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Allow .PNG image objects to be printed using AFPRSC keyword

The current default for most image create applications is .PNG. It would be most helpful that we can use the default .PNG files that our web developers utilize Use Case: Currently we convert the .PNG file to .JPG.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Delivered

DRO ability to monitor resources on both CPU AND Memory

It would be nice to have the ability to choose both the CPU and Memory when monitoring resources.
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Enable Time Reference

Time is vital in problem analysis. For this reason on LPAR level in the HMC you are able to check the box for "Enable Time Reference". According to the helptext: "Select this option to synchronize the time-of-day clocks for the source and destinat...
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 10 Delivered

IWS - Remove the limit in the number of fields in the program parameters

Our development system uses IWS to expose RPG programs to the UI. The structure of the interfaces is divided into a classic scheme with two parameters: request and response. Some of these programs have a large number of fields (more than 2,000) an...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

LVM: Add ability to give up slow mirror

Add the ability to mark a physical volume or a complete mirror pool as missing, so that lvm could start handling stale pps. As "chpv -v r" is already there, maybe provide a force option to be able to deactivate pvs that hold open lvs that are mirr...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Allow AIXPCM to health check closed luns

NEW FORMAT "PMR": TS001111225 (This RFE webform is expecting the old format and rejects the new one) Requesting: Add the option for AIXPCM to perform path health checks on all attached multi-path storage regardless of status. This will permit the ...
over 6 years ago in AIX 7 Delivered

IBM i ACS - system configuration option to add links

In ACS it is now possible to add only only one "Tape Management" link. (this also where we can add a link for the HMC http gui ).Having a limit of being only able to add one, does not fit our need. We have systems with more Tape Libraries to manag...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

API to check password

can you create an API to verify a generated password against - all the SYSVAL that applies - the exit program for verification of password peculiarly usefull in case of use of QPWDRULES(*ALLCRTCHG) or, better, an API able to create a password that...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Delivered

Locking Down Open Source Package Management in ACS

How can we lock down the new feature Open Source Package Management in IBM i Access Client Solutions? How do we make sure non-system administrators do not play around with installing and uninstalling packages? Use Case: IBM i Access Client Solutio...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Run SQL Scripts - Add headings to text type output

There is an option to save column headings when saving the results to a file of type .TXT or .CSV but no headings are ever saved. Use Case: Open product, go to menu Options and select Enable Save Results.Save results as CSV or TXT and select the o...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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