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ON-EXIT could be colored differently

Syntax highlighting: The ON-EXIT opcode, while technically an opcode, could be more noticeable if it were colored like a "control flow opcode" instead of regular "opcode". Then it would look like the monitor/on-error/endmon and return opcodes inst...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

SSO f?r den 'IBM Navigator for i'

Add Kerberos SSO to IBM Navigator for i (Web)See PMR listed above Use Case: Using iSeries Navigator on W7 with Kerberos SSO. As moving to Win 10 iSeries Navigator is not supported anymore. Need SSO solution for Win 10 Plattform with IBM Navigator ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

PowerVC change storage connectivity group of existing lpar

PowerVC does not provide option for changing of storage connectivity group of existing lpar.In essence connectivity group is just mapping between virtual fiber channel and physical cards. In managed by HMC systems, this mapping can be changed even...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Add PIGZ to YUM repository for IBM i

Pigz is a parallel GZIP, so we can improve performance when compressing based on threads, CPUs or any quantity Use Case: With PIGZ we can improve gzip compression performance using parallelism.
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

RSS-VE Flip mouse scroll and CTRL-Scroll functions or let us config

Within the VE module of the RSS component.When I have a VE open and the tree is shown, the action of the scroll wheel of the mouse and the action of the CTRL-Scroll Wheel are backwards. The default of the mouse scroll wheel should be scrolling the...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Optimization over SVC KSYS: Storage re-mapping process during "move dr_test=yes"

The way of handling actions on SVC by KSYS during DR Test is not correct/optimal. From the storage perspective, DR Test actions (move dr_test=yes) can be divided into the following stages, all on storage array running at BACKUP site: 1. Removal of...
over 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 Delivered

ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field

ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field. In a shared environment like a terminal server, we don't want each user to see the previous user's "user profile" auto-populated in the user id field. It should be possible to leave...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Change Configure SSL for ADMIN (similar to ADMIN2)

Please change the functionality of the option similar to the "Configure SSL" of the ADMIN2 application server which allows to select a certificate from the *SYSTEM store. Use Case: The option "Configure SSL for ADMIN" requires a local certificate ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

RDI Command popups do not appear on same monitor as RDI window.

I use two monitors while working at home, the main one is my laptop panel and the other is a widescreen monitor. I have to travel into the office sometimes where the setup is different so the main screen reverts from the laptop to one of the two m...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Improve speed to retrieve number of objects in library

API qlirlibd with key 8 to retrieve the number of objects in the library performs really slow if you have more than say 5.000 objects in the library. Use Case: On a really fast system it can take 10-15 seconds to retrieve the number of objects in ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 6 Delivered