Informix Enterprise Replication is a powerful way to replicate data assets across distributed installations and keep them consistent.
Customized use of the Admin-Scout thanks to the new role concept
With the ONCONFIG Explorer, Admin-Scout 3.2 offers a completely new module for managing ONCONFIG variables.
The entire storage administration clearly arranged in one module!
Admin Scout 3.2 offers a long-awaited feature: easy comparison of the databases' structures in different instances.
Version 3.1 continues the journey to new functions for developers and administrators.
Admin-Scout 3.0 offers a completely revised design and up to 60% faster evaluations.
A security warning was issued on October 8, 2020 (CVE-2020-4799) for IBM Informix Dynamic Server.
Informix Release 14.10.xC2 of September 2019 
Many applications based on Informix have two things in common: existential importance for the company and exceptionally long periods of use. It is not surprising that many long-established solutions are available as 32-bit versions.
We asked the question, which areas of an Informix database system have to be administered manually and where is it possible to set up an automated administration? The goal is to achieve increasing automation and independent optimization of the system through an interaction of sensors and tasks.
Already in the last versions many improvements were introduced for the security of the Admin Scout. It was very important for us that during a login no more passwords are transferred between Admin-Scout and the browser.
With the release of Informix 14.10, IBM offers a new licensing option. Except for special licensing models for ASL/ESA resellers, Informix installations are usually licensed by user or processor power. Many sales partners criticize the licensing according to Processor Value Unit calculation (PVU licensing), as too complicated and too little comparable in their calculations. In software projects, the target platform is often still uncertain in the offer phase. PVU licensing cannot be offered to potential customers because the basis for a calculation is not known at this point.
Important features for cluster configuration and better analysis of instances in a group
The Admins-Scout Dashboard is an extremely powerful and informative tool that gives you an overview of the state of your Informix servers
An Admin-Scout feature for fast analysis of DBSpaces
IIUG Konferenz 2015
With the Version 12.10.xC2 IBM created the opportunity to access the Informix database with MongoDB-clients and to use the Informix NoSQL functionality.
Informix go’s NoSQL
IBM Informix NoSQL (2013-09)
Powerful and simple have always been watchwords for the IBM Informix database server and version 12.10 continues in that vein with enhancements to five key feature areas.
Discover hassle-free data management with IBM Informix
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Admin-Scout - Request a guided tour
Invest 45 minutes and get to know the admin scout in a guided tour.
We show you the Admin-Scout live in a real application environment.
Ask for a guided tour and become familiar with the Admin-Scout in a simple way.
Tour 1 – Scout Basics
The Admin-Scout is much more than a tool for administration and monitoring. In the Tour Scout Basics we present the essential components and their interaction. The Admin-Scout Dashboard bundles all important information for the daily administration and is at the same time the entrance to further detailed analysis. We show you how you can receive meaningful status reports on a daily basis and what benefits you can derive from the Admin-Scout.
Tour 2 – Administration Inside
This tour is for the experienced Informix Administrator. Administration Inside deals in more detail with the contents of administration, monitoring and alerting. The configuration of service levels, sensors and thresholds is just as much a part of the tour as detailed reporting with drill-down functions. The evaluations for DBSpaces, DB-Objects, parameters and memory management are examined more closely.
Tour 3 – Performance Special
This tour focuses on performance. Bottlenecks in the configuration of important parameters, the DBSpaces and Chunks, are addressed and relevant statistics for I/O, Waits, Checkpoints etc. are explained. The SQL trace is used to analyze slow and resource-intensive SQL statements. We will also discuss the index structures, sequential scans and additional tuning options.
Arrange a guided tour? Just send us a request here!
Notices:
- All tours are planned for approx. 45 minutes.
- Tour 2 and Tour 3 require Tour 1.
- A TeamViewer or WebEx session is required for participation.
- Your entries in our form will only be used in connection with the provision of information material or customer care. They will not be used for other purposes, accessed by third parties or passed on to third parties.
Our best practice toolbox relieves administrators in their daily work:
Scout-Starter and Scout-Trainer are service packages for the quick start and optimum use of the Admin-Scout in your system environment.
ICC Informix 
Time setting / Service status (Slides)
Configuration of the Admin-Scout (Slides)
Backup / Restore and Update (Slides)
Help for the Admin-Scout