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IBM iSeries Client Access - Needs Workstation ID option in string

IBM iSeries Client Access Software. Launching application using C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\Windows_i386-32\ACSLAUNCH_WIN-32.EXE -xMX1024M /Plugin=5250 /System=COR400 /name=%clientname% There is no option to add/adjust WORKS...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Default Remote Systems Connection

Add a flag to specify whether a connection should 'connect' at start-up. Use Case: When the Object Table or Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) views along with the Commands Log are set as fast views--then when you can select a filter to expand in the R...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Support TLS between IBM i Enterprise Server and Db2 for IBM i database via QXDA

Here is the API doc https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/qxdaconn.html Connect to EDRS Server (QxdaConnectEDRS) API: QxdaConnectEDRS (conn_info, _Z(“CDBI0100”), &dbr->dbc->qxda_conn_info, &qxda_conn_info_size,_Z(...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add the ability to edit existing Intrusion Detection Policy Propertys

It doesn't appear like the ability is present to alter an existing Intrusion Detection Policy once it is created. In our case, we were looking to add to the list under "Specify a list of remote ip addresses to exclude for this policy" (which is fo...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Display resource requirements/availability in the GUI

Local resources (requirements) should not exceed the remote resources (availability). As new VMs are added to local servers, sometimes the remote resources available can be exceeded. This would prevent a successful Move or Rehearsal. There is no "...
over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 3 Delivered

Many commands are still missing the option OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) !

The As400 Is about 40 years old, and till todays day, many important commands do not have yet an OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) option, just OUTPUT(*PRINT). The programmer-user needs to do some patching to get it into a DB File or use it in a program. Here is a...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

ACS : Thai keyboard switching

In Thailand, when we want to switch from English to Thai, we will press button '~', in the old iAW, when we press '~' on Window, keyboard on Window and iAW will both change to Thai. But for ACS, when we press '~' on Window, we have to press Ctrl+N...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Require Sendmail 8.15.x version

Require IBM supported sendmail version 8.15.X to leverage the features included in the newer version. We want to disable the weak ciphers and allow only TLS
almost 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Update RSTUSRPRF functionality restore Password

Currently when single user is restored using RSTUSRPRF the password is not restored . Password Restore only wotk when restoring *ALL profiles We are IBM i Security ISV and we have multiple customer wanting ability restore the password when single ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 1 Delivered

POWERVC - Multiple SAN port tags

We would like the ability to provide multiple SAN port tags in PowerVC.
over 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered