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Ability to adjust the desirability of a host within a host group, so new lpar deployments would always go to other hosts first until there is no other valid target host.

The ability to keep a hot-spare in the host group so that it's available in the event of the failure of another host and for maintenance. T he way it is now, we either have to LPM anymore lpars that land there, put into maintenance mode, or remove...
9 months ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

ACS Copy&Paste special characters

Copy & Paste text from other Windows applications like Word, Outlook, ... often includes special "curly" quotes instead of the "straight" quotes. When doing a Copy&Paste of these curly quotes in ACS, they're replaced by a "?" (since it can...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Add sort function to Passwords in Preference

The main ACS window, Edit.. Preferences... Passwords tab allows for mass change of passwords.I would like to have the ability to click on the column heading for Profile to sort the systems by profile name so I can select the first line, scroll to ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

incorrect conversion of the serial number for tape libraries

The serial numbers of tape libraries are only taken over correctly in the Hardware Service Manager if they are hexadecimal.Since the serial numbers of the newer devices now also use letters outside of A..F, i.e. G..Z, these are displayed as "0".Th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 5 Delivered

Enlarge SUBJECT parameter of the SNDSMTPEMM command

The SUBJECT parameter is currently limited to 60 characters, which is very limited. Due to this, I must use the QTMMSENDMAIL api. The business requires more meaningful information to be placed in the subject line and this means needing a subject p...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Delivered

Add a modern compression algorithm for SAV/RST

Even DTACPR(*HIGH) does not compress as well as ZIP, which is a pretty low bar these days. It would be nice to see newer compression algorithms like LZMA2 (7-Zip / xz) added to SAV and RST commands, at least for SAVF. Use Case: Transmitting large ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 9 Delivered

ACS RSS add new line for Ctrl+Shift+down arrow

In many edit tools duplicating the last line creates a new line in the file. ACS Run SQL Scripts (RSS) only appends the line text to the end of the file. When duplicating the last line always insert a new line character before appending the duplic...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Compare enhancement: side-by-side with color

I have seen 2 different compares within RSE (Remote System Explorer). One of them is a side-by-side comparison and the other has color, but is not side-by-side. What I am requesting is both in the same compare, either similar to or exactly like th...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

Allow change system in ACS Schemas view

It would be nice to be able to change the system you are connected to in Schemas in ACS like you are able to do in Run SQL Statements and other ACS components. Use Case: Quickly and easily switch between schemas in different systems
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Ability to change storage connectivity group of an existing VM

Hi, I raised TS001364504, to ask how to change the storage connectivity group of an existing VM in PowerVC. The answer came back that this is not possible, the storage connectivity group can only be set on the creation of a new VM. Hence raising t...
about 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

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