2023/03/29 | SIMS Discover backups fail after SIMS update (Resolved)

Symptom: After updating to SIMS Spring 2023 release, the backup task for SIMS’s Discover component in ESE fails, with an error, example below:

ERROR : HH:mm:ss [Discover] Database '[srvname]\sims,DISCOVER' could not be saved for backup

Scope: Only the SIMS Discover add-on. SIMS and FMS components are not affected.

Cause: Changes to the SIMS Discover product in the recently released product update.

Status: Reported to SIMS software vendor. Believed to have been fixed in SIMS 2023 Summer Release. 

Last update: 2024-01-19, 17:19 (SAST)

See Article 1467 for symptoms and workaround options.