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    Allow generic member/file name for /COPY and /INCLUDE compiler directive

    Today if we have to include several copy member, we have use one /COPY or /INCLUDE directive per member: /include qcopysrc,copy01/include qcopysrc,copy02/include qcopysrc,copy03 My proposal is, to extend the /COPY and /INCLUDE directive to support...
    20 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Submitted

    Edit copy members in the same editor window they are used in

    It would be extremely useful and functional to be able to edit the included copy (/copy) members in the same editor where the main program is being edited.The ability to edit copy members by opening them directly from the main source is very conve...
    5 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

    VMRDR needs to handle SSH login security banners displayed by a storage_agent

    When running a discover on a workgroup, if the remote storage_agent (like a FS9200) has a security login banner enabled, VMRDR is reading that banner as actual input to be parsed instead of ignoring it and only reading the true data. When connecti...
    5 days ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Add *ALLUSR in command RSTLIBBRM

    RSTLIBBRM SAVLIB(*ALLUSR) - this is required to restore to another partition using BRMS network.
    5 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 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 1 year ago in Linux for Power / RHEL OpenShift (5639-OCP) 9 Future consideration

    Change Data Capture (CDC) support in Db2 for i

    We have a requirement to stream data in realtime from Db2 for i to other consumers for AI, data warehouse and other systems. I'm aware there are third party products available like Debezium, Fivetran and others, and you can always roll your own. H...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Submitted

    Allow scheduled tasks in HMC schedule management to be edited

    When you have created a scheduled Task like "backup profile data" or "backup HMC data" it os only possible to view or delete the Task. So if you want to Change the schedule to a new time oder date, you have to delete and receate the Task. It would...
    2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

    New *EMPTY constant

    Follow-up on https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4107. Instead of using *blank / *blanks, when one wants to return an empty string from a function, instead of writing: return ''; One could write: return *empty;
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Run SQL Scripts: Remove redundant variable prompting

    When prompting for multiple substitution variables with same name, only prompt once.
    3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Future consideration

    Provide a tool Admins can use to review PTF cover letters for Special and Activation Instructions

    Currently there is no tool available to assist Admins when reviewing PTF cover letters prior to loading and installing PTF's. This would be helpful as there are thousands of PTF's in a typical deployment. It is impossible to review each cover lett...
    2 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Submitted

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