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Authority *SECADM and *ALLOBJ needed with RST command

Restoring Ifs objects using RST puts in the joblog a CPDA088 and a CPF9898 for each object restored. The messages text is: "THE OBJECT IDENTIFIED BY THE PRECEDING CPDA088 MESSAGE WAS RESTORED, BUT THE *RUNEXIT AND/OR *CRTRUNEXIT ATTRIBUTES WERE NO...
12 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Include LF with shared access path in SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT

SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT include many usefull informations about logical files (DDS type). Since they are a valid substitute for the use of APIs, it would be very useful if logic files with shared access were also included in ...
12 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

BRMS Media policy retention period limit

The maximum retention period in BRMS media policy is 9999 days now. However, there are some business required to keep the backup record for 30 years which we can only set the retention period as *PERM and review the retention period time by time. ...
15 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

Create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator

I need the ability to create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator comparable to the ACs Java 5250 emulator
15 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Much like WatsonX code assistant for Z, we are looking for similar capabilities for the I to modernized and even convert RPG code to other languages.

To speed development, and help modernize the look and feel of our software to better serve our customers.
15 days ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

Returning a JSON in a string (RPG FREE) without back slash for an API REST

When i use JSON_OBJECT into a VARCHAR who is returning from an API rest the values of KEY contains back slash before quotation marks. When i use a DS the result is OK but if i want to use JSON SQL functions i have the above problem. Is it possible...
15 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

Validation of files downloaded

We are just asking for a CRC check for the files that we download to make sure that they match what is on their website that we are downloading. That should not be an internal security concern to IBM. We are taking the risk going to their website ...
16 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

Add Function Usage to RTVSYSINF

It would be great if the Function Usage (WRKFCNUSG) values could be integrated into the Retrieve System Information (RTVSYSINF) data collector. This would simplify data transfer to new systems via Save/Restore without the risk of forgetting values...
18 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Add CRTPERIOD (similar to CHGPERIOD) on the "SAV" CL Command

When doing large migrations, the number of objects in the IFS could add up to nearly terabytes. We would like to save IFS files based on Creation Date rather than Last Changed Date. The benefit is we can migrate files created before or since a spe...
21 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Tracking the number of message KEYS used by an active program

This is about MESSAGE KEYS. There are a limited number of message KEYS that a job can use. When that limit is reached, the job stops functioning and must be restarted. This job is very important to our business and processes MQ transactions and we...
22 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted