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SDL TMS 2011 SP6 | Service Pack 6 for SDL TMS 2011 (May 2015)

Judith de Jong

We are pleased to announce the release of SDL Translation Management System 2011 Service Pack 6. For comprehensive information on this release, please be sure to consult the attached Release Notes at the bottom of the page and the Knowledge Base articles referenced on this page.

As part of SDL’s strategy to deliver a consolidated localization ecosystem, we are pleased to announce that with this release, SDL TMS now supports SDL Trados Studio’s Language Resources Templates for SDL XLIFF-based Content Types, allowing to use the same set of segmentation rules, as explained in KB article 7837.  In addition, SDL TMS now offers an option to apply the word count algorithms and TM match scoring using the same technology as SDL Trados Studio. Even though this Service Pack delivers a great step forward to align with SDL Trados Studio (2014 SP2), users may still experience some discrepancies. For a comprehensive explanation of the expected results when using this new option, we highly recommend you read KB article 7846. Finally, note that this release of SDL TMS has the same set of SDL XLIFF-based filters as SDL Trados Studio 2014 SP2 CU8. For more information, please refer to KB article 5375 and to the Release Notes.

In this release, SDL TMS introduces a new visual page showing graphical organizational data such as word counts, usage or top 10 most requested language pairs. This page enables at-a-glance understanding of the current system load and historical trending. For more information, please refer to the Release Notes. 

This Service Pack provides users with an extension of the Audit Trail report to include records for changes performed on Content Types and Cost Matrices. For more information, please refer to the Release Notes and KB article 7964.

In order to improve performance, this version of SDL TMS no longer generates the legacy Trados 2007 translation memory format (.tmw) at TM export or Project TM creation.
Also, note that since the Studio package format is now largely adopted, the TMS Packages format has been removed from the Download options to eliminate confusion. Tasks downloaded as part of a TMS Package before upgrading to this SDL TMS version can still be uploaded back into SDL TMS in a return package without any problem.

Finally, we would like to draw your attention on the following articles announcing Legacy filters deprecation, implying the need to start switching to .sdlxliff-based Content Types in the upcoming months. For more information, please refer to: For more details on this change and other changes and fixes implemented in this release, please refer to the Release Notes attached to this article.

NOTE: In this version of SDL TMS, the following browsers are officially supported:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 9, 10, 11
  • Mozilla Firefox® 31 ESR
Please note that Microsoft Internet Explorer® 8 is no longer supported.
Compatibility Mode is NOT recommended. Using other browsers can result in some display or functionality issues.

Prerequisites
 
This release is available via an upgrade installer which will update your version of SDL TMS to the current release.
SDL TMS 2011 SP6 no longer supports Microsoft Windows Server® 2003. Nevertheless, it is now possible to use:
  • Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 Standard Edition (64-bit) R2 SP2 or SP3
  • Microsoft SQL Server® 2012 Standard Edition (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard Edition 
  • Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Standard Edition
Installation and upgrade process: 
 
Customers interested in upgrading to SDL TMS 2011 SP6 are encouraged to contact SDL Support to coordinate the assistance with pre-upgrade planning, custom component review and validation and upgrade execution and validation. If you have a Support and Maintenance contract with SDL, you can access SDL Support at the SDL Gateway.
  • This upgrade will restart the web server (IIS) and all SDL TMS services, so a short window of server downtime will be required. If you are installing on a multi-server environment, the database operations will only be performed during the installation on the first server.
  • You are advised to refresh your browser cache after every SDL TMS upgrade.
  • Follow the SDL TMS 2011 Installation Guide. A copy is available within the ISO file.
  • The installation ISO image is available at: ftp://sdlpatches:5dlpatch35@ftp-emea.sdlproducts.com/SDL TMS/2011 SP6.

SDL TMS 2011 SP6 Release Notes.pdf