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Enhancement request: Add option to QSYS2.PTF_INFO to return all known PTFs, including PTFs for non-installed product options

Please enhance the QSYS2.PTF_INFO SQL service to optionally return all PTFs known to the system, including PTFs related to product options that are not currently installed. Today, QSYS2.PTF_INFO only returns PTF information for installed products/...
25 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

REST API Certificate Automation

This is useful to customers looking to automate the renewals for HMC certificates.
9 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

upgrade HMC service-management-panel - dump-panel - to add IBM-support-case-no when calling-home a dump

It will ease up work with HMC-GUI to have an option to add the IBM-Support-case-no. to a dump-file when choosing " call-home dump ". This will give IBM-ECUREP the feature to right place the uploaded dump-file to the correct IBM-support-case unless...
7 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Update to the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page

On the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/services/us/igsc/has/qmgtools_changelog.txt The current changes / updated are listed. What isn't listed is where these changes / updates are. Which menu or menu path? For example: t...
13 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

add CLI option to GUI-feature : "Schedule-management" jobs

setting up "Schedule-management" jobs is currently a GUI-only feature. (V11R1M1111) add a CLI functionality to this feature. and a clear logging/messaging for active or expired schedule jobs.
6 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted
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GitHub actions for ppc64le. Let's make ppc64le a standard!

With the exponential emergence of ARM-based systems we think it is time to make ppc64le a third standard along with x86 and ARM. 1. The context The rise of containerization and cloud-native applications has emphasized the importance of Continuous ...
over 2 years ago in Linux for Power / RHEL OpenShift (5639-OCP) Future consideration

Automatic Management of TLS Certificates

Since the validity period of SSL/TLS certificates will be reduced from the current 398 days to 47 days starting in March 2029, managing certificates manually will become very difficult due to the significantly shortened validity.Therefore, a servi...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

DB2 for i - Add Function RENAME COLUMN to Rename name column

In DB2 SQL, create the RENAME COLUMN function to rename a column.This DB2 SQL function is supported in other environments (DB2 for Linux, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS).
20 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

ENTERPRISE : Ajout de la possibilité de rétention des PDF dans l'IFS

Bonjour, Suite à l'installation du 5770-BR2, nous mettons actuellement en place la partie Enterprise. Nous voyons que lors d'envoi des rapports par @mail que le processus passe par une création de PDF dans l'IFS dans l'arborescence /tmp/brms//Ente...
2 months ago in IBM i / BRMS Needs more information

SPOOLED_FILE_INFO add parameter for spool file

I often spend time looking for certain spool files belonging to a user. At present I have to do: SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.SPOOLED_FILE_INFO( USER_NAME => 'HUTCHINSON')) WHERE SPOOLED_FILE_NAME = 'QPJOBLOG' ORDER BY CREATION_TIMESTAMP DESC ; ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

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