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in RUN SQL SCRIPT to have the ability to run scripts from GitLab

We have a GitLab, and all our SQL scripts are stored in this GitLab. To run them in RUN SQL SCRIPT, we first need to download them to our PC. Would it be possible to have access to a URL to open the script directly in GitLab?
24 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

VARDIM for RPGLE

Quick explanation. VARDIM is to DIM what VARCHAR is to CHAR. Background Interfacing with RPG complex structures can be done, however the implementations are not homogeneous. Examples. In IWS you need a pseudo variable suffixed by the array name ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Provide a method to automate Configure TLS for an HTTP server

I have written an application to automate the Let's Encrypt process for issuing and renewing certificates. I would like to automate the process of assigning a JavaKeyStore to the Admin5 HTTP server. In addition this would be useful for others who ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

Manage Virtual Storage new GUI

The feature of re-map virtual fibre channel removed on the new hmc V10 R3, I think this feature is very important in the troubleshooting and physical port failure scenarios. in other words if there is a port failure from Power side , from storage ...
about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

lpardbg - Add data collection for LPARS running AIX

lpardbg is a great new feature to collect snap-data from VIOS via HMC, but it would be nice to be able to collect data from LPARS with AIX as OS as well. Documentation of lpardbg: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=commands-lpardbg
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Firmware level and PTF Group Currency on "About" page- IBM Navigator for i

My understanding is that Navigator for i get's it's info about the system through SQL. I am also aware of a SYSTOOL to show PTF group currency. My suggestion is to combine these two features, and include the PTF Group Currency on the "About" page ...
2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

`xargs` should support `-0`/`--null` parameter

xargs on AIX currently does not implement -0. While this is not part of the POSIX standard ( AFAIK, please check), it is implemented by every other implementation, including FreeBSD's. While the OSS toolbox's implementation /opt/freeware/bin/xargs...
2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter

Create a new built in function to subset an array using a procedure to filter. Similar to the %SUBARR function, but allow a procedure to be specified to determine if the array entry should be included in the result. Something like ... dcl-ds array...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

When the Java virtual machine cannot be created, provide more information in joblog

When invoking java from a RPG program, and an error occurs that causes the JVM creation to fail or not complete, there is usually a spool file generated that contains stderr content. In my case, the joblog contains a QJVM1164 message, but that did...
25 days ago in IBM i / JAVA 0 Submitted

lpardbg - Add data transfer to IBM over configured proxy

lpardbg is a great new feature to collect snap-data from VIOS via HMC, but it would be nice to transfer the collected data via Proxy to IBM. This is already possible for the command pedbg and the proxy from the call-home configuration is used here...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted