Deprecated functionality in Db2 11.5.7
Functionality gets marked as deprecated when a specific function or feature is supported in the current release but might be removed in a future release. In some cases, it might be advisable to plan to discontinue the use of deprecated functionality.
Attention: This mod pack release is currently available for
the following Db2 products:
- Db2 on-premises
- The single container deployments of Db2 Warehouse and IBM Integrated Analytics System (IIAS).
- The container micro-service deployment of Db2 on Red Hat OpenShift.
The following Db2 functionality is
deprecated in version 11.5.7:
| Deprecated capability | Details | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| LOAD ‘CLIENT’ option with remote storage alias, when performed on a remote client host. | LOAD operation with the ‘CLIENT’ option and with a remote storage object specified, when performed on a remote client host (different from the database server host) is deprecated. | Consider performing the LOAD with remote storage alias directly on the database server host, or using the LOAD command using the ADMIN_CMD procedure. |
| INGEST with remote storage alias. | INGEST operation with a remote storage object specified is deprecated. | When data is to be read from remote storage, consider accessing the data via an EXTERNAL TABLE, or populating an existing table using the LOAD command. |
| SHA-1 cipher suites | The use of SHA-1 cipher suites for Transport Layer Security (TLS) is deprecated. | If the SSL_CIPHERSPECS database manager configuration is configured to use any of the SHA-1 cipher suites, unset this parameter or set it to any of the other, more secure options. See ssl_cipherspecs - Supported cipher specifications at the server configuration parameter. |
| Bypass federated authentication | The FED_NOAUTH database manager configuration parameter is deprecated. | Enabling this feature can lead to unauthenticated access to Db2 databases. Set the
FED_NOAUTH database manager configuration parameter to
NO. |