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    Resource role permissions should be transfered to new system during LPM

    Current situation: When permission to a specific LPAR is defined in a given resource role, permission is automatically given to the hosting server. If the LPAR is migrated to another hosting server, permission to this new server is not given autom...
    9 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Enhance IBM DB2 SQL triggering to allow running the triggering action in async mode to improve system performance

    This is useful for non critical batch run update for huge size file to shorten the program run time.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

    ibm i access client solutions-windows- hosted/roaming $user$/home support

    IBM i Access doesn't seem to respect Window's $User$/home paths for roaming profiles. Options in iACS to 'save items to desktop' will create a local desktop directory and download an item there instead of downloading to the hosted/roaming desktop ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Give the built in base IBM i Auditing and security tools a product name

    When dealing with Auditors, they nearly always as for product names for tools used to Audit and Secure the IBM i platform. Simply saying we used the built in functions, just leads to more questions. Ideally we could do with a Brand Name or Produc...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

    Enable better time staggering for performance gathering and other tools

    The IBM i performance collecting feature is only capable of being scheduled at the hourly minutes of 00, 15, 30, & 45. Essentially, the top, right, bottom, and left of the hour - which happens to be very inconvenient given other workloadsSince...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 2 Not under consideration

    SQL EXPORT command to create export streamfiles in e.g. CSV format

    Wouldn't it be nice, if DB2 for i would provide an EXPORT statement, which would generate export streamfiles similar to CPYTOIMPF.e.g. something like EXPORT (SELECT HOST_NAME, PARTITION_ID, NUMBER_OF_PARTITIONS FROM QSYS2.SYSTEM_STATUS_INFO) TO '/...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Better documentation of Sqlstate behavior in IF statement

    I ran into some peculiar piece of code that didn't do what I expected and decided to run a small test.The goal is to see if SqlState is being reset in an if-statement. My human brain says it shouldn't be reset in the example code below begin decl...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

    Add Db2i for i Service to maintain validation list

    Please add a DB2 for i service that looks at/maintains the users under validations list under the HTTP admin server. If you need to rename a user today you can't, you have to recreate the user. Having a service like this will help helpdesk and/or ...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC - editing VM?s properties

    Editing VM properties.To reflect the Connectivity Group and Image source.
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    IBM ARE (Application Runtime Expert) should flag the directory /QIBM/UserData/ARE/ibmare/logs with ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO)

    IBM traditionally flags log directories with ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO) since save while active of IFS data is a sick joke. This helps to avoid messages like these CPFA09E/CPD384E messages: Object in use. Object is /QIBM/UserData/ARE/ibmare/logs/er...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

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