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  • Admin-Scout 4.0 - Development and Release Steps

    Admin-Scout 4.0
    Development and Release Steps

    All changes up to Release 4.0
    of August 2024

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  • Admin-Scout 3.3 - Informix Enterprise Replication

    Admin-Scout 3.3
    Informix Enterprise Replication Module

    Informix ERInformix Enterprise Replication is a powerful way to replicate data assets across distributed installations and keep them consistent.

    With version 3.3, Admin-Scout helps Informix administrators to set up, configure and monitor Informix Enterprise Replications.

    This article provides an overview of Informix Enterprise Replication with our Admin-Scout for Informix.

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  • Admin-Scout 3.2 - Create individual users / test roles with the SQL Editor

    Admin-Scout 3.2
    Create individual users / Test roles with the SQL-Editor

    Informix compareCustomized use of the Admin-Scout thanks to the new role concept

    Whereas Admin-Scout previously only knew the default users "cursoradmin" and "openadmin", the new version 3.2 allows the creation of individual users. In combination with a dedicated assignment of rights on menu level, different roles can now be built up specifically.

    Checking role and rights concepts with the SQL-Editor

    Administrators have to deal with roles and access rights of database users. To make it possible to check the rights of a user, the new version allows to test accesses of the SQL-Editor under a different user name

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  • Admin-Scout 3.2 - New ONCONFIG Module

    Admin-Scout 3.2
    ONCONFIG Explorer

    Informix compareWith the ONCONFIG Explorer, Admin-Scout 3.2 offers a completely new module for managing ONCONFIG variables.

    The goal of our development was to clearly summarize the ONCONFIG variables in one place and to present all information related to selected variables.

    The ONCONFIG Explorer displays all ONCONFIG variables alphabetically sorted in a tree structure. A search field can be used to narrow down the number of hits.

    For all documented variables a help button supports the quick display of the reference entry from the manual.

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  • Admin-Scout 3.2 - New Storage Module

    Admin-Scout 3.2
    New Storage Module

    Informix compareThe entire storage administration clearly arranged in one module!

    Admin-Scout 3.2 offers a complete overhaul and restructuring of storage management. The new module combines storage administration and reporting in one menu item. Administrators are now able to see all storage objects immediately through a hierarchically sorted object tree. A simple click provides all relevant details, sensibly organized via individual tabs.

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  • Admin-Scout 3.2 - New module to compare DB objects

    Admin-Scout 3.2
    compare DB-objects

    Informix compareAdmin Scout 3.2 offers a long-awaited feature: easy comparison of the databases' structures in different instances.

    The new module compares the typical database objects such as tables, views, external tables, sequences functions and access rights, including the respective associated indexes, constraints and triggers.

    This premium feature increases productivity while matching and adapting database structures and objects.

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  • Admin-Scout 3.1 - Highlights for developers and administrators

    Admin-Scout 3.1 - Highlights for Developers and Admins

    Security UpdateVersion 3.1 continues the journey to new functions for developers and administrators.
    • Editing in multiple windows, parallel working with multi-tabs in the SQL-Editor.
    • SQL history accessible at any time.
    • Evaluation of dependencies and constraints for table objects.
    • Informix error numbers, direct access to IDs and descriptions.
    • Database Explorer, auto generation of archecker scripts for table restore.
    • Locked tables, which sessions keep locks and which are waiting.
    • SSH shell to the server, now simply open via "shell in a box".
    • Day- and Month-Reports, individual customization according to your personal requirements.
    • Performance checks, extended output with disk I/O per chunk.
    • Schema changes, logging with the new DDL-History2 Report.

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  • Admin-Scout 3.0 - Functional right from the start!

    Admin-Scout 3.0
    Functional right from the start!

    Security Update Admin-Scout 3.0 offers a completely revised design and up to 60% faster evaluations.
    Revised user interface

    The entire user interface of the Admin-Scout is designed more uniformly and with better performance. The access to configuration and server administration is clearly structured. Optimized table structures and scaling of the display, lead to a considerably faster page layout.

    New SQL Toolbox

    The version 3.0 impresses above all with the new SQL Toolbox with many powerful functions in the Database Explorer and SQL Editor. As a result the Admin-Scout offers more interesting functionalities for development and tuning of Informix databases.

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  • Admin-Scout 2.3 - New Scheduler Module

    Admin-Scout 2.3 - New Scheduler Module

    schweissen 600x400cWe 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.

    Informix provides an SQL API and corresponding commands as a basis for setting up tasks. If you are an Informix administrator and are rarely concerned with setting up and managing tasks and sensors, you will find that this can quickly become a complex challenge. Therefore, in the new version of our Admin-Scout, we have intensively addressed the topic of a task scheduler and developed a new Admin-Scout module for the administration of tasks and sensors.

    The new Admin-Scout 2.3 Scheduler module offers a centralized administration of all tasks and sensors

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  • Admin-Scout 2.3 - Overview new features in version 2.3

    Admin-Scout 2.3 - Overview new features in version 2.3

    Informix secure SSL connectionAlready 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.

