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Fixed APARS not included in Fix Pack 1 for Information Server Version 8.1

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Question

Are there any fixes that I have installed for Information Server, Version 8.1 GA which are not included in Fix Pack 1 for Information Server, Version 8.1?

Answer

After the process of creating the fix pack has begun, additional fixes can no longer be introduced. IBM development has compiled this list of fixed APARS which have not been included in Fix Pack 1 for Information Server, Version 8.1.

Check your Version.xml file to see if any of your installed patches are on this list prior to installing Fix Pack 1. If you have a patch on this list, please do not install Fix Pack 1. Contact IBM Technical support to obtain a new patch which can be installed on top of Fix Pack 1 so that you do not experience loss of functionality as a result of applying the fix pack.

There is also a Fix List document available which contains a table of the fixed APARS included in Fix Pack 1. The link to the Fix List document is available in the "Related Information" section below.



Fixed APARs that are not included in Fix Pack 1
Issue
Component
Connectivity IBM: DB2 CONNECTOR USING BULK LOAD FAILING USING DECIMAL TYPE DATAFIELD WITHOUT SCALE
Connectivity IBM: DB2 CONNECTOR STAGE HAS PROBLEM WITH PARSERING UNDERSCORE. ITTREATS "_" AS A DELIMITER.
Connectivity Infrastructure: PXBridge incorrectly enforces node map and node pool constraints
JR34519
Connectivity Microsoft: Misleading runtime error messages were reported in OLEDB stage.
Connectivity Netezza: JOB, DATASET ---> TRANSFORMER ---> NETEZZA EE, ABORTS WITH ERRORS.
Connectivity ODBC: ODBC EE WRITE WITH MODE UPSERT(INSERT ONLY) TRUNCATING AND/ORREPEATING THE DATA
Connectivity ODBC: A WRONG 'CREATE TABLE"" SQL STATEMENT IS GENERATED WITH [CREATE]IN ODBC CC STAGE
Connectivity ODBC: WARNING MESSAGE GENERATED BY LOOKUP STAGE: CONVERTING A NULLABLESOURCE TO A NON-NULLABLE RESULT.
Connectivity ODBC: ODBC CONNECTOR LOGS SOME OF THE FATAL ERRORS AS WARNINGS AND DONOT ABORT THE JOB
Connectivity Oracle: ABNORMAL TERMINATION OF DS SERVER JOB WITH ORAOCI9 STAGE WHEN READING CLOB
Connectivity Oracle: ORA-01406 ERROR IN READING LITERAL BY ORACLE ENTERPRISE STAGE
Connectivity Oracle: APPLIED PATCH JR34496 THE PERFORMANCE IS DEGRADING.
Connectivity Oracle: IMPORTING TABLE VIA PLUG-IN ORAOCI9 DOES NOT POPULATE THELOCATOR INFORMATION CORRECTLY FROM ORACLE 11G.
Connectivity Oracle: COPYRIGHT CHARACTER [0XA9] IS CAUSING ISSUE WHEN USING UTF8 IN ORAOCI
Connectivity Oracle: GARBLED CHARACTER BY BULKLOAD ON ORACLE CONNECTOR
Connectivity Oracle: ORACLE COLUMN NAME CONTAINING $ NOT IMPORTING CORRECTLY.
Connectivity Sybase: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR -B FOR BATCH SIZE IN BCP FOR SYABSEENTERPRISE STAGE.
Connectivity Sybase: PERFORMANCE ISSUE WHEN GENERATING SQL AND DATA FILE IN THEIQBULK12 PLUGIN (MANUAL LOAD METHOD).
Connectivity Teradata: Users can not provide ""terasync"" password as encrypted string
DataStage Client: INVALID CREDENTIAL ERROR IMPORTING MODEL INTO BG ON DISTRIBUTEDINFORMATION SERVER 8.1 SYSTEM
DataStage Client: Unable to delete imported job in newly created project.
DataStage Core: CALLING A THE ROUTINE KEYMGMTGETNEXTVAL MORE THAN ONCE IN THESAME PROCESS RESULTS IN BOTH SEQUENCES SHARING THE SAME NEXTV
DataStage Core: PX ENTERPRISE FTP STAGE FAILS WHEN WILDCARD CHARACTERS ARE USED:' FTP://T1000L3/'DSNAT1.NAT* ' FAILS WITH MAIN_PROGRAM: FATAL
DataStage Core: CHANGE THE SDKSEQUENCES FILE CREATION TO TYPE 30 FILES.
DataStage Core: CANNOT CREATE NEW PROJECTS WITH NON-DEFAULT SHORT DATE FORMAT
JR34844
DataStage Core: CUSTOMER NEEDS SEPARATE ADMINS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS
DataStage Core: DSXIMPORTSERVICE.SH SCRIPT INSERTING UNIX TERMINATORS
DataStage Core: EXCEPTION OCCURS ON DESIGNER WITH A PARTICULAR OPERATION.
DataStage Core: REPEATABLY OPENING AND CLOSING STAGE EDITORS WILL EVENTUALLYCAUSE THE DESIGNER TO CRASH IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS.
DataStage Parallel Framework: IIS-DSEE-TFUU-00009 ENCODING CONVERSION ERR WHEN TRYING TOREAD DATA FROM A TABLE WHICH NAME IS JAPANESE DOUBLE BYTE
JR34286
DataStage Tools: WOULD LIKE TO DISABLE THE ""SAVE PASSWORD"" OPTION IN THE LOGINWINDOW OF THE IS MANAGER CLIENT APPLICATION.
DataStage Tools: ISTOOL BUILD PACKAGE FAILURE IF TWO DATASTAGE SERVERS ARERUNNING WITH SAME INSTANCE/NAME
FAST TRACK: FAST TRACK JAVA.LANG.NULLPOINTER EXCEPTION GENERATING JOB
FAST TRACK: WHEN EXPORTING A MAPPING DEFINITION FROM THE FASTTRACK CLIENT TOCSV, THE ANNOTATIONS OF THE LOOKUP DEFS DO NOT GET EXPORTED.
FAST TRACK: DELETION AND RE-IMPORTATION OF TABLE METADATA INVALIDATESFASTTRACK MAPPINGS
FAST TRACK: FAST TRACK DON'T SEE THE PROJECT IF DATASTAGE PORT IS NOT DEFAUL
ISD: Error when using Text over JMS with JMS Listener Port
ISD: Ignore Errors flag is not respected in Text Over JMS
ISD: Ignore Errors flag is not respected in Text Over JMS
QualityStage: COPY OF RULES THEN RENAME STILL LINKS TO COPY OF NAME
QualityStage: RUNNING STANDARDIZATION AND CASS IN SAME JOB FAILS INENVIRONMENT FOR CASS CYCLE M
QualityStage: ISSUES USING MD ERROR RETURNED FROM WEIGHT LIBRARY: INPUT COLUMNXXX COULD NOT BE FOUND IN THE DATA DICTIONARY
XMETA: CERTAIN IA UI OPERATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, OPENING A DATA RULE, TAKES A LONG TIME TO COMPLETE WHEN THE COMMON REPOSITORY
XMETA: REQUIRE ABILITY TO EXPORT/IMPORT ""SHAREDNESS"" OF METADATA

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 June 2018

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swg21414409