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Implement a %DTAARA built-in function in RPG IV

A %DTAARA built in function would be used to : When used as an lValue (left side of an =) Change the content of the data area. When used ias an rValue (right side of the = sign, or in compare opcodes) it returns the content of the data structure T...
8 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Enable F4 on the remove image catalogue entry so KEEP can be set to *YES

While the RMVIMGCLGE provides an option and is the default to KEEP(*YES) the associated image catalogue file the 4=Remove option in WRKIMGCLGE provides no option to keep the associated file. This is inconsistent and has resulted in image files bei...
8 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Under review

Enable image catalogue entry to use a specific size or the same size as the first volume.

When a save runs to a virtual tape device and the last volume is used MSG:CPA6798 is issued. The message can be replied to with *GEN which will create a new volume with the following attributes.  ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG (same as previous volume)  FROM...
8 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

nfsrgyd logging enhancement

Enhanced logging added to the nfsrgyd could make it easier for an end user to determine why it is failing. For instance, if nfsrgyd needs to query a group that has very large membership, it may fail due to a buffer being too small, and the group i...
8 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Return the Utility CoD Processor Capacity Setting - Unreported processor minutes.

When using Utility CoD processors it is important to know how may minutes have been used.
8 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Support for disable a device across reboots, FC-adapter.

VIO server (and std AIX servers), when boot is on local nvme and additional disk (lets say appsvg) in in SAN storage. The extra disk in "appsvg" is used for verification/troubleshooting plus as extra space for various reasons. When one do an alt_d...
8 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Convert all OS screens to 132 columns

It would be nice to have all the OS screens (including all output) in 132 columns and not 80 columns. In 2025 everyone has monitors that properly support (and with a nice readable font) 132-column screens.
8 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Policy Based Replication (aka PBR) is required at version 8.7.0.1, and we would like it to be adjusted as an option vs requiring the undoing of Global Mirror Change Volumes (aka GMCV) replication.

MEDHOST is currently configured with an SVC that has 9 nodes (one being a hot spare) and 4 IO groups clustered as a single storage pool with a hot spare node. We are currently experiencing the BEST performance and reliability using this configurat...
8 days ago in IBM i / Storage 0 Submitted

Single VIOS Shared Storage Pool with Internal Storage

This request is for single VIOS / Single Server use case for Edge or Single Node implementations. These implementations are 'self contained' and do not have external SAN storage. Having VIOS provide a Shared Storage Pool on internal disk enables P...
10 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Allow Subprocedure Exported Name to appear on the EXPORT keyword of DCL-PROC

When building RPG IV modules, the export name of Subprocedures must appear on the Prototype's EXTPROC keyword. If there is NO prototype, it may appear on the DCL-PI's EXTPROC keyword. However, if there is no Parameter List, often the DCL-PI does n...
10 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted