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Live Update - Add preview check to geninstall -pk for processes running in /dev/kmem

Whilst /dev/kmem is listed within the "Limitations" of Live Update it would be helpful to be alerted to such processes during the preview phase of geninstall -pk.
over 2 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Administration Runtime Expert for i

This is RFE is for IBM i product: 5733ARE - IBM Administration Runtime Expert for i (Application Runtime Expert) Under 'System Environment' selection- component User IDs I would like to request that we have the ability to build a template to revie...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Outline does not show use of %KDS() DS name

In the outline I can see my QUALIFIED DS being referenced as a Key but it does not list the usage line. It does list the usage lines of the sub fields. Use Case: Since one cannot guarentee the location of the key used in the code to be right under...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

HMC and Firmware Upgrade Media

Request the ability to order HMC base and upgrade media on USB sticks with tags attached identifying them. Request the ability to order firmware updates on USB sticks with tags attached identifying them.
over 7 years ago in PowerVM 2 Delivered

Retry Cluster Node Activation

Enhancement to auto retry cluster node activation based on user defined (or static) intervals. Use Case: We have a 3 node cluster, Source node, target node and Flash node. When performing maintenance (includes IPL) or role swapping the timing for ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 6 Delivered

Add a single VIEW to the DB2 for i Catalogue that shows all data dependencies between PFs, Tables, Logicals, Indexes and Views

No view, or combination of views, in the DB2 for i Catalogue that I am aware of can provide me with database relationships similar to what DSPDBR shows. The closest "catalogue type file" that I know of that has that is QSYS/QADBFDEP but that's not...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Add Support For Dell/EMC UNITY Storage in VM Recovery Manager

Add support for the DELL/EMC UNITY Storage arrays in the VM Recovery Manager solution.
about 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Delivered

Allow prefix area command F* for DDS

You can put F* in LPEX editor for RPG source. Please allow this for DDS and other types. Use Case: When i edit DDS source, there are times when i want to search for data in a specific column but i do not remember the column positional number. I ha...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Concurrent use of Screen History and Macro Playback in ACS

Upon running a macro in Access Client Solutions Version 1.1.7.0 we are informed that we must disable/remove screen history in order to run macros. We want to run macros while screen history is turned on. (It would not be necessary to record the sc...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

PowerVC support for addition / detach / deletion of multiple volumes

The current PowerVC version 1.3.2 allows the addition / detach or delete of only a single volume to/from a virtual machine within one operation.This RFE is about enhancing PowerVC's volume add / detach / delete function to support multiple volumes...
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered