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Add connection information to editor tabs

When editing source members from multiple connections, it can be challenging to know what connection through which a member was opened. Hovering over the tab will tell you the system, but not the connection. (This is also true for the application ...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

IBM i VPM client partition backup on DataDomain VTL - add TS3500 support

System: IBM i V7R4 - Virtual Partition Manager (VPM)Actor: User needing new feature Product DellEMC DataDomain is a commonly used product that provide Media Library emulation. Actually, the only emulation usable and certified for IBM i is the TS35...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Not under consideration

Allow rename of certificate in DCM

When installing a new certificate I need to reassign all applications to this certificate which could be avoided by renaming the certificate. Please provide a rename certificate function (or even a replace during import) like it exists in IKEYMAN....
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

IBM i java CMS Provider in java.security

I wonder why despite of all that security.providers in java security file for ibm jdk8 and jdk11 the following is missing:security.provider.12=com.ibm.security.cmskeystore.CMSProviderFor reading the default *system keystore or some websphere keyst...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 1 Not under consideration

Extend RunSqlScript functionality

With ACS, when running SQL scripts and extracting a file in XLSX format, it would be very useful if the system could save the SQL statement used (in a different sheet).
11 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

RDI LPEX insert mode tab operation

When you edit a source member (RPG full free) and have setup the use of the tabulator, when your keyboard is in insert mode the text is not shifted to the right when your using the tab key. Use Case: LPEX tab s should work like in other editors to...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Allow Service Tools Server Lan Adapter run commands on that port

Today we can save and restore from a 632B device using STS LAN Adapter and NFS built-in client.If you enable STS LAN Adapter to be used as an standard interface and use sockets or PASE during restricted state (different RFE) we will be able to bac...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Not under consideration

ACS Printing Issue about Chinese UDC, Missing Paper Size and Printing Width

Issue: ACS is missing printing paper size - US Standard Fanfold in Win10. Based on the testing done with IBM supporting team, we believed it is not the issue about Windows or the Printer driver, since other applications such as Office Word can fin...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

WPAR for 7.1 on 7.2

System: Power 9Actor: AIX 7.1 dependency on application We need some information for WPAR solution.We have majority of server running on AIX 7.2, customer wants to keep all their server on AIX 7.2 but Due to some application dependency there are s...
over 2 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Auditing *SECNAS Entries Missing

When NAS errors are logged in a joblog, they are not present in the Auditing journal. Use Case: QZLSSERVER joblog keeps on logging the message CPD3E3F Network Authentication Service error X'00020000' occurred. Major status code X'00020000' and min...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration