Big Data File Stage on Solaris.

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:24 am

Section "Configuring the environment for the Big Data File stage" of link states that

InfoSphere Information Server must be installed on a Linux operating system.

Is there a workaround to configure environment for BigData File Stage, when IIS is installed on Solaris?

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:39 am

Seems to me that would be a support question.

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:37 pm

Thanks. We had sent this query to IBM.

IBM's response is

Unfortunately the documented limitation you referenced is accurate. The BDFS stage is currently only available when the engine tier is installed on the Linux platform.

We do not yet have a timetable for when this capability will be added to additional platforms.

rwierdsm · Post by **rwierdsm** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:24 am

Folks,

One of the ETL guys here was able to secure a patch from IBM that allowed him to create a DS 9.1.2 job in AIX that connected to HDFS.

Rob

IBM Analytics Champion 2009 - 2020 · Post by **asorrell** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:03 pm

Nice of them to support their own operating system!

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:09 am

We have just checked with IBM ... BDFS is not available on Solaris yet. For read only operations, JDBC/HIVE interface can be utilized.

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:53 pm

Link to the patch for BDFS (including AIX) is JR46554