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Apple Mac Os Support in Netserver

At the moment it ist not possible to access a IFS Share correctly via Netserver from Apple Mac OS X.There are only shown 34 Objects(directories, files) per directory in Mac OS Finder. Switching between smb, smb1,smb2,smb3 or cifs in Finder has no ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

Create a VM but with a blank disk ready to be installed

If I want to have, say, 5 operating systems available for deployable in PowerVC (a couple of AIX releases and a few Linux's) then I have to by hand create 5 LPARs, hand create 5 Disks and by hand add them to the VM before I start installing the OS...
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

IBM i Access Client Solutions Hotspots

Using Hotspot Function 'nn'!It is not possible to activate a Function-Key!In the old version of IBM i Access for Windows you can specify eachFunction-Key from 01 to 24! Use Case: We use Hotspot-'nn' in many Menus! We have no space to use Fnn or PFnn!
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Connection Export/Import - reset connection profile

I need a Y/N/Checkbox option on the connection import window to wipe out the connection profile setting while importing. Use Case: You have provided the ability to export our connections and import those connections. I have gone thru the effort to...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Printoutput localization

Please make the value of the field create date display how it's displayed in the local nation.02.08.17 3:46:27 nachm. -> 02.08.2017 15:46:27 Use Case: see description.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

AIX mirror pool enhancements

Basic LVM mirroring has been available in AIX for years and it is great. The added value of mirror pools should come from the ease in maintaining for example 2 copies across 2 remote sites. It should help in making absolutely sure there is a compl...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Supply an option to create 1 zone per fabric

Cisco switches have limited storage for zoning. Even when using the initiator zoning mode of PowerVC, too many zones are created. Create another mode to further reduce the zoning to 1 zone per fabric containing all initiators and targets.
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

New HMC LPAR description field, API or CLI to obtain/maintain field

Previously, we would use ugly lpar names that would describe the purpose of the LPAR eg. "SCC1234 - ESB WAS Sandbox 1" The hostname is SCC1234When we installed the latest HMCs, and via the GUI, I find a new Description field, but I'm being told th...
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Delivered

Add filters to Schemas

In the IBM i Access Client Solutions Schema application, I need the ability to filter the list of items in a schema. There are thousands of tables and views in my production libraries and without the filter it is difficult to find the database obj...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Need new Era year (GENGO) support for AIX Japanese environment

Japan's Emperor Akihito will step down in April 2019. His abdication will mark the end of the Heisei era, and he would be immediately succeeded by his son Crown Prince Naruhito on 1 May, which would start a new imperial era.https://www.bbc.com/new...
over 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

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