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Search results: IBM i

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QSH and QCMD shell directly in ACS

Provide ssh : sshfs, sftp, qsh and qcmd shell directly in ACS for fast administrative access. Use Case: Avoid to configure and work throuth a 5250 terminal and menu session first. Improve to access support of SSH setup. Efficent work from any java...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

ACS: Add SSL/TLS support for Linux ODBC connections

The iACS ODBC driver for Linux does not support SSL/TLS connections. Please add SSL/TLS support to match the Windows version. Use Case: Encrypting connections to our IBM i partitions from Linux servers that use ODBC to connect to the database.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

Boolean data type for use within SQL Procedural Language

You can use a new system-defined Boolean data type for use within SQL Procedural Language (SQL PL) applications that provides support for declaring and referencing the system-defined logical values: TRUE, FALSE, or NULL within compound SQL (compil...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Fix problems with 7.3 SMB2 support

I am having issues with IFS from Windows.IBM says it's a Windows issue and points me to multiple documents such as: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021348 - NetServer support of SMB2 at V7R3 and support for Change Notify http:/...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Delivered

ODBC 1371E support

ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for Windows / Linux / Mac / PASE that provides ODBC to support full 1371E with Unicode surrogates.https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-access-client-solutions Use Case: ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for W...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

IBM i COBOL build in IFS file

RDi now support Git for COBOL source version control in utf-8 code in IFS. So we want the COBOL source file in IFS to compile using CRTBNDCBL command directory. But we have to convert the source from utf-8 to EBCDIC in IFS. So CRTBNDCBL command ca...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 5 Delivered

Support AIX pollsets on i

While porting Mono, I noticed the only options for "fast" socket management are select/poll. AIX has a plethora of (varyingly old) options when it comes to improved alternatives. Of these, the pollset API is the newest and currently recommended ch...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

Increase speed of QFileSvr.400 and NFS connections

SAP transports (STMS) on IBM i are running very slow compared to other platforms, regardless if using QFileSvr.400 or NFS. Use Case: We are using SAP Transports, which depend on the performance of QFileSvr.400, which is NOT the fastest interface. ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Delivered

Port `find` command

Port the find command from Gnu findutils. Use Case: When porting other software (i.e. nvm (n1) for Node.js) there will sometimes be scripting involved that make use of the Linux-style/implementation of commands (instead of AIX). This means I get e...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

Host server jobs

Qualys vulnerability scan is run against iseries environment on a weekly basis. the purpose of running this scan is to fix any issues in the iseries.When these scans are run on a weekly basis it causes elevated CPU utilization and since these scan...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 6 Delivered