IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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    ACS Java Process Kill Daemon on Citrix Servers

    Hello everybody I would like to mention a problem I am facing and discover right now , in the middle of a migration project , here in Piraeus Bank Greece. We have a variety of Power i Host Systems such as E880 P8 V7R3 – S824 etc. We are using ACS ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

    Enhance Outbound API Timeout Control to Support Millisecond

    There is timeout control method in IBMi transport C outbound API package.AXISC_PROPERTY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT AXISC_PROPERTY_IO_TIMEOUT If the time parameter value is greater than zero, the value will be used as the maximum time, in seconds, to wait for...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Delivered

    64-bit LDAP services for DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE)

    Our company is a software vendor. We have started a project to convert our product (written in C++) to 64-bit pointers. We compile and link our C++ programs using DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE). Our product uses LDAP services extensively. LDAP ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

    WebQuery - InfoAssist dialog in new tab v. new page

    Currently when starting the InfoAssist+ editor a new web page opens to the max size of the primary monitor.I'd like it to have an IA option to allow a new tab instead Use Case: Minor annoyance. I have to go back to the primary monitor, size the ne...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Delivered

    Open Source Package Manager - Add Search Feature

    In the Open Source Package Manager it would be fantastic if there was a way to search or refine the list of packages instead of having to scroll through the entire list. This could apply to all three sections: Installed, Updates and Available pack...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    Support for 4-port 32 Gbps HBAs on Power servers

    As more companies are consolidating workloads onto smaller numbers of Power servers, their I/O needs are increasing to support those multiple workloads. To support these requirements, it would be helpful to have support for 4-port 32 Gbps Fibre Ch...
    over 3 years ago in Power Systems Design 2 Delivered

    VFC Client Adapter Limitation

    The request originates from following APARs for VFC CLIENT ADAPTER LIMITATION ON NUM_CMD_ELEMS • 6100-08 - use AIX APAR IV61158• 6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV63231• 7100-02 - use AIX APAR IV64278• 7100-03 - use AIX APAR IV63282 The description and fix...
    over 10 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

    Update Korn Shell ksh93 to a more recent version

    We have a requirement to check the exit status of unix pipe as provided by the ksh93 'pipefail' option The ksh93(e) shell that ships with AIX 6.1 TL9 SP5 is at least 10 years out of datehttp://www2.research.att.com/~astopen/download/notes.htmlVers...
    over 10 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

    Keep unanswered inquiry messages for qsysopr on top with different color in the new navigator for i

    In IBM i Access for Windows unanswered inquiry messages were kept on top in a different color. This functionality is missing in the new navigator for i. This is very unpractical for us as we now have to filter on inquiry type and we don't see a di...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

    Outputq description view

    New SQL View or enhancement to a current view (object statistics or output_queue_info maybe?) to view output_queue_info. Reasoning, a pain point for admins is when they have to create outputq’s for new printers, they dup the object, make some chan...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Delivered

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