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My votes: IBM i

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    Allow to create and save to a Tape Image Catalog on remote server

    Please, add support to Tape Image Catalog so we can save on a remote server (probably NFS V4) and allow migrate to the cloud when there is not enough local storage in the ASP. I know we can use a Remote Virtual Optical Image Catalog, but this only...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

    Fail the compile when source information cannot be inserted into the object

    When a module is created, the source information is inserted into the object description. There can be a situation where the source cannot be allocated to fetch the information. Instead of failing the compile, the source information inside the obj...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

    ICC product should provide information to BRMS indicating tape transfer has failed

    Hello, As per case TS019399743: "...I was working with development teams and sincerely apologize for delayed response. BRMS development team has checked and confirmed that ICC product do not provide information to BRMS indicating tape transfer has...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Submitted

    create a temp per process ifs dir QTEMP like in use

    For security and auto cleanup, would be useful to have a particular named directory in IFS called for example /QTEMP or /jobtmp etc. that is local to the process (and PASE process) and behaves just like the QTEMP library. Or something autogenerate...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Submitted

    RPG Source compare for *functional* differences

    As many of us are doing these days, we are converting our old RPG 3, RPG ILE, etc. to 100% free RPGLE (**free) and making changes in VSCode. This is good. However, When you have to Peer Code Review your co-workers changes, it is extremely difficul...
    5 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

    Notifications and Alerting

    Ideally, we would like to see a build in Monitoring and alerting capabilities within PowerHA and AdminDOmain.
    5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    Better Visibility/Logging

    It would be a great help to provide logs to allow end users the ability to triage issues.
    5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

    RBAC for PowerHA and AdminDomain

    It would be helpful to provide product level security where not everyone can access administrative tasks. View access vs. Admin access.
    5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    IBM needs to identify access paths for self-training on IBM i

    Free access IBM i systems like PUB400.COM have up to the present been critical in the community at providing venues for self-training in IBM i. I and others in the community consider it absolutely necessary that such venues continue, and the IBM t...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Other 1 Submitted

    Environment Branding Options for IBM Navigator for i landing page.

    Being able to tell at a glance the partition or environment you are signing into from the IBM Navigator would be immensely helpful in preventing adverse actions or changes in the wrong environment. Even changing the standard color scheme would be ...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

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