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SMB support to case insensitive

WEG is working in a project to migrate more and more applications from Windows to AIX on Power but keeping its File Server on Windows. It is clear that for AIX the SMB client file system is replacement of CIFS client. But differently than CIFS, SM...
about 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Eliminate QZSHSH, QP0ZSPWP/T Job Logs with "No Job Log"

When a user has their job set with a logging level to generate a job log (e.g., LOG(4 0 *SECLVL)), then uses QShell, there is a jog log generated for every QShell command, with the job log having a single message, CPF2523, "No job log information....
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 10 Delivered

Add Joblog Messaging Built-in Function to RPG IV

Need simplified methods for writing messages from RPG IV to the Joblog. To that end, we need built-in function that will:write to the joblog using Qp0zLprintf or similar. This built-in function should be named %JOBLOG.Send various message types (*...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

IBM i NetServer Does Not Currently Support NTLMv2 Session Security

IBM i NetServer Does Not Currently Support NTLMv2 Session Securityref: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010528 Mapping netserver share with other cridential when Kerberos is configure is not possible. Disabling NTLM V2 will have...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 9 Delivered

Nesting shortcuts (c-s-m & c-s-o)

The current function of the nesting shortcuts Ctrl-Shift-M and Ctrl-Shift-O will only work if the cursor is positioned on the IF/END or DO/ENDDO or SELECT/ENDSL statement. These two shortcuts should also allow positioning on the related ELSE or WH...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

vNIC redundant backing devices in each VIOS

In the latest version of PowerVC 2.0.2.1 it is possible during deployment to select two redundant SR-IOV networks. With that PowerVC will create two vNIC backing devices, one in each VIO (assuming two VIOS). Especially CSI customers want to have m...
almost 4 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Enable volumes attachusing same NPIV when multiple IPG pools inside a SCG

PowerVC not able to deploy VM with two NPIVs using a single SCG and multiple IPG
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Toggle button on Outline view to synchronize with the current selection in Lpex

In the outline view of RDi there should be a mark on the actual procedure or subroutine. The mark should be automatically updated every time when i scroll through the source code. Use Case: If i have procedures with many lines in my source i can n...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Full qualified job name in DSPJOB and WRKJOB

The fully qualified job identifier : 123456/USER/JOBNAME is used many several places for interaction with a job However this information is available in the form: Job: JOBNAME User: USER Number: 123456 in both DSPJOB and WRKJOB. It would appreciat...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 7 Delivered

HMC should provide Disk UDID in Topology view and REST API

When querying the "lshwres -r virtualio --rsubtype fc --level lpar -Ftopology -m <system name>" command, the virtual storage connections of the LPARs are displayed. For a storage connection via virtual FC adapters (NPIV) the parameter "-Ftop...
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered