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RFE - 130273 is not implemented in AIX 7200-04-02

The below RFE was supposed to be implemented with 7200-04-02 release. We still have problem removing the TCP fileset. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=130273
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Add User Input History to IBM i ACS

I'm in the process of migrating 66 countries from a 3rd party tool Seagull to IBM i Access Client Solutions. There is a function that Seagull has that IBM doesn't and our users are asking for IBM to add it. In Seagull, Auto-Entry can be found unde...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

PowerVC migrate an inactive LPAR

Would really like to see the ability to migrate inactive lpars in PVC
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

Enhanced SQL Call Level Interface (CLI) resource management options

Today, a CLI (SQL Call Level Interface) environment handle allocated via the SQLAllocEnv() API is automatically tied to the callstack entry which allocated it, meaning that when that program leaves the stack, the system deems the environment handl...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

Need enhancements to ADDSVRAUTE and CHGSVRAUTE command functionality

The use of the ADDSVRAUTE and CHGSVRAUTE commands is limited and prevents us from communicating with more than 1 system without changing the SVTAUTE command. To communicate with additional systems, the CHGSVRAUTE command has to be used to set the ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Add LSO IPv6 SEA/VEA attributes to VIOS Performance Advisor and potentially default rules

The VIOS Performance Advisor is a very useful tool to verify the configuration of a running VIOS LPAR. Currently only some of the LargeSend attributes are reported when incorrectly set. Based on TS010353771, I was advised one of the IPv6 attribut...
about 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Python support for external SQL stored procedures.

DB2 SQL for i support Java for external stored procedures. I will be be a good option if we can write external stored procedures in Python and may be some other open source languages like Go Lang.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Randomly Generated Password for root/qsecofr accounts

Please add functionality to randomly generate a password for the root or QSECOFR account when deploying a template.
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Cast string value to specified CCSID

How do you convert a character field with embedded UCS2 characters into a UCS2 field? It would be nice to be able to substring out a bit and just say that this piece is already UCS2, don't convert it. The only thing we can do right now is say "con...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

Find/Replace a string in multiple source members

I am requesting the ability to Find and Replace a text string in multiple source members at the same time.We currently have the ability to search (find) members containing a string... We can export that to a member filter to do various actions (co...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

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