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LPAR CPU Placement on mulit CEC systems

When you create an LPAR on a multi-CEC system, such as an E1080 or E1180, its placement is determined by its maximum virtual processor and memory configuration. If the system already hosts many smaller LPARs, a new LPAR may be placed across two or...
1 day ago in Power Systems Design Submitted

administrator role is able to use public shared images

Currently, only the administrator role is able to use public shared images. The advanced roles have rights and permissions concerning images inside the project alone. Please change that the advanced roles are able to use shared images. This will h...
2 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

Function usage for tape activity

We have service users as well as operators who are used on our systems to perform backup and tape duplication operations via BRMS. Now, for some auditors, we need to minimize the special authorizations for those users, so we created them as *SYSOP...
about 13 hours ago in IBM i / Save and Restore Submitted

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs. We must search the HTML page to find the list of corrective PTFs. It would be nice to have a field with the list of corrective PTFs and also to get the affected pro...
3 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Native needrestart command for IBM AIX

IBM AIX would benefit from a native needrestart command similar to the functionality available on Linux systems. After installing updates, Interim Fix (iFix), Service Packs, or Technology Levels, administrators currently have no simple and standar...
3 days ago in AIX Submitted

Provide a way to query Db2 for IBM i members

Currently, using OVRDBF to direct SQL statements to a specific database file member is functional, but it is not an ideal solution. It requires an external override that is disconnected from the SQL statement itself, making the code less self-cont...
9 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Include OS-managed PTF for standalone IBM i Systems for FIRMWARE_CURRENCY in SYSTOOLS

For those who manage their own PTFs and lack access to any HMC systems, SYSTOOLS.FIRMWARE_CURRENCY is only a stepping stone instead of a final answer in identifying the firmware PTF to download and install. FW_RECOMMENDED_UPDATE appears to only id...
1 day ago in IBM i / PTF and Service Submitted

Change the architecture to better adapt when the QYCDCERTI *USRIDX is accidentally locked by another process

The idea would be to change the architecture to better adapt when the QYCDCERTI *USRIDX is accidentally locked by another process Because a critical O/S Host Services should not terminate solely due to lock conditions. We experienced this conditio...
1 day ago in IBM i / Core OS Submitted

Support LOB (CLOB, BLOB, DBCLOB) natively in RPG IV

Today to access a LOB column (field) in RPG IV, we need to have the source type as SQLRPGLE and declare it using an SQL keyword: DCL-S MYCLOB SQLTYPE(CLOB:1000); I am requesting that IBM add native LOB support for variable declarations in RPG IV, ...
1 day ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Allow IBM ACE to support configurable sequential or batch startup of Integration Servers (DataFlowEngine processes) during node startup

In environments hosting a large number of IBM ACE Integration Servers on a single host, all DataFlowEngine processes currently start concurrently when an ACE Node starts. This can cause temporary CPU and memory spikes during server reboot or servi...
2 days ago in IBM i / Application Development Submitted

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