IBM Data Studio 4.1.4 Release Notes

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Contents

·         About

·         Description

·         What's new in this release

·         System requirements

·         Installation instructions

·         Known issues

·         Documentation

·         IBM Software Support

·         Notices

·         Trademarks and service marks

·         Document change history

About

The Release Notes (this document) provides a list of useful topics and links for installing IBM Data Studio 4.1.4.

 

Important:

·         Note that the IBM Data Studio 4.1.1. documentation is largely applicable for Data Studio 4.1.x unless specified and documented otherwise.

·         IBM Data Studio 4.1.4 only has the ‘client’ component. The ‘web console’ component is discontinued.

 

All the Data Studio 4.1.4 related document links are provided in this document.

Description

For details about IBM Data Studio, refer to the following:

 

Overview of IBM Data Studio

What's new in this release

For new, changed, deprecated, or removed features in this release, refer to the following:

 

·         What's new and changed in IBM Data Studio 4.1.x

·         Fixed APARs in IBM Data Studio 4.1.x

System requirements

For information about hardware and software requirements for installing the product, refer to the following:

 

IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports

Installation instructions

For instructions about how to install and update the product, refer to the following:

 

·         Installing the Data Studio client

·         Getting started in IBM Data Studio

 

Note: Refer only to the ‘Data Studio client’ related information.

Known issues

Known problems are recorded in individual documents in the Support knowledge base:

 

https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/?language=en_US

 

As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated and maintained with new information. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

 

The following link opens a customized query of the support database for known problems and workarounds for this release:

 

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibmsearch?rs=3360&tc=SS62YD&rankprofile=8

Documentation

·         Download and install IBM Data Studio 4.1.x (Part numbers)

·         Installing IBM Data Studio

·         How to install IBM Installation Manager (Prerequisite)

·         How to install IBM Data Studio 4.1.4

·         IBM Data Studio 4.1.x support for Transport Layer Security 1.2 (Technote)

·         IBM Data Studio 4.1.4 publication library

·         IBM Data Studio documentation (formerly Knowledge Center)
Latest documented for Data Studio 4.1.1.

 

Note: The information for Data Studio 4.1.4 is largely similar to Data Studio 4.1.1 unless specified and documented otherwise.

IBM Software Support

For contact information and guidelines or reference materials for support, refer to the following:

IBM Software Support Handbook

 

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, refer to the following:

Product support page for Data Studio

 

For product news, events, and other information, refer to the following:

Product home page for Data Studio

 

Before you contact IBM Software support, gather the background information that you will need to describe your problem.

 

When describing a problem to an IBM software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently.

 

To save time, know the answers to the following questions:

 

·         What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?

·         Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?

·         Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?

·         Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.

 

For information on how to contact IBM Support for assistance with Data Studio, refer to the following:

Contacting IBM Support

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Document change history

Date

Description of change

03 December 2021

Original version published