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IBM i

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Serverresponse is missing for systool functions like httpputclob

Serverresponse is missing for systool functions like httpputclob, httppostclob, etc.Even the httpputclobverbose function only returns the http header messages. But the responsemessage from the server that identifies the real problem will not be re...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

API or SQL view for WRKCMTDFN

Create an API or SQL view corresponding to the command WRKCMTDFN JOB (* ALL) STATUS (* PENDING). Use Case: We need to identify jobs that are waiting of commit validation. The goal is to stop jobs that are likely to prevent the synchronization poin...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Two-way communication framework

Currently, Instana is only able to collect information from IBMi but not able to feed requests back to IBMi. This is an important piece which our team used to reply and acknowledge events directly from user interface instead of logging into each L...
11 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

SYSDISKSTAT: Add percent busy

Disks are getting hammered on one system on rare occasion. IBM denies any culpability. Therefore I need way to know when to IPL system when the percent busy of the disks gets out of hand.Please add percent busy to sysdiskstat service Use Case: Mon...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

ON-EXIT could be colored differently

Syntax highlighting: The ON-EXIT opcode, while technically an opcode, could be more noticeable if it were colored like a "control flow opcode" instead of regular "opcode". Then it would look like the monitor/on-error/endmon and return opcodes inst...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

ACS - clear keyboard buffer when showing RSS results

When the result of a SQL statement in Run SQL Script is shown, the keyboard buffer is not cleared and the result window will pickup the next keystroke in the buffer. This is very annoying when the next keystroke is F5 - especially when the SQL sta...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

New Nav - Work Management tables/panels need to retrieve ALL ASP objects NOT just SYSBAS

In New Nav, JOBQs, OUTQs, SBSD, JOBDs, MSGQs, need to search all ASPs, not just SYSBAS. Examples: Work Management SBSD, retrieving jobq entries that reside in an iASP library do not show up. On the green screen, it shows 58 jobq entries. In the Ne...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Compare without sequence #

The stock compare function, as initiated with a right-click in the RSE includes sequence # in the comparison. There doesn't appear to be a way to stop this from happening, so many more differences are tagged than we would like. Use Case: We have s...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Add PIGZ to YUM repository for IBM i

Pigz is a parallel GZIP, so we can improve performance when compressing based on threads, CPUs or any quantity Use Case: With PIGZ we can improve gzip compression performance using parallelism.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

ACS APW print support

Printer session of IBM i Access Client Solutions does not support APW forms with bar codes and ruled lines. The client has many kinds of printers so they cannot use PDT or HPT. Therefore, the client requires the enhancement of Java printing servic...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered