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Possibility to extract LPM activity from HMC

Our team needs to log all LPM activity on dual-HMC setup to be able to provide proof to Oracle company that the partitions running Oracle have not been moved to another Power frame. We would like to have a log that contains all LPM activity on the...
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

Applying SOD Using RBAC "Role-based access control"

Dears, I would like clarify our main targets, so please let me present it in the following points :- 1. We are applying SOD (Segregation Of Duties) on AIX environment, to separate between system admin tasks and security admin tasks (Main target), ...
over 8 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 6 Delivered

Add "Machine Type" to a DB2 Service

Would be beneficial to have "Machine Type" be available via a DB2 Service. Use Case: Instead of needing to have a user/admin GO SERVICE opt 6 we could obtain the information via SQL statement.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

SRAD limitation on E880

PMR: [45692,999,766 / 45693,999,766] CMT# : AK1789For Power 7 & p8, there was a SRAD limit of 4 on every CEC, However, with p8 announcement, per core performance increased compared to p7&p6. In order to achieve same performance level on P8...
over 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

i Navigator should process *NONE as a library name when *USPRF or *JOBD are specified in BRMS Global Policy Properties

Attempting to use i Navigator to change BRMS Global Policy Properties gives errors after the green screen has been used to change the policy to either of these settings: BRMS submitted jobs: Job description. . . . . . . . . . . . *USRPRF Library. ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Restore IFS IASP data in a different LPAR with different IASP name

Now a day, its so difficult to restore IFS data by Backup, Recovery and Media Service for IBM i in the following scenario:- IFS objects saved from “System A” in iASP “IASP1” - To “System B” in iASP “IASP2” PS: Also, if the data was saved in parall...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Delivered

Access Client Solutions open/save dialog boxes

In ACS on Windows, the left side of the open/save dialog boxes only offers a few predetermined shortcuts (such as the desktop), making it necessary to either navigate manually or type a file path. I'd like the left side to offer the typical folder...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Typing Y or N to answer Yes or No in Access Client Solutions dialog boxes

Windows dialog boxes typically allow typing Y or N instead of clicking the Yes or No buttons, and typically allow hitting Enter instead of clicking the OK button (or the Cancel button, depending on the default selection). I'd like the same ability...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

Worksheet name from Access Client Solutions data transfers

Please provide the ability to set a default worksheet name for .dtfx downloads into Excel (or at least an option to disable the adding of filename info to Excel's default "Sheet1" name). Use Case: Sample1.dtfx pulls from file QS36F/SAMPLE1. Sample...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

IFS files description

be able to put a descriptive text in files IFS Use Case: When we create a stmf in IFS, if we can make a description of the object ... this will be -i think - more easy to identify
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Delivered