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Added security options in WRKOBJBRM to prevent accidental restores to the original library

Request Description: When using the WRKOBJBRM command in BRMS, selecting option 7 = Objects to restore, followed by option 1 = Select, results by default in a restoration into the original library, with the parameter: Restore library: *SAVLIB This...
7 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Submitted

PowerVC should fully support Peer Zoning

Can we please get PowerVC to fully support Peer Zoning. It was an idea in 2023 but we now in 2025 and still no Peer Zoning. This is an industry best practice recommended by IBM and Broadcom.
25 days ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

RTVCLSRC in SRCSTMF

When you retrieve the source of a CLP or CLLE program you must indicate a source file, for example: QCLSRC, but it is impossible to indicate the IFS example: /HOME/USER/CLLE/ . The idea is therefore to add the SRCSTMF() parameter to the RTVCLSRC c...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Future consideration
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Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

Different time zones for the HMC

Small manufacturing customers very often use onre single Power System for their ERP infrasturcure, but they may have several LPARs for their subsidaries in Asia, Europe and Americas. These regions have different time zones, but the HMC has only on...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Create a "Code for IBM i" Extension for JetBrains PyCharm (similar to the one for Visual Studio Code)

Currently, the "Code for IBM i" extension is available for Visual Studio Code, enabling developers working on IBM i to benefit from a modern and integrated development environment. However, many developers also use JetBrains PyCharm for their proj...
20 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Subfile size 32767 rows.

Because the data to display are much more than in the past, we need to extend the maximum number of records allowed from 9999 to 32767.
5 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Extend the QCMDEXC SQL procedure and function to log the CL command run

Many SQL programmers using the QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and function are logging the CL command specified as parameter to the procedure / function, often to the joblog by calling SYSTOOLS.LPRINTF, just before calling QCMDEXC. The idea is to have QC...
21 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add Support for HTTP/2 to SQL HTTP Functions

Currently looks like SQL HTTP Functions on support HTTP/1.1. I have a Vendor that is requestions that HTTP/2 be used with API.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

PowerVC support for multiple SCG to the SAME VM

Customer would like to be able to have more than 1 SCG for a given VM, for example using SCG X for disk and SCG Y for Tape for the same vm, powervc doesn't currently support than one scg per vm
13 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted