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RDi word navigation

Use Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right for word navigation, not just whitespace. Characters like parameter separators (:), comparison operators (<, <=, >, >=, =), mathematical operators (+, -, *, /) should be "stop points." Bonus (although it sh...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Support Flashcopy for PowerVS

Please add the capability to do flashcopy operations for iASPs to enable off-line backups for PowerVS with Geo-mirror.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Future consideration

Possibility to 'quiesce' (or 'unmanage') entire VMRM cluster during SW upgrades

Under 'Description' write the details of your new idea: On a 'HA' cluster with 2 Hosts we had to upgrade the HMCs from v9 to v10, during the upgrade the KSYS logged the event HMC_UNREACHABLE even though it's expected that the HMC may not be Fully ...
over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Planned for future release

RDi IBM i Search retain last Member filter

Rational Developer for i version 9.8 always defaults to a blank Member filter when doing an IBM i Search (CTRL-H => IBM i Search). This means the "*" has to be entered every time. This was a change from prior versions (like 9.6) which defaulted...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

%Split should allow array index

Currently %Split returns an array, but it would be nice if it would allow a single index of the array to be returned directly by coding for example mystring = %Split(string: ':')(1); This avoids using a work array.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

AIX LKU improved performance for checkpoint/restart of shared memory attachments to reduce blackout duration.

Customers using AIX Live Kernel Update driven by PowerVC in an environment with many shared memory attachments will benefit by being able to reliably use LKU without losing connection or having other consequences of a long blackout period in LKU.
about 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Add the DETAILED_INFO paramater to the OBJECT_STATISTICS Table Function

The OBJECT_STATISTICS UDTF in QSYS2 is getting better all the time. However the *ALLSIMPLE concept that was later added to other UDTFs via their DETAILED_INFO parameter would benefit OBJECT_STATISTICS as well. Originally the Object Name could cont...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Add SIEM support to PowerVC GUI

We run PowerVC in an environment where security is key. To facilitate this, we are running a SIEM appliance; this is a central monitoring device, setup to receive information from all kinds of systems, to collect security-relevant data. Reports fr...
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 0 Future consideration

Trying to store in a file and print Subscript on AS400

We are developing a new coal system for an existing client. We need to be to add different chemical make ups to print on certificates they that will supply their customers. For example H20 for water, the 2 is slightly under the rest. I thought the...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Not under consideration

Better Locale support in the HMC GUI

The locale support seems to have little impact in the GUI. Changing the default en_US.UTF-8 American English(UTF-8) to en_GB.UTF-8 British English(UTF-8) seemingly doesn't change anything. The date format on the task list is still MM-DD-YY rather ...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration