IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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IBM i

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    NetServer support of SMB2 not support Change Notify

    After reading the document https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021348 and that you would like to be implemented support for CHANGE_NOTIFY in the Iseries Use Case: Problems described in the document (https://www-01.ibm.com/support/...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Not under consideration

    v7r2 Backup joblog incorrect CPD37C4

    The joblog generated by a backup indicates the success or failure of the backup.After installing v7r2, an incorrect message CPD37C4 – “ nnn objects not saved” is issued. The reason the objects are not saved is that IBM has marked the objects "ALWS...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Future consideration

    Allow use of RPG procedures in embedded SQL as host "variable"

    When writing embedded SQL, host variables should be real variables instead of expressions which requires additional step to define extra work variables and assign the expression in advance to the work variable. Use Case: An example might be as fol...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

    Generate an error in the event of memory corruption

    We would like an enhancement to protect or ensure that the storage areas that are used by DB2 are not corrupted by a cobol program or RPG program / or if there is corruption that an error is generated ( rather than returning an sql code like +100)...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    need interface similar to DSPSSTUSR for SST IP addresses

    Need to provide an easy interface to the view the TCP/IP addresses and resource names that are used in SST for LAN console and network image catalog setup.The interface would be similar to the DSPSSTUSR command. Use Case: there are TCP/IP addresse...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 7 Not under consideration

    i Access for Windows for Vietnamese Language

    Currently, i Access for Window is only allowed to input Vietnamese language using the Windows keyboard setting which is VNI method. This method is not commonly used in Vietnam as it used combination of numeric and symbol for Vietnamese accent. It ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Request for default value of INHERIT_PARAMETERS of PDT file, made available at ACS1.1.8.0

    For printing related parameters not sent from IBM i, Reference the parameter of the job printed just before without referring to the definition of PDT, I want the default behavior of INHERIT_PARAMETERS = YES. Use Case: Even if the customer shifts ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    ACS Java Print doesn't work, with OpenJ9(java)

    ACS 1.1.8.0 can print a document with Oracle Java.But it can't print a document with Eclipse OpenJ9. Use Case: In the ACS 1.1.8.0, java print is supported. But install OpenJ9 instead of Oracle, java print doesn't work.
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Rdi Debug Step Over enhancement - Exec SQL statements

    Currently when debugging RPG code with RDi in *SOURCE view, Step Into and Step Over will have to be pressed an unknown number of times to clear a single Exec SQL Statement. This is because the SQL Precompiler replaces Exec SQL Statements with mult...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

    Update or delete commands to comply with current hardware choices

    Is CRTCTLLWS even valid anymore? Is ASCII or twinax valid options? CRTDEVDSP:Are most of the DEVCLS, TYPE, MODEL obsolete? Can you use *LCL, *RMT and get it to work on an IBM I 7.3 system?Does IBM i Access Client Solutions support most of the TYPE...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Future consideration

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