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My votes: Db2 for i

Have more, if not all, of iACS populate CLIENT_PROGRAMID

In an attempt to discover what versions of IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS) are currently attached to our systems I am running the following SQL: SELECT ji.job_name, GJI.V_AUTHORIZATION_NAME, GJI.V_CLIENT_PROGRAMID, GJI.V_CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS FRO...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

RTVCLSRC in SRCSTMF

When you retrieve the source of a CLP or CLLE program you must indicate a source file, for example: QCLSRC, but it is impossible to indicate the IFS example: /HOME/USER/CLLE/ . The idea is therefore to add the SRCSTMF() parameter to the RTVCLSRC c...
6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) Future consideration

Fix or add a working API to list files in COS

Currently, the Qicc_list_files_in_cloud API in the 5733ICC product (IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i) is not working, and there is no substitute for a list of files uploaded and/or present in COS. It is extremely important to be able to verify wh...
3 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud Submitted

SMTP journal

It would be important to have a journal available for mail servers configured using the SMTP framework as well, one that logs all email sending activities. This is particularly important when dealing with auditors who request old logs, in which ca...
23 days ago in IBM i / Networking Under review

RSEAPI - Complete the GET admin/session response to get a proper audit

Hello, This request is a follow-up to the request at https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4851. It still concerns the GET operation /api/v1/admin/sessions To enable this operation to serve as an audit and monitor the use of RSE API's, would it be po...
23 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

RSEAPI - Add a level of detail to the audit service's response

Hello,In the service, GET /api/v1/admin/sessions, which allows us to see the number of sessions per profile; we receive a JSON feed in response of the following type :{"totalSessions": 4,"sessions": [{"userid": "DT","sessionCount": 4}]} Is it poss...
23 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

Provide FTP virtual directories

Allow a user (on a per user basis, preferable via the QIBM_QTMF_SVR_LOGON exit) to be locked into a specific FTP directory... this directory should be his virtual root (jail). This concept prevents the user from navigating or specifying a path out...
3 months ago in IBM i / Networking Under review

Windows output of IACS when run a query include more output in the same windows.

when you run a query in IBM i Access Solution you can run a query and see the results, but if you execute another your first result its erase and show the new one. could be more easy if the output result you can add more windows result in the same...
18 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Integrated File System tool: Allow us to change the size of the font

In ACS's Integrated File System tool the font is too small. I want to be able, like I can in other ACS tools, adjust the size of the font.
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

IBM Idea: Simplify SR-IOV VF Deconfiguration for Adapter Replacement

IBM Idea: Simplify SR-IOV VF Deconfiguration for Adapter Replacement Title: Automated or Centralized Deconfiguration of SR-IOV Virtual Functions (VFs) Across LPARs for Adapter Maintenance Description: In environments using SR-IOV with vNICs and re...
5 months ago in PowerVM Submitted