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IBM i

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    Add more libraries emulation support to "ISCSI attached VTL" feature

    We have tried to attach QUADSTOR VTL and Starwind VTL to IBM i using ISCSI and with the listed PTFs in place with no luck. But we have found the IBM i could login to the Starwind virtual device, but never showed the IBM i device. Can you add the s...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 7 Future consideration

    BRMS Media policy retention period limit

    The maximum retention period in BRMS media policy is 9999 days now. However, there are some business required to keep the backup record for 30 years which we can only set the retention period as *PERM and review the retention period time by time. ...
    11 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

    SQL check authority enhancement to understand level of authority

    QSYS2.SQL_CHECK_Authority function in SYSTOOLS, is available to retrieve whether the current user is authorized to an object. This is good as returns 1 if authorized. However, if the business needs to know, for a file object whether user can view ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Improve ARE PTF Fix Actions

    Improve Administration Runtime Expert for i (ARE) to fix missing PTF errors without requiring a save file be present on any system. Create a process to extract a PTF(s) or Group of PTFs to be sent to an endpoint system that does not require the PT...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Future consideration

    Add edit/browse capability for called programs similar to copy books

    When editing a CL or RPG source member in RDi, it would be cool if you could right click on a called program in that source and edit/browse that program in a new tab. This would perform similar to when you right click on a copy book. The LPEX edit...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Hope IBM i can have DB2 Order By COLLATION KEY BIT scalar function

    Customer need to Order By some DBCS Chinese field by Chinese stroke order. In open platform UDB DB2, can use COLLATION_KEY_BIT scalar function -- https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_9.7.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0050491.htm...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    New function %lookupNE() to find the first element in an array not equal to the search argument

    Many times I have to locate the first non-blank or non-zero element in an array. To search for it I either have to code a for/endfor or dow/enddo loop to scan for it. Sorting it is not an option. The sequence must be kept. So often it is something...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Audit Issue - IBM Web Administration for i Permisssions Enhancement

    By default, only users or their groups with *ALLOBJ & *IOSYSCFG special authorities can manage and create Web related servers on the system through the use of IBM Web Administration for i. The Web related server include IBM HTTP Server, WebSph...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Add template for function prototypes/Procedure Interfaces

    Currently when defining a procedure prototype that references a procedure pointer, the prototype must be defined in scope with the pointer which causes issues for me in a highly modularized environment with service programs and sub-procedures. I f...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

    What commands are linked to what special authority?

    I want to monitor what commands needing special authority are used by who.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

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