Summary of deprecated and discontinued Db2 functionality in version 11.5 and earlier releases

Due to changes in related functionality, the introduction of new functionality, or the removal of support, some Db2 functionality that was available in earlier releases has been either deprecated or discontinued. Review this summary to understand the overall impact of these changes on your environment.
The functionality is grouped by the release in which the deprecation started. The information provided is cumulative. To get the complete list of deprecated functionality for a particular release, also review the information provided for the earlier releases:
Note:
  1. Pointers to supplemental information are provided if available.
  2. Information about deprecated functionality for add-on features such as Spatial Extender is not included.
  3. Information about deprecated registry variables related to functionality not described in other tables is listed separately.
To view the most up-to-date lists of discontinued functionality by Db2 database product release, use the following information:
Table 1. Discontinued functionality by Db2 database product release
Release Links to additional information
version 10.5
version 11.1
version 11.5

Functionality deprecated in version 10.5

The following table shows the functionality that is deprecated in 10.5. If the functionality is discontinued, the table also shows the release where the functionality was discontinued.
Table 2. Functionality deprecated in 10.5
Functionality Discontinued in release Links to additional information
Support in COBOL and FORTRAN for db2DatabaseUpgrade To be determined COBOL and FORTRAN language support for the db2DatabaseUpgrade API is deprecated
Some SQL administrative routines are deprecated To be determined Deprecated SQL administrative routines and views
buffpage To be determined Some database configuration parameters are deprecated or discontinued
softmax database configuration parameter To be determined Some database configuration parameters are deprecated or discontinued
The following table shows the registry variables that are deprecated in 10.5. If the registry variables are discontinued, the table also shows the release where the registry variables were discontinued.
Table 3. Registry variables and settings that are deprecated in 10.5
Registry variables Discontinued in release Links to additional information
DB2_EVMON_EVENT_LIST_SIZE To be determined Some registry and environment variables are deprecated
DB2_NCHAR_SUPPORT To be determined Some registry and environment variables are deprecated

Functionality deprecated in version 11.1

The following table shows the functionality that is deprecated in 11.1. If the functionality is discontinued, the table also shows the release where the functionality was discontinued.

Table 4. Functionality deprecated in 11.1
Functionality Discontinued in release Links to additional information
Private sort memory

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
Intelligent Mining

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
Text Analytics

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
Resource Description Framework (RDF) application development

version 11.5

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1

The following table shows APIs, commands, command parameters, monitor elements, and statements that are deprecated in 11.1:

Table 5. APIs, commands, command parameters, monitor elements, and statements deprecated in 11.1
Functionality Discontinued in release Links to additional information
-disk suboption

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
db2tapemgr

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
db2top

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
SET PASSWORD

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
GETHINT

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
ENCRYPT

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
DECRYPT_BIN

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1
DECRYPT_CHAR

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Version 11.1

Functionality deprecated in version 11.5

The following table shows the functionality that is deprecated in 11.5. If the functionality is discontinued, the table also shows the release where the functionality was discontinued.

Table 6. Functionality deprecated in 11.5
Deprecated capability Details Resolution
TLS 1.0 and 1.1 The use of versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol has been deprecated. TLS is the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol used by Db2 to provide secure, encrypted transmission of data. We recommend using TSL version 1.2.
Infiniband network in GDPC on AIX Support of using Infiniband network as private network between members and CFs in geographically dispersed pureScale cluster (GDPC) on AIX has been deprecated. It will be discontinued in a future release. New instances should use RoCE network with 4 switch configuration as private network between members and CFs that provides full redundancy at adapter and switch level.
Table 7. APIs, commands, command parameters, monitor elements, and statements deprecated in 11.5
Functionality Discontinued in release Links to additional information
db2ReadLogNoConn

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Db2 11.5
db2ReadLogNoConnInit

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Db2 11.5
db2ReadLogNoConnTerm

To be determined

Deprecated functionality in Db2 11.5