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Add an option to prevent QDLS from being used

IBM is recommending to stop using QDLS since 2010. Symmetric Multi Processing and using QDLS are also not a good combination. Sun setting QDLS is maybe a bridge to far, but giving the option to prevent QDLS from being mounted during the IPL, is ma...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers Not under consideration

ACS > run sql scripts allow reconnect to change profile

In ACS > run sql scripts > reconnect > default to current user but, allow the user profile to be changed for the connection. This will help with testing out different sql scripts with different profiles.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Support 132 Columns on most WRKxxx Screens

Using WRKSPLF, WRKOUTQ, WRKJOB WRKACTJOB, DSPJOBLOG and others is frustrating due to 80-column screen output used in those interfaces. Only DSPSPLF had the foresight to incorporate so called wide screen mode. We need 132 column support in Work Man...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Not under consideration

Port Mongodb

Port Mongodb to IBM i PASE. https://mongodb.com Use Case: It is starting to become more prevalent that tools(n1) are using NoSQL databases as their means to store data. This means we can't adopt those tools to further our businesses and we are lef...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE Not under consideration

V7R1 should support newer SSL Ciphers

Cryptographic support on V7R1 should support the newer SSL Ciphers that V7R2 and up also have. V7R1 is still a supported OS and since most trading partners are updating the SSL certificates that use updated Ciphers, it means that the clients using...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / Security Not under consideration

HMC simple linux diag-commands for rsh-shell

make simple Linux diag-commands like "top", "lscpu", "lsmem", "mvcli" etc. available on HMC-rsh-shell.
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console Not under consideration

ACS - Database Table Functions

Allow me to edit the contents of a table from the ACS Database context. I can View, Clear, Copy, Initialize and Reorganize Data but not Edit the content. Use Case: This option is heavily used by our database administrators in order to view and man...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

BRMS to ignore some non-critical errors when saving spools

BRMS does stop save procedure in some cases of non-cricital errors like saving QUSRSYS with some spool files damaged. It would be preferrable to have BRMS by default ignore the errors, post more detailed information into DSPLOGBRM and continue sav...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS Not under consideration

Allow overloaded procedures to return different data types

Allow overloaded procedure prototypes to return different data type Example: dcl-pr proc_char varchar(100); parm1 varchar(100) const;end-pr; dcl-pr proc_int int(10); parm1 int(10) const;end-pr; dcl-pr proc like(*prototype) overload(proc_int:proc_c...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Monitor System Temperature and Fan Speed

I would like IBM to add the ability to check the current temperature inside the server (CEC) as well as reporting the current fan speeds. This could be an IBM i command and or IBM i Service, in either case it would like it to address the following...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Not under consideration

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