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Make RSS your own Examples easier to maintain.

The functionality in RSS to insert from Examples and to save as New Example is absolutely great. As IBM keeps enhancing what we can do with SQL, like the prompting for statement variables addes in ACS 1.1.9.2, would it not be great if we could upd...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

/extra filesystem is created only with 20GB of storage - to less for storing mulitple vios-images

When attempting to upload a second VIOS installation image to the HMC, an error occurs: cpviosimg -h xxx.xx.xx.xx -l /src_nim/iso_images -f Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1.4.30_DVD_1_of_2_112023_LCD8250111.iso,Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

FOR-EACH with record level access

The new FOR-EACH is today working on list, however it would be nice if - in the future - it could be extended to also handle record level access. ( and perhaps also user defined iterators) The basic idea is to make tighter and more concise coding ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Not under consideration

Allow data structures to be extended or decorated

RPG currently allows us to define a data structure with the same layout another with the LIKEDS keyword. It would be useful to be able to use a similar keyword to define the basic structure, but also to extend the data structure and add additional...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

Additions for the PRUV tool

Please add the following to the PRUV tool. Report on command default changes in IBM licensed program libraries. simple example (SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS('*ALL', '*CMD')) > WHERE APAR_ID = 'CHGDFT';) possible enhancements: in ...
11 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

Group PTF apply date

Keeping IBM i up-to-date is becoming more and more important when you look at today's threads. (Just think of December 2021 and the log4j issue.)As a result of that reporting when an IBM LPAR was protected also becomes more and more important for ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 8 Future consideration

Deliver emfc_power as command in AIX for SAN connection troubleshooting

One of the first steps when working with IBM is (after snap´s) is to run the command emfc_power to verify TX/RX/ levels. This command could be useful as a standard command also including 25/10Gbs LAN power status check, as maybe event driven alert...
over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Under review

In QMGTOOLS see there is option 24 PTF management under that there is option 2 compaer HIPER PTF's from IBM. It would be nice to be able to compare any grouip PTF's list for exampe to comapre Security, Jave, DB2, CUM etc...suggest to have a option to compare a grou PTF then type in the group PTF number or have a option for each group PTF for that particular OS. That a way cusomer can get a complet list of PTF's that they will get.

We have customers that want to know which PTF's they will get when ordering any group PTF that is not up to date it is difficult to list find which PTF's that are not on they system befoe ordering the PTF's.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Submitted

login messages should be seen with username instead of userid

Syslog reports: aixtest unix: The privilege command /usr/bin/vmstat, is executed by user with id 205 it would be helpful to see the username instead - even the best admin has not all userids in mind
about 1 month ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Rust language that has become an essential language for UNIX based products. Many IBMi & AIX companies should have the ability to compile Rust on IBM i PASE and on AIX.

IBM is distributing the ClamAV open source antivirus as part of the AIX but ClamAV has a new release that is based on Rust (software language). Rust has become an essential language for UNIX based products. So many IBMi & AIX companies should ...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Under review

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