Where is info about purchasing/downloading "Enterprise Connect Data Access" ?

[sladebe]

Looking at 

• SAP Replication Server -> Replication Server Heterogeneous Replication Guide -> SAP Replication Products -> Enterprise Connect Data Access (ECDA)

It says "Enterprise Connect Data Access (ECDA) products are Open Server-based software gateways"

I'm interested in exploring this for use with Microsoft SQL server, but when I go to the SAP Store, nothing is found for "Enterprise Connect Data Access" (link)

Is it possible to download and evaluation copy of this?  If so, where is the download page?

Thanks
Ben

[ChrisBaker]

EDCA / Replication Server Heterogeneous Edition are no longer avaialble. See https://me.sap.com/notes/3408368 and https://me.sap.com/notes/2702069

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c_baker said in a comment in this discussion:

EDCA / Replication Server Heterogeneous Edition are no longer avaialble. See https://me.sap.com/notes/3408368 and https://me.sap.com/notes/2702069

So I guess that answers that.

Ben

[sladebe]

Here's the answer I got from tech support (end of mainstream maintenance for 15.7 is Dec 2024. No version 16 planned):

Info for Customer

ECDA DOWNLOAD

0002245005 - How to download MainframeConnect DirectConnect (DC) and EnterpriseConnect Data Access (ECDA)

SYBASE ECDA/
SYBASE ECDA 15.7/
SYBASE ECDA SERVER 15.7

For Example .. The latest ECDA for Linux :  ECDASERV157005_0-10013374.TGZ EBF 25402: 15.7 SP05

See also
0002261962 - How to install and configure EnterpriseConnect Data Access (ECDA) ODBC Option with MS SQL Server  https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/ssmap/3362972868.html

ECDA EOL & SUPPORT

ECDA 15.7 ==>   End of Mainstream Maintenance:    31.12.2024
There is no version 16.0 planned currently.

Details for Product Version SYBASE ECDA 15.7
End of Mainstream Maintenance:    31.12.2024

After EOMM,  Tech Support maintenance will be available, but that does NOT include bug fixes or certifications. Otherwise, 
The software package may not be displayed because you do not have license to download ECDA.

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[sladebe]

I'm looking at the SymmetricDS open source product (https://symmetricds.org/about/) as an alternative. It's trigger based, which isn't as sophisticated. Oh well

[Mark_A_Parsons]

Have you contacted your SAP sales/support rep, or tech support, about this?

If you have a tech support contract I'm assuming the SRS PAM would confirm what, if any, versions of MS/SQL are (still) supported ... ?

Heterogeneous rep agent support (ie, source/primary database == Oracle, MS/SQL, DB2) dried up years ago (last available repagent version was 15.7.1 SP211).

While maintaining heterogeneous DSI support (ie, target/replicate database == Oracle, MS/SQL, DB2) may be less technically involved, I can't find any indications in the manuals that Sybase RepServer (SRS) supports the latest versions of Oracle, MS/SQL, DB2.  For years SAP has merely copied the contents of manuals with no eye towards updating the contents in the manauls; case in point: SRS 16.0 SP04 PL06, Quick Start Guide for SAP HANA Database, MS/SQL Prerequisites: supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2012 (should be updated with latest MS/SQL versions or removed if no longer supported).

If SAP is telling you that ECDA (to MS/SQL) is still supported, maybe they can provide a link to some up-to-date documentation?

[sladebe]

I have not contacted tech support asking what, if any, versions of MS/SQL are (still) supported. I guess I was assuming that, if the product still is listed in the help pages, it was still active. Maybe a bad assumption. I'll contact tech support and post results back here