IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.1

Discontinued functionality in IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.1

When functionality is discontinued, it is removed from InfoSphere® Streams and is no longer available. You must make changes if you were using that functionality in previous releases.

Table 1. Discontinued functionality and recommended actions
Task affected	Discontinued functionality	Recommended action
Administering applications	The Streams Console application repository and streamtool publishapp command are discontinued. In Streams Studio, publishing SPL applications to a directory is no longer supported.	An application bundle file is used to run your application in a distributed environment. The application bundle file contains all the toolkit artifacts necessary to run the application on a host in your environment.
	In Streams Studio, exporting SPL applications as a deployable application is no longer supported.	An application bundle file is used to run your application in a distributed environment. The application bundle file contains all the toolkit artifacts necessary to run the application on a host in your environment.
	The DNA.backDoorEvs instance property is discontinued. Note: This property was never officially documented.	Use the .bashrc file or the new streamtool setproperty --application-ev command option.
	You can no longer submit multiple applications as a single job.	You can launch an application set project from Streams Studio. For more information, see Launching an application set project
Administering InfoSphere Streams	streamtool addservice	InfoSphere Streams automatically places services on the resources in domains and instances. To affect the placement of services, tag your resources. For more information, see Assign tags to resources in a domain.
	streamtool checklicense	IBM® InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.1 does not have a trial edition with temporary licenses, so no action is required.
	streamtool checklogin	Use the streamtool lslogin command.
	streamtool chpassword	No action is required; you do not need to manage web management service truststore and keystore passwords anymore.
	The following options are discontinued in the streamtool cleanlog command: --cmdlogs --hfile --hosts --log --trace	See streamtool cleanlog.
	The following options are discontinued in the streamtool launch command: --config --firststeps	Use --domainmgr to launch the IBM InfoSphere Streams Domain Manager.
	The streamtool migrate command is discontinued.	For more information, see Migrating InfoSphere Streams instances to Version 4.1.1.
	The following options are discontinued in the streamtool mkinstance command: --collectlogs --continue --force --immediate --numhosts --reserved --rmservices --template --unreserved	See streamtool mkinstance.
	streamtool repairinstance	No action is required; InfoSphere Streams repairs the instance automatically.
	streamtool rmservice	InfoSphere Streams automatically places services on the resources in domains and instances. To affect the placement of services, tag your resources. For more information, see Assigning tags to resources in a domain.
	streamtool setupdb	No action is required; InfoSphere Streams no longer uses a recovery database.
	streamtool setupzk	If you use the embedded copy of InfoSphere Streams in ZooKeeper, use the streamtool getbootproperty and streamtool setbootproperty commands to view and change the configuration parameters.
	The --host option is discontinued in the following streamtool commands: restartpe viewlog	Use the --resource command option.
	The --hosts option is discontinued in the following streamtool commands: capturestate getlog getresourcestate lspes	Use the --resources command option.
	The -i and --instance-id options are discontinued in the following streamtool commands: chhost chhosttag geturl launch lshosttag mkhosttag rmhosttag	See the list of valid command options by running the streamtool help `command-name` command.
	The following instance properties are discontinued: AdminGroup AuditLogFile InstanceId NameServiceUrl NS.MaxReplication NS.NumPartitions NS.TraceLevel Owner RecoveryMode SecurityPublicKeyDirectory StreamtoolJvmMaximumSize SWS.graphThreshold SWS.StartupPingRetryCount UsersGroup	See the list of valid properties by running the streamtool man properties, streamtool man domainproperties, and streamtool man bootproperties commands.
Configuring security	The following options are discontinued in the streamtool gencertificate command: --cancel --file --force --generate --renew --request	Use the following commands, which replace the discontinued --cancel, --generate, --renew, and --request options: streamtool cancelcertrequest streamtool gencertificate streamtool renewcertificate streamtool requestcertificate
Developing applications	The Big Data Toolkit is discontinued.	Use the IBM InfoSphere Data Explorer Toolkit and Hadoop Distributed File System Toolkit instead.
	The following namespaces are discontinued in the Financial Services Toolkit: `com.ibm.streams.financial.adapters.rmm`; `com.ibm.streams.financial.adapters.simulated`; `com.ibm.streams.financial.adapters.wfo`; `com.ibm.streams.financial.apps`. The namespaces contained the following operators: MQRMMSink EquityMarketFeed EquityMarketQuoteFeed EquityMarketTradeFeed OrderExecutor WFOSink WFOSource The following sample applications are also discontinued: Equities Trading sample application; Options Trading samples application.
	The following operators are discontinued: HDFSDirectoryScan HDFSFileSource HDFSFileSink HDFSSplit	Use the following operators in the Hadoop Distributed File System Toolkit instead: HDFS2DirectoryScan HDFS2FileSource HDFS2FileSink
	The external_schema element in the access_specification section of the connection document in the Database Toolkit is discontinued.	Use the new native_schema element. See the native_schema element in the Database Toolkit.
	The SolidDBEnrich operator in the Database Toolkit is discontinued.	Use the ODBCEnrich operator when you are using solidDB® database with the Database Toolkit. See the ODBCEnrich operator in the Database Toolkit.
	The Deprecated Text Toolkit is discontinued.	Use the Text Toolkit instead. See the Text Toolkit.
	The IBM InfoSphere DataStage® Integration Toolkit is no longer included in InfoSphere Streams.	See the list of open source toolkits on Github: https://github.com/IBMStreams
	The deprecated com.ibm.streams.operator.Logging class and any associated methods are discontinued.	Operators must use Java platform logging (java.util.logging) or Apache log4j for log and trace messages.
Getting started in Streams Studio	The Task Launcher for Big Data is no longer included in InfoSphere Streams.