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PowerVC manager should be available on SLES 12 LE on Power Systems

So far the PowerVC Manager component is only running on a Redhat Linux partition on Power Systems. The client components are supporting other Linux distributions and AIX.
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Create XML in RPGLE, BIF like %XML-CREATE()

In the Current world, IBM i is interacting with other systems by using the XML format messages which can be easily understood by different systems and humans. IBM has recently provided XML-INTO and XML-SAX built in functions to read the xml and to...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

Link SQL procedure or SQL function as item in DSPPGMREF

DSPPGMREF does not identify any SQL procedure or function coded in programs. A program can be a *PGM or *SRVPGM object created from a source that is based on SQLxxx language and the usage is static in the source. Use Case: When attempting to use c...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

Retrieve TCP/IP Servers Attributes

There is no option to retrieve or dump the current TCP servers configurations (Telnet & FTP), the only way to display the value is using the change server attributes commands interactively, which is not useful to be used in batch programs/scri...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

Improve disk fencing support during LPM in PowerHA environment

PowerHA supports disk fencing using SCSI-3 reservation mechanism. It was discovered during recent testing with a customer that after LPM, PowerHA node/AIX loses access to disks. This is due to AIX device driver handling of the keys after the LPM c...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Allow prompt variables in Run SQL Scripts

Add prompt variables to queries that run in the Run SQL Scripts application. This would allow generic queries to be reused for specific results. The Run SQL Scripts application would need a mechanism for entering the substitution variable data whe...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 10 Delivered

ACS Copy Formatted SQL to Clipboard

SQL statements that are copied into the clipboard by Ctrl+C should preserve their formatting (color and font). The feature could be optional. Use Case: Write SQL code that you want to share with others or that is to be included in a document.
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Single Pane for QSYSOPR messages in New Navigator

The New Nav that was released in the fall of 2021 provides a single pane of glass for each of our managed partitions and seems quite promising. What would make this new navigator more promising and will allow us to abandon older versions is being ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Add support to "Bookmark" IFS paths in ACS

When using the IFS Task in ACS, I have a set of several directories I often need to work in. Rather than having to type in the path to the file, I would like to "bookmark" or have a set of "favorites" that I can select from. This is similar to the...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS 5250 Screen History Archive enhancement: include /PLUGIN to convert images to folder

Screenshots are an important part of audit evidence and defense for internal and compliance audits, as well as step by step procedural trainingThe ability to export images from screen history archive is already a very useful tool for supporting th...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

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