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    IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

    It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Security java toolbox vs Job batch

    We are encountering more and more standard processes that use the Java Toolbox, particularly when using IWS servers.My company and I have identified cases of interference between these processes and the batch jobs that use them.For years, we have ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 7 Future consideration

    Improvement to the DSPPGMREF command

    The command currently does not generate information about the commands used in a program.The improvement is to include information about this type of objects and be useful when performing some type of forensic analysis on the IBM i
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

    Possibility to use generic message ID's on ON-EXCP section in MONITOR group

    It would be very useful to have ability to use generic message ID's e.g CPF0000, CPF9800 in ON-EXCP op-code within MONITOR group. This should be similar to CL's MONMSG functionality in terms of generic message ID's monitoring.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC with PeerZoning/Smart Zoning

    A new type of storage zoning is peerzoning or smartzoning. This method is clearer and more practical to handle. e.g. debugging etc.
    over 2 years ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

    PowerVC Support for selected I/O Group at SVC Host Creation

    We have a customer with a larger number of hosts (> 256) each having 8 FC ports (paths). Because PowerVC for the deployment of new VMs creates the host object on the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) in each SVC I/O group the SVC's limit of 2048 ...
    5 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Custom SQLSTATE/MESSAGE for SIGNAL statement

    Currently it is possible with the SIGNAL statement to return a custom SQLSTATE and message. DECLARE COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND CONDITION FOR SQLSTATE '02000'; DECLARE EXIT HANDLER FOR COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND SIGNAL SQLSTATE '75001' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Country no...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Include AFP Manager in New Navigator for i

    The new Navigator for i does not include AFP Manager, which is most frequently used to import overlays and page segments that have been created using AFP Print Driver, now provided by Ricoh. The current AFP Manager also has functionality to import...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 17 Future consideration

    Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers

    For Power9 Ubuntu was supported for Novalink. For Power10 it is not, and only RHEL is supported and it is not free. We need to have Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers. Ubuntu 22.04 is a long term support so it is worth ...
    over 3 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 6 Future consideration

    Enable the usage of non ephemeral/static ports when using ObjectConnect over TCP/IP

    Currently, IBMi ObjectConnect over TCP/IP uses TCP port 9841. Once the connection is established, it attempts to negotiate a data port connection within the ephemeral port range of 5000-65535. This configuration is not practical when a firewall ex...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Future consideration

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