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IBM i

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Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
1 day ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted
135 VOTE

Link Aggregation NIC adapter replacement without service interruption

When replacing a NIC that is part of an Ethernet Link Aggregation configuration, it is necessary to temporarily disable the Line description on IBMi OS. As a result, the IP address is deactivated, making a service outage unavoidable.Although Power...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Submitted

Add OPEN *ALL to RPG to open all files not already open.

Files defined as USROPN or already closed must be opened manually and individually and code must make sure each file is not already open. OPEN *ALL would be the complement to CLOSE *ALL.
2 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

please add function "odd" and "even"

would be nice to have a function returning whether a number is odd (function odd) and whether a number is even (function even). I know it can be done with mod(field, 2) but for documentation purpose it is better to read odd(field) or even(field) i...
4 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted
247 VOTE

Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
8 months ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

Integrate SAML and/or OIDC authentication options for IBMi (5250/Navigator/IFS/Printer Output/SSH)

Many businesses are increasingly demanding that standard authentication processes are adhered to for all applications/servers within their environment. Whether we agree with that approach or not, there is extraordinary pressure to fit IBMi into th...
11 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
16 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Submitted

add a field in QSYS2.LICENSE_INFO that shows the "P- group" for the listed licensed program product.

There currently exists a field "PROCESSOR_GROUP" in the SQL view QSYS2.LICENSE_INFO, which is the processor group for the server the software is currently installed. the new field should more closely align with the column "PROCESSOR" in the output...
5 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Add IMPORTANCE parameter to SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail

On the old e-mail command SNDDST there was an option to change the content importance of the e-mail. It will add "Importance" to the mail header. Please add this parameter to the command SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail.
5 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

BRMS 2 - for duplicated tapes, display the source and destination of the duplication

With BRMS, you can see which band is the source and which band is the target for duplicated bands under wrkmedbrm. With BRMS2, you can only see that the band you.
5 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration