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  • 3/21/2013- Adhering to the old adage... "Better late than never"....ALI has been busy improving the Rdb Controller product set over the past year. Updates and company information will be posted in a more timely manner in the future. The recent lapse occurred as a result of personnel changes, medical absentees, and being pulled in "six directions at once"!
  • 11/17/11- ALI is in the process of changing its telephone contact number. The old number of 803-648-5931 will remain active for a few months. The new numbers which are active NOW are 1-803-761-0056 or 1-803-640-2180.
  • 4/15/11- The recent announcement by Oracle to no longer support the Itanium platform will NOT have an affect on our Rdb Controller toolset development/support plans. ALI will continue to support Rdb on ALL its platforms.
  • 2/23/11- Rdb Controller helps in cross-database migrations. DBTune reports and scripts can make migrating to SQL Server, or another SQL database easier. 
  • 12/29/2010- HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our customers and product users. Contact ALI for information on updates and special offers!
  • 06/01/10- Updates and error corrections are available for the ENTIRE Rdb Controller package. Check your current version, or contact ALI  for update information.
  • SPECIAL PRICING on the complete Rdb Controller toolset. Contact us for additional information.
  • 10/03/09- Updates to DBXact 60 to provide support for Rdb 7.2.4.0 on Alpha and Itanium have been added to the online download kit. 
  • 09/28/09- Updates to DBTune 61 to provide additional support for older versions of Rdb 6.x on Alpha are now available as part of the "standard" DBTune download kit.  Updates to DBTune 61 for Itanium processors have been added to the Itanium kit, and are now available on-line.
  • 07/18/09- Release updates for Rdb 7.2.3.5 are now available. Additionally, all 7.2.x.x DBXact patches are now integrated into the main download version of DBXact 60 for Itanium processors. Anyone wanting the "incremental" patches to their older DBXact 60 product to support an individual, specific Rdb release in this set can contact ALI for the smaller "patch" kit if desired, or they may simply download and re-install DBXact 60 from this www site. . 
  • 04/08/09- Release updates for Rdb 7.2.3.4 are now available
  • 02/15/09- Oracle has recalled release 7.2.3.3 of Rdb due to recently discovered "bugs". ALI will be preparing a new release of Rdb Controller to accommodate the new release once a stable version is posted by Oracle, Updates will be posted here.
  • 09/19/08- Rdb Controller's DBTune  6.1 has been released for Rdb on  Alpha and  Itanium ( contact ALI directly for Vax tool support) . New features include extensive support for vertical/horizontal partitioning. Sizing and tuning is now specific to the individual partition, and allows DBA input for specific partitions. Additional support for non-English keyboards has also been added based on user requests. Expanded use of SQL EXPORT/IMPORT for "partial" database tunes has also been added. Additional information is found in the V61 manual. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific tool version information.. Kits are available from the  download service.
  • 09/15/08- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support through 7.2.3.x on Alpha and  Itanium. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 02/19/08- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support through 7.2.2.x on Alpha and  Itanium. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 10/19/07- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support through 7.1.5.2 on Alpha, and Rdb 7.2.1.4 on  Alpha & Itanium . See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 4/5/07- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support Rdb 7.0.9.x on  Alpha and Vax . See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 2/15/07- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support Rdb 7.1.5.x on  Alpha . See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 1/8/07- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support Rdb 7.2.1.x. on  Alpha and Itanium I64 . See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 9/8/06- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support Rdb 7.1.4.5.x on  Alpha . See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 6/26/06- Rdb Controller 6.0 upgraded to support Rdb 7.2.0.2/7.2.0.2.1 on  Alpha and Itanium. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service
  • 5/9/06-An update for  Rdb Controller V6 is now available, and may be downloaded  from our new  download service as the full DBTune V6 kit. Issues addressed were the proper handling of free space on bound volume sets, and the addition of a logical "flag" to ignore actual available free space on target disks by assuming the available space is unlimited ( primarily for the benefit of those performing "dry runs" and NOT for those generating scripts to be run against actual production systems).
  • 4/11/06- Rdb Controller V6 is now available for general use, and may be downloaded (along with documentation) from our new  download service.
  • 3/23/06- ANNOUNCEMENT: Anonymous FTP links will be offline temporarily as we reconfigure our www site and its download area. Please contact ALI directly to get product downloads, patches, or beta products.
  • 2/15/06- Rdb Controller 5.2 upgraded to support Rdb 7.0.8.3 on  Alpha and Vax. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service. Current DBXact 5.1 users can add support with the smaller "patches"
  • 12/19/05- Rdb Controller 5.3 upgraded to support Rdb 7.1.4.3 & 7.1.4.3.1 on  Alpha. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service.. Current DBXact 5.2 users can add support with the smaller "patches"
  • 12/1/05- Rdb Controller 5.3 upgraded to support Rdb 7.1.4.2.0 & 7.1.4.2.1 on  Alpha. See the Tool Version Wizard for information on the specific versions needed. Kits are available from the  download service.. Current DBXact 5.2 users can add support with the smaller "patches"

  • Last modified 03/22/13