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Create/Add Member Filter from Object Table

Add function to Object Table to select one or more results, right-click, and add the selection to a member filter. There is a similar function in a 3rd party plugin called iSphere that allows adding search results to a member filter, but, its for ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

SUMA schouldn't download superseded packages

We use SUMA to download the latest fixes for a specific AIX-TL once a week. Every week the same set of files gets downloaded and is being removed immediately during lppmgr cleanup afterwards because a newer one is already present (and skipped duri...
almost 3 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

RSTOBJBRM - create a complementary parameter to exclude deleted objects

RSTOBJBRM Can you create a complementary parameter to exclude deleted objects. Use Case: Restaurer un objet via BRM (RSTOBJBRM) Indiquez vos choix, puis appuyez sur ENTREE. Objet . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJ > *ALL + si autres valeurs Biblioth...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Not under consideration

ACS Add warning message when trying to download or view a *IPDS print file.

As users get used to using ACS, they are downloading print files to their PC's. The majority are downloaded as PDF's. For *IPDS print files, these files download as .bin files and not as .pdf or .txt. .bin files are useless to anyone. The request ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Develop health check procedure to automate validation SEA and switch VLAN trunk configuration matches

Using VLANs on Power Systems usually comes with Virtual Ethernet Adapters bridged to hypervisor switch and SEA Failover/Sharing setup.The maximum configuration can be 16 Virtual Ethernet Adapters and maximum 20 VLANS + PVID / SEA, so 336 VLANs in ...
over 7 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

Found one Total Inactive Cores at CMC but where is it missed ?

Hi i have seen on our CMC that one Core was missing but i have no idea on thich Fram nor why. Would be useful when my mouse goes over the field Total inactive Cores the CMC shows me the Frame name (See uploaded screenshot)
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Enable possibility to remove servers no longer in CMC concept.

When using the CMC Portal you get distracted, having information of servers, no longer in use. There is also subscription warning messages turning up. It.s annoying, we use cmc portal daily using Capcity Monitoring, Enterprise Pools2.0, Inventory ...
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Under review

Add option to NOT generate QPJOBLOG spoolfiles when debugging SQL RPG programs.

When debugging a SQLRPGLE program and the files used in the program are large, the system generates hundreds of spool files QPJOBLOG which are all basically the same and have no useful information. It takes time to delete and slows the debug proce...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Not under consideration

Skew curve from IBM i

Currently only storage boxes can create a skew curve from their performance data to show how hot the data is I.e 10% of the data is used by 90% of th I/O's.We would like to achieve the same using IBM i tools (be it performance data, idoctor, PEX, ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Storage 5 Not under consideration

Customer wants notification of when VGDA corruption occurs prior to a reboot of the system.

Action Taken: - customer says he had vg on A and B, then they migrated to c and d and brought it up fine. - they a had shared luns and on one set of systems those luns had a vg that was varied on and used. On the second set of system that had the ...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

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