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Prompt for DBMonitor running when selected to delete.

ACS Database Monitors component.If a DBMonitor is running and I chose to delete it, it just smokes it.I'd like to to prompt me with a message, "Monitor is running, do you still want to delete it?" or something to that affect. Odds are, I don't wan...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

VIO CLI to display "storageLabel" for LUN

There needs to be a command that displays the "storageLabel" for LUNs from the VIO server CLI. The Storage Label is a variable being pulled from VIOS CM database using an API call (readVIOSInventory). The PCM log captured in the HMC's pedbg (FFDC....
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Provide the option to schedule the repeated monthly job from HMC GUI

I would like to schedule the monthly job(first day of each month) from HMC GUI. But it seems to me that there is no option to set it up. I can specify the number of weeks between running repeated job. But "first of the month" is not offered as an ...
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

IBM i freezes during VIOS dump

When a VIOS dumps (for any reason) the IBM i client partitions freeze waiting the end of the dump and the IPL of the first VIOS in order to be served by the second VIOS. The time is variable but around 4-5 minutes (not feasable for a bank online)....
almost 5 years ago in PowerVM 1 Delivered

Visual Explain Buttons for Actuals and Estimates

In ACS Visual Explain:It would be much easier/quicker if there were buttons up in the icon bar for all the View... menu options. ( or a way to pick and choose which ones I want in the icon bar besides the zoom in, out, or fit window).In my case, I...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

BRMS command to check for available Media in Tape Library

Request to supply a command to pre-check that the required media are available in the Tape Library before BRMS backup starts. Use Case: During night, BRMS jobs are running in the background to save parts of the system.In case no useful expired med...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Device driver with multiple receive queues for family of 10GB adaptersCCIN = 2CE3.

Customer uses Virtual IP on pair of 10Gb ETHERNET adapters EN15/EN16 (CCIN 2CE3) with only one port populated/active on each card. With huge traffic when number of frames increased above 147K frames/second driver fully takes one CPU and can not sc...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

BRMS Recovery Report update for directories

The Recovery Report Step020 has a known issue with it in regards to how the IFS is saved. Reference N1014174: How *LINK Saves Affect Link Lists . The recovery report should have the following added to step020: When using link lists in BRMS, users ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Delivered

Content Assist - Show Decimal Positions

When using content assist to see the definition of a numeric variable, it displays the numeric type (packed, int, etc) and the total length of the field, but does not tell you how many decimal positions it has. I would like it to display the decim...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Direct Link for Navigator for i

I have seen that in the new Version 1.1.6.2 you can directly call the IFS Interface in the 5250 Emulation in the Menu.Is it possible to add the Link for "Navigator for i" in the Navigation? Use Case: You have to call the IBM i Access Client Soluti...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered