DSXchange

Fellow DSers,
If we were to upgrade to DS Version 8.0, from developer's perspective, apart from exporting/importing the code, recompiling, and ofcourse, testing, would there be any other tasks that might be involved that would take up some considerable time. [Our application has the following: Jobs, Shared Containers, Job Sequencers, Build-Ops, Schema and Table Definitions, Before/After Job-Routines etc and also DB2 calls using Stored Procedures]
Any input from people who have moved on to V8.0 from V7.xx would be great.
Thanks,
Vijay

Training.

There are a number of new features within 8.x that would help reduce development time, particularly with the new addition of QualityStage-specific stages. There are also changes in some stages (such as Surrogate Key) that does not behave the same as the same stage in 7.5.

You could also look into the possibility of optimization of your jobs. Certain tweaks have been applied across the entire platform that could help or harm your job's performance. New features have been added that you may have done over multiple stages (or command line calls).

That's pretty much it this early on.

IBM offers class code DX800 (What's New in DataStage/QualityStage 8.0) that has pretty good coverage. Talk with IBM Learning Services. This is not a regularly scheduled class - it is run on demand.

Please be aware that you need at least 2 GB RAM for the desktops where Client will be installed.

2 GB in addition to what you need for your other applications running on that desktop.

I had a very tough time getting multi-client manager to work without the additional memory.

Regards,

Aruna.

You also need to reconsider your server architecture. Under 8 you'll have a DataStage server and a Metadata server so you need to decide whether your server can host both or whether to bring in a lighter server to host Metadata. All the DataStage components should import into version 8 without a problem.