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Roadmap de IBM i and

Power Systems

Hernando Bedoya
IBM i Evangelist
Db2 for i Specialist

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IBM i Roadmap

2014 2016 2019

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7.2 7.3 7.4 i Next i Next+1

Technology …… 7.3 TR6 …… …… ……

Refreshes

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
** Arrows indicate “ongoing status” and do not imply any specific dates.

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IBM i Latest Announcements

7.4 and so much more!

Rochester Team
Hernando Bedoya

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IBM i 7.4 Suite – Addressing the Needs of the Community

Continuous Availability
• IBM Db2 Mirror for i
Continuous Innovation
• From Db2 to RPG and COBOL
• Open Source and REST
Continuous Security
• Authority collection - object based control
• Latest industry standards
Continuous Access
• Access Client Solutions (ACS)
• Services
Cloud options and More!
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What's next?

IBM i 7.2
End of Life !!!

Announced  April 30, 2020

Effective  April 30,2021

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/release-life-cycle

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What's next?

IBM i 7.4 TR4

IBM i 7.3 TR10

Announced  April 13, 2021

Software GA  May 14, 2021

www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-74-tr4-enhancements
www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-73-tr10-enhancements

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IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS)

ACS 1.1.8.7 – arrived on April 23rd

Enhancements to:
• Run SQL Scripts
• Printer Output
• Insert
from
Examples
• And more…

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System Limits Tracking

Alerting Alerting
Limit Limit ID Maximum Level Interval
All rows in a member 15000 4.3 Billion
Size of a table 15003 1.7 TB
Variable-length segments 15104 65K
*MAX4GB index 15400 4.3 Billion
90% Once per day
*MAX1TB index 15401 1.7 TB
Encoded Vector Index
15403 2 TB
(EVI)
New… Spooled files 19002 2.6 M

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1116795

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Query Supervisor

SQE

Native DB Query SQE

The Query Supervisor watches the real-time

consumption of resources
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Query Supervisor

QIBM_QQQ_QRY_SUPER
Exit Programs

SUPEREXIT1

• Log
• Alert
• Terminate
Data SQE • Slack
• Gather
• …

If thresholds are exceeded, the query processing is

interrupted, and a user supplied exit program is called
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Query Supervisor

Threshold Types:

SQE

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Thank You!

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