IBM i 7.2 Technical Overview
by Tom Vernaillen, Jiri Sochr, Edward Handy Satio, Siripong Prukpaiboon, Takahiro I
IBM i 7.2 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates
- Front cover
- Notices
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM i 7.2
- 1.1 IBM i 7.2
- 1.2 Technology Refresh
- 1.3 Upgrading to or installing IBM i 7.2
- 1.3.1 Supported hardware
- 1.3.2 IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool for IBM i
- 1.3.3 POWER8 reference documentation
- 1.3.4 POWER8 update access keys
- 1.3.5 Load source usable space
- 1.3.6 HMC and central electrical complex firmware levels
- 1.3.7 IBM i resave levels and their relationship to Technology Refresh
- 1.3.8 Network installation support for SLIC updates
- 1.4 Documentation and support locations
- 1.5 Topics that are covered in this book
- 1.6 Functions available from previous releases
- Chapter 2. Systems management
- 2.1 IBM Navigator for i
- 2.1.1 Requirements
- 2.1.2 Usability and performance improvements
- 2.1.3 Searching for a task by keywords and CL commands
- 2.1.4 Bookmarking your favorite tasks
- 2.1.5 File systems
- 2.1.6 Target Systems and Groups
- 2.1.7 PTF management
- 2.1.8 Message and system monitors
- 2.1.9 Performance
- 2.1.10 Security
- 2.1.11 Network
- 2.1.12 Omnifind Text Search
- 2.1.13 Disk management
- 2.1.14 Partition management
- 2.1.15 Support for additional system values
- 2.1.16 Integrated server administration
- 2.1.17 Database
- 2.1.18 Printers and printer output
- 2.2 IBM i Access
- 2.3 Application Runtime Expert for i
- 2.4 Journal management
- 2.4.1 STRJRN parameter for restore CL commands
- 2.4.2 Deferred journal restore
- 2.4.3 Secure remote journal
- 2.4.4 QJOSJRNE API change
- 2.4.5 Journal conversion after an IBM i 7.2 installation
- 2.4.6 Journal limits changes
- 2.4.7 New journal entry types
- 2.4.8 Displaying journal information
- 2.4.9 Journal Sizing and Planning tool
- 2.5 Work management enhancements
- 2.6 Operating system limitation changes
- 2.7 IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i
- 2.8 Performance
- 2.1 IBM Navigator for i
- Chapter 3. Cloud and virtualization
- 3.1 Cloud and IBM i
- 3.2 IBM Power Virtualization Performance for Power Systems
- 3.3 IBM i virtualization enhancements
- 3.3.1 Virtual Partition Manager GUI in IBM Navigator for i
- 3.3.2 iVirtualization release support
- 3.3.3 Using solid-state drives for network storage spaces
- 3.3.4 Support of additional disks that are attached through VSCSI
- 3.3.5 Less-complex assignment of tape and optical resources
- 3.3.6 Defining system resource usage during storage space creation
- 3.4 Live Partition Mobility
- 3.5 Licensing and service provider accommodations
- Chapter 4. Security
- Chapter 5. Networking
- 5.1 Domain Name System
- 5.2 Simple Network Management Protocol
- 5.3 SR-IOV
- 5.4 System SSL enhancements
- 5.5 Virtual private networks
- 5.6 Virtual local area network
- 5.7 Retrieving and updating TCP/IP information
- 5.8 IPv6 proxy neighbor discovery for virtual Ethernet and PPP
- 5.9 Single sign-on for FTP and TELNET
- 5.10 Virtual Network Interface Controller
- 5.11 Ethernet device server support (WAN over LAN)
- Chapter 6. High availability
- 6.1 Introduction to IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i
- 6.2 IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i enhancements
- 6.2.1 PowerHA SystemMirror for i packaging
- 6.2.2 DS8000 HyperSwap support with PowerHA for i 7.2 Express Edition
- 6.2.3 Support for SVC/Storwize Global Mirror with Change Volumes
- 6.2.4 GUI changes in IBM Navigator for i
- 6.2.5 Minimum cluster and PowerHA versions for upgrading nodes to IBM i 7.2
- 6.2.6 DS8000 IASP-based HyperSwap Technology Preview
- 6.3 Administrative domain
- 6.4 Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools
- 6.5 Support for SAN Volume Controller and Storwize HyperSwap volumes
- Chapter 7. Backup and recovery
- 7.1 Hardware support and connectivity
- 7.2 General save and restore functions
- 7.2.1 Better control over journaling during restoration of objects
- 7.2.2 Faster configuration of independent disk pools with CFGDEVASP
- 7.2.3 Spooled file save enhancements
- 7.2.4 Select parameter (SELECT) added to various commands and APIs
- 7.2.5 TCP/IP configuration data that is saved automatically
- 7.2.6 Better IFS save performance with Asynchronous Bring
- 7.2.7 Modifications of the SAVE and RESTORE menus
- 7.2.8 Removal of obsolete functions
- 7.2.9 Improving single object restore performance
- 7.3 Backup, Recovery, and Media Services
- 7.3.1 BRMS Enterprise
