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DataStage

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Enhancement Request: Datastage 11.5 supports SAP products(SCM7.0.1 & SCM7.0.3)

IBM China support team mentioned “The SAP versions officially tested and supported are listed in the SPCR doc (System Requirements), linked from the Release Noteshttps://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/soft...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Get and read file from http(s) server from datastage

We have stage to retrieve and read file from ftp servers, so we should have the same functionality from http(s) servers.
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

AIX 7.2 Support for DataStage, InfoSphere Information Server

Support for AIX version 7.2 is needed for DataStage. Currently only the older AIX v7.1 is supported.Due to security guidelines and official regulations, the operating system needs to be updated to the current level. Support for all currently used ...
over 6 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

HA is not supported for the namenode failover using File Connector

Unfortunately, HA is not supported for the namenode failover. This is the limitation of the WebHDFS and the connector does not have a to work around that.
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

Transposing color background black and letters white in DS designer.

There is no built-in feature to allow for transposed colors (white letters on a background) in any of the thick clients.This not considered a defect, and there is no patch for this.Allowing custom color support would be considered a new feature.
almost 7 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists

Requesting support for our Virtualization layer that we use here at Prudential for our Clint software installations

We are requesting support for our Virtualization layer that we use here at Prudential for our Clint software installations:VMware Horizon client to connect to VDI and installed DS client in VDI
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

XMETA repository on EXADATA platform (Oracle 12c on multitenant container database (CDB)

Oracle 12c Metadata Repository database creation fails if the database is a CDB database
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

VMOTION Support for DataStage.

DTCC environments are built on ESXi hosts - on top of these virtual DataStage machine hosts are configured. Purpose of Virtual set up and VMOTION is DEFEATED.We impact other VM's related to other application in same ESXi's Per IBM Todd Maske: VMOT...
about 7 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly support for Sqlserver DataDirect Drivers in Datastage11.5

Linux ODBC driver for Information server 11.5 on Redhat Linux not supporting the ApplicationIntent=Readonly for SQLServer2014. Due to this issue we cannot able to re-route the connection to the secondary server which cause a huge overload on the p...
almost 8 years ago in DataStage 0 Functionality already exists

SLES 12 and InfoSphere Information Server V11.5

Hello!The compatibility report explains that Suse Linus Enterprise Server 12 isn't supported. But we plan to migrate to the new version of IIS V11.5 in few month. We want to use IIS V11.5 servers and engines on SLES 12.
almost 8 years ago in DataStage 1 Functionality already exists