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Hotspots to URLs have stopped working in Access Client Solutions version 1.1.7.2

In Access Client Solutions version 1.1.7.2 hotspots to URLs have stopped working. I have a string "FILE://myServer/myPath/myFile.PDF" and it is shown as an URL. When I click on it it says that the path does not exist. We have tested the same in Ac...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Refresh storage information on remanage of VM

Currently, not all storage operations can be performed through PowerVC. If changes have been made to storage outside of PowerVC there is no way to resync data such as the volume sizes. When managing a VM that had previously existed in PowerVC, att...
over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Resize multiple volumes using 1 request

PowerVC allows Volume resize, today each volume must be resized one at a time. ideally, PowerVC would allow selection of multiple volumes and resize to a size larger than the largest existing volume. Example. Volume 1 is 200 GB VOlume 2 is 100 GB ...
over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Strip current line highlight from copy

When selecting source code from the LPEX editor, and then pasting that selection in certain applications such as Outlook or Word, the current line highlight is copied as well, and ends up being a dark blue background on the last line of the pasted...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Create a new GO SAVE option to save all the OS

Sometimes, when migrating a system to the cloud, we use a save-and-restore method for migration. We take Option 22 for the basic OS on Virtual Optical media to install using NFS and Option 23/21 on Virtual Tape for the data, because is faster. But...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Future consideration

Change the QGYOLJOB API so that when I job is not found and Job information status = 'L' that the prior entry from a QGYGTLE call isn't copied to the not found record.

When using QGYOLJOB API and the QGYGTLE API to read a list of jobs, if one of the jobs requested to be returned is not found, the returned data includes the Job Info Status value of 'L' meaning the job was not accessible. However the remainder of ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 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

ALTER SEQUENCE: ALLOW SUBSELECT

It would helpful to use an expression like a subselect with DDL, such as: alter sequence XYZ.SEQ1 restart with (select max(ID) + 1from XYZ.TAB1) Use Case: It is common to add rows to a table. If one of the columns is not an identity column but ins...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Make IBM i compatible with SMBC AIX

the SMBC does not work with IBM i Use Case: We have set up the SMBC on our AIX servers for exchanges between AIX, Windows, etc. However, the SMBC does not work with IBM i. Would it be possible to make IBM i compatible with SMBC AIX
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

KSH93 with AIX 7.1

For clarity, I would like to point out that: - We have modified our “failing” script and thus resolved the immediate operational problem, but we would like to avoid surprises in the future. - The change in ksh93 version is not so recent, only our ...
almost 6 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration