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Multiple Shared Processor Pools for each Logical Partition

Shared Processor Pools are useful for limiting the total CPU usage of a group of partitions. Partitions can be grouped by type (production and test for example), by customer, or to take advantage of subcapacity licensing.Difficulties arise when a ...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVM 2 Not under consideration

Add AIX LVM functionality to IBM i for Load Source Migration with zero downtime

Add AIX LVM functionality to IBM i for Load Source Migration with zero downtime. Use Case: Minimize downtime when migrating storage with IBM i.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 7 Not under consideration

IBM i SSO API to integrate with Okta ?

Are there any documentation to integrate IBM i SSO with Okta (IDaaS) Identity as a service.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

CENTER 3D

Machines Agricole
over 1 year ago in Power Ecosystem Software / All components 1 Not under consideration

JSON Store access with .Net API

You created the JSON Store Technology for DB2 for i. Therefore you have the Command Line Processor, Java API and SQL User Defined Functions. What is missing is a .Net API. Can you please insert that too? Use Case: More and More .Net Backend Applic...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Enable ability to customize the name of the journal on CREATE SCHEMA

I would like to be able to specify the journal name when using CREATE SCHEMA command on IBM i, currently the Schema is created and journal is QSQJRN. The reason is if I created a schema starting with letter Q ,it creates the journal QSQJRN and I a...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Divide the RPG manual into a fixed format and a free format version

For many years the RPG manual have described both the fixed format and the free format. As the years has passed the free format version of RPG has been more and more enhanced where the fixed format is more "steady". Now I feel that the manual is g...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

SAVRSTxxx

Would it possible to add the feature to specify more then one destiny maschine? Use Case: Deploy a programm to more then one maschine in one command
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

Return Type for DB2 Coalesce Function Should Be "CHAR" NOT "DECFLOAT(34)" when params are (INT,CHAR) OR (CHAR,INT)

Apparently by design when the DB2 coalesce function evalute parameters consisting of mixed data-types, particularly CHAR(S) and INTEGERS it chooses a return data-type of DECFLOAT(34). When only these data-types are involved it should choose a vari...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

SMTP via Google relay

Google recently issued this: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en#zippy= And I am wondering what effect, if any, this will have on being able to email from the IBM i via google email relay using IBM's SMTP. We send hundreds of ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

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