What's new for IBM i 7.4

Read about new or significantly changed information for the Distributed Database Programming topic collection.

The following enhancements were new after the initial release:

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  • AES encryption algorithm will always be attempted first for DRDA / DDM connections. If not supported, it may fall back to DES.
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  • The auditing of relational database directory entries has been enhanced to contain additional information contained within the SM journal entry.

    See the Security Reference topic for more information on the SM journal entry.

    See the Database Performance and Query Optimization topic for information on how to use SQL to return the SM audit journal entry information using the AUDIT_JOURNAL_SM table function.

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  • Adding a relational database entry for Db2® Mirror.
  • No longer require the system value QPWDLVL to be the same on the Application Requester (AR) and Application Server (AS) for DRDA connections when the 7.4 AS is configured to use Conjoined Mutual Authentication to connect.
  • SQL Package creation will be allowed if owning profile of *PGM or *SRVPGM is not on the application server. The package will be owned by the connecting user profile.
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