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Infoprint Server should be able to generate a pdf according the PDF/A standard

We need InfoPrint Server to be able to generate a pdf compliant with the PDF/A standard. Use Case: If a customer demands his invoices to be compliant with the PDF/A standard, I should be able to set a proporty in the Infoprint Server exit program ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

LPEX-Allow different colors for each level of Block Nesting

When using the 'Show Block Nesting' feature, allow different colors to be used for the different levels of block nesting. In the preferences add the ability to specify different colors for each of the available 5 levels of block nesting. Use Case:...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Show field text/description on hover (for external file fields)

10 character limits of system names can be very ambiguous. SQL allows for longer, more descriptive names but these are not shown on hover of file fields. Use Case: A developer would quickly see enough field information by hovering a field. This wo...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

Disable "Failover Rehearsal" Button for WorkGroups in Rehearsal Mode

Disable the GUI "Failover Rehearsal" button for a workgroup when it is in Rehearsal phase.
over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Not under consideration

Expand Object Table to copy members to different system

In the new, PDM-like Object Table, add ability to copy a member to a different LPAR/SYSTEM when using PDM option 3 Use Case: We have multiple systems, and there are times I need to copy a member to a different system for testing, etc. I can do thi...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

AIX EFS deficiencies

Encrypted File System: There are a few items that need to be addressed. 1. the ability to have a users keystore(s) loaded automatically in a cron/at job. 2. the ability to have root keystores loaded automatically for inittab processes. In both cas...
about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

runtime fsck for JFS2

Provide a JFS2 fsck which can be run while the filesystem is still mounted. This would help tremendously to help system admins detect corruption in their filesystemsThe present request would be for a read-only fsck which would detect problem. This...
about 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

ACS: Option to show description next to System

When we add a new system most of us use the IP address, not the FQDN or hostname on our DNS or hosts table, and the real system name is on the description. It would be great to have the option to show the description next to the system name to imp...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

live update AIX7.2 LKU Minimum memory

I know AIX need at least 2 Go memory, all of our LPARs have more that 2 Go Online MemoryFor an obscure historical reason, our old LPARs have just 1 Go minimum memory .We cannot change this "profil" attribut without stop and restart theses LPARs , ...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Idea new DB2 for i Command

Idea-new command in SQL- similar to CPYTBLRECF or DUPTBLRECF: command would provide a function to copy selected records between tables either fixed record and field lengths or variable only check command would validate same record/field lengths wi...
11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration