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IBM i

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Add the description of the PTF is the summary of PTF groups, cumulative, etc...

When you are about to install a PTF group is nice to check which are the PTFs it includes, especially if you want to solve a certain problem. Also is good to check between 2 different groups to check why something works with one group PTF and not ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Under review

IBM Cloud CLI option for IBM i

It would be great to have an IBM Cloud CLI ported to IBM i. This would allow to run snapshots, exports or queries to the cloud billing without living IBM i LPAR. I can also imagine some kind of orchestration between on-premise and cloud LPARs.
5 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Under review

Allow to define a data structure based on a SQL table function

When declaring a data structure, allow using the keyword extname to read the fields defined in the RETURNS TABLE block of an UDF. dcl-ds genericDsTemplate extname('MYLIB/MY_SQL_TF':*output) qualified template alias end-ds; That would guaranty a 10...
12 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Under review

IBM Navigator for i - Function Usage ID to allow only management of EIM users

Our helpdesk staff manage the creation and deletion of users and password resets, however I can't grant them access to Navigator for i to manage EIM user entries for SSO as it gives them far too much access. Please provide a Function Usage ID whic...
5 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Under review

Include an "assigned" flag to DCM API to indicate if cert is assigned to an DCM application or not

There is an API that already exists that allows certificates stored in a DCM store be read and would include expiry date, which is useful. I am not sure what the API is called, but I know that TAATOOL provides a command (CVTCERT) that uses the IBM...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 5 Under review

Restrict Powerdown system command to run from Interactive environment

The PWRDWNSYS command is utilized within the environment to either shut down or restart the partition as necessary. This process is overseen by the technicians responsible for maintaining the platform. However, I have observed a potential security...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Under review

Enable F4 on the remove image catalogue entry so KEEP can be set to *YES

While the RMVIMGCLGE provides an option and is the default to KEEP(*YES) the associated image catalogue file the 4=Remove option in WRKIMGCLGE provides no option to keep the associated file. This is inconsistent and has resulted in image files bei...
5 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Under review

BRMS ICC backup to AWS Cloud only allows US East region for storing data

Please see PMR Case number TS016529098. We are looking to use BRMS to send backup data to an S3 bucket at AWS. By default it is directing to AWS US East region and we are told there is no option to send data to another region. We faced issues with...
11 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 1 Under review

Add Function Usage to RTVSYSINF

It would be great if the Function Usage (WRKFCNUSG) values could be integrated into the Retrieve System Information (RTVSYSINF) data collector. This would simplify data transfer to new systems via Save/Restore without the risk of forgetting values...
5 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Under review

Locking objects on both systems in an Active-Passive environment - Db2 Mirror

Currently, locks are replicated in an Active-Passive Db2 Mirror environment. Is it necessary to lock objects or replicate locks exclusively or at the record level in the passive environment? If locking could be avoided in the "PASSIVE" environment...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 Mirror 0 Under review

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