Book description
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a technical overview of the features, functions, and enhancements that are available in IBM i 7.2, including all the available Technology Refresh (TR) levels, from TR1 to TR3. This publication provides a summary and brief explanation of the many capabilities and functions in the operating system. It also describes many of the licensed programs and application development tools that are associated with IBM i.
The information that is provided in this book is useful for clients, IBM Business Partners, and IBM service professionals that are involved with planning, supporting, upgrading, and implementing IBM i 7.2 solutions.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
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Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM i 7.2
- 1.1 IBM i 7.2
- 1.2 Technology Refresh
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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
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Chapter 2. Systems management
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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
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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
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2.1 IBM Navigator for i
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Chapter 3. Cloud and virtualization
- 3.1 Cloud and IBM i
- 3.2 IBM Power Virtualization Performance for Power Systems
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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
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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)
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Chapter 6. High availability
- 6.1 Introduction to IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i
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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
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Chapter 7. Backup and recovery
- 7.1 Hardware support and connectivity
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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
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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
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Chapter 8. IBM DB2 for i
- 8.1 Introduction to DB2 for i
- 8.2 Separation of duties concept
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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
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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
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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
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Chapter 9. Application development
- 9.1 Languages and compilers
- 9.2 Java on IBM i
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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
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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
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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
Product information
- Title: IBM i 7.2 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738442075
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