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Please add for REST API token based authentication

Security tools and hardening activities usually configure password expiration for accounts and then REST API call will stop working. Using separate tokens for REST API prevent for automation tools stop working.
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration
103 VOTE

Port Go Language

Port the Go language(n1) to IBM i PASE. n1 - https://golang.org/ Use Case: Finding that the Go language is becoming more popular and that some (popular) tooling is being built with it(n2,n3). Commentary from Kevin Adler: http://bit.ly/golang-twitt...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 15 Not under consideration

Allow for profile changes during LPM to save downtime on systems

An lpar with min 1G, desired 10G and max 16G memory profile, requires a reboot and profile change to move the min or max numbers to anything else. Since during an LPM it first creates a new profile on the target frame, sure would be nice if say th...
5 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Not under consideration

New IBM i Service for SMTP

I would like an IBM i Service to view and manage the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on IBM i. Ideally this service would not only allow a user to view and or modify the configuration of SMTP but also to view the Email History stored within t...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 9 Not under consideration

Make Last Saved Info Object Information visible on production partition when BRMS backup occurs on Flashcopy partition

To improve Production up-time, we have adopted a Backup strategy where the IBM i production partition is flash copied to a backup partition. BRMS is used to do a full save of the backup partition to tape media. This means the SAVE object informati...
6 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration

Relaxe the restriction for the QUALIFIED keyword use on LIKEDS strucctures.

When coding RPG IV, I use Templates and the LIKEDS keyword, and also use non-Template data structures with the LIKEDS keyword. RPG IV muscle memory instinctively has me writing: DCL-DS myStruct Qualified LIKEDS(struct_tmpl) Inz(*LIKEDS); The probl...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

Enable RPG compiler to take DSPF and PRTF definition from open format like XML/JSON

RPG is the main programming language used on the IBM i platform. It is well integrated with DB2, it is ILE, open with Open Access and has been modernized. It could be a first citizen language for cloud app but there is an obstacle to leveraging it...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 12 Not under consideration

Port Docker to 5733OPS

Docker is a container platform that allows to deploy self-sufficient applications and services. It allows to build agile software delivery pipelines to ship new features faster, more securely and with confidence. Use Case: It would be great to be ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 6 Not under consideration

FOR-EACH with record level access

The new FOR-EACH is today working on list, however it would be nice if - in the future - it could be extended to also handle record level access. ( and perhaps also user defined iterators) The basic idea is to make tighter and more concise coding ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Not under consideration

Support folders in iACS session manager

Provide the ability to create folders & sub-folders in the iACS session manager to allow better organization of display & printer sessions. Use Case: In situation where there are large number of display & printer sessions, it would be ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

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