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IBM i

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Enhancing network performance analysis on IBM i with iPerf Integration

iPerf (iPerf - The TCP, UDP and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool) is a widely used command-line tool designed for measuring network performance by generating TCP and UDP traffic between two endpoints. It allows network administrators, engin...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

Upgrade level of OpenSSH from v8.6p1 to one which will pass scanning services.

We are getting dinged by Qualys that our IBM i is exposed to CVE-2023-51385. I have applied the fixes listed at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7123159 however IBM only chose to patch an old level of OpenSSH instead of putting on a new leve...
7 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Submitted

Audit which CL commands was executed using the QCMDEXC Procedure or scalar function.

Today if you execute a CL command inside of a QCMDEXC scalar function or QCMDEXC procedure, they are not audited. It would be extreamly helpful especially from a security perspective to be able to audit the commands that are executed that way.
22 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Enhance CREATE ALIAS to support a partition (i.e., member) name of *ALL

When attempting to read a multi-member database file, the only way to jump between members is to (A) do an OVRDBF or (B) create an SQL ALIAS. The SQL engine doesn't seem to respect the override when MBR(*ALL) is specified, and CREATE ALIAS also do...
22 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

IBM i Services for the Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS)

IBM i is moving into the direction of adding SQL service to nealry every part of the operating system, except for the Advanced Job Scheduler. To my knowledge there are none. Since the license simplification the use of the Advanced Job Scheduler is...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Urgent support for Power HA System Mirror for IBM i of the new IBM Spectrum Virtualize function Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function)

With the last announcements of IBM storage, the IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software is enhanced with the new functions based on Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function). The PowerHA system mirror for i, today doesn't support this new function and...
5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Submitted

Provide an option with which the Prestart Job statistics can be reset in Navigator for i (Nav4i).

As more and more tasks can be performed using the Navigator for i and SQL services, the role of 5250 emulation is changing and having to go there for a missing option becomes a burden. The Navigator for i is great for managing prestart jobs, but w...
17 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

DATFMT(*JOBYY) for date fields in DDS

We want to control the format of our date field dynamically depending on a country or user setting. Normally you can use the DATFMT keyword to set the date's format. And all formats are supported. Our idea was to use DATFMT(*JOB) because we wanted...
5 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Linear Tape File Sistem (LTFS) support on IBM i

LTFS is a common LTO tape format for offline archive across multiple platforms. It would be valuable for system adminstrators/operators if IBM i platform could also supports LTFS formatted LTO tape cartridge.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

managment librairies list for librairies product with SQL *SYS Convention Name

When you use a select in SQL without qualification and SQL naming *SYS, you use the library list possibilities with a litle different *PRDLIB i have a command CMD PROMPT('test mycmd') PRDLIB(MYLIB) a program associate to thic command ...
3 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted