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Add mail forwarding capability to the new *SMTP and *SMTPMSF server types

Add mail forwarding capability to the new *SMTP and *SMTPMSF server types BackgroundThe older *SDD smtp mail server which depended on the System Distribution Directory has the capability to configured a user's directory entry to allow mail sent to...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Delivered

RNF8042 -- Not enough source records for compile time array should have at least severity 10 instead of 00

If you are compiling a program and have a compile time array where there are not enough source records provided to load array or table you get the message id RNF8042: RNF8042 Not enough source records provided to load array or table. The problem i...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Retrieve SMAPP information a file

I would like to be able to extract the SMAPP information available thru the command DSPRCYAP in a file. Today the DSPRCYAP command only allows to print the information. The information I am interested in, are:- Estimated system access path recover...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

port tmux

Port the tmux screen multiplexer to PASE. http://krengel.tech/hackernoon-tmux Use Case: I am starting to have more scenarios where I need to have long-running PASE shell sessions (i.e. compiling Node.js). Being able to disconnect and reconnect to ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Delivered

AIX watch_config_files script used by installp not call if updates failed

Normaly, nim installp updates for a client will call script watch_config_files script that will validate if files listed in /etc/check_config.files has been change during the updates, and if yes, will list the differences in a file /var/adm/ras/co...
about 7 years ago in AIX 0 Delivered

Re-instate Add Printer function in IBM Navigator for I

Navigator for I was once said to have the ability to add printers to an IBMi. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=printing-adding-printer-navigator-i It was removed, along with the whole Basic Operations task group. Because of its web pres...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Creating SSP Logical Unit while partition inactive

Using the HMC 8.8.5 Enhanced GUI for creating a new SSP LU mapping to existing vhost Adapters (redundant on two VIOS) I got an error. Obviously the reason was that the LPAR was turned off. But the message does not mention anything about it. Messag...
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

DB2 multi dimensional JSON result set

Today an SQL SELECT with JOIN result set for the Node.js database driver is returned as flat JSON rows with many column values repeated (as expected). This then requires massaging before being sent to the browser for easy consumption. You can see ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

ACS SQL Performance Monitor

When starting an SQL Performance Monitor in IBMi ACS using the Wizard, in the first screen you are able to enter a job name and Job user. The job number is missing. Use Case: If you want to select a specific job number to work with, you have to ma...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

SQL Extended Indicators in MAIN Stored Procedure

We have used SQL Extended Indicators in RPG/ILE for years and find them to be very useful -- including saving a lot of lines of code. For the first time, we tried to use the Extended Indicators in an SQL MAIN stored procedure and find that they ar...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered