What's new and changed in Db2 Big SQL

The Db2® Big SQL release and subsequent refreshes can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Refreshes appear in reverse chronological order, and only the refreshes that contain updates for Db2 Big SQL are shown.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM® Cloud Pak for Data?

Installing or upgrading Db2 Big SQL

Ready to install or upgrade Db2 Big SQL?

Related documentation:

Initial release of Cloud Pak for Data Version 3.5

A new version of Db2 Big SQL was released as part of Cloud Pak for Data Version 3.5.

Assembly version: 7.1.1

This release includes the following changes:

New features
Support for Cloudera Hadoop clusters
You can query data that is stored in remote CDP and CDH clusters, in addition to HDP clusters, which were already supported. For details, see Remote Hadoop cluster or public or private object store.
Improved integration with the web client
When logged on as an administrator, you can now use the Cloud Pak for Data web client to complete the following tasks:
  • After you install the Db2 Big SQL service, you can use the web client to provision one or more instances of the service. Each instance can use a different resource configuration, be accessed by different users, or point to a different Hadoop cluster.
  • Update an instance configuration. For each instance, you can optionally:
    • Scale the instance up or down by allocating additional or fewer resources.
    • Scale the instance out or in by adding or removing workers.
  • Track Db2 Big SQL resource usage at the instance level.
  • Gather diagnostic information, such as logs.

For details, see Provisioning Db2 Big SQL, Using the Cloud Pak for Data web client to administer the Db2 Big SQL service, and Gathering diagnostic information.

Monitor the service by using Db2 Data Management Console
You can use the integrated monitoring dashboard to ensure that the Db2 Big SQL service is working correctly. The monitoring dashboard is powered by Db2 Data Management Console.

For details, see Monitoring Db2 Big SQL.