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IBM ACS Spool File Download hangs ay 99% if download started whilst the Spool File was Open

If you use ACS Spool File Download function on a Spool File that is at Status Open, and allow the download to get to 99%, the download hangs and will never completes, even if the spool file is later closed the spool file status changes to Ready
29 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Support stcp on IBMi. I have used IBM system exclusivily for 50 years. I have to use a Linux partition to access stcp now.

Most other platforms support stcp "Stream Transmission Control Protocol" I don't understand why you haven't already. Diameter/internet gateway communitcations from the QOS Gx servers require stcp.
30 days ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Volume Storage per VM

In the Virtual Machines page, the CPU & Memory allocations are displayed for each VM, it would be a useful addition to also include how much Storage (disk) space is allocated to each VM in this page.
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

In run SQL Scripts, enhance the messaging when connecting with JDBC to include errors setting the Library List

In "Run SQL Scripts", when setting up the library list for a given JDBC connection, if any of the libraries included in the list do not exist on the system, the entire library list is not set, and the job retains its original list. When connecting...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

Port IBM Db2's Vector AI to IBM i Db2

Vector search is popular in the databasing community. It's there on MongoDB Atlas and others, including Db2 Version 12 Mod Pack 2 (June 2025) for LUW. (Meant to put this at "Medium")
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Create a system command to convert JSON files to physical files (PF) and vice versa

IBM i increasingly interacts with external systems through APIs and JSON data. Developers often need to manually parse JSON into SQL tables using complex JSON_TABLE queries, or conversely serialize DB2 data into JSON for outbound APIs. My idea is ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

All **FREE to be the first non-blank line in source code instead of strictly the first line

When I code, I always leave the top line blank for various reasons. Also many developers do the same. Some reasons include that RDi doesn't let you insert a line before line 1 (try it, it doesn't) but that's minor. For the most part, I want the co...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

provide QSYSINC RPG includes in full free format

Today, we have QSYSINC RPG includes members in fixed format. More and more applications are nowadays written using full free format. Even IBM has a strong focus on using this format. Therefore, it would be consistent to have QSYSINC RPG includes m...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

Websphere Liberty Express Start/Stop Multiple instances at one

Ability to start/stop Websphere Liberty Express instances at the same time. We have like 15 instances and currently doing sequential start/stop.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Application Development / System Management 0 Submitted

COBOL SQL Precompiler able to use Host Variables using LIKE and SQL commands allowed in Copybooks

Hi Jeff, Development reviewed the information you sent in and provided the following feedback: Thanks for providing examples to illustrate your questions. Unfortunately, both of the examples provided are not supported by the SQL COBOL precompiler....
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted