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HMC Replication using HMC command Line

As per IBM support, HMC replication is not supported via HMC command line and could only be done using GUI. This is a problem when you need to manage a lot of HMCs with frequent replication issue. It is really difficult to login to each HMC and ch...
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

Add COBOL Code Coverage to RDp

I would like to see the COBOL Code Coverage that is currently part of RDz be added to the functionality in RDp since they share technology and we are trying to enhance our development methods. Use Case: System: Place Mutual Fund Order ApplicationA...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

PowerVC odd behavior with Cisco enhanced zoning

PowerVC doesn't manage uncommited zones in a Cisco Enhanced Fabric Zoneset. To me, this should be a defect, not a new feature request. Please review the associated PMR. I believe that PowerVC should know that a zone is uncommited and work within t...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

CLI SQLSetConnectAttr

during a call to the CLI SQL Connect I got an error I cannot understand alone error SQL0104 Message . . . . : Token <END-OF-STATEMENT> was not valid. Valid tokens: ? : USER CURRENT DEFAULT SYSTEM_USER. So, I made a PMR for a way to understan...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

lsccfg scans all devices even when -l option is used.

lsccfg scans all devices even when -l option is used.
over 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Add possibility to adjust shutdown command on Oracle database smart assist

We have a Oracle database configured with SmartAssist for Oracle. Now we have found out that in this specific case it would be better to shutdown oracle with shutdown abort instead of shutdown immediate. I have noticed that shutdown command is inc...
over 8 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 2 Delivered

Provide an IBM i Service to return information similar to DSPACTPJ

DSPACTPJ has useful information for tuning the performance of prestart jobs. However, there is no outfile support on this command, nor is there an equivalent API. It would be nice to return this information in a manner that can be used programmati...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Delivered

Request for Data Transfer Request Files's endcoding of IBM i Access Client Solutions(ACS)

BackgroundBecause of customer's security management reason,we are providing an arrangement that logs data transfer information by referring to Data Transfer Request Files.・Information logged are IP adress or system name,library and table name.That...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

NIM HA resource synchronization enhancements

• The current NIM HA feature provides resource synchronization as a single "atomic" operation. Meaning, the sync is sequential, cannot be iterative, and will error when resource duplication is unable to complete as part of the manual "push" operat...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Update BIND in AIX

We use AIX as our DNS backbone and all our DNS Servers are running on AIX. Now we need features in BIND that have been released many years ago (e. g. DNSSEC), but AIX 7.2 still ships BIND 9.4.1, the same as AIX 7.1 and AIX 6.1 (!). Even BIND 9.8 w...
over 8 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

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