Spring 2023: Shadowbase Development News

Jonathan Ziegler,
Sr. Manager, Product Development

Latest Shadowbase Release Highlights

The Shadowbase Development team has been quite busy with recent and upcoming releases:

HPE NonStop Shadowbase Version 6.720 for L-series systems is now generally available.
HPE Shadowbase Version 6.800 releases for both NonStop and Other Servers platforms have completed development and are in QA now.

These releases include thrilling new features and functionality which we are excited to share!

A new license file is required when upgrading from a previous version to Shadowbase version 6.700 or newer (the license file format has changed).

Contact the HPE License Manager to obtain a new license prior to installing the new Shadowbase version.

Advanced CREATE DDL event replication with sophisticated partition and alternate key file mapping support
Expanded support for Enscribe Entry-sequenced file replication via alternate keys to include the usage of non-unique keys

ODBC array caching support for improved performance, particularly with remote database appliance or cloud-based target databases (e.g., Azure, AWS Aurora, etc.)
Installation improvements and support for multiple concurrent Shadowbase environments on Microsoft Windows platforms
Enhanced latency and statistics reporting
Improved wildcarding functionality for SBMON commands
Other usability enhancements such as additional logging options and improvements, and more!

Enscribe DDL Command Replication (DCR) with our new SBFUP utility, which directly supports replication of FUP DDL commands with an expanded range of commands available, compared to audit DDL event replication
Expanded SQL/MP entry-sequenced table replication support to allow replication via unique index
Enhanced statistics reporting, including “ESTATS” sorting options for extended statistics output
Even more scalability with support for source side intra-partition fan out by hashed key value for replication of extremely busy partitions
Support for exact SQL/MP syskey replication directly from Guardian without the need for separate Shadowbase software for OSS installation or ODBC/MX configuration
Expanded SQL/MX replication adding support for recently added data types
Several performance improvements for our FETCHSOURCE feature
Other usability improvements, and much more!

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