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Increase QNTC Buffer size to 32768 from current 16384

I would like to see QNTC directory access be made available to 32768 shares, which is double the current 16384. This is due to a buffer limitation in the QNTC code. It would involve essentially doubling the size of the available buffer. Use Case: ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

Enhance strong typing specs

ILE and especially RPG should provide means to force strong typing to satisfy specific requirements. There is a medium urgency for parameters declared CONST, but, in my opinion, there is an urgent requirement for type checking regarding data struc...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 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....
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 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)....
over 4 years ago in PowerVM 1 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...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

Add PRTMOVBRM to the BRMS Enterprise reports you can run.

We need to send the Tape Operations Team a daily report with the tapes that they need to move. In order to do that we have a scheduled job to submit the report. It would be nice to be able to do it from BRMS Enterprise as we do with the rest of th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

ACS check for updates when not fully connected to the Internet

In the absence of a full Internet connection, e.g. inside the corporate network, the ACS option to check for updates displays a message that no update is available, even though the update is actually available. The user may be misled because he or...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Allow VMRM/DR to scale CPU UP (>100%)

Currently VMRM/DR allows the CPU to be scaled down when an LPAR moves to the DR site. However, when we're moving a correctly-sized LPAR from a POWER9 to a POWER8, this severly reduces the performance, even when using 100% due to the difference in ...
almost 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 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...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 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 ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Delivered

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