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IBM i

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    create a temp per process ifs dir QTEMP like in use

    For security and auto cleanup, would be useful to have a particular named directory in IFS called for example /QTEMP or /jobtmp etc. that is local to the process (and PASE process) and behaves just like the QTEMP library. Or something autogenerate...
    3 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Submitted

    Notifications and Alerting

    Ideally, we would like to see a build in Monitoring and alerting capabilities within PowerHA and AdminDOmain.
    3 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    RBAC for PowerHA and AdminDomain

    It would be helpful to provide product level security where not everyone can access administrative tasks. View access vs. Admin access.
    3 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

    IBM needs to identify access paths for self-training on IBM i

    Free access IBM i systems like PUB400.COM have up to the present been critical in the community at providing venues for self-training in IBM i. I and others in the community consider it absolutely necessary that such venues continue, and the IBM t...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Other 1 Submitted

    SRCSTMF parameter for CRTDSPF

    As we are using more and more modern ways and tools to develop our software, it really hurts that one has to copy DDS sources to a member in a temporary source physical file in order to be able to create a display file. I’m pretty sure that it wou...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

    Enhanced Remote RSTLICPGM with License Acceptance Parameter

    Current Limitation Today, when you run RSTLICPGM, if the product requires license acceptance, the system: Prompts interactively on the green screen OR requires a separate manual step using a CL program or override to accept the license This makes ...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

    managment librairies list for librairies product with SQL *SYS Convention Name

    When you use a select in SQL without qualification and SQL naming *SYS, you use the library list possibilities with a litle different *PRDLIB i have a command CMD PROMPT('test mycmd') PRDLIB(MYLIB) a program associate to thic command ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

    Add column for IP address when looking up Writers and Remote Writers

    Finding and changing the IP address of a printer on a device description or an output queue has been traditionally very difficult to do, especially in an environment with lots of printers and no one knows the name of the printer on IBM i. I would ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

    Add FSFC Full System Flashcopy option for holding Advanced Job Scheduler jobs

    There is a parameter for holding regular scheduled jobs in the default IBM i job scheduler, but there is not one for the (newly free of charge) Advanced Job Scheduler. We would like one.
    5 months ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

    Enhancing network performance analysis on IBM i with iPerf Integration

    iPerf (iPerf - The TCP, UDP and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool) is a widely used command-line tool designed for measuring network performance by generating TCP and UDP traffic between two endpoints. It allows network administrators, engin...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

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