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Add Inherit Rules to IFS journalling

Today when you set up journalling for the IFS the STRJRN command allows you to filter the objects that are to be journalled, however this is a one off request and the inherit rules are not able to be set to allow future filtering of the objects jo...
3 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Future consideration

Addition of Critical Security Patch Comparison Features via SQL Query

Currently, managing critical security patches is a major priority for IT teams to ensure the security of systems and sensitive data. However, the task of comparing applied security patches with known vulnerabilities listed in the CVE database can ...
7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

Named index of current iteration in for-each loop

I'm building some functionality that relies on several arrays that need to be filled, checked and modified on the fly. I like the for-each loop with dim(*auto: nn) for this. In the initial load proces I can use '*next' as an index, which is great....
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Enhance lsmpio showing both storages in an policy-based HA environment (mirroring)

In an AIX VM using a FS9500 environment with policy-based HA it is only possible with lsmpio to see the primary storage node of the mirroring relation in the FS9500. It should be possible to see both storages of that relation. This is especially i...
5 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Enable iASP column in IBM Navigator list view

IBM Navigator for i brings in new functionality in every release and customers are appreciating it. However we are still missing this IASP column in the view when we are viewing two or more systems together. For the disk usage we have *SYSBAS incl...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Future consideration
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Develop Visual Studio Code Extension for RPG

Visual studio code is one of the most code editor used all around the world. What I want is an extension for Visual Studio Code to use it as RPG Editor. You could implement one of this extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 18 Future consideration

Navigator For I GUI interface and Function Usage

New Navigator for i is not designed to hide those icons (see figure 1) The function Usage (figure 2) is the solution to restrict usage but some ID function no longer works : example product functions ==> QIBM_XD1_OPNAV I find it frustrating tha...
2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

More detailed user and role management in Power VC (based on Openstack Identity)

More detailed role and user management. In large installations and in environments with high security restrictions, such as banks, it is crucial to very precisely manage user rights and their roles, so I am asking you to expand these functionaliti...
11 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC with PeerZoning/Smart Zoning

A new type of storage zoning is peerzoning or smartzoning. This method is clearer and more practical to handle. e.g. debugging etc.
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

ACS Printer Output - add options under Set Filter

My idea is to add additional date and time filter options in Access Client Solutions Printer Output Set Filter screen. Currently the options under Date and Time Created include "All date and times" and "To date and time". The All filter takes long...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

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