Release notes for IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture for Teradata

IBM® InfoSphere™ Change Data Capture for Teradata

Product Version Number: 6.3.1 Fix Pack 3

Date: October 6, 2009

Product enhancements

Enhancement Description
AIX® now supported InfoSphere CDC for Teradata now supports AIX 5.1 and above, provided appropriate version of Teradata Client Utilities.
Teradata version 13 support The product now supports Teradata version 13 as a target database.
New system parameter: mirror_td_apply_method This system parameter allows you to choose between using either JDBC or TPump to apply changes to the target database.
New system parameter: mirror_tpump_update_on_key_column This system parameter excludes key columns from the update statements in TPump scripts to improve efficiency in the TPump apply.
Increased communications performance InfoSphere CDC communications protocol changes have decreased overhead.
Authorization codes Authorization codes are no longer required when installing the product.
New IBM Support utility New dmsupportinfo utility allows you to collect InfoSphere CDC environment information in a generated .zip file that is used to diagnose and troubleshoot your support issue.
Performance improvements
  • InfoSphere CDC now uses less memory and disk space.
  • You can now enable the ability to update changed columns only on the target database.
Note: To use this version of InfoSphere CDC, you must also upgrade Management Console and Access Server to the 6.3.1 Fix Pack 3 level.