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Add database monitor menu option to Run SQL Scripts

I would like to have the ability to start a database monitor directly from the ACS Run SQL Scripts window. We used to have that in iNavigator Use Case: When investigating queries it would be nice to be able to start a database monitor directly fro...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Splitting Up Dumps into Confidential and Non-Confidential Data

Swiss banking laws do not allow access to bank customer data from abroad. For this reason it is not possible to send dumps outside of Switzerland for analysis by Labs in other countries. We would like a solution whereby dumps can be split up, ensu...
almost 7 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

Download prompt & permissions in Integrated File Systems feature of iACS

Would like to have an option to present a pop up for download location in addition to the settings currently in Preferences. Would like permissions added to pop up menu for IFS files. Use Case: Some users may not always download a file to the same...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Show object names by default in Visual Explain diagram

After a fresh install of Access Client Solutions, the default diagram view for Visual Explain shows the Icon Type, but not the Object Name in the icon label. I would like to suggest that both should be enabled as a default. I often get asked to he...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Add support for *LAST in CREATE ALIAS

CREATE ALIAS command allows to create aliases for a specific MEMBER of a physical table on IBM i, but the alias has to be explicitly named. Many applications add members periodically and start filling rows in the last member. Having the ability of...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

Make Columns and Actions for Navigator Server Jobs equivalent to Active Jobs

In Navigator for i, the capabilities for active Server Jobs should be identical to those of Active Jobs. I believe the difference is because with Server Jobs you can view jobs that have ended with output. But the active server jobs are far more in...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Modify QIBM_QTMF_SVR_LOGON exit point to allow a program specified IP address to be returned on the FTP PASV reply

Currently when an FTP client connects to the IBM i FTP server, the internal IP address of the IBM i is returned to the FTP client in the PASV response. Some firewalls properly NAT the internal address to the external public address while some do n...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Delivered

Socket exit cannot handle high volume of network tranascations

Socket Exit QIBM_QSO_ACCEPT incoming packets act like it is serialize. On a larger system with many network connection, this exit point is not usable, Performance degrade with High volume of transactions Use Case: Installing Exit Program on Exit P...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

'VIOS/AIX notify client partitions that a VIOS dump is about to occur

VIOS/AIX needs to somehow notify client partitions that a VIOS dump is going to occur and allow the clients to immediately close their connections so that they can route to another VIOS server for processing during the dump See customer outage: TS...
almost 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

IWS web service transaction level logging

IWS does not have the ability to log web services requests and responses. These metrics are critical to be able to capture, measure, monitor and report on the throughput and response times and general health of a web service. Use Case: To be able ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

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