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updateios failure during window closure

You can reach out Deepak Menezes(deepakme@in.ibm.com) .This is with respect to issue we hit on case TS008403859Was installing Fix Pack 3.1.2.10 on top of his system 3.1.1.25 .During the installation the Putty session disconnected due to VPN discon...
almost 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

Add option to set IBM i Console Type in ASMI

Allow the IBM i Console type to be viewed and updated in the Advanced Service Management Interface (ASMI) on a POWER server. If viewing or changing to the Ops Console type, allow the selection of the Ethernet Adapter (NIC) location from the candid...
over 3 years ago in PowerVM 1 Future consideration

Provide option to specify jobs for which detailed thread data should be OMITTED from the QAPMJOBMI file

In a large system environment, where there are jobs that are known to generate millions of secondary threads per day, Collection Services becomes almost unusable due to the amount of data in the QAPMJOBMI file. This request is to provide an option...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 2 Not under consideration

IBM I ACCESS FOR WEB ENHANCEMENT

In IBM i Access for WebWhen using query provide option to returncolumn heading/labels instead of just field names.Under Database/Run SQL or My Requests. Use Case: When trying to get away from old as400 query users could use IBM i access for web to...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

PASE - Allow to run while on restricted state

This RFE is connected with #154063 For a better integration with Open Source tools it would be great to allow commands in PASE while system is in restricted stated.Even without TCP services will be useful. I can think of two scenarios:* PASE can r...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Not under consideration

STRNETINS setup validation.

NOTE: See Case TS002823522 (Since the PMR ID field above has not yet been enabled for cases!) When using network based image catalog for upgrades there are key components that must be in play for this thing to work. Once the network is correct (e....
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Not under consideration

Apache Client Certificate authentication when using proxy

We need to have Client Certificate Authentication (mTLS) on the Apache server in the proxy settings.According to your support as described in the Support case ID it's not possible. Use Case: We need to have Client Certificate Authentication (calle...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Not under consideration

HMC GUI Refresh-Button f?r alle LPAR

LPAR Remote-Restart-Status aktualisierensiehe TS005093069
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Please finish/complete the integration of long SQL names into Db2 for i

When Long SQL Names are used, you can only rename those object using the SQL RENAME statement. However, RENAME supports only TABLEs, VIEWs, and INDEXes. Which means *FILE objects only. Sequences, Variables, Functions, Procedures, and the myriad ot...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Open VM tool on vHMC

Virtual HMC is missing VM tools - this is primary a nice to have request to get rid of the warning in vSphere. Open VM tools are a part of almost all Linux distributions and could be included on vHMC OVA.
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

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