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MPIO should provide a mechanism to degrade path that return errors

Currently, AIX MPIO PCM provides a mechanism to mark paths as degraded and even fail them when reaching rw_timeout.In some cases (fabric physical degradation) those paths may have been showing errors well in advance or the storage may have aborted...
almost 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

SQL scalar functions SETENV and GETENV

SQL has many ways to store and retrieve configuration parameters. Tables, global variables etc. However when SQL is not the only part of the loop environment variables is mostly used else where for common configuration. So where SQL interact with ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

licensing without depending on system serial number

Need a new API to make licensing without depending on system serial number. Use Case: Rocket iCluster is a HA/DR tool on IBM Power system for 20+ years.We use GENLICKEY command to generate license keys for our customers. This command requires the ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 4 Delivered

Better error handling in embedded SQL

Currently, after every execution of an SQL statement, we must manually check the SQLSTATE to see if an error occurred. This adds bloat to our code. I would like to see the SQL engine send actual escape messages, so that we can catch these with RPG...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

a command to view the contents of a DTAQ (DSPTAQ)

An command to view the contents of a dtaq Use Case: DSPDTAQ mydtaq
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Delivered

Change default for PowerVC Host Maintenance Mode Panel

'Enter Maintenance mode panel' on PowerVC GUI has 'Migrate all virtual machines to another host' selected as default - requesting that this is either set to 'None' by default or a configurable parameter to allow customer to chose what the default ...
about 3 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

IBM i ACS Run SQL Scripts Enhancement

I am using the latest version of IBM i Access Client Solutions. (64-bit)Version: 1.1.6.2Build id: 7031January 16, 2017 12:19:12 PM CSTjava.version: 1.8.0_65I would like 2 design changes:1. With this new version the End key functionality changed. I...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Retrieve spool file data (contents of spool file) through SQL Service

Spool files are a vital source of data for traditional IBM i businesses. Currently, for a program to access spool data (contents of a spool file), one must either use APIs, or commands that create temporary objects of some kind. Although such trad...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

iSeries ACS Run SQL Scripts - SQL SELECT - locking file

Running SQL SELECTs in ACS "Run SQL Scripts" on the iSeries leaves locks on physical files which prevent the CL command CLRPFM from running over the file. Old fashioned RPG programs never lock files when reading from them or writing to them and on...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

IBM i Service to List Disabled Netserver Users

Currently, there is no way to list from an IBM i command the user that at disabled for use by Netserver. An IBM i Service to list the currently disabled users, and if possible re-enable them would be an ideal replacement. I accept that the Go Nets...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Delivered

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