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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Allow IBM ACE to support configurable sequential or batch startup of Integration Servers (DataFlowEngine processes) during node startup

In environments hosting a large number of IBM ACE Integration Servers on a single host, all DataFlowEngine processes currently start concurrently when an ACE Node starts. This can cause temporary CPU and memory spikes during server reboot or servi...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Application Development Submitted

Add QIBM_DEBUG_SERVER Application definition to os 7.5 so debug can be used with TLS.

We have a requirement to make all connections secure with TLS and that is not available for DEBUG running on 7.5. The QIBM_QTES_DEBUG_SERVER was not added in DCM at V7R5 and is only available from V7R6 and forward.The ACS Base client new version t...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs

The SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO table function does not provide the list of corrective PTFs. We must search the HTML page to find the list of corrective PTFs. It would be nice to have a field with the list of corrective PTFs and also to get the affected pro...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Native needrestart command for IBM AIX

IBM AIX would benefit from a native needrestart command similar to the functionality available on Linux systems. After installing updates, Interim Fix (iFix), Service Packs, or Technology Levels, administrators currently have no simple and standar...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

Support SMB 3.1.1 dialect in V7R6M0

Win 11 24H2 PCs can map a network drive to a system using IBM i V7R6M0.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Other Submitted

Incorporate the SQL_ERROR, SQL_WARNING, and SQL_NOT_FOUND indicators into SQLCA

Incorporate indicators into SQLCA so that the code in SQLRPGLE is much clearer when validating SQL statements, without having to deduce it every time we read conditions involving sqlcode, sqlstate or sqlwarn. Wanted SQL_SUCCESS SQL_NOT_FOUND ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Offer BMC compatible ISO image(s) for V11R2

It has been noted that support for a remote installation of V11R2 has been dropped using a virtual image on the BMC which is detailed here: https://delivery04-mul.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/HMA/0e8yi/3/MF71772.readme.html This is problematic for remote m...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Create a tool in IBM MCP Server that extracts the definition of a query and exposes it to AI

Add a read-only tool to the IBM i MCP Server that retrieves the definition of an IBM Query for i *QRYDFN object and returns it as structured JSON. The response should include referenced files, joins, selected fields, result fields, selection crite...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i Submitted

Provide a way to query Db2 for IBM i members

Currently, using OVRDBF to direct SQL statements to a specific database file member is functional, but it is not an ideal solution. It requires an external override that is disconnected from the SQL statement itself, making the code less self-cont...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Enable Remote FlashSystem Port-Group Configuration During PBHA Storage-Template Creation in PowerVC

In PowerVC, a port group is configured during storage-template creation by selecting the required physical storage ports. For a PBHA storage template, PowerVC currently allows the port group to be configured using physical ports from the primary F...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC Submitted