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IBM i

Enhance BOOLEAN support in SQL pre-compiler for ILE-RPG

Since the addition of the BOOLEAN data type in DB2 for i existing RPG programs might run into problems. The BOOLEAN support of the SQL pre-compiler is documented here. Now if there is an existing table with a column "column1" of type CHAR(1) it wa...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Avoid HTTP server down time for certificate renewal

With the looming prospect of certificate renewal every 47 days after 15 March 2029 in mind, it will become a burden if this requires an HTTP to be restarted. This is about adding functionality to "refresh" a certificate when it is being renewed, t...
20 days ago in IBM i / Core OS Submitted

Add PowerHA support for volume group snapshots as alternative to flash copy

Currently IBMi PowerHA supports remote mirror and policy based replication. PowerHA also support flash copy to copy an iASP from a source cluster node to a target cluster node. We use this technology to refresh our dev and acceptance systems with ...
4 days ago in IBM i / PowerHA Submitted

Enhancement for SELF: exclusion list

In production environments, running SELF with *ERROR monitoring enabled is highly valuable for identifying potential issues in SQL executed on production LPARs. However, a challenge arises when frequently occurring and well‑understood SQL errors—s...
15 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Add a memory compression feature to IBM i, with AME analog functionality (HW or SW based)

We all know memory prices are going high, really high, IBM Power CPU is to powerful, so exchanging CPU cycles for memory does not sound crazy. Actual applicantions based on SQL and multi-threaded languages eat more memory than RPG and Cobol in the...
7 days ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud Not under consideration

Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
5 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service Under review

Context-Aware “Next Action” Guidance for Job Outcomes (No Additional Messages or Alerts)

Business Justification The IBM i platform already captures comprehensive job information, including job status, job logs, and spool files. However, users must rely on experience and manual navigation to determine the appropriate next step after a ...
5 days ago in IBM i / Other Submitted

SMB 3.1.1 support needed in V7.5

Security: CIS Benchmark for Windows 11 (CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark v4.0.0) requires SMB version 3.1.1. Enforcement of this benchmark is a customer requirement
5 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted
248 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 ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage Not under consideration

IBM i: Add a new system value so we can enable to create automatically $HOME directory on User Profile creation

Today we use SSH, SFTP and VSCode more often than in the past, but when creating a new user profile the /home/USERID directory is not created. Please, add a new system value to enable automatic creation and select the $HOME base directory, in case...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security Under review

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