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    UUID datatype for IBMi

    A UUID is a Universally Unique Identifier, meaning that these identifiers are unique over your whole DB; even better unique" across space and time". UUID's are stored in 128bit format and follow a standarized format (rfc4122) This makes the type a...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Delivered

    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...
    over 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

    See the value of a named constant in the debugger.

    A developer needs the ability to interrogate the value of a named constant. For more information, see CAAC requirement AD0183 at https://www.ibmilug.ihost.com/commonag/treqs.nsf/9c76f872792db457862573af004e1b49/15e2bf03abc04e6486257611000cc6cd?Ope...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

    To be able to specify the destination vios in the commands rrstartlpar and migrlpar

    To be able to specify the destination vios in the commands rrstartlpar and migrlpar, since, if in a same Power there are more than 1 pair of vios, these commands verify if the vlan's of the partition can be configured in all the vios servers and g...
    over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

    Include support for newer versions of HMC, extending compatibility up to at least the penultimate version of PowerVC.

    Due to the need to support HMC version V10R3 1050, we encountered a challenging operational issue, which only arises with the brand-new version of PowerVC 2.2.0. We utilize PowerVC in both of our primary data centers, with storage arrays from vari...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

    Extend ON-ERROR to accept message codes

    In our codebase, we use a lot of user-defined message codes in *ESCAPE messages for our exception handling. We combine these with RPG's MONITOR op-code to trap the errors and, if possible, handle them. Identification of the last exception message ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

    PowerVC - attachment of all components using SSH keys

    In PowerVC only storage and NovaLink has the possibility to attach them using SSH keys. For the other components, such as HMCs and fabrics it's only possible to use user/password. PowerVC should support SSH keys for all components.
    about 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 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...
    over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

    ACS Update button to update the software

    The check for updates feature is great. What would be great is if you had a button that would automatically update ACS. Having to go to the download site, log in, accept the license agreement, then download, then unzip, then overwrite the director...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

    Web service REST - JSON

    Good evening,I created through Web Administration for i, a rest service that receives a parameter containing a JSON string, with numerous defined keys. The web service is associated with a rpg service program, which receives the JSON parameter con...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 7 Delivered

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