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Adding support for PowerVC for storage management without connection pools

IBM PowerVC manages storage providers via a TCP connection pool. Some vendor storage drivers, such as PowerMAX does not implement tcp keepalive, as such sessions in the pool can be closed due to lack of use, causing powervc session management issues
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

CPYTOSTMF needs CHGDATE parameter like CPYSRCF ... SRCCHGDATE()

When using CPYTOSTMF, e.g. to copy source members from a source physical file to the IFS, for example, to populate git or some other source code version control repository, CPYTOSTMF always assigns the current date/time to the *STMF created. We wa...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 6 Not under consideration

Expand UpgradeLV

HMC was on V10R1M1020 and we wanted to upgrade it to R2M1030. saveupgdata -r disk failed because of not enough space on UpgradeLV. We have 22 managed systems on one HMC and many users on the HMC. None of the users has anything large in home direct...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Managed System name on LPAR page

In earlier versions of HMC with enhanced UI there was a way to find a name of the managed system where the LPAR resides. Either it was shown on the top of the screen (Resources -> All Systems -> System Name -> Partitions -> Partition N...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Add the ability to support multiple domains in i NetServer, QNTC

Many customers are utilizing additional domains as they move forward with implementing cloud solutions. In some implementations, the cloud domain will need to peacefully coexist with existing corporate domains and resources. With the current offer...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

Provide authentication mechanisms like SAML 2.0 for web services client

Provide authentication mechanisms like SAML 2.0 for web services client Use Case: Several of our clients need to access webservices and are required to authenticate via SAML 2.0 based on a X509 certificate.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 5 Future consideration

give hscroot authorization to execute "pedbg -r"

give hscroot authorization to execute "pedbg -r" command.
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 6 Future consideration

RDI debug "step-back" function key

Have you ever stepped while debugging, realized that you've taken one step too far, and wished you could step back? Or, while stepping, saw a variable change in an unexpected way, and wish you could go back a step and see what its value was before...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDi Projects CTRL-SHIFT-C support

In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIFT-C to compile my program, however in RDi I Projects this is not possible. Please also provide this shortcut as it saves mouse handling. Use Case: In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIF...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Allow more than 10000 lines on System Debugger

When debugging old COBOL programs made with a software générator, 10 000 lines is not enought
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

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