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Threshold for Integrated Storages which are already 95% fileld up

Major Bank in India would want to define threshold on their already filled up storages to 95% which are part of PowerVC so that noone allocates Volumes from those storages but as it will be required for management of Hosts and VMs , we will have t...
over 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Option to Normalize HTTP_RESPONSE_HEADER Fields (Key Names) in the QSYS2 HTTP Functions

The HTTP header fields are case-insensitive. That is, content-type, CONTENT-TYPE, and CoNtEnT-tYpE are all allowed uses of the IANA registered field Content-Type. Previously, when using the SYSTOOLS HTTP table functions (e.g., SYSTOOLS.HTTPGETCLO...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

ksh93 shopt_audit support

We need to be able to log commands used by the ksh93 shell to meet PCI requirements for any user account - specifically the root account. This is accomplished by setting the SHOPT_AUDIT option at compile time for ksh93. We need an IBM supportable ...
over 6 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

Create an exit point similar to QIBM_QZDA_SQL2 but for all other SQL interfaces

There is no exit point for SQL when run outside the scope of ACS RUN SQL SCRIPTS or "Access i ODBC" as it is referred to in the docs. We need the ability to monitor and do other things for all SQL statements run on the system. We have users coming...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Stop selective SRCs in lower HMC models

One third of my HMCs are 7042-CR6's, which will not support anything newer than HMC 8.8.6. However, a subset of those HMCs are responsible for generating 17 PMRs in just the last month or so, almost all of them due to "too many files open" (an SRC...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Command Prompting Control not Executing

Command prompting control is not executing when no value is entered for a required parameter. Meaning, if a user prompts a command that has a required parameter but then simply presses ENTER instead of filling in the required parameter value, no e...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

CPYTOSTMF

The CPYTOSTMF does not have the functionality to create a "Native Excel" XLS or XLSX file when the FROMFILE is an Physical file . Currently the CPYTOSTMF creates a delimited file separating fields using a comma, tilde, semicolon, etc. Suggest the ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

Provide filter on ACS Active Sessions pane

This RFE applies to Access Client Solutions: We have over 100 IBM i systems in our network. Due to the number of active 5250/Printer/Console sessions, the ACS display Active Sessions panel is essential to our job for navigating between sessions. W...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

IP based Printers

An API that can show IP addresses for remote output queue or printers using IP addresses. We have several client systems that we support. Having a simple way to list those IP addresses would make supporting their systems easier for us. Use Case: W...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Not under consideration

Support 5250 emulator for mobile device.

The only IBM 5250 emulator that worked on mobile devices (iPhone and Android) was 5250 applet which was a part of IBM access for Web (5770-XH2). As the IBM access for Web had been discontinued since IBM i 7.5, there are no alternative 5250 emulato...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

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