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Option to disable recipient "Manage Event Notification: Email"

Currently there is no option to disable a recipient receiving email alerts in "Manage Event Notification", currently only add or delete, we need an option to disable as well.
about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

HAScript on ACS

The HAScript on ACS doesn't include any command of loop. So we couldn't convert scripts from iAW. About escape sequence, HAScript doesn't recognize normally. Could you please solve the above situation as soon as you can? Use Case: Scripts on iAW h...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Power-Not-Responding

Our current PowerVC version is 2.0.2. We unable to create the LUNs. Unable to deploy new servers. Here -> Images - Image list - we have filled all require columns then after clicked deploy button not responding.
about 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Finally leverage "the mainframe lesson" and fully exploit NUMA in POWERsystems

Why run VIO servers in the same cores, DIMMs, buses, etc. as all your real workloads? Instead of a 2-socket / 2 NUMA domain system, sell us an asymmetric 4-socket / 4 NUMA domain system where 2 of the sockets / domains are much smaller and contain...
about 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 3 Not under consideration

Free form KLIST to allow same field in multiple KLIST

Allow Free Form version of KLIST with the same field in multiple key lists. For example displaying customer invoices I want to have a key list for Customer and Invoice # and another for Customer and Order Date and use the same field for customer i...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

AIX NIM Alternate Disk Migration only for Updates

The ability to perform a NIM Alternate Disk Migration only to apply AIX updates, which is currently available only for upgrading the AIX release (i.e. 7.1 to 7.2).
over 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

HPE 3PAR Storage Support

Our Storage is currently 3PAR and this is not supported with PowerVC.In order to use PowerVC we need 3PAR Storage Support. I've seen that there is a Openstack 3PART Block Driver. Or is that enough?There should also be support for 3par mpio on clie...
almost 9 years ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

Enhance the DSPFD Command by adding a MBR (member) parameter to control the TYPE(*MBRLIST) member list results.

When using DSPFD in CL programs, it would be nice to have an additional parameter that controls the output of the generated member list when TYPE(*MBRLIST) is specified. For example: DSPFD FILE(QGPL/QRPGLESRC) TYPE(*MBRLIST) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) OUTFI...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Solution for Cpyfrmimpf dtaara using Dtaara "QCPFRMIMPF" and "QCPTOIMPF"

When using the copy command with the dtaara it creates threads in the background which makes the copy of big amounts of records in couple of minutes. Without the dtaara the copy runs for hours. Need a fix/solution which works the same seeing dtaar...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Revert search (ctrl+f) behaviour in RDi 9.0 to the way it was in RDp 8.5

When you open the search (ctrl+f) in the RPG LPEX editor in RDi 9.0.0.1, you can immediately enter the value you seek and press enter. After pressing enter, the source is positioned to the value you searched for, if it was found. Now, in RDp 8.5 y...
about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Is a defect