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    Use page 1, line 1 as the starting position when using a PRTF to create a spooled file

    When following the documentation at the link below, the spooled file that gets created has a starting position of page 1, line 6. This causes issues when using different form types to print the documents with the new spooled file. https://www.ibm....
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

    Modernizing IBM SEA to handle Cisco micro-segmentation policy

    CISCO ACI in conjunctions with VMWARE have developed the ability to apply multiple Private VLAN configurations (micro-segmentation) onto a single switchport. Normal Private VLAN implementations require the creation of the Primary VLAN (200) which ...
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    LPM for LPARs with vNIC causes false call home

    When LPM moving LPARs whith vNIC adapters to a different power server during the removal stage we see errlog entries in the hosting VIO server like: Jun 19 08:50:29 ent16 T LNC2ENT_EEH_EXIT EEH recovery exitJun 19 08:50:28 sysplanar0 T PCI_RECOVER...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Future consideration

    Add ORDER BY Creation Date/Time to WRKSPLF and add *USRPRF option and System Value for Same

    Our end users tend to keep SPOOLED files "forever" so the more days that pass, the longer their list of SPOOLED files becomes. I would be extremely helpful to provide a User Profile-based option for "SPOOLED File Sequencing" that is applied when U...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Future consideration

    PCL 6 Manufacturer Types and Models needed

    When printing through a printer session set up to use Host Print Transform ( HPT ) to a PCL6 ASCII printer, nothing physically prints on the printer. This happens using both IBM i Access Client Solutions ( ACS ) and IBM i Access for Windows. Use C...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 14 Future consideration

    extend AIX ARTEX catalog for rdma capable SR-IOV Logical ports and vNIC backing device (adapter/ofedroce)

    SRIOV VF RDMA is NOT supported on most LP. nevertheless the default value of rdma is desired and increase VIOS memory footprint in large environments.
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    keep alive or timeout within the LPR/LPD process to the IBM i for remote output queues to recover without having to end and restart the writer.

    IBM i was sending data to the printer. The connection was dropped and both the IBM i and printer are waiting indefinitely for a response from the other side." the current design of LPR/LPD on IBM i does not have a keep alive or timeout setting. Th...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

    Do not use QSECOFR for Transform Services (5770TS1) jobs or functions at V7R5

    Per the IBM i 7.5 Security Planning and setting up system security manual: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ssw_ibm_i_75/pdf/rzamvpdf.pdf, the use of QSECOFR user profile on the system is discouraged. However Transform Services (5770TS1) jobs, QCTXMGR ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration

    add SEA Sharing mode support for adding/removing vETH adapters

    I also opened the case TS011984472. Adding or removing vETH adapters to a SEA Sharing mode will create a downtime as design limitation.Could you please re-design the SEA Sharing mode?
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Allow for profile changes during LPM to save downtime on systems

    An lpar with min 1G, desired 10G and max 16G memory profile, requires a reboot and profile change to move the min or max numbers to anything else. Since during an LPM it first creates a new profile on the target frame, sure would be nice if say th...
    11 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Not under consideration

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