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command redirection for HMC rsh-shell

classical command redirection not available in HMC rsh-shell. ping 192.168.1.10 > ping_test.txtbash : ping_test.txt: restricted : cannot redirect output
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Disallow ENDJRNPF by work with system security

add option to Work with System Security to disallow ENDJRNPF for files in User libraries. If set to NO, users with appropriate security settings may ENDJRNPF. If set to YES, no user (even *SECADM) may ENDJRNPF.(maybe not applicable on *IBM librari...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

Backport DCM API's to V7R3

Please backport the DCM API's back to V7R3. Use Case: Automation of certificates in V7R3 is now impossible while the release will exist for quite some time.
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Not under consideration

RPG Language Feature - Variable Triggers - Computed Properties

Languages like Apple's Swift, Java, Python, C# have this fantastic feature called "Computed Properties". Think of them as "variable triggers". If new phrasing can be added to RPG's Dcl-S when defining a work variable, that would specify logic to b...
9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

Improve performance of REGEXP_xxx SQL functions

The REGEXP_SUBSTR and related SQL Regular Expression functions a great, but rely on external interfaces. The request is to figure out a way to make them perform better regardless of them being based on the eternal ICU library. In one-off situatio...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Please add relational view in new carbon GUI

It adds convenience and time saving/productivity to view and work with all partitions, Client and VIOS partitions, for each system all in one view
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

vPMEM support for AIX Flash Cash without cold start

With support of vPMEM starting with AIX 7.3 we need support of AIX Flash Cache with vPMEM without Flash Cache cold start after AIX Boot.
about 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

AC922 - BMC-GUI usable in HMC-GUI

make usage of BMC-GUI possible like we know from cassical-FSP Power-machines ( ASMI )
almost 4 years ago in Power Systems Design 0 Not under consideration

Cloud storage solutions for i support for TrueNAS Linux

TrueNAS systems are not supported with Cloud Storage Solutions as an FTP destination. Using ICC with a TrueNAS ressource makes very unstable connections. It stores Qxxxxx.mta files that adds up to Qxxxxx virtual tapes on the distant storage, but c...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Future consideration

Improve Performance of QSYS2.BOUND_SRVPGM_INFO

The performance of QSYS2.BOUND_SRVPGM_INFO is really bad when you're using it in order to get all programs that use a specific BOUND_SERVICE_PROGRAM. More details can be found in the defined Use Case. However, using the same View with the given st...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

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