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Improve management of Session Timeout Interval for Navigator for i

Currently System Operators can not adjust their own Session Timeout Interval. The setting requires *ALLOBJ special authority. Another user with *ALLOBJ authority can't change the setting for the users without it. Instead, *ALLOBJ authority must be...
7 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Db2 for i GeoServer extension

We need to deliver geospatial data to the company via GeeoServer but we haven't found an extension that allows us to use DB2 for i as a datastore. There is a extension to DB2, but is for DB2 LUW and do not work with DB2 for i. (https://docs.geoser...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

Provide an end time for long running jobs in Advanced Job Scheduler (5770JS1)

We have a number of long running AJS jobs that start 06:00 and end 23:00 for example. It would be great to have this function built-in rather than have to write a routine to end the job.
7 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Enterprise Pools 2.0 Credit Consumption Calculator.

I propose the creation of a calculator to predict credit consumption. Currently, users of Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 can monitor credit consumption through the CMC console. However, there is no tool available that allows for the prediction of cred...
7 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

API for getting thread id & thread name such as in command PRTJVMJOB *thread

For JVM users and ERP (such as M3 or others), the thread id inside JVM could be internal to software or dedicated tool. In this case, to investigate job performance such as idoctor or job watcher it is impossible to search a job or tasks with the ...
7 months ago in IBM i / JAVA 0 Submitted

create a BIF for transliteration/transform facility (ICU BASED)

String replacement and transliteration is an extremely common task in business applications and communication to external parties in international settings. This produce a lot of custom code (and a lot of substandard one) in IBM shops. To do it pr...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 6 Submitted

Add Preview option on HMC Update before committing to the update

The current HMC V10R3.1060.3 does NOT allow for a Preview/confirmation when starting an HMC Update task. The user enters the HMC iso file location/user credentials and then offers only the "Next" command to begin the upgrade without confirmation o...
12 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Add LIC Resave Level to PRUV to Ensure It's at the Correct Level for Upgrade

We would like the PRUV tool to check the resave level on the I_Base image in an image catalog to make sure it's compatible with the hardware you are upgrading the OS on.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 1 Submitted

Change references of "discovery" (no such process) to "discover"

VMRDR has a "discover" and "verify" process but the word "discovery" is used too often, causes confusion, and should be changed to "discover". Here are two examples: 1. This vm's STATE should be "DISCOVER_FAILED" instead of "DISCOVERY_FAILED". The...
4 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Change the entstat 'Adapter Data Rate' to reflect the actual / current negotiated link speed vs the maximum speed.

Example: PCIe3 2 PORT 25/10/1 Gb NIC&ROCE SFP28 ADAPTER The entstat 'adapter data rate' attribute is hardcoded to report the maximum data rate for the adapter regardless of the actual link speed. This is can be misleading and not helpful when ...
8 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted