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Add whitelist option in for adding systems

There is only a blacklist option for systems in CMCEvery system that should not show up in CMC must be blacklisted in the settings / Cloudconnector tab. We want to have whitelist option in CMC to have more control which systems are visible in CMC
over 4 years ago in Cloud Management Console 2 Delivered

ACS Printer Output - delete multiple SPLFs in a bundle

For deletes of spooled files in the Printer Output action of ACS, send the selections together as a bundle and process them on the server from that bundled list. A confirmation list would help, as well - same as it does in WRKSPLF now. Use Case: W...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 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 ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 9 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...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 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...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Extend Qc3CalculateHash to be able to use SHA3 (FIPS 202)

We use Qc3CalculateHash API to create xml invoicedata hashes, which are needed for data exchange with the hungarian tax office. For now we have to use SHA-512 (FIPS 180-2) hashing algorithm, but as of April 1st 2020 the hungarian tax office is cha...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Delivered

Updating the viosbr utility

would it be possible to add the force option of the mkvdev command in the viosbr? mkvdev -f in viosbr
almost 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Delivered

Create button in HMC to receive VIOS snap

In HMC it would be nice to have a menu entry for creating a snap for VIO Servers.These snaps are usually only needed for IBM support cases. It should be possible by one click to create and store or email a snap from VIOS.
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

Allow triggers to fire on records updated or deleted by Referential Integrity CASCADEs

Currently, when a dependent table record is deleted or updated because of a referential integrity CASCADE caused by the delete or update on a parent table, triggers do not fire on that dependent table. Please allow an option to fire off triggers o...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Replace trigger while active

When there's a need to replace a high level language trigger, an exclusive lock is required to the program object. In a 24/7 system this is almost impossible what makes the use of triggers a no-go. Programs in use (apart from triggers) can be repl...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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