    Version 2.3 continues our efforts to provide increased security against data spying between Informix Server and client or our Admin-Scout.

    • https port is now active - generating of a self-signed certificate.
    • Setting up an encrypted SSL connection on the database port.
    • Easier selection of instances - access to instances of different groups.
    • Autologon-Feature – automatic connection to a standard instance.
    • New Scheduler module - all Scheduler modules are now available in one place.
    • New module Cluster Configuration.
    • New module DBSpace Layout History.
    • Backup/Restore now with SQL Editor Files.
    • Additional reporting on the InformixHQ Monitoring Database.

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  • Admin-Scout 2.2 - Ready for Informix 14.10

    Admin-Scout 2.2 - Ready for Informix 14.10

    release 22 00 1080x360Important features for cluster configuration and better analysis of instances in a group

    Overview:

    • Informix Control Center (ICC) - Dashboard, new tabs and additional tooltips.
    • Better overview of Informix instances of a group.
    • Detailed overview of Informix cluster configurations.
    • Visualization without Adobe Flash (separate article).
    • New SQL editor with syntax highlight (separate article).
    • InformixHQ - Memory Requirements.

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  • Admin-Scout 2.2 - Now 100% Adobe Flash free!

    Admin-Scout 2.2 - Now 100% Adobe Flash free!

    For years, Adobe Flash was the first choice to visualize animations and sophisticated graphics in a browser. Due to recurring security issues, the use of Adobe Flash Player has long been discouraged. The IBM Informix OpenAdmin Tool also uses the Adobe Flash Player in some areas for the graphical representation of complex contexts.

    Security warnings and the end of support for the Adobe Flash Player, already announced for 2020, prompted us early on to switch the graphical interface of the Admin-Scouts to the Dojo Toolkit and HTML5. We have step by step converted all relevant modules. This involved the redesign of all charts and the elaborate redesign of important modules such as the SQL-Trace or the Storage-Module.

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  • Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - Dashboard Overview

    Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - the new dashboard, an overview

    Admin-Scout / the Dashboard OverviewThe Admins-Scout Dashboard is an extremely powerful and informative tool that gives you an overview of the state of your Informix servers
    • The Admin-Scout Dashboard is the central overview for important parameters and states.
      All Informix servers in a group are listed and the status of a server is displayed with icons.
    • The details of an instance are very useful for troubleshooting or for identifying optimization potentials. For example, it is very easy to find tables where indexes are missing or the index structure is not ideal.
    • In contrast to the OAT, the Admin-Scout offers the possibility to switch between the tabs - without waiting times and without having to start the reporting from the beginning.

    This article describes the Admin-Scout Dashboard and its individual sections.

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  • Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - DBSpaces and Storage Report

    Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - DBSpaces and Storage Report

    Admin-Scout DBSpaces and Storage ReportAn Admin-Scout feature for fast analysis of DBSpaces
    • DBSpaces - key data and workload at a glance
    • shows access, page I/O, read and write times
    • view details down to single a database
    • drill-down information down to chunk level
    • DBSpace history data for storage planning
    • The Admin-Scout Storage Report provides a basic overview of all DBSpaces.

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ZP19-0171IBM Informix Advanced Enterprise for Cloud Pak and Modernization
(IBM Europe Software Announcement ZP21-0145, dated March 9, 2021)
Overview:

IBM Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 14.10 and IBM Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Modernization 14.10 help clients modernize to cloud-native architectures, accelerating hybrid multicloud deployment and enhancing IBM Cloud Pack for Data administration.

With Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data and
Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Modernization, you can:
  • Deploy on any cloud with Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Modernize to a cloud-native architecture at your own pace.
  • Use cloud-native benefits such as simplified provisioning, scaling, seamless upgrades, and consolidated management.
  • Deploy and run faster with preconfigured templates on your choice of cloud.
  • Add new users and resources easily, with a scale-as-you-go approach.

The new offering is licensed only via Virtual Processor Cores (VPC), Trade-Up from Informix Advanced Enterprise (PVU) or (VPC) is possible.

 

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ZP19-0171IBM software withdrawals for selected Informix versions
(IBM Europe Software Withdrawal ZP20-0409, August 25. 2020)
Overview

For some older Informix Server or Informix Tool versions, IBM support will end on September 30, 2020. Please also see Announcement ZP19-0171, dated April 9, 2019, announcing the discontinuation of Informix 11.7.x versions.

For the following Informix versions and programs, IBM will discontinue service and support (EOS) on the date shown:
Progr. ID Name Version End-of-Service  
5724-C23 IBM Informix Client Software Development Kit 3.70.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C24 IBM Informix Connect 3.50.x and 3.70.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C24 IBM Informix Connect Runtime 3.0.0, 3.50.x, and 3.70.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C45 IBM Informix Choice Edition 11.7.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C55 IBM Informix SQL 7.50.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C59 IBM Informix Image Foundation DataBlade 2.00.x 30. Sept. 2020  
5724-C66 IBM Informix 4GL Rapid Development System 7.50.x 30. April 2020  
5724-C66 IBM Informix 4GL Complier 7.50.x 30. April 2020  
5724-C66 IBM Informix 4GL Interactive Debugger 7.50.x 30. April 2020  
5724-C67 IBM Informix ESQL/C 5.20.x 30. April 2020  
5724-I35 IBM Informix 4GL Rapid Development System 3.70.x 30. April 2020  
5724-C41 IBM Informix C-ISAM 7.25.x 30. April 2020  

 

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ZP19-0171IBM software withdrawals for various Informix versions.
(IBM Europe Software Withdrawal ZP19-0171, April 9. 2019)
Overview

With the 137-page Announcement of April 9. 2019, IBM announces new End-of-Marketing (EOM) and End-of-Support (EOS) dates for a variety of products. Informix 11.7.x versions and Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition 12.10 will also be affected.

For the 11.7.x versions Informix 12.10 or Informix 14.10 are available as replacements.

The Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition will not be continued, IBM will end the offering of this edition on July 9, 2019 (EOM). However, customers who have this edition in maintenance will continue to be supported. A date for the end of support (EOS) has not yet been released.
  • IBM Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition CPU Option Processor Value Unit (PVU) End-of-Marketing: Juli 9. 2019 - no replacements.
For the following Informix versions and programs, IBM will discontinue service and support (EOS) on the date shown:
Progr. ID Name Version End-of-Service Replacement
5725-D14 IBM Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition 11.7.x Sept. 30. 2020 14.1
5725-A39 IBM Informix Ultimate Edition 11.7.x Sept. 30. 2020 14.1
5725-A40 IBM Informix Growth Edition 11.7.x Sept. 30. 2020 14.1
5724-Z04 IBM Informix Express Edition 11.7.x Sept. 30. 2020 14.1
5724-C41 IBM Informix CISAM 7.24.x April 30. 2020 7.25
5724-C43 IBM Informix SE 7.24.x April 30. 2020 7.25
5724-C55 IBM Informix SQL 7.32.x April 30. 2020 7.50
5724-C66 IBM Informix 4GL Complier 7.32.x April 30. 2020 7.50
5724-C66 IBM Informix 4GL Rapid Development System 7.32.x April 30. 2020 7.50
5724-D27 IBM Informix DataBlade Workgroup bundle 1.0.x April 30. 2020 No replacement

 

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ZP19 0078 560x247IBM Informix V14.10 enhances all editions, bringing improvements to performance, security, administration, and core database capabilities
(IBM Europe Software Announcement ZP19-0078, dated March 12, 2019)
Overview

IBM Informix V14.10 provides a powerful, reliable, and low-cost data platform for mission-critical business environments. Informix V14.10 builds on its powerful feature set with new capabilities and improvements in various areas, including support for online transaction processing (OLTP) and replication workloads, time series and spatial data, and enhancements to data security. Informix continues to provide optimized performance and reliability in a cost-effective and simple-toadminister database platform that is designed for continuous availability of critical data resources.

IBM Informix V14.10:

• Enhances performance of secondary backups and OLTP transactions
• Provides higher security for encryption keys and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Enhances usability, streamlines administration, and increases uptime
• Provides new graphical administration tool called InformixHQ
• Enhances Unicode support to current V11 specifications
• Enhances time series granularity and spatial projection systems
• Updates platform support to current 64-bit OS levels
• Increases hardware limits at the Workgroup Edition level
• Includes storage optimization at the Enterprise Edition level

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ENUSZP18 0477 560x286IBM Watson IoT Platform, offers add-ons for blockchain service and analytics service, building on integrated IoT foundation to derive greater value from IoT devices
(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0477, dated September 11, 2018)
Overview

Watson IoT Platform, formerly known as IBM IoT Connection Service, connects devices, ingests device data, and transforms that data into meaningful insights. Watson IoT Platform and its additional add-on services enable organizations to capture and explore data for devices, equipment, and machines, and discover insights that can drive better decision-making.

Watson IoT Platform combines the power and simplicity to scale to industrial IoT applications, solutions, and workloads. It integrates the existing capabilities and functions of IBM IoT Connection Service in an end-to-end, fully managed cloud service available for subscription in production or non-production environments:

Watson IoT Platform communicates with your applications and devices by using the Watson IoT Platform API and the Watson IoT Platform messaging protocol. Other capabilities include:

• Appliance claiming
• Device registration and setup
• Authentication and security
• Data lifecycle management
• Device management
• Alerts and remote monitoring
• Solution administration

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  1. IBM IoT Building Insights - foundational IoT platform ENUSZP18-0216 (2018-06)
  2. IBM Software withdrawal - some Informix parts - ENUSZP17-0450 (2017-09)
  3. IBM IoT Service Offerings - design and build IoT solutions - IBM Announcement 17-0313 (2017-06)
  4. IBM Informix Big-Data Bundle (2016-12) ZP16-0550

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