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RGZPFM option MBR(*ALL )

Enable the use *ALL on option MBR for the RGZPFM command for a hash partitioned table.
1 day ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
25 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Compiler may notice a missing Ctl-Opt Main() keyword

When the main() keyword in RPG is missing the compiler assumes RPG cycle logic, even if there is not a single C-spec outside a procedure available and all F-specs are coded with UsrOpn. When you call the program it runs at _QRNP_PEP_... and does n...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted
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GitHub actions for ppc64le. Let's make ppc64le a standard!

With the exponential emergence of ARM-based systems we think it is time to make ppc64le a third standard along with x86 and ARM. 1. The context The rise of containerization and cloud-native applications has emphasized the importance of Continuous ...
5 months ago in Linux for Power / RHEL OpenShift (5639-OCP) 8 Under review

For High Availability - remove hostname dependency

High available setups require the use of a service-IP address. The existing hostname dependency make such kind of HA requirements very challenging. Removing the hostname dependency would make such requests a lot easier to implement.
13 days ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

ACS > run sql scripts allow reconnect to change profile

In ACS > run sql scripts > reconnect > default to current user but, allow the user profile to be changed for the connection. This will help with testing out different sql scripts with different profiles.
4 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Schedule tasks of the Service Agent under an IBM i OS user profile

When the Service Agent is activated you have the option to a use the Job Scheduler. Since IBM i 7.5 this can be the traditional Job Scheduler (WRKJOBSCDE) or the Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS). When executing this command the jobs are scheduled usin...
5 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

On the SBMJOB command add option to include database overrides

It would be nice to have something like the CPYENVVAR(*YES) but for OVRDBF/OVRPRTF to include any overrides that are in the current job stream carry over to the submitted job. Currently these isn't a API or SQL Service to even read the files that ...
4 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

WatsonX and Openshift.ai support on Power. Early Acces Program (Beta testing)

We do have a potentially big oppy in Spain in INDRA. They work for Minitry of Defense and they are starting a project to deal with RADAR imaging where they want to use AI but, given the confidential characteristics of the data, they are promoting ...
about 1 month ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Government (includes education) 3 Future consideration

Enhance the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command to include *SYSVAL as an option

Rather than rely on the CHGCMDDFT command to change the default for the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command, it would be extremely beneficial to have a QSBMENVVAR System value with *YES or *NO as an option. Then on the SBMJOB command, change...
8 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted