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Search results: Connectivity

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DataStage supporting writing data to GCP GCS with CMEK

DataStage (11.7.1) Google Cloud Storage (GCS) connector failed to write data into GCS, not supporting Customer Managed Encryption Key (CMEK). We in HSBC use CMEK in all components in GCP. If this is enabled, we can use GCS with DataStage directly....
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Allow File Connector to manage Hive tables properly when they are located in HDFS Transparent Data Encryption Zones

When the File Connector is configured to write files to an encrypted zone (TDE) within HDFS, with "Create Hive Table" set to Yes and "Drop existing table" set to Yes, jobs will fail if the table already exists. This is because Hive requires the PU...
about 8 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

CP4D 4.0.2 Datastage (Tahoe) – Apache Kafka Connector custom functionality

We need the possibility to extend the Apache Kafka Connector with custom functionality. We are using AVRO SerDe + Confluent Schema Registry but the message payload is encrypted using in-house libraries. When reading events, first we need to decryp...
almost 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Future consideration

information server sap pack - need encryption with idoc stage

In the Information Server pack for sap, the abap extract stage has an SNC capability-to encrypt data. Need the same ability with the idoc extract and idoc load stages.
almost 9 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Support KMS keys on Google Cloud Storage.

DataStage jobs that write to a GCS bucket, using the GCS connector, get error that includes " is encrypted with a Cloud KMS key, which is not supported."
almost 5 years ago in Connectivity 2 Not under consideration

DataStage KafkaConnector should support kafka producer and consumer interceptors

We are using DataStage to move large volumes of data into our data lake. We are using DataStage kafkaconnector to read/write records from/to our kafka cluster and we will be using the Avro serializer and schema registry support that was just deliv...
about 5 years ago in Connectivity 0 Delivered

DataStage Google Big Query Connector to use encrypted credential json file

Macy's is working on moving all our DataWare house to Google BQ. Currently, we have BQ connector on DataStage 11.7.1, but we can only connect to BQ using a flat pure json credential file. According to the policy of our company, flat file cannot be...
over 5 years ago in Connectivity 1 Delivered

Teradata Connector Enable Data Encryption

There are situations were the data connection between Datastage and Teradata need to be encrypted to transfer sensitive information. Currently the option exists in ODBC, but not in the Teradata Connector.
about 6 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

IIS 11.5.0.1 DATASTAGE - AMAZON S3 Stage enhancement

Request is for 2 folds all in the AMAZON S3 stage 1. Enable the stage to support proxy settings 2. Server side encryption does not allow Client's to put their server side encryption id as part of their key management system policy in their buckets
about 9 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Datastage Sybase Enterprise Stage Connectivity using Encryption Level 2

Product: Datastage Designer:Enable the Sybase Enterprise Stage to connect to the Sybase Server with RSA Encryption Level 2. We are not able to connect to the Sybase Database having the RSA Encryption level -2, using Sybase Enterrprise stage. where...
almost 10 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration