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IBM i

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    Internal LTO Tape for Power9

    In the new generation of POWER9 hardware, there is an internal RDX device. While the RDX is a lower cost device, it is extremely slow. Why in the same location, can't an Internal LTOx tape drive be put in. Similar to a 5736 that was put into the P...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 1 Not under consideration

    IBM i ACS Task Pane Should be Customizeable

    In the Java Version of ACS (Currently at v 1.1.7.0) the Task pains on the leftside of the main ACSLaunch window are not configurable nor are they moveable. This means they are laid out the way the last programmer who worked on it felt it was conve...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Simple IBM i user password authentication via Microsoft Active Directory

    A simple password authentication from IBM i to Active directory would greatly increase the usability of user profiles on IBM i. Without using SSO/EIM because this does not suit our needs. Use Case: The active directory is the main source when it c...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

    Divide the RPG manual into a fixed format and a free format version

    For many years the RPG manual have described both the fixed format and the free format. As the years has passed the free format version of RPG has been more and more enhanced where the fixed format is more "steady". Now I feel that the manual is g...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    Change HTTP admin server from running under QSECOFR

    Change HTTP Admin servers from running under QSECOFR Use Case: This cases the previous sign on to be updated when no one is signing on.
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

    Port Loadlever to iSeries

    Loadleveler is a fantastic workload management tool on the AIX platform. It's astonishing that the IBM iSeries, which is known as an amazing batch transaction system, doesn't not have an equivalent tool. Job Scheduler and Advanced Job Scheduler al...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

    Configurable auto-formatting of own procedures

    The current code formatter only indents known RPG statements like If, Do, Select, ... but doesn't recognize custom written procedures that benefit from proper indentation as well. The result is that these are now aligned so that their indentation ...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    Performance improvement request

    This customer has applied this PTF （MF64695）to correspond to "the vulnerabilities known as Specter and Meltdown", but as a result it causes performance down. Although they are convinced about performance down partly because of emergency response, ...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

    SAVRSTxxx

    Would it possible to add the feature to specify more then one destiny maschine? Use Case: Deploy a programm to more then one maschine in one command
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

    Enhancement to get better messaging in the joblog for missing directory for access logs

    As described in the PMR #11243,033,724, the apache version 2.4.2 is now "checking during config test that directories for the access logs actually exist." (PR 29941). If the directory is missing, then the apache instance will not restart. This is ...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Future consideration

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