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IBM i

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Add SQL functions to return elements from qualified job name

When we use the IBM i Services or SQL PL we often have a qualified job name, e.g. in the global variable QSYS2.JOB_NAME. Many of the services have been expanded with the elements of the job name in addition to the qualified job name. i.e. job name...
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

enhancement with PowerHA Site-failure scenario with Hyperswap design

It is about IBM i site failure protection with PowerHA + HyperSwap. When the source server and storage both power down, suppose the target server and storage (DS8K) will takeover the iASP asap. But there is a scenario the target LPAR will be hang ...
4 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

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

Add IncludeGroup for use RSEAPI

Recently, to use the RSE API, we have the options "adminUsers", "includeUsers", or "excludeUsers". When we want to add a new user, we need to modify the file located at /QIBM/UserData/OS/RSEAPI/rseapi.properties, and then restart the ADMIN5 server...
8 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

iACS: Rewrite the documentation for IBM i Access Client Solutions

There is much that is missing from this documentation. Including, but not limited to: How to limit users access to some of the functions by using server configuration such as "Function Usage" available in IBM Navigator for i. Sure there are ways o...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

IBM i DCM - Last used timestamp for each certificate

For the purpose of housekeeping the certificate stores in IBM i DCM, it would be very useful to enhance DCM to be able to show the "Last Used Time Stamp" and also "Use Count" for EACH certificate in the store so that system admin can efficiently s...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

add lun to asp, disk formatting too long

Today with Flash disk and capacity up to 30TB the function add lun is too long. When we rebuild lpar from scratch we need many days to do it, moreover, if there are about a hundred lpar to be done. Is there a possibility to improve this feature Th...
6 months ago in IBM i / Storage 6 Not under consideration

When Navigator is configured to support TLS, unsecure http requests to port 2001 should redirect to Navigator over https port 2003

Some customers configure TLS but do not disable the nonsecure ports "just in case". They use the https ports, but the nonsecure interface is still running. When running in this configuration, a request to http://servername:2001/ will redirect to t...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Add %HEX (or %TOHEX and %FROMHEX) built-in functions to RPG IV

Utilizing the cvthc and cvtch functions for converting to and from hexadecimal notation is a valuable tool in RPG land. However, in the context of RPG development, we must rely on our own prototypes since IBM does not provide standard prototypes w...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
11 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Functionality already exists