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Allow SND-MSG to use %target(*PGMBDY 1 ) more like the QMH* APIs.

I was using SND-MSG with %target(*PGMBDY 1 ) the other day and noticed that it does not work correctly -- or, rather, it does not work as expected (like the message handling APIs do it). When using (*PGMBDY 1) via QMHSNDPM or other QMH apis, the m...
about 12 hours ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Add Function Usage to RTVSYSINF

It would be great if the Function Usage (WRKFCNUSG) values could be integrated into the Retrieve System Information (RTVSYSINF) data collector. This would simplify data transfer to new systems via Save/Restore without the risk of forgetting values...
about 16 hours ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

SMBC file systems via automountd

We would like to mount smb filesystems automatically via automountd. IBM support confirmed that the mount via automountd it is not yet implemented.It is only possible to do a manual mount for smbc which is not very practical. We don't want to crea...
about 20 hours ago in AIX 0 Submitted

IBM Cloud CLI option for IBM i

It would be great to have an IBM Cloud CLI ported to IBM i. This would allow to run snapshots, exports or queries to the cloud billing without living IBM i LPAR. I can also imagine some kind of orchestration between on-premise and cloud LPARs.
about 22 hours ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Under review

Add CRTPERIOD (similar to CHGPERIOD) on the "SAV" CL Command

When doing large migrations, the number of objects in the IFS could add up to nearly terabytes. We would like to save IFS files based on Creation Date rather than Last Changed Date. The benefit is we can migrate files created before or since a spe...
3 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Tracking the number of message KEYS used by an active program

This is about MESSAGE KEYS. There are a limited number of message KEYS that a job can use. When that limit is reached, the job stops functioning and must be restarted. This job is very important to our business and processes MQ transactions and we...
4 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Rational Developer for i and Data Studio

I have RDI installed on my computer, when I open it it starts RDI with Data Studio as seen in the attached image. Now I have a new computer on which I installed RDI but Data Studio does not open like on my old computer and therefore I do not have ...
5 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

implement a newer version of mongodb version 8

currrently mongodb 5 is supported within the powervc version 2.2.1 & 2.3.0we require a more current mongodb version.
6 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Powervc UI security weakness test application for potential removal

Disable Auto Index Module Remove all sample content and features remove location match Restrict the use of Status module Restrict Weak Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Ciphers Disable Info module Disable User Directories module Disable Web-based Distrib...
7 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Extend threshold monitoring and alerting for memory usage

The settings in the cmc for pep2.0 allow the user to set individual thresholds for core usage in a particular cpu pool. However, there is no such setting to notify about overusage of memory. Extending the pool thresholds for memory usage would hel...
7 days ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

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