Information center updates since IBM i 7.1 announcement

Check this page for information that becomes available after the IBM® i 7.1 information center is issued.

What's new as of October 2015

The following topic collections were updated for miscellaneous technical changes:

What's new as of July 2015

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

The following topic collections were updated for miscellaneous technical changes:

What's new as of April 2015

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

The following topic collections were updated for miscellaneous technical changes:

What's new as of October 2014

The following topic collections were updated for miscellaneous technical changes:

What's new as of April 2014

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

The following topic collections were updated for miscellaneous technical changes:

What's new as of October 2013

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

What's new as of February 2013

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

What's new as of October 2012

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

What's new as of April 2012

Main page

The main page is updated to add more commonly used links and is organized with a three tab design.

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

DB2 for i SQL reference

Changes include:
  • Obfuscation for SQL procedures and SQL functions
  • XMLTABLE table function
  • INSERT where the target table and the select-statement reference different relational databases

SQL programming

Changes include:
  • Obfuscation for SQL procedures and SQL functions
  • XMLTABLE table function
  • Insert from a remote table
  • New RUNSQL command

SQL XML programming

This topic collection is new. It adds information about using the Structured Query Language (SQL) portion of the XML programming language.

Ethernet on System i

This topic collection is updated to add information about support for a new Ethernet adapter.

Storage solutions

Miscellaneous technical changes were made.

IBM Developer Kit for Java

Miscellaneous updates were made to add support for Java 7.0.

What's new as of October 2011

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

What's new as of April 2011

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1 in the following topic areas:
  • IBM System Storage® DS8100 and DS8300 actions
  • Classic Java™ commands and API removed in next IBM i release
  • Facsimile Support for iSeries (5798FAX) V5R2M0 no longer supported
  • Job termination changes
  • Main storage dump
For more information, see What's new on page vi of the PDF.

IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x

Information related to cloning integrated servers has been added to this topic collection. In addition, this topic collection has been revised to move information to the IBM i iSCSI Solution Guide PDF.

Storage solutions

Updates were made to document the new client virtual tape support and the existing client optical support, as well as other miscellaneous technical updates.

Common Information Model

This topic collection was updated to add information about significant new CIM Server features available with IBM i 7.1 PTFs.
  • Update of the CIM Server to OpenPegasus CIM V2.10
  • DMTF CIM Schema update
  • Migration update
  • Configuration properties updates
  • New cimcli command
  • New CIM providers

SQL reference

This topic collection is updated with information about CONNECT BY for hierarchical queries and CREATE TRIGGER program name.

Disk management

This topic collection is updated for miscellaneous technical updates for Hot spare protection.

Application programming interfaces

This topic collection is updated for miscellaneous technical updates.

What's new as of March 2011

Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software

This topic collection is updated to include information about PTF SI42445, which automates any additional required IPLs when installing PTFs from a virtual optical device or save files (*SERVICE).

What's new as of November 2010

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

Journal Management

This topic collection is updated for miscellaneous technical changes.

What's new as of September 2010

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.

Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software

This topic collection is updated to include information about technology refresh PTFs and workload groups.

Work management

This topic collection is updated to include information about workload groups.

Performance

This topic collection is updated to include information about workload groups.

Security reference

This topic collection is updated to include information about workload groups.

Control language

This topic collection is updated to include information about workload groups. New workload group commands were added to the IBM i commands.

Application programming interfaces

This topic collection is updated to include information about workload groups. The new Retrieve Workload Group Information API was added to the Software Product category. Miscellaneous technical updates were made to a number of other APIs.

RPG

This topic collection is updated to include information about Rational® Open Access: RPG Edition.

Cryptography

This topic collection is updated to include information about the 4765 Cryptographic Coprocessor.

Enabling SSL and Transport Layer Security on the Directory Server

This topic is updated to include miscellaneous technical updates.

Storage solutions

This topic collection is updated to include information about enhancements for Image Catalogs in optical media libraries.

Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software

This topic collection is updated to include information about embedded media changer support. One application of this function is the use of image catalogs for unattended installations of client partitions.

What's new as of June 2010

Memo to users

The Memo to users is updated to include information about additional compatibility changes for IBM i 7.1.