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    Remove SEU product offering

    With the availability of numerous modern development platforms, SEU should be removed from the next release of IBM i. This would help facilitate the acceptance of modern practices and tooling.
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 7 Future consideration

    SSP copy volume from one cluster to another

    I'm using 2 SSP clusters and I would like to have all my images volume available on both without need to re-install them from ISO. Actually a workaround exist creating free volume "dd" the first vol to /tmp, ftp this guy to other vios, and "dd" ba...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Provide details of imported procedures and variables in program/service program APIs and commands

    Enhance the DSPPGMREF/DSPPGM/DSPSRVPGM commands and QBNLPGMI/QBNLSPGM APIs to provide details of procedure and data item imports and how they have been resolved. Currently only module exports are available through the QBNLMODI API and requires the...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

    Enhance QGYOLOBJ to Accept multiple entries for the Object Type Parameter

    The QGYOLOBJ (Open List of Objects) API currently accepts a single OBJTYPE (Ojbect Type) entry which means we can either list all the (for example) *PGM objects or *ALL objects. We need to ability to specify *PGM *SRVPGM or *CMD *PNLGRP, etc. Use ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Future consideration

    powerVM SSP check ability to resolve all nodes before expell them

    When a new node is added to a PowerVM_SSP cluster, all other nodes receive this information. But if this new node is not able to be resolved, existing nodes are expelled from the cluster.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Warning when reach the 16 nodes limit in SSP cluster

    There is a limit of 16 nodes in a SSP cluster, but you can add a 17th without any warning message. I think it would be better to be informed.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    HTTP logging of HTTP_GET_VERBOSE and HTTP_POST_VERBOSE

    When consuming a web service using the SQL based HTTP_GET_VERBOSE and HTTP_POST_VERBOSE, it would be extremely helpful to get a full log of the HTTP communication to the web service much like the LIBHTTP tools allowed for. Currently there is a way...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

    Change "DYNAMIC USER PROFILE" parameter using CHGPGM

    CHGPGM can be used to change the USRPRF parameter (*USER or *OWNER). It would be very nice if the same command can also change the DYNAMIC USER PROFILE (*USER or *OWNER) parameter. Currently a recompile is needed. Use Case: Developers often forget...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Not under consideration

    Operating System "IBM i" needs to be renamed

    "IBM i" needs to be renamed. The current name is very confusing and it is not clear how to name it. Some call it i, system i, IBM-i, IBMi, IBMI. AS400 was a simple name. I5 was also a simple name. But it did not take long and IBM kept renaming it ...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 10 Not under consideration

    Include override to location of source members when debugging programs.

    At some sites, the old practice of using a temporary library for additions and changes to programs is utilized, example:- DATALIB- TEMPLIB- PRODUCTIONLIB After say 2 weeks of no issues, the objects are moved to the PRODUCTION library. Problem:When...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Future consideration

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