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Enable Collection Services to run in Restricted State

Collection services should be enhanced to run in restricted state. Performance data from backups and other restricted state activities would be very useful. System monitor data (if monitors were defined) should be included in this Collection Servi...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 3 Future consideration

Need to improve performance of fcntl locking code when many processes are vying for the same lock

In fcntl locking code when waking up blocked processes , optimize the number of processes being woken up to avoid contention Huge documentation within the Support case TS005339308 documentation
over 3 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Dynamically change VLAN ID of a partition

Would like to be able to change the VLAN ID of a partition from the HMC in a single step.
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

cpyfrmimpf should handle commas.

The cpyfrmimpf command handles values similar to 123.45 and -678.90 in a numeric field, but sends message CPF2845, reason code 7 for values like 1,123.45 or -1,678.90. The command should handle commas as well as decimal points and minus signs. Use...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Allow sending printed output to an existing stream file.

When over-riding a printer file to send output to a stream file, if the stream file exists message CPF4208 is sent. Use Case: We are using the TOSTMF and WSCST parameters of the OVRPRTF command to create documents in PDF format and emailing them. ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 4 Not under consideration

QzipUnzip to return comment stored with QzipZip

The QzipZip()--Compress Files and Directories API allows you to store a 512 byte comment in the ZIP00100 options format. The QzipUnzip()--Decompress an archive file API however does not include this information in the corresponding UNZIP100 option...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Future consideration

Partitioned tables increase limit partitions (more than 256 partitions)

Hello, We think that it will be useful increase actual limit of 256 partitions on a partitioned table. Our customer generates really big amount of information (Banking customer), and our estimations are that on next year he won't have enough ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add API to IBM i that initiates file transfer to ACS Client PC

Provide an API for the IBM i operating system that shall initiate a "File transfer" of the specified file to the ACS Client PC running the ACS session. For example, a ACS client is running on Mac OS or Windows and runs a server (green screen) app ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Increase maximum file member size

Increase maximum file member size, currently limited to 1.7TB. Use Case: customer stores large binary objects in file using SQL and reaches file limit. Currently they do not want to separate objects to multiple tables or work with partitioning.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Micro partition of a 1 core 9009-22G

Need to micropartition a 1 core 922G so we can create client paritions Use Case: Customer need to have several partitions even on a small system with 1 core, possible on a 914G 4 core system
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 3 Not under consideration

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