- 7.3.2 Usability improvements
- 7.3.3 Backup function enhancements
- 7.3.4 Recovery function enhancements
- 7.3.5 Media services enhancements
- 7.3.6 Maintenance enhancements
- 7.3.7 BRMS GUI in IBM Navigator for i enhancements
- 7.3.8 Migration enhancements
- 7.3.9 Miscellaneous BRMS enhancements
- Chapter 8. IBM DB2 for i
- 8.1 Introduction to DB2 for i
- 8.2 Separation of duties concept
- 8.3 DB2 security enhancements
- 8.3.1 QIBM_DB_ZDA and QIBM_DB_DDMDRDA function usage IDs
- 8.3.2 Authorization list detail added to authorization catalogs
- 8.3.3 New user-defined table function: QSYS2.GROUP_USERS()
- 8.3.4 New security view: QSYS2.GROUP_PROFILE_ENTRIES
- 8.3.5 New attribute column in the SYSIBM.AUTHORIZATIONS catalog
- 8.3.6 New QSYS2.SQL_CHECK_AUTHORITY() UDF
- 8.3.7 Refined object auditing control on QIBM_DB_OPEN exit program
- 8.3.8 Simplified DDM/DRDA authentication management by using group profiles
- 8.3.9 IBM InfoSphere Guardium V9.0 and IBM Security Guardium V10
- 8.4 DB2 functional enhancements
- 8.4.1 OFFSET and LIMIT clauses
- 8.4.2 CREATE OR REPLACE table SQL statement
- 8.4.3 DB2 JavaScript Object Notation store
- 8.4.4 Remote 3-part name support on ASSOCIATE LOCATOR
- 8.4.5 Flexible views
- 8.4.6 Increased time stamp precision
- 8.4.7 Named and default parameter support for UDF and UDTFs
- 8.4.8 Function resolution by using casting rules
- 8.4.9 Use of ARRAYs within scalar UDFs
- 8.4.10 Built-in global variables
- 8.4.11 Expressions in PREPARE and EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statements
- 8.4.12 Autonomous procedures
- 8.4.13 New SQL TRUNCATE statement
- 8.4.14 New LPAD() and RPAD() built-in functions
- 8.4.15 Pipelined table functions
- 8.4.16 Regular expressions
- 8.4.17 JOB_NAME and SERVER_MODE_JOB_NAME built-in global variables
- 8.4.18 RUNSQL control of output listing
- 8.4.19 LOCK TABLE ability to target non-*FIRST members
- 8.4.20 QUSRJOBI() retrieval of DB2 built-in global variables
- 8.4.21 SQL functions (user-defined functions and user-defined table functions) parameter limit
- 8.4.22 New binary scalar functions
- 8.4.23 Adding and dropping partitions spanning DDS logical files
- 8.4.24 Direct control of system names for global variables
- 8.4.25 LOCK TABLE ability to target non-FIRST members
- 8.5 DB2 for i services and catalogs
- 8.6 DB2 performance
- 8.6.1 SQE I/O cost model
- 8.6.2 SQE support for native file opens, Query/400, and OPNQRYF
- 8.6.3 PDI for DB2
- 8.6.4 Queries with a long IN predicate list
- 8.6.5 Index advice and OR predicates
- 8.6.6 KEEP IN MEMORY for tables and indexes
- 8.6.7 Collection Services enhancements
- 8.6.8 Enhanced index build logic for highly concurrent environments
- 8.6.9 Accepting a priority change for a parallel index build
- 8.6.10 SQE index merge ordering
- 8.6.11 QSYS2.DATABASE_MONITOR_INFO view
- 8.6.12 QAQQINI memory preference by pool name
- 8.6.13 Index statistical catalogs enhancement
- 8.6.14 QSYS2.CLEAR_PLAN_CACHE() procedure
- 8.6.15 Encoded vector indexes only access
- 8.6.16 STRDBMON command filtering improvement
- 8.7 Database engineering
- 8.8 DB2 Web Query for i
- 8.9 OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i
- Chapter 9. Application development
- 9.1 Languages and compilers
- 9.2 Java on IBM i
- 9.3 Rational Tools for i
- 9.3.1 IBM Rational Developer for i
- 9.3.2 IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
- 9.3.3 IBM Rational Business Developer
- 9.3.4 IBM Rational Team Concert for i
- 9.3.5 IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services
- 9.3.6 IBM Rational Application Management Toolset for i
- 9.3.7 ARCAD Pack for Rational
- 9.4 Portable Applications Solutions Environment
- 9.5 Ruby on Rails for i
- 9.6 Zend and PHP on IBM i
- 9.7 Mobile application development for IBM i
- 9.8 Open Source for IBM i
- 9.9 Samba on IBM i
- Chapter 10. IBM i server functions
- 10.1 IBM HTTP Server for i
- 10.2 IBM i Integrated Web Application and Web Services Server
- 10.3 IBM WebSphere Application Server
- 10.4 IBM Social Collaboration products
- 10.5 IBM Printing
- 10.5.1 CPYSPLF CL command now supports the PDF format
- 10.5.2 Controlling the method of sending spooled files from list panels
- 10.5.3 Changes to TrueType and OpenType fonts
- 10.5.4 New bar code types for the printer DDS BARCODE keyword
- 10.5.5 Color image support
- 10.5.6 Color management support added to Print Services Facility for IBM i
- 10.5.7 Host print transform now supports color images
- 10.5.8 AFP color and grayscale solutions
- Related publications
- Back cover
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