11.5 and Packs license question

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Thu May 12, 2016 3:00 pm

The IBM Announces Information Server 11.5 with BigIntegrate and BigQuality on Hadoop blog referenced in this post suggests that various connectivity packs are included in version 11.5:

DataStage connection packs are now part of the standard DataStage 11.5 license rather than add on costs, these packs make it easier for a DataStage developer to connect to these sources, import metadata and write DataStage jobs that read from or write to these systems:

SalesForce
Oracle Apps
PeopleSoft
Siebel
JD Edwards
Hyperion

I have read through the Information Server Enterprise Edition 11.5 announcement web page / PDF and the 11.5 License Information Document on ibm.com and have not found any references to the above Packs being included.

Maybe I have been looking in the wrong places. Was it an idea that didn't happen after all, did it get retracted, or is there any IBM document available to confirm that Packs are included?

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:51 am

Awesome. That looks like an official document to me. I'm going to share that with our IBM sales rep. Thank you, rkashyap!

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Wed May 18, 2016 8:53 am

You are welcome. There are no separate binaries that one needs to download/install for these packs. See following excerpt from our communication with IBM

All Packs are automatically installed along with DataStage except the packs which are still chargeable add ons namely SAP and SAS.

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:02 pm

The Enterprise Packs and Balanced Optimizer and Optim masking for DataStage became free in DataStage 11.5! You should see the packs available for download in Passport Advantage.

The only pack that is not free is SAP - if you want the SAP Pack you need to swap to an Information Server Enterprise Edition for SAP which comes with the SAP Packs and the Ready to Launch SAP migration assets.

I don't think the Packs are showing up under the Information Server 11.5 bundles in Passport Advantage and you will find them listed separately, eg search for:

IBM InfoSphere Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com (CRC2IML)

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Thu May 19, 2016 5:59 am

Thank you, Vincent.

Abhijeet1980 · Post by **Abhijeet1980** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:24 am

Excited sharing a good news.

Latest PACK for SAP is V8 (released per GA), whereas latest PACK for SAP BW is 5 (GA release is planned towards end of September 2016).
Just heard from a known IBM Pre-sales person, Switzerland.

So far version 4.3.2.3 PACK for SAP BW restricted the Data Stage users to connect to V3.5 Data Sources / Info Sources within SAP BW Version 7.x, which are called Emulated 3.5 sources.

Netweaver or SAP BW 7.x data sources is what are targeted with PACK for SAP BW Version 5.

Cheers, Abhijit

Abhijeet1980 · Post by **Abhijeet1980** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:12 am

If someone had noticed already.
SAP BW Pack V4.3.3 (not V5) released by IBM on Oct 25, 2016 - supports Netweaver 7.x data sources.

Cheers,
Abhijit Gaikwad