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IBM i

Change GENCMDDOC Command Processing Program to ACTGRP to NOT *NEW

The GENCMDDOC uses the JVM. Its command processing program runs in activation group *NEW. Therefore each call to GENCMDDOC starts a JVM. It is never reused. Therefore each call to GENCMDDOC takes "centuries" to get the results, causing contemporar...
20 days ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) Not under 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...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud Not under consideration

Enhance %CONCAT to support an integer for number of blanks

The %CONCAT built-in function is helpful to turn a list of values into a CSV, blank or other delimited list. The *BLANK and *NONE optional 1st argument/parameter is helpful. This request is to add an option to that first parameter of the number of...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Always update current user in PSDS after profile swap.

Swapping user profiles [1] is a common technique for CGi programs and other service oriented programs to make sure the program runs under the right profile. This will change the CURRENT USER in the job. The CURRENT USER is reflected in the PSDS at...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Application Development Not under consideration

CREATE VIEW without dependency

We have a need to create views that might span multiple schemas (aka. libraries) and if you create a view that does this, you cannot clear any of the libraries because of the dependency. My work around has been to create a user defined table funct...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Add the option to log the deletion of MTIs.

Recently I discovered that next to a plan being removed from the Plan Cache, there is another reason why an MTI can be deleted. There is a connection between a MTIs and a Plans in Plan Cache. so when a Plan is removed/pruned from the Plan Cache th...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Standardize RPG IV ENDxxx opcodes with END-xxx syntax

All "new" RPG features use the END-xxxx syntax. opcodes currently do not use that syntax. It gets confusing to new developers and grey-haired coders as well for new features when in some cases ENDMON is specified, but in other END-PROC is required...
2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

SNMPv3 sends error messages back to the SNMP Mgr

When get wrong value, need SNMP Agent (here is IBM i) response Report PDU with error "notInTimeWindow" + agent's current (new) `engineBoots` and `engineTime` values to SNMP Mgr. It can trigger SNMP Mgr run Discovery and refresh the value.
3 months ago in IBM i / Networking Not under consideration

Improve BRMS Drive Allocation Logic for Multi‑Drive Tape Libraries

When two BRMS control groups start at (or near) the same time and share the same tape library, both backup jobs may attempt to use the same drive. Even if multiple drives are available in the library, BRMS can assign only one drive to both jobs, c...
3 months ago in IBM i / BRMS Not under consideration

Provide an API that returns current override information for all session/job overrides

The current API to retrieve an override information only returns the file to which a file label has been overridden. We need a way to determine (A) what files have been overridden and (B) what the override scope is for those files. Today the only ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging Not under consideration

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