Release Notes (Version 8.1.4)

Known problems and workarounds (Version 8.1.4)


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  • Product and product-level support
  • 3Alternate FixPaks on Linux and UNIX-based systems
  • Back-level DB2 Universal Database server support
  • Classic Connect unavailable
  • Data Warehouse Center down-level server support restrictions
  • DB2 license policy for DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition
  • DB2 Universal Database Version 7 server access
  • Data Warehouse Center not available in Simplified Chinese
  • DB2 Web Tools
  • 2Development Center APARs required for SQLJ and SQL Assist support on DB2 UDB for OS/390, Version 6 and DB2 UDB for z/OS, Version 7
  • Development Center limitations for 64-bit operating systems
  • 1Development Center now supports Actual Cost information for SQL statements run on OS/390 or z/OS servers
  • 2Development Center on the Linux operating system
  • Federated systems restrictions
  • High availability function is included in DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition
  • 2IBM DB2 Development Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  • 3Installation on AIX
  • 2Installation on Linux
  • License Center back-level versions not supported
  • 1Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual C++
  • Microsoft XP fix needed on 64-bit operating systems
  • MVS operating system not supported
  • 3SNA support limitations in Version 8
  • 4Supported LDAP client and server configurations
  • 4Tivoli Storage Manager for LinuxAMD64
  • Windows XP operating systems
  • Application development
  • Asynchronous execution of CLI
  • 2CLI and ODBC on Windows 64-bit operating systems
  • Configuration Assistant
  • Unsupported bind options
  • Configuration parameters
  • 2NUM_LOG_SPAN configuration parameter on a multipartition database
  • dasdrop limitation in multiple FixPak environments
  • Data Warehouse Center
  • ERwin 4.x metadata bridge
  • Japanese names of remote objects
  • Restrictions for the Clean Data transformer
  • Using the warehouse agent for replication and accessing Client Connect warehouse sources
  • Scheduling a warehouse process to run at intervals
  • Replication Center restrictions on iSeries systems
  • 3Restriction for import and export
  • 4The Visual Warehouse 5.2 DB2 program "VW 5.2 Load flat file into DB2 UDB EEE (AIX only)" is not supported
  • 4Limited support for CURSOR load
  • DB2 Cube Views
  • 4Cube Views sample application differs from sample source
  • DB2 Data Links Manager
  • Data Links server backup fails using Tivoli Storage Manager archive server (AIX, Solaris Operating Environment)
  • DB2 Universal Database backup and restore
  • Backup and restore on Linux 390 operating systems
  • DB2 Universal Database replication
  • Java Administrative API documentation for DB2 data replication
  • Column mapping restrictions and the Replication Center
  • Development Center
  • 4Debugging Stored Procedures with double quotation marks
  • 4SQLFLAG(STD) precompiler option error
  • Documentation
  • DB2 Replication Guide and Reference documentation
  • DB2 Universal Database, Version 8 HTML documentation installation restriction (Windows)
  • 1Documentation search may fail on AIX unless all documentation categories are installed
  • 1Documentation search problem with Java 2 JRE1.4.0
  • Installation of the DB2 Information Center for languages that are not options during installation
  • 1Official naming convention for DB2 Universal Database for Linux when used on host systems
  • GUI tools
  • Control Center plugin support
  • Displaying Indic characters in the DB2 GUI tools
  • GUI tools not supported for zSeries servers running Linux operating systems
  • Load and Import Columns page does not support DBCS characters in IXF files
  • Incorrect indicators given when a load operation fails
  • Minimum display settings for GUI tools
  • SQL1224N error when using the GUI tools on AIX
  • Health Monitor
  • Health Monitor off by default
  • Health indicator restrictions
  • Information Catalog Center
  • 2Do not partition information catalog tables
  • 4Log file not generated when importing tag language files
  • 1Migrating DB2 Universal Database when using DataJoiner or replication
  • Query Patroller Center
  • 4Enhanced filtering abilities
  • 1Secure Windows environments
  • SQL Assist
  • SQL Assist button disabled in the Command Center
  • Two versions of SQL Assist are launched from DB2
  • System Monitor
  • 3Event record size limitation
  • Snapshot UDF restrictions
  • 4Amount of Log to be Redone for Recovery monitor element undefined for V8.1.4
  • 2Throttled utility restrictions
  • XML Extender
  • 2XML Extender sample programs renamed
  • 2Using the new sample programs with the sample sqx files
  • 4Decomposing documents in XML Extender that contain non-unique attribute and element names
  • Additional Information
  • Change in Unicode server behavior
  • Full message text is not returned when using SQLException.getMessage()
  • IBM DB2 Universal JDBC driver
  • 4Java functions and routines on Linux, UNIX, and Windows operating systems
  • English Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) files are used for all national language versions of DB2 Universal Database, V8.1, unless translated MDAC files are installed first.
  • The Simplified Chinese locale on AIX operating systems
  • 3The Simplified Chinese locale on Red Hat, V8 operating systems

    • The following are the currently known limitations, problems, and workarounds for DB2(R) Universal Database Version 8.1.4. The information in this section applies only to the Version 8.1.4 release of DB2 Universal Database(TM), and its supporting products. Any limitations and restrictions might or might not apply to other releases of the product.

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