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Search results: Optim

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Optim to make use of REST API / S3 protocol instead CIFS protocol

The problem statement is below: OPTIM is unable the read any archive file from HCP device (cifs protocol used) and this has become more frequent for the past two weeks. The archive file written locally can be retrieved without any IO Error. The Op...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Future consideration

64-bit support on Linux

Please enable 64-bit processing for Optim on Linux. Our consumers are forced to use Windows servers because of the 32-bit restriction on Linux.
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Infosphere Optim TDM - Function CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4 missing for LUW

Short problem description: "CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4". There is a option in Optim for z/OS reguarding conversion error. From the manual. CONVERSION_ERROR_RC4 Option to enforce how the return code is set when conversion errors are detected or rows are ...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Not under consideration

Optim Archive Classic/Designer Workstation run WITHOUT ADMIN RIGHTS

Infosphere Optim Archive Classic/Designer Workstation to run without needing Admin Rights on the windows. Installation with Admin Rights is ok, but the product needs to be able to run WITHOUT Admin Rights. IBM Software RFE Community: View request ...
over 8 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Not under consideration

Please test with and validate Windows 2022 for Optim TDM V11.7

We currently have Optim TDM V11.3 running on Windows 2016. I am working to plan a new server build where we would install Optim V11.7 on a NEW Windows server. I see from documentation that I can find that ONLY Windows 2019 is listed (unless I am l...
over 2 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Optim Support for Windows Server 2019

Please support Windows Server 2019 with Optim 11.3. Windows Server 2019 was released in October 2016 and mainstream support ended January 2022. We have consumers wanting to migrate to Windows Server 2019 but cannot because Optim is not supported o...
over 3 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Delivered

Support Postgres DBAlias via pr0cnfg on Linux

Per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/iotdm/11.3?topic=tasks-syntax-keywords, the pr0cnfg command only supports adding DBAliases for Oracle and UDB DBMS types on Linux. This means that we must use Windows if we want to use Optim Data Privacy to mask Pos...
about 4 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 1 Future consideration

Support of Windows Server 2019 for Optim Client

We have Optim Archive working with 2012 but will be upgrading all Windows servers to 2019.
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 1 Not under consideration

Make Optim Workstation component of TDM work with Windows User Account Control (UAC).

Optim Workstation portion of TDM will not work if Windows "User Account Control" is turned on. UAC was introduced in Windows Vista/XP and Optim still has issues with it. Microsoft has information available on how to work within UAC constraints. Pl...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Not under consideration

Optim 11.3 Support for MarkLogic data source for both Data Privacy and Data Archiving

Support for MarkLogic data source within Optim 11.3 for Windows
almost 6 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 1 Not under consideration