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LUN_RESET delay/timeout after I/O timeout should be a customisable value

We have noticed a significant impact in terms of IO paused after IO timeouts since the introduction of IJ07805 / IJ07842 / IJ10537. We consider that the new timers added to the LUN Reset should be part of the ODM definition for the disk class in o...
over 5 years ago in AIX 0 Not under consideration

Change Auto start of FTP service from *YES to *NO for default IBM i installation

By default the FTP service on IBM starts and accepts unencrypted connections. Best practice is to limit, encrypt or disable FTP access. So, starting at the next version of IBM i I would suggest we disable the FTP service by default. Users can then...
8 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Not under consideration

Enhance SQL *PRV Signature Support to be at least as good as *SRVPGM Signatures

When creating an SQL VIEW that uses an IBM i Service or another SQL Table Function on release "N" and the restoring that SQL VIEW onto another system with release N-1, a Signature Violation occurs when attempting to query that SQL VIEW using SQL.T...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

PowerVC - Capability to export/dump configuration data for configured infrastructure entities

PowerVC is a commonly used product in modernized cognitive systems based cloud data center environment. It talks to various key infrastructure components like power servers, HMCs, storage subsystems, network etc. and facilitates automation, standa...
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Resolve object references for embedded SQL at compile time

Product: Change Management Our change management application allows us to track changes, automate our deployment and development process, and perform impact analysis, all of which give us better controls and reduce risk in our software development...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

PDF/A urgently needed!!

We really urgently need the possibility to create PDF/A documents as defined in ISO standard, because of our huge PDF archive (3500 PDF files daily). If we want to to store PDF documents in archive for 10 years(10y x 270 days x 3500 PDFs), we must...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 8 Future consideration

GO SAVE 21,22,23 display improvement

GO SAVE options 20 and 21 display a screen to enter the tape device, etc. I believe option 22 uses the same screen. It appears all 3 options use the same display. Please display on that screen the actual option / option description chosen on the m...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Future consideration

DCL variable length variables or CALLPRC passing *BYVAL2 or *BYVAL4

I would like the ability to declare a varying length character variable in CL. Just like in RPG. For example:DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100000) DCL VAR(&...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Future consideration

RGZPFM while active does not always return deleted records space.

RGZPFM while should always return deleted record space. We have a large, always active, file with 1/3 deleted records that RGZPFM while active did not return deleted records space. We run 24/7 & only come down for Cums & OS & barely ma...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Under review

Enhance IBM DB2 SQL triggering to allow running the triggering action in async mode to improve system performance

This is useful for non critical batch run update for huge size file to shorten the program run time.
6 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

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