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ACS Automatic Copy function should not require the trim rectangle to remain

In ACS 1.1.9.3, turning on "Automatic Copy" from the Edit --> Preferences --> Edit --> Cut/Copy tab also forces "Trim Rectangle remains after edit function" in the Trim tab to be turned on. I submitted a support case and I was told this i...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Manage key exchange algorithm in chhmcencr command

Current chhmcencr has restriction to manage key exchange algorithm. based on the manual:Usage: chhmcencr -c passwd | webui | ssh | sshmac -o a | r | s -e <encryption> [--help] As the parameter indicated above, it is managing password encrypt...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Preserve custom SSL Certs for VMRM GUI

When upgrading from VMRM DR from 1.4 to 1.5 it destroyed the SSL certificates that we had installed. smitty install was run and the SSL cert disappeared
over 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Delivered

Allow setting default login policy for PowerSC MFA

Currently, when a user logs in, they must specify the login policy they wish to use (eg RADIUS), even if there is only a single policy defined. It would be preferable to allow a default profile and not require user input if there is only one policy.
over 2 years ago in PowerSC 4 Delivered

Support for Shared Processor Pools

From several PowerVC workshops I hear from customers that the support for Shared Processor Pools is a very important feature. Some customers they even can't start with that feature (to be license compliant).
about 10 years ago in PowerVC 4 Delivered

Expand RPG Outline as soon as possible

When opening up a source in the LPEX editor, the outline immediately shows "Global Definitions" and "Subprocedures" in a collapsed mode. It's not until it finishes resolving everything before it auto-expands the Subprocedures list. This means that...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Provide an IBM I service to return information similar to what DSPJOBTBL provides

I want a programmatic way to monitor the number of job table entries and the number of jobs in the system, similar to the information returned by DSPJOBTBL. DSPJOBTBL does not have outfile support. Use Case: I want to collect the information shown...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Delivered

Make "Check for updates" and API

The current method of checking for a i Access Client update can only be executed from the Main "Menu" in an "interactive" mode. It would be great to have an "API" that could be executed in "batch" on the iSeries so that we could send the appropria...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Allow for option UPDPROD(*YES) in Code Coverage

Please allow for an open to select UPDPROD(*YES) in code coverage Use Case: When i attempt to run Code Coverage and not ALL database items are in a TEST library the tool stops as soon as a program attempts to open these database items for update. ...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Moving and renaming programs should not update associated stored procedures

A while ago we had a stored procedure fail. Investigating we found the following had happened:• Created stored procedure X using program Y• Moved program Y to a holding library Z• Created new version of program Y• Recreated stored procedure X• … a...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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