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    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

    Long variable names in CLLE

    Allow variables to be defined with names longer than 10 characters in CL. This will allow CL code to be more readable and potentially reference long column names in tables.
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Planned for future release

    Copy To Archive File (CPYTOARCF) Enhancement

    Please enhance the CPYTOARCF command so that it takes the specified directory as the root directory in the zip file. Example 1: CPYTOARCF FROMFILE('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest')TOARCF('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest.zip') In this case the first directo...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

    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

    Enhance QCAPCMD CL Syntax Checking to Report position of detected syntax error

    The QCAPCMD API can be used to syntax Cl commands or run them. When syntax checking, the API logs error messages in the joblog, and also returns a "Command failed" type messages to the exception/error structure. As we move to non-SEU interfaces to...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Future 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

    Enhance PARM ELEM and QUAL statements to support 8-digit DATE value

    When creating IBM and User-written CL commands, the PARM ELEM and QUAL statements are used to define parameters. Today the TYPE parameter of those statements supports *DATE. However it always passes the value into the command processing program (C...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Future consideration

    Add PGM parameter to Command Definition (CMD) command

    On CRTCMD, PGM parameter defines the command processing program (CPP) for the command being created. Add this parameter to the CMD definition statement so the CPP can be coded within the command source. Today, the CPP must be specified each time t...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Planned for future release

    Improve PowerHA SVC/FlashSystem ssh access security model

    Today PowerHA requires unrestricted the Admin role via SSH to manage the copy relationships on SVC/FlashSystem family storage. In todays modern security environment this is unacceptable to have a full multitenant array have unrestricted SSH access...
    over 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

    Command (CRTCMD) to also run SQL stored procedures and functions

    Today you can create commands to be used from command line and build them into CL programs. CL commands works as parameter wrappers and calls programs. It will be great if the command concept also could be extended to be able to directly call SQL ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Not under consideration

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