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For High Availability - remove hostname dependency

High available setups require the use of a service-IP address. The existing hostname dependency make such kind of HA requirements very challenging. Removing the hostname dependency would make such requests a lot easier to implement.
4 months ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

%repeat as a BIF in RPGLE

Now we have the nice string function like %upper,() %lef(), %right() .. etc. and this is just great !! let's continue this toolbox for string functions: Just like the SQL scalar function REPEAT it would be appreciated to have the equivalent functi...
7 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Allow to initialize arrays using %list

Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration
143 VOTE

Dynamically editable min/max fields when LPAR gets shut down

When you are on a partitions memory configuration section and the partition is running you can only change the allocated value and the min/max values are greyed out. When the partition is then shut down the min/max values should be editable but th...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration
124 VOTE

HMC Performance Dashboard shows different calculated graphs depending if the LPAR is in Shared-Pool and Dedicated Mode

At the moment the HMC Performance Dashboard is using a different calculation method - depending on the LPAR using Shared-Pool or Dedicated-Donating Mode - to display the CPU utilization graph without any hint of these differences. Both graphs are ...
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Future consideration

CMC simulation for Power11 based on the existing real life data

Would help customers and BPs to size optimal "next generation" server according to existing and well known/documented workload incl growth estimation
20 days ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

CPE3025 should tell what exactly is missing.

The message CPE3025 occurs when a file or folder in the IFS cannot be found. But you have to guess which one, as CPE3025 doesn't tell. Edit: it is obviously me sending the message; sorry. But nevertheless, a common data structure for CPExxxx-messa...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

User with only (but all) advanced roles assigned should be able to perform LPM (Migrate)

Even if all additional roles at once are assigned to a user the "Migrate" option does not appear on LPARs. This should be the case, because such users have the ability to clone, delete and move VMs and volumes - which is everything a LPM does. Aft...
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Add CRTPERIOD (similar to CHGPERIOD) on the "SAV" CL Command

When doing large migrations, the number of objects in the IFS could add up to nearly terabytes. We would like to save IFS files based on Creation Date rather than Last Changed Date. The benefit is we can migrate files created before or since a spe...
30 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

IBM Navigator for i - Function Usage ID to allow only management of EIM users

Our helpdesk staff manage the creation and deletion of users and password resets, however I can't grant them access to Navigator for i to manage EIM user entries for SSO as it gives them far too much access. Please provide a Function Usage ID whic...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

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