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To resolve the backup failure issue caused by identical hostnames across IIAS appliances running in Docker containers.

Assigning unique hostnames to each IIAS appliance (or container) is essential because backup tools like EMC NetWorker rely on hostnames to identify and manage client systems. When multiple appliances use the same hostname, EMC NetWorker cannot dif...

ALTER table DATA CAPTURE NONE not detected by IIDR QREP or CDC

If 'ALTER table DATA CAPTURE NONE' is executed against a table that is actively replicating, any changes made to the source data will not be captured or replicated until ‘ALTER table DATA CAPTURE CHANGES' is executed. This would cause the target...
over 8 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Planned for future release

Support Disaster Recover plans for Manta standalone

Add features or documentation on how IBM Manta standalone can be deployed with disaster recovery so that Manta can be recovered. Manta standalone is deployed by users on their infrastructure so Manta software may not support DR. However the PLAN o...
5 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 4 Not under consideration

Manta should suport extracting correct lineage from PROC FREQ statements

When Manta scans the following SAS Snippet: proc freq data=work.orig_sort noprint; tables tranwrd62*SCAN/out=work.var_by_count; where SCAN not in (" " "!!UNK" "!!NA");run; proc sql; create table work.most_freq_var_by_class as select tranwrd63, SCA...
6 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 2 Functionality already exists

Permanant link create for revision which is not latest does not work

While trying to Export the permanent link of the revision which is not latest and opening the link in a new browser, the link does not work. Steps followed. 1. Open any revision which is not latest from the manta flow viewer and view the lineage i...
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 1 Not under consideration

Manta export to Alation OCF - Power BI

AbbVie is unable to export Power BI resources from Manta to an Alation OCF (Open Connector Framework) existing Power BI source. They are only able to get a successful Power BI to Alation OCF when the Power BI source on Alation side is brand new wi...
over 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted

Add an ability to start a q subscription via MODIFY on the Capture started task

Currently Q Capture subscriptions can be interacted with either via MODIFY command invoked on a Q Capture started task, or SQL insert statements executed on table IBMQREP_SIGNAL. For many customers, executing a MODIFY command to perform an action ...
over 4 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Future consideration

Add Support for Hash and Hash iterator Objects in SAS Code Scanner

CWB leverages Hash and Hash Iterator Objects in our SAS code. Manta currently fails to parse these which has resulted in gaps in lineage, preventing end to end lineage . The details of the needed HASH support can be found here: https://documentati...
12 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Future consideration

Support for Complex File Formats in Manta Lineage

So the idea here is to augment the Filesystem flow model and introduce the notion of file section by adding the notion of file section but make it optional. This means that a given customer could choose to model file with sections or a file withou...
about 1 year ago in Data Lineage by Manta 5 Needs more information

Display of replication throughput per subscription

Today Q Apply stores detailed performance statistics on queue level. This idea raises the request to store certain Q Apply throuput statistics (like rows_processed) on subscription level. Background: Today it is very difficult / sometime impossibl...
over 6 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Not under consideration