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Toggle the way BRMS handles message ID CPD33A8

Dear IBM Team, Our organization supports a large number of IBM i customers, and our monitoring tools generate alerts whenever a backup failure occurs. I'd like to propose an enhancement that introduces a configurable option (e.g., a toggle setting...
about 9 hours ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

Add "Tape Library" or "Location" to the STRMNTBRM command.

The STRMNTBRM command currently lacks parameters for explicitly specifying a tape library or BRMS location. In environments with multiple tape libraries, each mapped to distinct BRMS locations, this limitation results in incomplete tape initializa...
1 day ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

Change Data Capture (CDC) support in DB2 for i

We have a requirement to stream data in realtime from DB2 for i to other consumers for AI, data warehouse and other systems. I'm aware there are third party products available like Debezium, Fivetran and others, and you can always roll your own. H...
1 day ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Infosphere CDC Db2 for i : To validate the product compatibility with password level 4

With IBMi OS V7R5 we have new security enhancement where Passwords are stored using a one-way SHA-2 hash algorithm, which can be enabled with system level password level to 4 . We would to confirm that the product Infosphere CDC Db2 for i compatib...
2 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Submitted

HMC virtual console, increase the terminal windows rows

When doing installations and I want to save the output, todays virtual console is not saving enough rows.In normal situations one of course use a terminal session to the virtual server but when working with network or as an active work viosupgrade...
2 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Improve message of CPF5222 on CHGPWD

When changing a password upon expiration or during CHGPWD execution, if a blank or non-alphabetic character is entered in the current/new password field, the message CPF5222 'Name is not correct' is displayed. However, this message does not clearl...
2 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Add ability to remove closed serviceable events

In the latest HMC code base there are commands to list, change and make servicable events but no command we could find to remove serviceable events. Please add CLI command and HMC command to do this. Thanks, Scott Gruber
3 days ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

Different time zones for the HMC

Small manufacturing customers very often use onre single Power System for their ERP infrasturcure, but they may have several LPARs for their subsidaries in Asia, Europe and Americas. These regions have different time zones, but the HMC has only on...
4 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter

Create a new built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter. Similar to the %SUBARR function, but allow a procedure to be specified to determine if the array entry should be included in the result. Something like ... dcl-ds array...
7 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a procedure uses global variable

New Control Spec Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a calculation in procedure uses a global variable Keyword: PROCGLBVAR with options *ALLOW *WARN *ERROR *allow - no compiler message if a calculation in a procedure references a global variable ...
7 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

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