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Message - Add data to show the user that performed the action

Within the messages screen in PowerVC, it would be nice to see the user that performed the action. For example creating a VM or adding a Volume to a VM. This could be either in that column or just meta data when you highlight a row.
over 5 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Modernization Education Consulting on IBM i

Maintaining existing examples in the RUN SQL Script facility. Currently it is only possible to save new examples, but not to remvove or rework existing examples. Use Case: Using existing examples and adding new examples to the existing one, makes ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Navigator for i, directory subtree option when changing permissions.

Navigator for i does not have a 'Directory subtree' parameter when changing authority or permissions on IFS objects. Green screen has this parameter which will propagate the change to everything in the directory and below. Use Case: Need to grant ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Renew cert for Navigator for i

Presently, there's no way to renew the SSL certificate for IBM Navigator for i. Per IBM support, you must remove the certificate and go through the entire process to add the new certificate. Use Case: Our SSL certificate expires every 13 months an...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

%timestamp with micro seconds

Build in function %timestamp returns 000 in the micro second part. By using SQL you can get timestamp with micro seconds, but we measure a larger cpu consumption.The requirement is %timestamp with micro seconds and same performance as today! Use C...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Delivered

IBMI SNMPV3 DRIVER IMPR RESEAU

DRIVER IBMI SNMPV3 IMPR RESEAU not exist Use Case: DRIVER IBMI SNMPV3 IMPR RESEAU not exist
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 9 Delivered

Modernize ObjectConnect to be native TCP/IP

ObjectConnect should be modernized. Get rid of the APPC stuff and make the SAVRST commands take an hostname or IP Address as a target, and perform everything via native TCP/IP. Improve performance by using secure, multi-threaded connections like D...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 8 Delivered

Context-sensitive help for embedded SQL

In embedded SQL source (e.g. SQLRPGLE) the F1 key does not pull up any relevant help pages for SQL you might want help with, but pulls up the generic help page for the free format line instead. Please change this so that pressing the F1 key in emb...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Service for Journal Receiver Attributes

Create a service that would allow us to easily see the Journal Receiver Attributes for all currently attached journal receivers. We are looking to determine if any are near the Last Sequence Number threshold. Use Case: A journal receiver reaches t...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

specify novalink host as option in powervc-diag collection

Add a specification field to specify all novalinkhost or only the problem novalink host in powervc-diag
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered