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Provide info for current Power usage per Managed Frame with HMC cli command

Hi, for data collection / automation purposes it would be great to have current Power usage per Managed Frame available via HMC cli command like: Name=power-frame-d01, power_usage=859.556 watts Currently the data is available on HMC GUI & HMC ...
8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Add parameter to RSTLIB / RSTOBJ commands to restore table(s) without data

Please consider adding a parameter to the RSTLIB and RSTOBJ commands to allow restore of DB2 tables / PF's without data (rows). It would be great to be able to restore libraries or objects without getting the data onto the system. Use case 1: We h...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Future consideration

Creating a universal, self-sufficient financial passive income system from scratch—especially one that is decentralized (DeFi) and can operate without dependence on traditional institutions

operate without dependence on traditional institutions—requires careful planning, knowledge of blockchain, smart contracts, and long-term sustainability. Here’s a high-level roadmap to guide you: 1. Conceptualize Your DeFi System Decentralization:...
21 days ago in Power Ecosystem Software / All components 0 Submitted

To be able to disable Banner Message on ASMI which displays server information. Case ref - TS018274886

We received a vulnerability relating to light http. Server banner present that identifies the server as lighttpd/1.4.41. lightttpd response is seen on the management network. Please see attachment. We want to be able to disable the Banner message ...
22 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Network Setup with vNIC and four VIOS

The customer operates a PowerVM landscape with four VIOS, where an explicit separation of disk and network io per server pair is desired. When a VM is deployed, it cannot be selected on which server pair the logical functions will be created, whic...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Bring the Rust programming language to IBM i PASE

More and more open source packages depend on Rust so we would like to see the Rust language available on IBM i.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Submitted

PowerVC add support for mkvolume in place of mkvdisk

mkvdisk does not fully support iogroup placement ibm.com mkvolume Use the mkvolume command to create an empty volume from existing storage pools. You can use this command for high availability configurations that include HyperSwap, but it can also...
6 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Show tables and columns used in embedded SQL statements in structure view

The structure view displays in an extremely complete way all the uses of files, formats and zones by the native instructions (dcl-f, read, update ...). On the other hand, all the files and zones used by static SQL statements do not appear, which ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Add availability info (version/release/TR) to Info Center

Please add availability info to RPGLE BIFs, SQL functions/procedures, catalog views and IBM i services (like table functions, etc.). Some information like: Available since 7.3 TR 2 and 7.4 This would make it easy to check backward compatibility.
11 months ago in IBM i / Documentation 3 Submitted

Change of name for ILE/RPG

Time to give ILE/RPG a new name that is better suited to its current form.Call it "RPG for i", matching "Db2 for i". Use Case: By giving the RPG product a new name will help us define the difference between modern free format RPG & the older f...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

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