IBM Power Ideas Portal
This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).
Shape the future of IBM!
We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:
Search existing ideas
Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,
Post your ideas
Post an idea.
Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.
Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.
Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use
Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.
IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.
ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.
The PTF for 7.2 referenced as pending in the previous comment is now available. The PTF number is SI64923.
The main delivery information was posted in the previous Comment. However, there are now two known issues with this deliverable.
1) The procedure fails to build due to library QSYSINC in library list not existing.
Workaround: Install SS1 Option 13. Library QSYSINC is free and delivered with Option 13. The procedure does not actually use this library, but expects it to be in the library list anyway.
Fix: Apply these PTFs to avoid having QSYSINC added to the library list when it's not installed.
7.3 SI64907
7.2 Pending... This RFE will be updated again when the fix is available for IBM i 7.2
It may be necessary, after either action above, to rebuild the missing procedure. To do so, run:
CALL QSYS/QSQSYSIBM
You may also check if everything is built correctly with:
CALL QSYS/QSQIBMCHK
2) The procedure fails when run with the default CCSID of 65535.
Workaround: CHGJOB CCSID(37)
Fix: Apply these PTFs to allow the procedure to run on any valid CCSID.
7.3 SI64506
7.2 SI64507
A LICENSE_EXPIRATION_CHECK procedure will be added to the SYSTOOLS examples.
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/SYSTOOLS.LICENSE_EXPIRATION_CHECK%20Procedure
This could be called periodically from a scheduled job like so:
Example:
QSYS/ADDJOBSCDE JOB(*JOBD) CMD(RUNSQL SQL('CALL SYSTOOLS.LICENSE_EXPIRATION_CHECK(10)') COMMIT(*NONE)) FRQ(*WEEKLY) SCDDAY(*MON)
This functionality will be available March 31, 2017 with DB2 PTF Groups:
7.3 TR2 - SF99703
7.2 TR6 - SF99702
Please see the above link for further documentation.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Install, Upgrade
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - PTF, Service
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None