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Authority *SECADM and *ALLOBJ needed with RST command

Restoring Ifs objects using RST puts in the joblog a CPDA088 and a CPF9898 for each object restored. The messages text is: "THE OBJECT IDENTIFIED BY THE PRECEDING CPDA088 MESSAGE WAS RESTORED, BUT THE *RUNEXIT AND/OR *CRTRUNEXIT ATTRIBUTES WERE NO...
24 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Rsyslog with omkafka module and libsasl/GSSAPI support

Hello, I request the compilation of AIX rsyslog with the omkafka module and libsasl/GSSAPI support. We are encountering the following error in our environment: 7216.011687000:main Q:Reg/w0 : errmsg.c: Called LogMsg, msg: omkafka: error cr...
6 months ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

Support the new BOOLEAN SQL data type in ACS Data Transfer (Upload to IBM i)

Currently, data transfer (upload) fails if any field in the table is of type BOOLEAN.
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

Modernizing IBM SEA to handle Cisco micro-segmentation policy

CISCO ACI in conjunctions with VMWARE have developed the ability to apply multiple Private VLAN configurations (micro-segmentation) onto a single switchport. Normal Private VLAN implementations require the creation of the Primary VLAN (200) which ...
9 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

add a %round built-in function

While %inth and %dech exist, they only allow for half up rounding and don’t have an option to round to a negative number of decimal places (e.g. 123 => 120). The %dech built-in is kind of awkward because you always must specify the size and pre...
9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Automate pedbg and VIO snap from HMC

Automate creation and upload of pedbg and VIO snap from HMC via UI to optimize IBM SR handling.
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Planned for future release

Use 'IN' operator on %split to compare like in %list

When working with a list represented in a string, with %split, the 'IN' operator cannot be used as it can with the function %list. However, it is necessary to have this functionality in order to check if certain elements are present in a string li...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Call Home test for vHMC

At the moment there is no way to check, if vHMC Call Home configuration is working properly.As verified by IBM Support Case neither "Test connection" during configuration wizard nor "Creating a serviceable event" with checked flag "Test problem re...
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Change of WLM start/restart behave in passive mode

When restart or start Workload Manager WLM the AIX is set internal locks to be shure that no new porcess,fork etc can happen until AIX has checked all running processes again WLM rules. On a multi terrabyte memory machine this can lead to 5-7 minu...
11 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

ACS - HMC 5250 System Console - ability to set a default host code page and also set a default language/country on the "Welcome to Remote 5250 Console" screen.

When using the HMC Probe utility to open a new ACS HMC 5250 system console, the host code page always defaults to 037 even if the default.hod session profile ("<documents>\IBM\iAccessClient\OpCon\Sessions\hmc\<hmc_hostname>\s\default.h...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

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