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    In the run sql scripts window, save the open tabs so that they can be reopened automatically.

    In the run sql scripts window, several tabs are often open. When you're working on them for several days in a row, it's tedious to have to reopen them each time you start the window.It would be very useful to be able to indicate whether or not you...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

    Add LIC Resave Level to PRUV to Ensure It's at the Correct Level for Upgrade

    We would like the PRUV tool to check the resave level on the I_Base image in an image catalog to make sure it's compatible with the hardware you are upgrading the OS on.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 1 Submitted

    diagcloudconn needs more robust features in testing.

    Many times when trying to diagnose an issue between HMC and CMC we are forced to engage IBM support to get access to such common commands as curl or wget or traceroute as they are locked down in the HMC. It is incredibly helpful to either allow ac...
    over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Submitted

    Implement IO tuning parameter value for 'dk_closed_path_recovery=1' by default

    Enable 'health_check' command to run on paths to disks, which are not open and active in the kernel, by default as to allow automatic recovery.
    over 1 year ago in AIX 2 Submitted

    Support of modern remote copy function - Policy-based Replication (PBR)

    FlashSystem reference architectures are now based on Policy-based Replication (PBR). Policy-based Replication replaces Global Mirror, using volume group and no longer consistency group (replication) commands. This new Storage function should be su...
    over 1 year ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    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...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Cloud Connector Status report also HMC hostname

    it's much easier to find HMC hostname during investigation
    over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

    resize command for VIOS

    resize command from X11.apps.xterm helps to determine current window size and to set corresponding environment variables. It is extremely useful if an administrator works with VIO through HMC interface or use some other "not clean" interfaces. res...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Submitted

    Simplify multilingual support by changing CRTDSPF and CRTPRTF to support new MSGCON parameter "Resolve MSGCON MsgID values at" *COMPILE (default) *RUNTIME (optional)

    Multilingual support can be greatly simplified if IBM supports resolving MSGCON messages at *RUNTIME. Currently MSGCON messages are resolved at compile time only (not good). This is problematic because it locks-in compile time values to object whi...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

    Do not HOLD job schedule entries with CFGSTRPRSC on Source lpar

    Since version 5.2 of the FSFC toolkit, the startup program is not replaced anymore with STRFSFLASH. Instead, command CFGSTRPRSC must be placed in the system's startup program. With this command. the job schedule entries are put on HOLD and afterwa...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

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