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Enlarge Subject and Note fields in SNDSMTPEMM for version 7.3

In version 7.4 of the operating system, the command SNDSMTPEMM had the SUBJECT parameter increased to 255 characters and the NOTE parameter increased to 5000 characters. Please release a PTF to update the command for the 7.3 version. This is simil...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Delivered

Create LAN Console connection via ACS CLI options

Allow ACS CLI to create a LAN Console connection configuration.
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Run SQL Scripts insert field names into statement from the results Columns screen

Create and easier way to add fields into SQL statement by selecting check boxes after the results have been returned. I believe this would be a nice efficiency gain. Use Case: Often times I find that when we don't know the data within a database f...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Allow for delete of *JRNRCV in schema with option *IGNEXITPGM

The command DLTJRNRCV has the options: *IGNINQMSG , *IGNEXITPGM and*IGNTGTRCV which you can specify when you are deleting journals. ACS => Schemas => deleting *JRNRCV does not have all these options. Use Case: Customers have problems with th...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

DRDA SM D Audit entry

The SM D entry in the Audit log logs that an RDB Entry has been changed (Access Type 'C'), but does not log what the change was. We would like to see whatever the change was actually logged Use Case: We have people making changes on a test server ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

RST command enhancement

Would like the RST command to give me a % processed/remaining objects (or even GB...even more useful) instead of a running count of objects restored. RSTLIB tells me # out of x libraries processed. Use Case: That's incredibly useful from a timing ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 9 Delivered

IBM i IWS HTTP PATCH Support

IBM i IWS (Integrated Web Services Server) currently supports HTTP request methods GET, PUT, DELETE, POST but there is no support for PATCH method. Unlike PUT method, PATCH method allows client to send only modified resource information instead of...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Add NSLOOKUP type SQL service

I would like a service like those athttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=optimization-i-servicesThis service would allow me to doSELECT * FROM QSYS2.NSLOOKUP('www.mycorp.com', 'dns.google.com');I would also like it to not be dependent on having...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add option in Navigator for i Message Monitors

Requesting option to change permissions and ownership to modify existing message monitors. ACS monitors, once moved over from Client Access 7.1 Management Central, have no option to change the owner ship or modify permissions. The monitors are 're...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

Netserver(QNTC) support of DFS Paths

The QNTC piece of IFS does not recognize Distributed File Systems (DFS) paths. Use Case: We have many QNTC references pointing to network file server shares and our Windows servers support team more shares around between different servers as part ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

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