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Support Flashcopy for PowerVS

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

RDi, PDM perspective, Mode Member, Option 2=Edit opens source in browse mode

RFE 14402 states the following: RFE14402 Add preference to default all opens to be browse only. On Remote Systems>IBM i>Objects Subsystempreference page, there is now a 'Open source in browse mode' preference. When the above option is checke...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Is a defect

Possibility to use *LIBL when attaching DB Fields as Reference in Screendesigner

When attaching Reference Fields within the Screendesigner, to a display always the Library is explicitely defined. It would be nice to configure this behaviour and to be able to choose the usage of *LIBL instead Use Case: When using different Libr...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

ACS 5250 Plugin screen history allow save as images

The screen history seems like a good idea but once you attempt to copy the history image you only get textual values from the screen. We would want to use the actual image of the screen. Please provide the ability to change the screen history so t...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

BRMS Control Group IPL

would it be possible to add the ability to add Install PTF device . . . . .Parameter to the IPL after backup ...........Parameter to the BRMS Control group attributes \ System Backup Policy Use Case: After completing a scheduled unattended backup,...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 7 Not under consideration

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...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

FUSE - File System API

It would be appreciated if a user defines filesystem could be plugged into the IFS to enhance user defined connectivity Use Case: Use case 1 - Images in Db2 BLOB.Imagine a user defined file system that maps BLOB into data that can be open by stand...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 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.
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

DDS Display files enable more than 1 subfile horizontally, side by side.

Enhance DDS for display files to place more than one subfile horizontally at the same time. Use Case: Solution 1: Add a parameter to the subfile control record, maybe POSITION(*HORIZONTAL), to be displayed next to another subfile. Solution 2: Enab...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

PowerVC should support dedupe and compression on Hitachi storage

Hitachi's latest storage arrays (e.g. VSP 5500) are efficient with dedupe and compression (collectively called "Automatic Data Reduction" ADR). Apple has purchased a 5500 and want to leverage ADR functionality in their environment.
about 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration