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Replication: Change Data Capture

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PostgreSQL current versions (13.x and 12.x) support

Companies from public and commercial sector are increasingly using PostgreSQL database to capture their data and many of them are asking for near real time data replication from this data source.
almost 3 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Delivered

PostgreSQL wal file management

CDC is preventing the PosgreSQL database source to delete its wals files. From what I see, CDC uses logical replication slots but it never seems to update the value of LSN (Log Sequence Number) : it always points to the wal that was current when t...
over 4 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Delivered

Supporting Oracle parameter exafusion_enabled = 1

IIDR cannot replicate with Oracle 12cR2 Exadata parameter exafusion_enabled = 1. Apparently, IIDR do not know how to process Oracle logs when the parameter is set to 1. However, this parameter is crucial for the best Oracle DB functioning and perf...
over 5 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Delivered

CDC support for TLS v1.3

CDC for Zos is not supporting TLS V1.3 for AT-TLS. After talking to IBM, CDC Java and Access Server use Java 8, which supports up to TLS 1.2. So, CDC doesn't not currently support TLS 1.3. I was asked to raise an enhancement request for this
about 3 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Delivered

IBM Data Replication CDC to support Oracle 18c

Out of our customer base we do have several requests for IBM Data Replication CDC to support Oracle 18c as a source and target.
over 5 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Delivered

Permanent fix for Tcplisten rocketing cpu when tenable scan garbage hits port

Tcplisten job rockets into cpu spike/loop when tenable scan throws garbage at the port Subscriptions stopped during this cannot be restarted unless ending of subsystem or dmtcp This is an exposure as any bad actor could act upon that port not just...
over 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Delivered

Provide means to limit number of retries following unable to establish connection

This idea is related to real life scenario we encountered in production - we raised a case but we were advised CDC is working as designed and we should raise an AHA idea. Currently we have a number of subscriptions defined/active across a number o...
almost 3 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Delivered

Fastload Refresh for Live Audit mapping for Db2Warehouse as target vs Netezza target

Refreshing a table that is mapped as Live Audit does not use Fastload Refresh to a Db2Warehouse target table. This refresh is much faster when refreshing to a Netezza target table Event log shows that JDBC apply mode is used for refresh to Db2Ware...
over 3 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Delivered

JSON datatype CDC replication support

Current IIDR CDC engine for PostgreSQL source does not support replicating json or jsonb datatype. This data types are getting popular within PostgreSQL and applications and customer began utilizing it for variety of reason. This feature will ...
about 4 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 3 Delivered

Need clearer / more detailed DESCRIPTIONS of the SMF fields written by the DB2 CDC task

A number of the Descriptions of the fields of the SMF records written by the DB2 CDC z/OS process are not clear and would benefit by providing more more and/or more detailed DESCRIPTIONS. These descriptions are currently located in the Knowledge C...
about 5 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Delivered