadata.properties property called requireRollback is available. During the packaging process, it verifies whether SQL scripts have corresponding -rollback or _rollback files for all scripts affected by the metadata.properties configuration. By default, this validation is set to false.

Using the metadata.properties file

Associated Tickets: DAT-13943

Optimize DATAPUMP restore/import script

The DATAPUMP import operation is optimized in regard to log messaging and exception handling and should improve the efficiency of your packaging operation. This change is similar to the DATAPUMP export operation changes that were made for DAT-9580 in Liquibase Enterprise Release 7.18.

Associated Tickets: DAT-12886

Enhancements

Track Packaging, Forecast, and Deploy failures

The guide below lets you easily track Packaging, Forecast, and Deploy rule violations.

Examine Failed Operations Caused by Rule Violations

Associated Tickets: DAT-11434, DAT-15155

Packager Access

Packager process now checks for read/write access to the database and SQL repos prior to packaging any files.

Associated Tickets: DAT-13122

enableRollbackOnError property improvement

The enableRollbackOnError property that was available for SQLPlus is also now available to EdbPlus and ClpPlus native tools. Learn more about the details at the link below.

Using the metadata.properties file

Associated Tickets: DAT-10947, DAT-14784

Desktop Client and CLI Updates and Issues Addressed

Issue ID	Description
DAT-15265	If Java 8 or above, including 11 Temurine, is present on a Windows 10 machine while installing Liquibase Enterprise, Liquibase will install successfully as expected. A “Liquibase Enterprise Installer requires java 8 or higher.” dialog will no longer appear.
DAT-14959	SSH options are available to users by default.
DAT-15347	StoredLogic is validated as expected on DB2 LUW when there is a null value for `ERRORMESSAGE` column in the `SYSCAT.INVALIDOBJECTS` table.
DAT-15260	The Packager report displays SQL Rule violations for all applicable scripts when multiple scripts fail validation. This is fully resolved by DAT-11434
DAT-14750	The `project_creator.groovy` script no longer adds unnecessary comments and release labels to the `datical.project` file.
DAT-14749	The `project_creator.groovy` file no longer errors when enable `DdlLockTimeout` and `ddlLockTimeoutValue`'s are specified. The `project_creator.groovy` file properly adds the attributes to the datical.project file as expected.
DAT-14677	The `Unable to determine the URL for database error` no longer appears when configuring `TNS f`iles with double quotes.
DAT-14131	Liquibase Enterprise no longer has performance issues when running the internal MigrateLabelData changeset.
DAT-13014	Comments at the end of files are ignored and no longer cause database exception errors for DB2 LUW and Oracle.
DAT-12937	Scripts packaged in `data_dml` and `sql_direct` folders via CLPPlus no longer save their `.sql.log` files to the DDB repository root directory. They are saved in the Reports directory for the Deploy Report. This directory does not save to the repo because it is located in the `.gitignore` file by default.
DAT-9729	A SqlParser error related to addPrimaryKey and schemaName substitution with multiSchema projects is resolved. The `forIndexSchemaName` is present in the parsed output from SqlParser.

DMC Issues Addressed

Issue ID	Description
DAT-15382	The DMC Heapdump Actuator endpoint is no longer exposed. Please refer to the guide below for further information: https://support.liquibase.com/knowledge/steps-to-resolve-exposure-of-credentials-and-confidential-information-in-deployment-monitoring-console An upgrade to DMC 8.4 will remove the need to resolve exposure of this endpoint using the manual steps provided.
DAT-15286	The DMC no longer truncates SQL scripts and output so errors can be seen successfully in the final deployment report tab.
DAT-7842	The Date Ran data is updated each time the `AutoPermission` (and `AutoSynonym`) rule is executed as expected.
DAT-13154	The `troubleshooting` command no longer throws an `Out of memory` error for Centos 8 unless the RAM falls below the 6 GB minimum.

Documentation for v8.4

Documentation is available in the following locations:

Liquibase Enterprise Documentation
Deployment Monitoring Console (DMC) Documentation
Specifically these documents were created or updated:
- Using the metadata.properties file
- Examine Failed Operations Caused by Rule Violations

Liquibase Enterprise & Business Clients (Desktop & CLI)

Find the latest downloads here: https://download.liquibase.com/

Item	Path	File
Software	Datical_DB_Software/Datical_DB_8.4	Choose the Linux or Windows installation file for your system
Composite Installation Repository	Datical_DB_Software/Datical_DB_8.4	DaticalDbCompositeRepo-8.4.zip

Liquibase Enterprise Deployment Monitoring Console (DMC)

Item	Path	File
Software	Datical_DMC_Software/Datical_DMC_8.4	datical-service-unix-8_4-master.sh

Starting with release 7.0, Liquibase includes a web-based Deployment Monitoring Console (DMC) that provides a centralized location to view a pipeline status and reporting information for all your Liquibase Business & Enterprise projects.

Liquibase Enterprise & Business Clients (Datical DB) and DMC Compatibility

Each DMC release only works with certain releases of Liquibase Enterprise Desktop. Consult the Deployment Monitoring Console Compatibility Matrix to ensure compatibility.

Getting Started with the Deployment Monitoring Console

To get started with DMC, check out the following documentation resources:
- DMC Documentation Home
- DMC Install Configurations and System Requirements

DMC Update Instructions

The process of updating the Deployment Monitoring Console from version 7.0 or later to the latest version is similar to the installation process.

Expand for DMC update instructions

Go to https://download.liquibase.com/ , download and copy the datical-service-unix-8_1_317-master.sh file to your existing DMC server.
Run the installer with the following command and enter your existing OS user as the admin user and admin group:

/home/datical> sudo bash /datical-service-unix-8_1_317-master.sh

Enter the directory of the previous DMC installation when prompted for an install location.

The installer will update your installation and restart affected DMC services. You can begin using the new version of the DMC immediately.

If you have manually changed the java version used by DMC, you will need to restore DMC’s default version of Java (11.0.8) before any time that you upgrade DMC. Move or copy Java 11.0.8 from the /opt/datical/old_jre directory back to the /opt/datical/jre directory prior to starting your DMC upgrade. DMC expects Java version 11.0.8 to be in the /opt/datical/jre directory for the DMC upgrade process to be successful. After your DMC upgrade is complete, you can change to a different 11.x java version again. For more information, see How to Change the Java version for DMC. This link is especially important if you are using v7.18 or later.

Liquibase Enterprise 8.4 Release Notes