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Last Published: Feb. 5, 2024. Any updates to these notes will be available at www.idera.com/support/productdocuments.
Thank
you for using IDERA DBArtisan, the award-winning DBA tool for enterprise-wide
database administration. DBArtisan empowers you to manage all of your critical
databases running on current versions of many different database systems, from
a single, consistent, user-friendly interface. Before you use DBArtisan, please
read the following information.
What's New in DBArtisan 18.6
Allows
users to connect to PostgreSQL through Azure Active Directory
Allows Redshift
authentication through IAM
Adds
support for PostgreSQL profiling in DB Optimizer
Adds
multi-factor authentication for MS SQL Server in DB Optimizer and DB Change
Manager
Technical Requirements
32-bit versus 64-bit Application Considerations
and Restrictions
DBMS Support and Connectivity
Dedicated Support Connectivity Options
Generic JDBC/ODBC Connectivity
IBM Db2 for z/OS Stored Procedure Requirements
DBMS Versions No Longer Supported
Release Notes
Additional Resources
What's New in DBArtisan 18.6
DB PowerStudio 18.6 provides full support of GIT
by allowing the creation of projects inside of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL. This
allows users to view a project once created inside of the GIT Repository.
Allows users to connect
to PostgreSQL through Azure Active Directory
This release of DB PowerStudio allows users to
connect to PostgreSQL through Azure Active Directory.
Allows Redshift
authentication through IAM
DB
PowerStudio 18.5 allows users to use Redshift authentication through AWS
Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Adds support for PostgreSQL profiling in DB
Optimizer
DB Optimizer 18.5
allows users to select PostgreSQL for a profiling session.
Adds multi-factor authentication for MS SQL
Server in DB Optimizer and DB Change Manager
DB Optimizer and DB
Change Manager users now can use multi-factor authentication for Microsoft SQL
Server.
Technical Requirements
Before
using DBArtisan, please verify that your environment meets the requirements
listed below:
NOTE: Users need
full registry privileges during the installation and access to the keys under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry after installation.
DBArtisan
requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later.
IDERA recommends the following minimum hardware requirements:
DBArtisan supports the following operating systems:
32-Bit
Versus 64-Bit Application Considerations and Restrictions
If you install the 64-bit version of DBArtisan and you are using
custom drivers, you must be using 64-bit versions of those drivers when using
the 64-bit version of DBArtisan. Similarly, 32-bit versions of custom drivers
must be used with the 32-bit DBArtisan installation.
For version
control integration, if you install the 64-bit version of DBArtisan, you can
work with either a 32-bit or 64-bit MSSCCI provider. The feature is controlled
from the Options Editor's Version Control tab (File > Options >
General > Version Control).
Dedicated
Support Connectivity Options
DBArtisan provides dedicated connectivity to a specific version
range of databases.
The
following connectivity options are provided:
The
following table provides a summary of resources/requirements for connectivity
to dedicated DBMS platforms. For each platform, it lists supported versions,
the client software that must be installed if using native IDERA clients, and
the third-party, Type 4 JDBC drivers packaged with DBArtisan.
|
Supported Versions |
Client Required for
use with Native IDERA Drivers |
Packaged JDBC Driver |
Source & License |
|
|
Amazon Redshift |
|
|
|
|
|
Greenplum |
|
|
|
|
|
IBM Db2 for z/OS |
10.x and 11.x* |
DB2 UDB Client for
Windows 8.0 or later |
IBM Data Server Driver
for JDBC |
|
|
IBM Db2 for LUW |
10.x and 11.x* |
IBM DB2 LUW Client for
Windows 8.0 or later |
IBM Data Server Driver
for JDBC |
|
|
Microsoft Azure SQL
Database with AAD Support |
|
|
|
|
|
Microsoft SQL Server |
2008** 2016* 2017* 2019* 2022* |
Microsoft SQL Server
Client Library |
jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server |
|
|
MySQL |
4.x, 5.7, and 8.0 |
MySQL Connector/ODBC
Driver 5.2.x Driver - MySQL
Connector/ODBC driver 3.51.x Driver |
MySQL Connector/J JDBC
Driver |
|
|
Oracle |
10g**, 11g**, 11g R2**, 12c, 12c
R2, 18c, 19c, and 21c |
Oracle SQL*Net Client |
Oracle JDBC Thin
Driver |
|
|
Oracle Autonomous
Database |
|
|
|
|
|
PostgreSQL |
9.x, 10,
11, 12, 13, and 14 |
PostgreSQL ODBC Driver
(latest version recommended) |
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver |
|
|
Snowflake |
|
|
|
|
|
Sybase ASE |
15.7 and 16.0 |
Sybase Open Client |
jTDS Type 4 JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server |
|
|
Sybase IQ |
15.4, 16.0, and 16.1 |
SQL Anywhere ODBC
drivers for Sybase IQ 12.7 |
Sybase jConnect JDBC Driver for Sybase IQ |
|
* DB
PowerStudio supports only a subset of features and functions for this database
version.
** Support for this version is nearing end of
life and may not be available in subsequent releases.
Generic JDBC/ODBC Connectivity
Generic JDBC/ODBC connectivity to non-dedicated DBMS systems or
non-database datasources is also provided. DBArtisan
can connect to a datasource using a
customer-provided, third-party JDBC version 4.0 or ODBC version 3.0 driver.
Minimal DBArtisan functionality is provided, including a basic Explorer tree
and SQL querying.
IBM Db2 for
z/OS Stored Procedure Requirements
When working against an IBM DB2 for z/OS data source, DBArtisan relies on
the following stored procedures, provided as an optional installation step in
setting up the DB2 subsystem:
ˇ
DSNWZP
ˇ
DSNUTILS
ˇ
ADMIN_COMMAND_DSN
ˇ
ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2
Prior to using DBArtisan against an IBM Db2 for z/OS data source, ensure
that these components are installed on the server.
Cloud
DBArtisan runs on cloud virtual machines, such as Microsoft Azure
VM and AWS EC2, with Microsoft Windows. It supports database instances on cloud
virtual machines, such as Microsoft Azure VM and AWS EC2.
DBMS Versions
No Longer Supported
DBArtisan is no longer being tested against Sybase ASE versions
before 15.7.
Release Notes
For
the more recent list of known issues and bug fixes in this release, see http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/DBArtisan/186/en/Release_Notes_for_DBArtisan_18.6.
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using the product without interruption, we recommend that you license it as
soon as possible. For information on licensing your product, refer to the Installation
Guide. If you have not yet purchased this product, contact [email protected].
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