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Allow record count limit for reference tables

We only do Archive for decommission. We like to test Optim against each of the tables to ensure we will not have any surprises when we run the full archive. It is very disappointing to run an archive and have it fail several hours into the process...
about 6 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Batch or Multi Delete of Archive Requests and Access Definitions

Currently we have a method to test Optim archive against the tables that we are going to archive. To do this against Sql server, we have to take the Access definition and archive request and generate one per table. This causes a large number of it...
about 6 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Same level of performance in extract processes in DB2 and IMS when qualifing the column of the cluster index

Since OPTIM V11.7, we experienced dramatic performance regressions with the component "Extract on an IMS Database". The extract criterion is almost all the fields of the primary/cluster key. The database contains 15.6 millions records - 1 hit i...
about 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Uphold support Phone Number〠 +1{888-481-4730} Toll Free Number&&

Uphold simplifies most of the accounting-related tasks. This versatile software also helps manage payroll, inventory, taxes, invoices, banking and a lot more. The plethora of features it comes with, make Uphold the most sought-after accounting sof...
about 3 years ago in Optim 1 Not under consideration

Support Postgres DBAlias via pr0cnfg on Linux

Per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/iotdm/11.3?topic=tasks-syntax-keywords, the pr0cnfg command only supports adding DBAliases for Oracle and UDB DBMS types on Linux. This means that we must use Windows if we want to use Optim Data Privacy to mask Pos...
about 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Masking - GDPR - New LUA function

The need is about the data masking and the GDPR constraints. Our développers used the LUA capabilities of z/OS Optim. The needs are convert in a bijective way a numeric chain in a other numeric chain if we run repeatedly a convert with the same ch...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 3 Not under consideration

z/OS Infosphere Optim - Data Migration : add a DELETE DLI function

Our SI is mixed DLI and DB2. Therefore, our OPTIM ADS use DLI database and DB2 tables. Before we refresh data, we delete DLI et DB2 data in cohérence. The deletes are only partial [DLI Bases and DB2 tables are not emptied] Optim offer a standard D...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 2 Future consideration

Enable authentication on non-root instances of Optim Connect Server

IBM Software RFE Community: View request @media screen and (max-width: 457px) { .ibm-masthead-categories,#ibm-megamenu-sections{display:none} }@media screen and (max-width: 457px) { .ibm-mh-marketplace-link{display:none} } @media only screen and (...
almost 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

Provide UDF functions on an EC2-hosted PostgresSQL DB

SHORT-TERM (1-2 months): Ideally, we are looking for EC2 support for PostgreSQL versions 11 and 12 . To be honest, we do not need the full set of functions. What we require ASAP is the following subset of functions: HASH Provider with sha-256 - We...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Not under consideration

Poor deletion performance...

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about 7 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Not under consideration