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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Change Threshold for Ineligible Job

According to this document, threshold for ineligible job is reset to 255 in IPL.http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1017756 There is no way to change this initial threshold number. If it can change, it could reduce alert message. Use C...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Integrate Configuration Health Check with Firmware and HMC Code Update Process

This marketing field requirement requests a fundamental changeto the way IBM delivers firmware and HMC code updates tocustomers. Currently warnings and specific details about theinstallation of a newly released firmware and HMC code areprovided th...
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

Increase the maximum size of LOB objects to at least 4GB but perferrably 2TB

The 2GB "limit" on LOB objects is sometime painful. The limit should be at least 4GB but other databases support LOB sizes up to 2TB. So since this is the premiere database, I think we should also have the highest limits.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

HMC replication for users is incomplete

Using data replication for users profiles copies user and password as well but misses to copy ssh keys.
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

Active NTP log to have ALWSAV *NO

Active NTP log to have ALWSAV *NO We have backup issues while trying to save the contents of directory :/QIBM/UserData/OS400/TCPIP/NTPThis is the Netwok Time direcotory and contains two objects which are routinely locked during the backup window:/...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Under review

It is not possible to use another Editor for XML instead of LPEX-Editor!

I tried to use another editor for XML-Files located in IBM i-Sourcefiles. It doesn't matter if I install a new editor or trry to use another editor, RDi always use the LPEX-Editor. In this editor you cannot check XML-rules. Please give us the poss...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Add conversion to/from RPG Date/Time/Timestamp and Axis types in WebService client (wsdl2rpg.sh)

Wsdl2rpg.sh generates a web service client based on Axis, and an RPG wrapper.This RPG wrapper provides the classical C structure for the RPG variable types Date, Time and Timestamp : D xsd_tm DS align qualified template D sec 10i 0 D* seconds afte...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Not under consideration

cross-project images for PowerVC self-service

Currently in PowerVC Cloud Edition 1.4.0.0 (Novalink with Software Defined Storage stack)- it seems the only way to set up a image to be present on multiple projects is to either-A- go onto one of the novalink hosts, navigate to the gpfs path, cre...
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

TN5250 and IBM i Access for Web support for SAML Authentication

System: IBM i Access for WebActor: Web users of IBM i Applications IBM i Access for Web is a Websphere application that provides 5250 web emulation for IBM i hosted applications. It already provides support (via Websphere) for Kerberos SSO, but it...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Optim Test Data Management - LOAD Feature -Db2 for i - Table columns with "Generated Always" constraint

Db2 for I does not support IBM InfoSphere Optim to load into a column with the 'Generated Always' constraint. Use Case: System: IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data ManagementActor: Customer Use cases for the system: 1. Mask and load data into a Db2 tab...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration