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IBM i

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Stop denial of service attack caused by using 3 part naming in a H/A environment

When I set up DB2 alias as per https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/rdb-relational-database-setting-brms-high-availability-environmentand then use 3 part naming in STATIC sql it initializes a denial of service attack and makes the system unusable. IB...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Job reference missing in spoolfile

When working with JVM's on IBM the function Print GC Tables, produces a spoolfile in which no reference to the job it is derived from is present. This makes analyses very complicated. Use Case: When using the command WRKJVMJOB and option 9 offers ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Planned for future release

Create NetServer commands

The core O/S lacks decent command support for NetServer. There is an alternative solution in QUSRTOOLS (NETSRVCMD library) but I think this should be implemented in the core O/S. With the new ACS defining shares is not possible and in the old prod...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Not under consideration

Replacement option for Management Central Product Definitions

Under OS/400 version 7.1 and earlier , Management Central provided product definition functions with a GUI to support creating and managing ISV/In-house developed applications. This support also included creation and management of PTF against the ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Not under consideration

Make managing ciphers in QSSLCSL easier using 2-digit cipher codes and use these codes everywhere

It would be easier to manage ciphers in the system value using the 2-digit codes simply because ciphers also have to be managed in SST (SSLCONFIG/TLSCONFIG) where the 2-digit code in required when adding/removing ciphers to the eligible list. Give...
7 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

SQL Request crossed between partition

On IBMi, you are not able to perform, throught SQL, a request to cross datas from differents systems.Always get a SQLCODE 42712:Message : [SQL0212] Indicatif de table en double A incorrect. Cause . . . . . : L'une des erreurs suivantes s'est produ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Remove STRSAVSYNC dependency on subsystem QSYSWRK

Request:---------- Remove the dependency of STRSAVSYNC on subsystem QSYSWRK - it is not the appropriate subsystem to use. 1. Preferred solution: Ship STRSAVSYNC with its own limited subsystem and start it automatically, and also auto start the IPV...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

Require a generic migration tool to be added to iACS to migration .WS to .HOD for each user's iAWin objects to iACS deploy.

Require a generic migration tool or function to be added to iACS to migration each user's iAWin objects to iACS with rollout to desktop users. We have over 5000 iAWin users and cannot do this migration going to each users desktop/Laptop to make ch...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add Compare Recommended PTFs from IBM to QMGTOOLS

Add Compare Recommended PTFs from IBM to QMGTOOLS. As of 5/22/19 we can compare Groups, HIPERs, and Defective PTFs against IBM list of available PTFs. Would like to have another option to compare the Recommended PTFs list from IBM to what is curre...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 4 Not under consideration

Gain access to procedure parameters within a Create Table Statement

Within SQL stored procedures, I would like to gain the ability to reference a stored procedure's parameters within a create table statement. The current alternative I use is to create a qtemp table with fields matching the parameters that need to ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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