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    339 VOTE

    RDi Lite, RDi Premium

    RDi Lite, RDi Pro, RDi Premium versions needed Use Case: Right now the RDi pricing makes management hesistant in allocating budget as they can't see the ROI on it. To make them see it, we need the Lite version. It should be free and should basic f...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 49 Delivered

    Option to save VM configuration (Compute Template/SCG-IPG/Volume Template mapping/IP address mapping etc) while unmanaging a VM, so that managing the VM back brings back the configuration.

    Currently the VM configuration information such as Compute Template used/SCG-IPG used/Volume Template mapping/IP address mapping etc are lost when a VM is unmanaged. Remanaging the same VM causes problem as the information is lost and it is upto t...
    about 2 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered
    114 VOTE

    powervc support sr-iov vnic via HMC

    Many banking clients want to use sr-iov and PowerVC, but they donot want NovaLink, because they have HMCs. So they want PowerVC can support SR-IOV via HMC.
    over 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

    Update RDi Eclipse to more current versions.

    The version of Eclipse that RDi and it's family of products uses is now way out of date. Neon is gone and yet our version of eclipse for RDi is from 2017. It's time to allow us to install Eclipse on our own, and then install RDi as a plugin. This ...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 12 Delivered

    vNIC redundant backing devices in each VIOS

    In the latest version of PowerVC 2.0.2.1 it is possible during deployment to select two redundant SR-IOV networks. With that PowerVC will create two vNIC backing devices, one in each VIO (assuming two VIOS). Especially CSI customers want to have m...
    almost 4 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered
    123 VOTE

    RPG refactoring ability

    Would like to be able to perform refactoring on RPG code similar to the refactoring Eclipse can do with C++. Refactor > RenameRefactor > Extract Local VariableRefactor > Extract ConstantRefactor > Extract Function Use Case: Start with ...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 15 Delivered

    Refactor->Extract Procedure - for ILE RPG

    Code Refactoring is a well known software best practice that involves improving the structure of existing computer code while preserving its behaviour.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoringEclipse already has excellent refactoring support ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

    Enable volumes attachusing same NPIV when multiple IPG pools inside a SCG

    PowerVC not able to deploy VM with two NPIVs using a single SCG and multiple IPG
    over 4 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

    Include support for newer versions of HMC, extending compatibility up to at least the penultimate version of PowerVC.

    Due to the need to support HMC version V10R3 1050, we encountered a challenging operational issue, which only arises with the brand-new version of PowerVC 2.2.0. We utilize PowerVC in both of our primary data centers, with storage arrays from vari...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

    Service Entry Breakpoint conditionable on program variables.

    A service entry breakpoint is currently on conditional on the program/cmodule called and userid.This is insufficient if the there are many porgrams invoked under the same userid. What is required is the ability to set a break point based on the va...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

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