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A SQL view to display the information on a line

A view or function that provides information as in the DSPLIND command or the API QDCRLIND More here : https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=ssw_ibm_i_76/apis/QDCRLIND.html
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

Results File - file naming template

Regarding the use of RUN SQL Scripts and the default naming of output files, I've come across several suggestions advocating for more flexible file naming options beyond the standard "Untitled.xlsx". Many other applications—such as scanning softwa...
23 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Support Hybrid Network Virtualisation (HNV) on PowerVC

When adding a new Network we would like to have the option besides SEA and vNIC to also have the possiblity to select a HNV network device. Adding this "Migratable SRIOV" adapter is already supported by HMC since some time, but there is no Support...
7 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC 2.1.1.2 6-mounth history in Resource Assigment data

Hello, in the context of a Project we would like to be able to have a 6-month history of the resource assignment data. I 've upload a file with an image of the section for which resources usage would be required. Thanks in advance for your collabo...
9 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Toggle the way BRMS handles message ID CPD33A8

Dear IBM Team, Our organization supports a large number of IBM i customers, and our monitoring tools generate alerts whenever a backup failure occurs. I'd like to propose an enhancement that introduces a configurable option (e.g., a toggle setting...
9 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration
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Provide sum of energy consumed and system temperature to HMC

Energy and environmental aspects are getting more and more into focus when discussing datacenter efficiency The Power High-End (in a minimum P10 and future and maybe P9 as well) systems should be enabled to expose temperature and energy charts th...
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Run SQL Scripts - add "bind:" prefix/command like VScode/Db2i

Using ? parameter markers or :host-variables in ACS RSS is great, but the Db2i extension for VScode has implemented a "bind:" line-prefix / statement which helps a lot, when copying SQL statements from an RPG program source, to try them. Here an e...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Urgent support for Power HA System Mirror for IBM i of the new IBM Spectrum Virtualize function Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function)

With the last announcements of IBM storage, the IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software is enhanced with the new functions based on Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function). The PowerHA system mirror for i, today doesn't support this new function and...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 7 Future consideration

Add a compiler directive to emit a message to the compiler listing

Under special circumstances it can be useful to add a user defined warning or error to the compiler listing - even to the extend, that a module should not compile. A new compiler directive "/MESSAGE" should be introduced like this: /IF NOT DEFINED...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Modernizing WPAR Technology in AIX (Linux-like Containerization)

I would like to address the future of containerization in IBM AIX. Since the proposal for "Docker on AIX" did not receive approval, I suggest an alternative approach: investing in the development of WPAR technology to align it with modern containe...
8 months ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

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