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IBM i QMGTOOLS RUNAA request parameter enhancement

For the QMGTOOLS RUNAA command, add the value *IODD to the list of currently available request values (See http://www-01.ibm.comsupportdocview.wss?uid=nas8N1010377) When run via System Service Tools - Advanced Analysis, the IODD macro supports a l...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Future 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

ACS Emulation screenshot in HTML

For documentations we would like to have screenshots from 5250 emulation in HTML format. Please add a button "Export screen into HTML"
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Provide IWS API's instead of command line

Provide normal API's instead of the commandline scripts for deploying webservices to the Integrated Webservices Server. Use Case: Automatic deployment of webservices via a solid and performant interface instead of the command line interface which ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Not under consideration

Make Remote Journaling visible on the source too

To my knowledge the remote journal config is only made visible in IBM i Access Client Solution Schemas on the target side by the added tab "Remote" on the journal Receiver.On the source side I have not yet found anything telling me that Remote jou...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

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

IBM i OVA creation command similar to "create_ova" on AIX

With such a command migrations to cloud could be easier, specially if we could send the file with SSH or a mounted NFS filesystem. Use Case: When you need to migrate a system with a different language you need to create an OVA, but today you need ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 6 Future consideration

Add alignment function to report designer

The Screen Designer function includes an alignment feature--i.e., you can right-click on a field and select the alignment option (Left,Center,Right). The Report Designer does not include this function. Use Case: While in Report Designer, add a fie...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Batch restores for Multi-library recoveries enhancements.

f the saves were done in a Serial-Parallel mode, the use of concurrent batch restores for multi-library recoveries is a great way to minimize the restore time:https://helpsystemswiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/165642322/How+to+Use+Batch+R...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Not under consideration

Allow RUNSQLSTM to support a "continuation character" for very long SQL statements

When coding SQL statements for creating tables or indexes or whatever, we often have a problem formatting very long SQL statements because there is not "continuation line" character supported by the statement processor. The COMMENT ON statement ca...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

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