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Monitor for Hardware Key expiration

We are trying to extract the firmware status to allow tracking of expired keys. There are some commands which will extract the key information (DSPFMWSTS) but no associated API's that we can find. We looked at monitoring for the messages when the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

db2 for service to list file members (like QUSLMBR)

Processing file members with SQL is a pain. We should at least have db2 for i service to find out what members actually exist. Pretty much like the QUSLMBR API . Use Case: Process perfomance data using SQL. All tables in QPFRDATA are multimember t...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Add UTF8-Support to RUNSQLSTM

If you create an SQL script via the ACS, it is saved in the IFS as UTF-8. If you now call this script via the RUNSQLSTM command, it can happen that incorrect characters occurs. Eg if the script starts with "--". Use Case: Example: -- This script S...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

IBM i Services for defective PTFs installed

Currently the Must Gather Tool has an option for checking for any installed defective PTF's on an LPAR. The output of this is a spoolfile, which does more belong to the time when we still used the term AS/400 Use Case: An IBM i DB2 for i Services ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

GENERATE_SQL output to IFS v. PF-SRC

CUSTOMER REP: DarrylSALESFORCE CASE: TS004844143ENVIRONMENT: IBM i 7.4 (n/a)PROBLEM: GENERATE_SQL output to IFS v. PF-SRCSEVERITY: Opened as a sev 2BUSINESS IMPACT: How to question There is the program QSYS2/GENERATE_SQL which I tried to use yeste...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Please add comment ability into SQL views.

Working with a mix of tables, views, physical, logical files, etc. there is a huge need to store comments in views that are built over physical files. This probably should be added to other SQL type. Recently, at year end I had to change views and...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Add support for *LAST in CREATE ALIAS

CREATE ALIAS command allows to create aliases for a specific MEMBER of a physical table on IBM i, but the alias has to be explicitly named. Many applications add members periodically and start filling rows in the last member. Having the ability of...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

Make the number of concurrent copies of plan cache SQLs a dynamically configurable parameter

We have a very serious need to increase the number of concurrent copies of SQLs in the plan cache well beyond the current hard-coded limit of 3 copies. We currently have 631 production schemas, each with the same database and SQLs. It's a separate...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

IBM i service for ANZDFTPWD

The output of the ANZDFTPWD to a spoolfile only, might work 20 years ago, but in today's world that output format is no longer able to deal with today's demands. Use Case: We want to combine the information of the ANZDFTPWD command with other DB2 ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Enhance Performance of USER_INFO DB2 SQL View

The QSYS2.USER_INFO SQL View is nice to have. However, the performance on systems with thousands or even hundreds of User Profiles means a lot of waiting. Providea faster version of USER_INFO that returns only the User Profile Info and not the OBJ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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