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Enhanced dynamic switch the collections for IWS REST-SQL services

The current IWS REST-SQL service does not support a multi-schema environment and cannot dynamically switch libraries (schemas, collections) referenced by SQL statements.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

resize command for VIOS

resize command from X11.apps.xterm helps to determine current window size and to set corresponding environment variables. It is extremely useful if an administrator works with VIO through HMC interface or use some other "not clean" interfaces. res...
10 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Submitted

IBM i V7R1 request for S914 and S924 Support Also

It was announced that IBM i V7R1 will be supporting the S922 and E980 beginning Nov 20, 2020. Multiple partners and clients in the US and Canada have asked why the S914 and S924 are excluded as they have customers with legacy applications that the...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Not under consideration

Include snapshot space usage in resource usage for a project.

Currently PowerVC doesn't include the space usage of snapshots in the resource usage (Volume Storage) for a project. This space usage is effectively hidden from the project. It would be useful for this to be included as either part of the overall ...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Expiry dates for snapshots

We take snapshots for application and OS work which we only wish to keep for a set period of time, usually two weeks. Currently we need to utilise manual processes outside of PowerVC to track when to delete a snapshot eg: calendar reminders, reque...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Provide a PowerVC CLI which can be used to generates a file with a list of users and roles for MongoDB and MariaDB

provide a PowerVC CLI which can be used to generates a file with a list of users and roles for MongoDB and MariaDB.
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Bring back and improve Snippets in RDi

The Snippets view has been removed from RDi since version 9.8. Also the export, export for automatic distribution and import of Snippets was removed. Please bring back Snippets and improve them by adding "light scripting" or at least conditional c...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Support the very latest C and C+ Compilers natively as IBM i targeted Compilers

The ability to use C and C++ on IBM i is becoming increasingly frustrating as new C++ class libraries have been introduced and implemented in C++ variations on ALL OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS. The decades-old Spec used for native IBM i development is ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 7 Future consideration

Select into :dsArray

It would be great to be able to select columns from a table directly into a data structure array instead of going through the process of creating a cursor. Because a lot of times you just want the list of matches and then your done. It makes even ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

AIX 7.2/7.3 EFS PCI DSS v4.0 Compliance

PCI DSS v4.0 requires sensitive customer data to be encrypted at the file level. File security and volume level encryption are not sufficient. We believe EFS meets the PCI 4.0 standard but it is not documented anywhere.
3 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

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