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Add availability info (version/release/TR) to Info Center

Please add availability info to RPGLE BIFs, SQL functions/procedures, catalog views and IBM i services (like table functions, etc.). Some information like: Available since 7.3 TR 2 and 7.4 This would make it easy to check backward compatibility.
7 months ago in IBM i / Documentation 3 Submitted

Modernizing IBM SEA to handle Cisco micro-segmentation policy

CISCO ACI in conjunctions with VMWARE have developed the ability to apply multiple Private VLAN configurations (micro-segmentation) onto a single switchport. Normal Private VLAN implementations require the creation of the Primary VLAN (200) which ...
5 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Detailed documentation of the database tasks ACS

Detailed documentation of the database tasks implemented in ACS would be necessary to improve their use and understanding. Unfortunately, there is no documentation in the knowledge centre or in the manuals that corresponds to the power of the data...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Documentation 0 Submitted

BRMS ICC backup to AWS Cloud only allows US East region for storing data

Please see PMR Case number TS016529098. We are looking to use BRMS to send backup data to an S3 bucket at AWS. By default it is directing to AWS US East region and we are told there is no option to send data to another region. We faced issues with...
3 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 1 Submitted

PDF/A with ZUGFeRD

Due to EU laws, we need the ability to create PDF/A files with ZUGFeRD.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Submitted

Suppressing Hardware Problem messages

We normally get the messages related to any hardware problem on the IBM i O.S which is good if it is on-prem server. But considering a user who has cloud based subscription for an LPAR in the IBM Cloud then these kind of messages doesn't makes any...
17 days ago in IBM i / Hardware 0 Submitted

Change of WLM start/restart behave in passive mode

When restart or start Workload Manager WLM the AIX is set internal locks to be shure that no new porcess,fork etc can happen until AIX has checked all running processes again WLM rules. On a multi terrabyte memory machine this can lead to 5-7 minu...
6 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Bring the Rust programming language to IBM i PASE

More and more open source packages depend on Rust so we would like to see the Rust language available on IBM i.
11 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Submitted

Enhance all SAVE and BRMS SAVE commands to be able to put an identical stream to other tapes

We recently found out that a DUPTAP needs twice as long as the SAVE which is sometimes a regulatory requirement. If the backup takes very long than this might result in 24 hours not being enough to complete the task (if the backup takes more than ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Make pytorch available for install from ACS/Open Source Package Managment.

It would be much more practical, and much easier to install pytorch/ppc64 from a well known place. As for now, it's really hard to find instructions of where and how to install a version of pytorch, built for the Power PC architecture.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

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