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IBM i

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    Do not re-create QSECEXP1 job schedule when changing profile expiration date

    Hi IBM team, When changing the date in the USREXPDATE of the CHGUSRPRF command, the QSECEXP1 job schedule is re-created even if it already exists. Also, the description disapears and the 'Scheduled by' is changed with the profile that did the chan...
    16 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    ACS Printer session reset outq private authority when it is recreated.

    Current Observation: When the system recreates a printer device, the associated output queue (OUTQ) object’s private authority is reset to its default. If there are spooled files in the OUTQ, the system does not recreate the OUTQ—even if the print...
    17 days ago in IBM i / Print 0 Submitted

    ACS - Spool Files Component - Allow defining outque residing in IASP library

    We have outque libraries that reside in SYSBAS as well as in the iASP. But using the ACS Spool Files component, we cannot get to our outque libraries in the IASP. Only in the SYSBAS libraries. Even though we created the spool files that are put in...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

    With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

    enhancement with PowerHA Site-failure scenario with Hyperswap design

    It is about IBM i site failure protection with PowerHA + HyperSwap. When the source server and storage both power down, suppose the target server and storage (DS8K) will takeover the iASP asap. But there is a scenario the target LPAR will be hang ...
    2 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    Allow to create and save to a Tape Image Catalog on remote server

    Please, add support to Tape Image Catalog so we can save on a remote server (probably NFS V4) and allow migrate to the cloud when there is not enough local storage in the ASP. I know we can use a Remote Virtual Optical Image Catalog, but this only...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

    Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a procedure uses global variable

    New Control Spec Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a calculation in procedure uses a global variable Keyword: PROCGLBVAR with options *ALLOW *WARN *ERROR *allow - no compiler message if a calculation in a procedure references a global variable ...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

    IBM i Access ODBC driver query execution timeout

    My organization is using PHP/Laravel and the IBM i access odbc driver to connect to DB2. We have had a few scenarios where the php application sends a sql query and then waits indefinitely for the result, until PHP's max execution time kicks and k...
    18 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

    Retain PowerHA Geographic Mirror cluster information when doing image capture and volume clone

    Hello, For some time now (I’m unable to pinpoint exactly when), PowerHA Geographic Mirror no longer retains cluster information when performing an image capture or a volume clone operation. This functionality used to work correctly — for example, ...
    18 days ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

    Identify the run priority changes under the JS journal code

    Identify the run priority changes under the JS journal code. The idea is, if the security specialist can check the journals entry code, to locate all the "run priority" changes for different jobs, one option is inside the JS code, one new subtype ...
    18 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

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