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IBM i

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Enhance maximum variable length to 4GB

More and more we need to handle data with sizes over 16MB ie XML, so it would help a lot if it was possible to handle the maximum amount of data in a variable. Therefore I would like to have the possibility to define variables in RPG with a size o...
21 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Under review

UID for IBM i Digital Certificate Manager

I would like to bring to your attention a potential enhancement opportunity concerning the IBM i Digital Certificate Manager (DCM). During the process of Certificate Signing Request (CSR) creation, we have observed that there is no available field...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Under review

Restrict Powerdown system command to run from Interactive environment

The PWRDWNSYS command is utilized within the environment to either shut down or restart the partition as necessary. This process is overseen by the technicians responsible for maintaining the platform. However, I have observed a potential security...
2 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Under review

Authority Collection - Size of the collections

Please add options/columns into existing SQL views (object_statistics maybe?) or add new SQL views to see how much the IBM i Authority Collection repositories actually take space. Currently there is no such option and the security administrator/IB...
2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Last Updated Date for Server Firmware

Last server firmware upgrade date is not reflected when we use this command, DSPFMWSTS. However it is very beneficial to know when the last update/upgrade was performed by seeing this installation date next to the current level of firmware. We do ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Under review

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...
3 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Under review

Locking objects on both systems in an Active-Passive environment - Db2 Mirror

Currently, locks are replicated in an Active-Passive Db2 Mirror environment. Is it necessary to lock objects or replicate locks exclusively or at the record level in the passive environment? If locking could be avoided in the "PASSIVE" environment...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 Mirror 0 Under review

Free Tier for IBM i (AS/400) to Support Education, Ecosystem Growth, and Promote IBM Cloud

Note: This proposal for IBM i addresses the exact same core issue of lacking a free tier for accessibility, education, and community growth as outlined for AIX in idea AIX-I-802: https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AIX-I-802. Both platforms suffer from th...
3 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Under review

Enable F4 on the remove image catalogue entry so KEEP can be set to *YES

While the RMVIMGCLGE provides an option and is the default to KEEP(*YES) the associated image catalogue file the 4=Remove option in WRKIMGCLGE provides no option to keep the associated file. This is inconsistent and has resulted in image files bei...
5 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Under review

Authority *SECADM and *ALLOBJ needed with RST command

Restoring Ifs objects using RST puts in the joblog a CPDA088 and a CPF9898 for each object restored. The messages text is: "THE OBJECT IDENTIFIED BY THE PRECEDING CPDA088 MESSAGE WAS RESTORED, BUT THE *RUNEXIT AND/OR *CRTRUNEXIT ATTRIBUTES WERE NO...
6 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Under review

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