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    Add a BREAK on EXCEPTION to STRDBG environment

    When debugging an exception error that can cause the debugged program to end is sometime encountered. However if no breakpoint is established at that stmt, the program just ends. This is most notable in RPG IV and compiled SQL/PL. Add a "Pause on ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Future consideration

    NVMeOF support in PowerHA

    Fibre Channel (FC)-Nonvolatile Memory express (NVMe) over Fabrics (NVMeoF) protocol in the PowerVM N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) stack (NVMeoF) offers a significant boost in performance and efficiency. AIX on Power Systems, supports NVMe over Fi...
    about 1 year ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Submitted

    add feature to predict if "verification + synchronisation" will bring resource group(s) down of not

    When you make a change to the powerHA configuration on one node you have to run "Verify and Synchronize Cluster Configuration" to propagate the change to the other nodes. When you do that the smit panels will give you the following warning: "Depen...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Future consideration

    Modern ILE C++ Compiler (at least C++11) and future support

    We need a modern ILE C++ compiler (at least C++11). Furthermore this compiler should be frequently updated within a IBM i release. In order to be able to provide our software long term for the IBM i platform, we would also need support for newer v...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 8 Future consideration

    If there is an application monitor installed e. g. that runs every 5 minutes it doesn't reflect the status to the clavan.log.

    If there is an application monitor installed e. g. that runs every 5 minutes it doesn't reflect the status to the clavan.log. So, if there are no log entries the clavan cmd says "clavan: Not able to analyze application availability because both th...
    about 1 year ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Submitted

    USEADPAUT as a compilerparameter

    According to Preventing new programs from using adopted authority - IBM Documentation systemvalue steers how new programs get USEADPAUT attribute. If a developer are permitted to set *YES, all new programs will get that attribute and developer mus...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 6 Future consideration

    IBM Navigator for i EIM reporting - users with their associations

    Can you please provide the ability to export a list of EIM users along with their associations. Currently it's only possible to export the users. Something I can use to locate users that no longer have a target because their IBM i account has been...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    SEP in VS Code to debug any user or all users

    When using a Service Entry Point to debug in Visual Studio Code, it is important to be able to debug other users' jobs. Currently, it will only break if the program is being run under the same user that started the debug session. Being able to spe...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    PowerHA make use of the SVC tiebreaker information

    For SVC Stretched Cluster based PowerHA implementation. For split-brain situations, it would be very helpful if PowerHA would be able read the decision made by the underlying SVC cluster.
    almost 6 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Not under consideration

    Add a PowerHA smart Assist component for IBM InfoSphere DataStage app

    Our team uses PowerHA SystemMirror for our IBM InfoSphere DataStage application. However, PowerHA SystemMirror doesn't have a smart assist components for this product.
    over 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Future consideration

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