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IBM i

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Simple option to hide command special value

PARM of CMD has the option to specify special values.Those special values appear first in the list of the values in the CHOICE prompt.We would like to have the option to hide some or all special values from appearing in the CHOICE text. Use Case: ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

IBM i SSO API to integrate with Okta ?

Are there any documentation to integrate IBM i SSO with Okta (IDaaS) Identity as a service.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Add *COMPRESSDBG to parameter DBGVIEW for ILE C/C++ compiler

On I5/OS V5R4M0 IBM has added the options *NOCOMPRESSDBG / *COMPRESSDBG to the ILE Cobol Compiler commands CRTBNDCBL and CRTCBLMOD. These options are also needed for the ILE C/C++ compiler to reduce the size of the *MODULE object and later also in...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 1 Future consideration

Add AIX LVM functionality to IBM i for Load Source Migration with zero downtime

Add AIX LVM functionality to IBM i for Load Source Migration with zero downtime. Use Case: Minimize downtime when migrating storage with IBM i.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 7 Not under consideration

Support Flashcopy for PowerVS

Please add the capability to do flashcopy operations for iASPs to enable off-line backups for PowerVS with Geo-mirror.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Future consideration

RDi IBM i Search retain last Member filter

Rational Developer for i version 9.8 always defaults to a blank Member filter when doing an IBM i Search (CTRL-H => IBM i Search). This means the "*" has to be entered every time. This was a change from prior versions (like 9.6) which defaulted...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Stop monitoring non-observable code

Prevent non-observable functionality from being impacted by the process of code coverage. When running a program under code coverage, the debug product is actually active but if said program calls another process, in which we have no control over ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Future consideration

JSON Store access with .Net API

You created the JSON Store Technology for DB2 for i. Therefore you have the Command Line Processor, Java API and SQL User Defined Functions. What is missing is a .Net API. Can you please insert that too? Use Case: More and More .Net Backend Applic...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Enable ability to customize the name of the journal on CREATE SCHEMA

I would like to be able to specify the journal name when using CREATE SCHEMA command on IBM i, currently the Schema is created and journal is QSQJRN. The reason is if I created a schema starting with letter Q ,it creates the journal QSQJRN and I a...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Add physical bytes used on media to QSRSAV format for save output

We currently have no way to know how much space is used and how much is available on our LTO media until we fill the tape. The save commands support output to a file in QSRSAV format, which includes the original size of the objects that were saved...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Future consideration

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