All posts by Thomas Beebe

Tech Tip – CSDK Install 4.50FC10 on Win11

Some users may find that when installing 4.50FC10 on Windows 11 the installer crashes with:

Flexeraaw7$aaa: Windows DLL failed to load
at Flexeraaw7.af(Unknown Source)
at Flexeraaw7.aa(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.init(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:90)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)

To solve this issue, open a windows command window and

set JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Dos.name=Windows 7"
installclientsdk.exe

WAIUG Meeting Dec 6th 2018

Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Thu Dec 6th 2018, 9:30am – 2:30pm.

Meeting Info:

Docker & Informix – What can Docker do for you With Darin Tracy
Understand what Docker is, how it works. And how to Create an Informix docker image and best practices. Docker containerization is the first step into using kubernetes as a fault tolerant clustering service.

Informix roadmap – Where do we go from here? With Karen Qualley
What might we expect from Informix in 5 years? Join IBM to learn about the Informix roadmap and what the team is working on.

Informix HCL Licensing With Karen Qualley
Information about changes and plans for the Informix licensing model from HCL.

Darin Tracy
Darin began working for Informix in 1994 and continues to work for IBM now. He has worked in the openlink support group, and the Down Systems Group and has been with the APD (RT) group. Darin has presented at many IIUG events as well as many internal classes to IBM support.

Karen Qualley
Karen started with Informix in the early 90’s in the Research and Development team in the QA department. In 2016 she became the Informix Offering Manager and continues that into her current role as the HCL Informix Product Manager.

Here are the details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments and lunch will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 9:30 am.

Location
IBM Office
6710 Rockledge Dr
Bethesda, MD 20817
Room 02-2A305-Private (second floor)

WAIUG Meeting Mar 7th 2018

Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Wed March 7th 2018, 8:30am – 1pm.

Meeting Info:

Getting going with PSM and Informix 12 – Thomas Beebe
For years Informix users who backup to local disks have been suck with the limits of ontape or the tediousness and slowness of the Informix TSM system. Introduced in version 12 there is the band new PSM system. Tom will cover the basics of getting started using it and may have you rethinking your backup strategies.

Also, join our HCL Informix professionals as they present the details on using the new Smart Triggers and share the new technologies found in Informix 12.10.xC10.

Smart Triggers were introduced in Informix 12.10.xC9 to provide a better mechanism than the standard insert, update, and delete SQL triggers to perform a set of specific actions when a specified type of database activity occurs. A smart trigger can be configured to start a fraud detection application, for example, when a suspicious financial transaction is committed. Informix Smart trigger support includes server side support as well as Java APIs which can be used to configure and develop these types of applications. This session will cover some smart trigger use cases, plus info on how to define and configure these events in the Informix server and how to develop Java applications to respond to these events

Informix 12.10.xC10 was released in November 2017, and includes several new and interesting features. Some of these features are the ability to perform backups to the Amazon and IBM SoftLayer clouds, enhanced compression, a new CLIENT_LABEL mechanism to identify specific client sessions in the running server, and the ability to quickly swap primary and mirror chunks in order to upgrade your storage while the server is running. We’ll also discuss the 2018 Informix roadmap to get an idea of features we have planned.

Here are the details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:30 am.

Location
IBM Office
6710 Rockledge Dr
Bethesda, MD 20817
Room 02-2A304-Private (second floor)

RSVP

WAIUG Meeting Aug 8th 2017

Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the  Washington  Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Tuesday Aug 8th 2017, 8:30am – 1pm.

This meeting brings in a huge amount of current information from the president of the IIUG: Meet with the president of the IIUG, Stuart Litel, regarding the great news about the IBM and HCL partnership and the future of Informix. Also, join Nagaraju Inturi from IBM as he discusses one of the most requested topics, Enterprise Replication.

What HCL Brings to the Informix World – Stuart Litel
Stuart will discuss the recent changes to the Informix world with the involvement of HCL in the development and support of Informix. This is a bright time for Informix users and Stuart will be there to share information on the changes and answer any questions you may have.

Enterprise Replication – Nagaraju Inturi

Presentation Files: Nagaraju_Inturi_ER_WAIUG_Aug_2017 Nagaraju_Inturi_Smart_Triggers_WAIUG_Aug_2017

Join Nagaraju for a technical discussion about Enterprise Replication in Informix. This will also include a discussion on the brand new Smart Triggers feature introduced in 12.1xc9

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the Aug WAIUG and pick up some useful information that you can use to enhance your business.

Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:30 am.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

RSVP:

WAIUG Meeting April 5-6 2017 – Informix Roadshow with Carlton Doe

Save the date!  The IBM Informix Roadshow is coming to DC. Join the WAIUG at it for free, Apr 5-6 2017.

Carlton Doe, with IBM, is traveling through North America presenting his Informix Roadshow.  It just so happens he will be traveling to Washington D.C. about the same time we were planning our meeting. Join Carlton as he presents a deep dive into the features of Informix 12.10.xC6, xC7 and the newly released xC8.

There is also a second session on April 6th as part of the Roadshow event,  This session will focus in IoT infrastructure with an opportunity for some hands-on work.

For more information about either of these events and to register please use the following IBM developersWorks link:
http://ibm.co/2jIp64t

Don’t miss this opportunity to attend the April WAIUG with Carlton Doe as he shares the latest technologies being used to solve customer problems.

Refreshments will be provided both days, starting with a light breakfast at 8:30 am and lunch following the meeting.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

Registration for the roadshow:
https://www-01.ibm.com/events/swgeer/swgeer06.nsf/signin.xsp?open&seminar=kwoamoeagfn9f&lang=en&locale=en_US

Registration for the IoT hands-on session:
https://www-01.ibm.com/events/swgeer/swgeer06.nsf/signin.xsp?open&seminar=kwoamoeagfnbd&lang=en&locale=en_US

WAIUG Meeting Dec 1st 2016

Save the date!  Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the  Washington  Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Thursday, Dec 1st 2016 from  8:30 am – Noon.

This meeting has two great topics presented by two of your favorite speakers: Lester Knutsen and Art Kagel:

The IIUG Repository and What You Can Find There
Art Kagel will discuss the  IIUG Repository and the utilities you can find there. He will also share information regarding his own utility repository and show you how to take advantage of what you find there.

Link To Presentation

Using SQL to Generate SQL for Administrating an Informix Database Server
Join Lester Knutsen as he shares his tips and tricks for using SQL to generate SQL scripts and KSH scripts to perform certain repetitive DBA functions.  He will show examples of SQL scripts, generating scripts to grant or revoke privileges, alter table attributes table, replicate dbspace, chunk and server configuration setting.

Link To Presentation

Informix In The Cloud
Shawn Moe and Nicholas Geib discuss the new Informix in the cloud offering. The presentation can be found at: https://waiug.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2032-IBM-Informix-in-the-Cloud.pptx

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the Dec WAIUG and pick up some useful information that you can use to enhance your business.

Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:00 am.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

RSVP:

We hope to see you December 1st.

Save The Date – December 1st 2016

Save the date!  Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the  Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Thursday Dec 1st, 2016 from  8:30 am – Noon.

Topics will be announced soon.

Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:00 am, and lunch following the meeting.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

Next WAIUG Meeting Aug 2nd 2016

Save the date!  Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the  Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from  8:30 am – Noon.

Carlton Doe – Informix Sharding and NoSQL.
The session will provide a brief introduction to Informix’s sharding technology and how it can be used on native NoSQL collections as well as SQL tables. The impact sharding has on queries is explored and solutions presented. Although sharding is typically not needed within Informix for scalability and performance, it is included as part of the compatibility matrix with NoSQL engines, enabling applications to seamlessly transition from lower- functionality engines to Informix.

Carton Doe – Enterprise Replication
The session will be brand new material covering ER and Grid.

Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:00 am, and lunch following the meeting.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

We hope to see you August 2.

Save the date! Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Save the date!  Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the  Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from  8:30 am – Noon.

The agenda has not been decided yet and you can help us.  If you have a topic you would be interested in hearing, or even better, if you would like to give a presentation on a technical topic (about 60 minutes) to other Informix enthusiasts – please let us know.

Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:00 am, and lunch following the meeting.

Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102

***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.

Registration will be available soon here at waiug.org
We hope to see you August 2.