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Informix

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Enhance Performance Guide to cover Replication Tuning including ER and Performance Monitoring for Replication

Allow optimal setup of Replication and assist in resolving bottlenecks.
about 7 hours ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Add in a "cdr learn server" or something similiar to connect two servers on an ER domain that may not have known about each other previously.

Servers and networking change around. There may be cases where two ER nodes who previously were unaware of each other or 'forgot' about each other need to be reconnected. Right now the only way to resolve this cleanly is to drop one of them from t...
3 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Adjusting Edition Limits

With the introduction of IDS 15, storage options within an instance have become virtually unlimited. Fortunately, this has also removed several restrictions that, over the years, led to unnecessary administrative effort across different editions. ...
about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Increasing LO_hdr_partn size limit in every chunk in sbspace Metadata partition

We have a system with a lot of users and big amount of BLOB/CLOB data. It's critical 24x7 application. It should be created a new sbspace about 1TB - with 8 chunks x 140GB every 6 months, because the limit in LO_hdr_partn in sbspace Metadata Parti...
about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

LVARCHAR support via 4GL application

Due to the implementation of a number of new functionalities and the constantly growing database, we have to switch tables from CHAR to LVARCHAR in several Bank systems, this functionality will save space but also make queries in the database more...
8 days ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

Automated Update Statistics and FORCE

AUS appends FORCE to UPDATE STATISTICS statements saved in "sysadmin:aus_command.aus_cmd_exe" when using C function "aus_evaluate_stats" but not when using SPL "aus_evaluator". Both need a configuration parameter to enable or disable FORCE. Some s...
about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Improve the VPCACHE memory manage

The VPCACHE resource having the option to be DYNAMIC or STATIC. At the documentation, the DYNAMIC option says: " You can set the mode to DYNAMIC to allow the size of each private memory cache to increase or decrease automatically based on the work...
14 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Request Full Compatible GSKIT with HCL INFORMIX SERVER

With the newest HCL Informix 14.10.FC11W1X2 it is neccesary to set ENV 'ISI_GSK_FIPS_MODE=OFF' on every IBM CSDK GSKIT Client to get a working SSL Connection to a HCL INFORMIX 14.10.FC11W1X2 OPENSSL SERVER. A GSKIT is needed where it is not necces...
9 days ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

Informix v15 PDF Manuals

PDF Manuals are needed for offline use.
5 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

session setting to make an index invisible just for the current session

It would be useful to have a session setting that makes an index INVISIBLE for the current session only as well as a session setting to reverse that and make an index VISIBLE for the session. The latter might only work to reverse session level inv...
about 2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 4 Functionality already exists