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Informix

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Official support for IDS on Alma Linux

Following the recent change in status of Centos, some customers may wish to convert their Informix servers to Alma Linux soon. This will be for both IDS 12.10 and 14.10. Can IBM/HCL certify this platform.
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Add metrics for reverse index scans and number of retries.

As per APAR IT37120: CONCURRENT QUERIES USING REVERSE SCAN OF INDEX WITH MANY DELETEDENTRIES MAY ENCOUNTER POOR PERFORMANCE reverse index scans can require a retry. Add metrics for number of reverse scans per partition and number of retries.
over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

Add readahead per sessions/sql counters.

Add per session/SQLTrace per sql readaheads triggered counters.
over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Shutdown for InformixHQ

InformixHQ-Server lacks a possibility for shutdown. The admin has to issue a kill command from the command line with the proper (root) access. This is not at all satisfying. InformixHQ-agents can be stopped by pressing a button - as long as th...
over 5 years ago in Informix 2 Delivered

Storing Large Objects in file sytem

Feature similar to Oracle "bfile" data type. Store the large object in file system.
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

Add lock wait time to oncheck

If oncheck encounters a row/table is locked it immeditely returns error: ERROR: Could not obtain lock for <database>:<user>.<table> It would be useful to have an option for user to select lock wait time for example: oncheck -cDI ...
over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

New Enhancements for InformixHQ tool

Latest InformixHQ version released along with Informix 14 database server do not have enough rich features to investigate the database server related some commonly used issues to drill down and identify the issues quickly and easily. The suggested...
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 4 Delivered

32-bit build of Informix Client SDK 4.50 for Linux

With the release of Informix Client SDK 4.50, the 32-bit build for Linux was dropped. We are still generating 32-bit binaries, ESQL/C, for use with Informix. We need a 32-bit build of Client SDK 4.50 for Linux.
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 2 Delivered

Encryption for Informix backup.

Informix 12.10 fc8 has file level encryption available in the database. However, from my understanding if you do a backup, this file in not encrypted. Can we have a method to perform a databack that keeps the encryption in the backup data.
almost 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Fix FLOAT error in Informix HQ

Hello Team, I am seeing following error when I click on UI->System Reports-> SQL with the Most Buffer Activity "Value will not fit in a FLOAT." Error occurs for the following System reports too: SQL with the Most Buffer Activity SQL with the...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered