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RSTOBJBRM - create a complementary parameter to exclude deleted objects

RSTOBJBRM Can you create a complementary parameter to exclude deleted objects. Use Case: Restaurer un objet via BRM (RSTOBJBRM) Indiquez vos choix, puis appuyez sur ENTREE. Objet . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJ > *ALL + si autres valeurs Biblioth...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Not under consideration

Add option to NOT generate QPJOBLOG spoolfiles when debugging SQL RPG programs.

When debugging a SQLRPGLE program and the files used in the program are large, the system generates hundreds of spool files QPJOBLOG which are all basically the same and have no useful information. It takes time to delete and slows the debug proce...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Not under consideration

Printing AZTEC bidimensional barcode on Iseries

Scenario:We produce packaging for the biggest Worldwide online retailer.Customer wants on our pallets a label that fits to their logistic system.The label has an AZTEC bidimensional barcode in it. IS Series supports QRCODE but not AZTEC Use Case: ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration

For queries requiring table scan agsinst of large, 100,000,000+ row tables, split the query into multiple threads based on a percentage of total table pages

WHY: Improved one off query performance against large, 100,000,000+ row tables. WHO: My customer has transaction log tables that can record millions of transactions per day. Peaking just above 58 million per month in the last 6 months. Maintaining...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

Yum on AIX - Avoid yumrepo listing via http and use another Method

Hi Team, We are using yum on AIX and using https to list the RPM's and the directories same as its listed at IBM site https://developer.ibm.com/articles/configure-yum-on-aix/. For Example: We are using baseurl and https as suggested by IBM (exampl...
almost 3 years ago in AIX 5 Not under consideration

remove user "anonymous" from BMC

remove user "anonymouse" from BMC. ." they are saying that the anonymous user is part of the design ( all though not in use ) " so why i am not able to delete this user. .We will have discussions because of this nonsense-useless-user on every secu...
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Allow OVRPRTF command to specify TOSTMF('/dev/null') to suppress STDOUT from C based objects

Currently the OVRPRTF command will not allow overrides to stream files that already exist. We have been asked by a customer to suppress the creation of spooled files for certain batch tasks. Currently we issue the OVRPRTF command to route this to ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Develop health check procedure to automate validation SEA and switch VLAN trunk configuration matches

Using VLANs on Power Systems usually comes with Virtual Ethernet Adapters bridged to hypervisor switch and SEA Failover/Sharing setup.The maximum configuration can be 16 Virtual Ethernet Adapters and maximum 20 VLANS + PVID / SEA, so 336 VLANs in ...
about 7 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

Integrated File System option in ACS keeps asking for password for multiple operation

If ACS is set to ask for user and password each app opening (say to open different IFS ACS windows using different users), it keeps asking for password even for EACH sub-operation, like "download". Recreate: open ACS IFS using ask for user and pas...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Encryption Hardware Acceleration for GNUTLS/libnettle

The Samba project has away from home grown encryption and openssl to GNUTLS/libnettle in 2019 see https://blog.cryptomilk.org/2019/10/02/samba-and-gnutls/ With gnutls/libnettle in its current state, we can expect substantial performance penalty on...
over 1 year ago in Linux for Power / RHEL 8 (5639-RH8) 0 Planned for future release

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