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i Navigator should process *NONE as a library name when *USPRF or *JOBD are specified in BRMS Global Policy Properties

Attempting to use i Navigator to change BRMS Global Policy Properties gives errors after the green screen has been used to change the policy to either of these settings: BRMS submitted jobs: Job description. . . . . . . . . . . . *USRPRF Library. ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Restore IFS IASP data in a different LPAR with different IASP name

Now a day, its so difficult to restore IFS data by Backup, Recovery and Media Service for IBM i in the following scenario:- IFS objects saved from “System A” in iASP “IASP1” - To “System B” in iASP “IASP2” PS: Also, if the data was saved in parall...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Delivered

Access Client Solutions open/save dialog boxes

In ACS on Windows, the left side of the open/save dialog boxes only offers a few predetermined shortcuts (such as the desktop), making it necessary to either navigate manually or type a file path. I'd like the left side to offer the typical folder...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Typing Y or N to answer Yes or No in Access Client Solutions dialog boxes

Windows dialog boxes typically allow typing Y or N instead of clicking the Yes or No buttons, and typically allow hitting Enter instead of clicking the OK button (or the Cancel button, depending on the default selection). I'd like the same ability...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

Worksheet name from Access Client Solutions data transfers

Please provide the ability to set a default worksheet name for .dtfx downloads into Excel (or at least an option to disable the adding of filename info to Excel's default "Sheet1" name). Use Case: Sample1.dtfx pulls from file QS36F/SAMPLE1. Sample...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

IFS files description

be able to put a descriptive text in files IFS Use Case: When we create a stmf in IFS, if we can make a description of the object ... this will be -i think - more easy to identify
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Delivered

VIOS Paging Default Devices

Hi IBM, When you install a VIOS (or AIX) from the installation DVD, or a NIM source created from DVDs, the default paging devices are not optimal.It has always been a best practice for paging devices to never have more than 1 device per physical v...
over 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Delivered

When a user is expired by specifying USREXPDATE then QSECEXP1 should log it in the history log

I have put an expiration date on a user profile (USREXPDATE) and it was disabled as expected by the job QSECEXP1. But it is only logged in the joblog of QSECEXP1 not in the History log ( nor in the *SYSOPR message queue). This makes it difficult t...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Delivered

Access Client Solutions 5250 session tab management

Using the ACS 5250 Emulator and opening multiple sessions across multiple servers provides a tab at the top of the window for each session. When closing the tabs until only one session remains while the application window is maximized, the window ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

AIX: request for 64 bit version of strip command

Bloomberg is seeing failure with strip command : strip: tsbig.prestrip.tsk -- 0654-406 Internal error while reading filetables. There is not enough memory available now. request is for 64 bit enablement of the strip command so that it can work wit...
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

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