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sh/ksh support for large files

/bin/sh is unable to handle large files. this causes problems with shell archives and other scripts that need to interface with large files where /bin/sh is used.
over 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

AIX Password Checking issue

Please refer the case #TS003130621. AIX 7.1 and above are having the pattern matching with regexec is not case insensitive , which is failing our compliance check and reporting the system.
almost 5 years ago in AIX 7 Delivered

VM Recovey Manager DR Release 1.5

We have discovered 3 problems up to now: 1. The DR site must have at least one session for global mirror (lssession output check)2. There can not be common LUN IDs between the source and destination LUNs3. The flashcopies for global mirror can not...
about 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Delivered

Add the feature to disable migration with Novalink, as it is already possible with the HMC (migration_disabled=0)

We have this customer that needs to move its Oracle server to a powerVC environment but wants to be sure that no LPM will be done.The only proof we can provide him (if we exclude the PowerVC/HMC/errpt logs which can be deleted at will), would be t...
over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 3 Delivered

AIX SAN adapter driver support for new RDP ELS

Unfortunately, the AIX adapter driver still does not support the new RDP ELS - even on the newer SAN adapters.Are there any plans to implement support for the RDP ELS as this is very common by all SAN vendor.
over 6 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

add print output to 5250 session in ACS

Add print out put to 5250 session or a button that start print out put for the open session Use Case: to download a spool file you need to Select System and then open printer output. would like to be able to press a button on the tool bar that wil...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

PowerVM Simplified Remote Restart for hosts in "not connected" state

Simplified Remote Restart works only for hosts that are in failed or powered off state. When system is "not connected", I cannot perform Simplified Remote Restart. I'd like to be able to perform it.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

BRMS: Allow Parallel Backup in BRMS when using *ALLUSR

According to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1012281BRMS does not allow a parallel save when using *ALLUSR.I want to be able to do so. Use Case: We spread our saves among four drives in our library.Objects within a library are c...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Add number of upload/download threads for "Work with IFS" action.

when uploading or downloading files using the IFS "action". When I choose any number of files the program will try and upload/download all the files at one time. this can/has caused issues on the PC. Please add an option, to limit the number of co...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Change the RPG compiler to add an option like ALIGN(*FULL)

The C compiler pads out a struct so that its length is a multiple of its alignment. So if the struct contains a pointer, the length will be a multiple of 16. RPG does not do this, even with the ALIGN keyword, so the RPG data structure might be up ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

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