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topasrec data for etherchannel adapter physical ports

topasrec reports data only for etherchannel adapters and not report the data for its physical ports."topas -E" reports data for etherchannel adapter physical ports but cannot be recorded to file (interactive only).
over 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Compare without sequence #

The stock compare function, as initiated with a right-click in the RSE includes sequence # in the comparison. There doesn't appear to be a way to stop this from happening, so many more differences are tagged than we would like. Use Case: We have s...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Add PIGZ to YUM repository for IBM i

Pigz is a parallel GZIP, so we can improve performance when compressing based on threads, CPUs or any quantity Use Case: With PIGZ we can improve gzip compression performance using parallelism.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

We would like the VLANs to not be clean up after upgrade of PowerVC or LPM of VM

Why does the VLAN disappear after a successful migration, causing the VM to lose network connectivity from time to time. We are aware of the workaround: automated_powervm_vlan_cleanup=false https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/687597 We would li...
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

ACS APW print support

Printer session of IBM i Access Client Solutions does not support APW forms with bar codes and ruled lines. The client has many kinds of printers so they cannot use PDT or HPT. Therefore, the client requires the enhancement of Java printing servic...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

EIM for Navigator for i

IBM has deprecated the IBM i Access for Windows product, including System i Navigator. The successor to System i Navigator is IBM Navigator for i. Unfortunately, IBM Navigator for i doesn't support IBM's Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) Kerberos ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Improve speed to retrieve number of objects in library

API qlirlibd with key 8 to retrieve the number of objects in the library performs really slow if you have more than say 5.000 objects in the library. Use Case: On a really fast system it can take 10-15 seconds to retrieve the number of objects in ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 6 Delivered

LLVM for AIX

LLVM (https://llvm.org/) is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. It is used as an engine for the new IBM Open XL C/C++ compiler 17.1, but also for several other modern programming languages, such as Rust. Unfor...
almost 3 years ago in Power Ecosystem Software / All components 2 Delivered

Change Configure SSL for ADMIN (similar to ADMIN2)

Please change the functionality of the option similar to the "Configure SSL" of the ADMIN2 application server which allows to select a certificate from the *SYSTEM store. Use Case: The option "Configure SSL for ADMIN" requires a local certificate ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Implement Change Data Capture Technology in IBM DB2 for i

I would request you add Change Data Capture technology to the IBM i. Currently IBM i has the ability to journal changes, and there are some basic capabilities for viewing that data. However viewing it via a 5250 screen is very challenging, and oft...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

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