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Provide access to "extraction program" used by DSPLOG and QMHOLHST API for Developer use

The QMHOLHST API is fine for simple selection and use but it not only omits a few pieces of the QHST log (such as from program and stmt nbr) it also severely limits the number of jobs that may be used to restrict the results. (currently 5) and the...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow VMs to be added/removed to WG while not in move/rehearsal regardless of other WG's phase

When a single WG is in move/rehearsal mode, all the other WGs are basically "locked" as they are - no VMs can be added or removed.
almost 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

24TB memory option for future Mid-Range server

For SAP HANA customers, there are a number of requests for hardware instances to support 24TB databases. Our biggest competitor here is HPE with their Super Flex offering, and currently the E1080 option is not competitive in RFP responses. So a 24...
almost 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Not under consideration

Add a expansion piece to the rails

When you are installing a HMC, Power 9 etc, in a non IBM rack, sometimes the HMC is just an half an inch too short from side to side. This happens when you are installing the hardware in a datacenter that you have no control over the rack. The onl...
almost 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 0 Under review

Enhance the QCMDEXC Scalar Function

Add a Third parameter to the function. There are two possibilities. Preview – Allows you to preview the command before executing it. Display – allows you to display the command but, the command executes. This would be use for anyone that needs to ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

cllsif output is miss leading when there are multiple sites

Currently, the cllsif command lists every service IP label as available on every node and every site in the cluster. However, when a cluster has multiple sites that requires different IP addresses in each site, that means that a given service IP l...
almost 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

Send Scheduled Job Completion/Failure Messages to QHST like you do for the SUBMITTED messages

Please add submitted, scheduled jobs completion messages to QHST even when that job schedule entry does not have MSGQ(QSYSOPR)
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

Add the possibility for routing encrypted QZDASSINIT Jobs in 7.4

Hello, the Cordes & Graefe KG asks for the possibility for routing encrypted QZDASSINIT Jobs in 7.4. As of now this feature is only announced / possible in 7.5, and we are only able to upgrade to 7.4 in the near future but would like to encr...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Not under consideration

Add (submit as) USER parameter to filter jobs on WRKJOBSCDE CL Command

Sometimes User leave a company and they have job's on the Job Scheduler under their USER profile. The USER parameter of ADD/CHG JOBSCDE should be added to the WRKJOBSCE so that we can refine the list to only those job scheduler entries that are go...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Not under consideration

In Db2 Web Query SCHEDULER, enhance screen to allow Execution ID to be changed.

Use case for this is DeveloperA makes a report and places on schedule. Later, it is determined that the USER-ID executing the report (i.e DeveloperA) must change. Perhaps, when report and schedule moved from TEST to PROD, or User has moved to new ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 5 Not under consideration

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