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IBM i

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Add issuer certificate serial number in qsys2.certificate_info and QycuRetrieveCertificateInfo API

In the DCM GUI, the hierarchy view provides the certification chain: the authority (one or more) + the client/server certificate. However, there is no solution for finding this link using code: The qsys2.certificate_info SQL service and the QycuRe...
6 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Future consideration

Add a special register in SQL triggers to get the schema of the underlying table, at any point, not just in error handlers

In SQL Db2 for i, we would need the SQL triggers to provide a simple way to know the schema of the underlying SQL table of each trigger. It is important to have this data, especially when using library lists, because sometimes we need to pass this...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration

Develop a way to signon via QSECOFR account with a password less solution for ACS, Console and web-based applications.

This is To Comply with Audit requirement to enforce all Privilege Access accounts to move away from visible Passwords .
13 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

Allow ACS to be updated manually within RDi

Allow ACS to be updated manually within RDi so the latest version can be used. Alternatively, allow users to link an existing version of ACS to RDi to be used instead of the built in version.
4 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Provide an API to extract the DSPPGMREF information

There currently is no API to get the output of DSPPFMREF which makes extracting and development of tools cumbersome. There's *OUTFILE support but this is not flexible enough as it requires an intermediate step that complicates things like building...
3 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

Urgent support for Power HA System Mirror for IBM i of the new IBM Spectrum Virtualize function Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function)

With the last announcements of IBM storage, the IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software is enhanced with the new functions based on Policy-based HA (the new Hyperswap function). The PowerHA system mirror for i, today doesn't support this new function and...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 7 Future consideration

Security issue: C runtime functions snprintf and vsnprintf return code is very much non-standard.

This is useful because it allows C code to write functions securely and detect would-be buffer overruns that might result in security exposures. The return value for snprintf and vsnprintf are not consistent with C99 standard and most all other C ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

Implement BRMS in S3 compatibility (I would like to know if there is any plan in future to implement BRMS in S3 compatibility)

We are using BRMS on some of the servers as we are planning for S3 compatible storage for BRMS backup. Please confirm IBMi compatible on S3 protocols. Our plan is to replace the physical tape library with S3 protocol to backup the data to Dell ECS...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 11 Not under consideration

MsgID CPC1E11 to be posted to QSYSOPR/QHST when IPL Schedule is changed

Knowing that your IPL schedule has been changed can be a critical piece of information. Any MsgIDs generated by the functions of the "Go Power" menu should be posting to QSYSOPR, QHST or some other MsgQ so that those messages can be monitored for ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Under review

OVERRIDE_INFO for any job

At present OVERRIDE_INFO will only return results for the current job. Please allow it to return the same information for any job passed to it. It could be a Table function of the current view. Pass to it a fully qualified job name, or '*' for the...
5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration