IBM PureData System for Analytics, Version 7.1

New in this release

The following topics describe the new features in Netezza® release 7.1.0.0. Review the topics to familiarize yourself with the new capabilities and behaviors in the release.

Scheduler rules
The IBM Netezza scheduler rules capability allows administrators to create and manage rules that control how the system scheduler selects and prioritizes the query plans that run on the system.
Call home support
The call home support capability automatically monitors IBM Netezza systems and simplifies the gathering of information for a problem management record (PMR) with IBM Support.
Enhanced cryptography SP 800-131a support
Starting in IBM Netezza release 7.1.0.0, you can enable support for cryptographic standard SP 800-131a.
IBM Netezza Replication Services changes
Release 7.1.0.0 also includes support for IBM Netezza Replication Services version 1.5.
Stored procedure improvements
IBM Netezza release 7.1.0.0 includes several improvements to the Netezza stored procedures NZPLSQL language and processing that reduce the restrictions for SQL commands that you can issue within the body of the procedure.
Database user password history and expiration
IBM Netezza release 7.1.0.0 includes support for retaining the password history for each database user account and for specifying user-specific password expiration rates.
Administration interface and client changes
Release 7.1.0.0 and later includes the following changes to the NzAdmin and IBM Netezza Performance Portal interfaces.
ODBC, JDBC, and OLE DB changes
Release 7.1.0.0 includes the following changes to the ODBC, JDBC, and OLE DB data connectivity clients.
System manager changes
Release 7.1.0.0 includes the following changes and new features for the IBM Netezza system manager.
Database and SQL language changes
Release 7.1.0.0 includes the following changes to the database operations and SQL language syntax and commands.
System configuration and settings changes
Release 7.1.0.0 includes the following changes to system configuration settings.
Command and CLI changes
Release 7.1.0.0 includes the following changes to command-line utilities.

Parent topic: IBM Netezza release 7.1.0.x