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MessageTracing - not available in IWS 2.6

Dear Team, In HTTP server release V2.6 (compare to release V1.5), we did not fine the equivalent of « Message Tracing=enabled » any more. This to be able to control once the Xml Requests & responses managed by the server (sent by different Cli...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Enhance unmirrorvg for mirror pools

Contrary to 'mirrorvg' the 'unmirrorvg' command is not aware of Mirror Pools. Hence before removing a mirror copy of a LV the Mirror Pools need to be removed separately (with 'chlv -M ...'). It might be a good idea to have 'unmirrorvg' enhanced to...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Allow authority on IFS share (logical)

Allow additional authority (for example *USE/*EXCLUDE) on the logical IFS share name instead of only on the underlying physical path. Use Case: Typically the IFS root is shared, however this should only be accessible for administrators while now t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

Add Operating System Command to System Monitor Summary Panel

When creating a system monitor, there is a final summary display. You can also review this summary via Properties for the Monitor. It shows the Trigger and Reset values for the thresholds. Add the operating system command information to this summa...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Include journal info in SYSTABLES

Please include the journal information (library, journal, images, omit entries, start date) into the SYSTABLES view. Use Case: This allows an SQL based access to determine if journaling is properly setup for the database. Currently this can only b...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Variable renaming

Automatic renaming of a variable, datastructure, subprocedure, and other relevant items in all of its appearances Use Case: User renames a variable using a refactoring option such as the one available for java code. The renaming marks all the vari...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Allow sha1sum to hscroot

Please allow access to sha1sum command for hscroot (like sum ).A symbolic link to /usr/bin/sha1sum in /usr/hmcrbin could be trick.
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

SQL Char function codepage conversion

The SQL Char function allows character to character codepage conversions, however this seems to be very limited as I always get an SQL0332, even for basic conversions as 500 to 819. Use Case: The SQL Char function can be used as a replacement for ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

IBM Navigator for i (Application Administration)

In application administration to remove access to several or applications you have to modify each and add the profile to the exclude list. And that is after the profile list is generated which takes a while on a system with a lot of profiles. Need...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

PowerVC to map initiators with DS8884 HA ports across I/O enclosures to achieve high availability & load balancing

Current Situation:Customer is using PowerVC 1.3.2 to enable cloud based infrastructure. Customer is using Power8 E880 servers & DS8884 storage system which is integrated with PowerVC. While deploying new VM, PowerVC maps each initiator with a ...
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

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