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Include LF with shared access path in SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT

SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT include many usefull informations about logical files (DDS type). Since they are a valid substitute for the use of APIs, it would be very useful if logic files with shared access were also included in ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

RSE API's - swagger or yaml file

Hello, Would it be possible to have the swagger or a yaml file available? This would facilitate the integration of calls to these APIs in external software capable of scripting and automating certain tasks.
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Functionality already exists

Possibility to create IFS objects filters

Because many sources for IBM objects e.g programs, commands can be stored in IFS directories, it would be good to have possibility to define IFS directories and files filters like ones available for objects.
10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Please, fix the VTL iSCSI doc - There is a Typo since 1st release

The document IBM i Support for iSCSI VTL 1.6 _3 at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/IBM%20i%20Support%20for%20iSCSI%20VTL%201.6%20_3.pdf has a type that creates some confusion. On page 12 talks about the command iscsiswi...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Documentation 1 Submitted

6-digit date format for RPG

Hi IBM, On further checking, there is an IBM doc (date 2024-10-08) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=ios-changes-1940-2039-date-range-date-formats-2-digit-year that explained that new environment variable QIBM_QBASEYEAR apply to CL command, ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Enhance the Query Supervisor for temporary storage thresholds to also apply to the *DATABASE temporary storage buckets

We have had several rogue queries that used very large amounts of temporary storage. We have query supervisor thresholds in place, but it did not alert us because the temporary storage was not part of the job itself, but rather the database tempor...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

Fix bug in CHGSMTPA

When you run CHGSMTPA you can choose SBSD in which you can run smtp jobs. This parameter allows putting 10 chars for the *sbsd object and 10 chars for the library. When you use a 10-character library in the parameter, however, errors occur in both...
3 months ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Enable Virtual Serial Number (VSN) for Shared Processor Pool (SPP)

As currently defined, a Virtual Serial Number (VSN) can only be used once for a single LPAR, with cores fully assigned. This approach significantly limits flexibility. For example, consider a scenario with three LPARs, each assigned 0.4 cores. The...
5 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Submitted

SSL/TLS Enable IBM Fix Central Java (JNLP File) PTF Downloads

IBM Fix Central's Java (JNLP) Downloads currently use Non-secure TCP Ports 8470 thru 8476 on the Target AS400/iSeries. We're in the process of locking down Non-secure TCP Ports in favor of their corresponding SSL/TLS Ports 9470 thru 9476. We canno...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

change *ALLOBJ authority needed to drop columns using the ACS schemas editing interface

When you change a table (drop a column) through the ACS grapical interface you need *ALLOBJ to do so.The reason is that ACS adds and removes an autoreply (needing *ALLOBJ) to handle the inquiry message to confirm the drop (data loss) CPA32B2.When ...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration