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Enhance QWCCVTDT API

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over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

RDi option to open member/file by URL or other external trigger (command line)

The option/feature, to open a member or IFS file in LPEX via an external trigger like - clicking an URL- a command on client side (Win/Mac/Linux)- a command on server side (IBM i) Use Case: Integration in SCM systems and/or inhouse-tools
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

OIA space display while the cursor is in G type field

Request: On ACS 5250 display emulation in Japanese, OIA space needs to indicate Double Byte Kana input is activated while the cursor is in G type field. Details: OIA space correctly indicates Double Byte Kana input is activated while the cursor is...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

VMWare TOOLS HMC

We need the vm TOOLS in HMC appliance to shutdown guest on VCenter and compatibility to work with Backup Systems.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

Auto Update DCM root and int CA via PTF

As new root and intermediate CAs become available, have a PTF created that auto updates DCM with these new CAs. Use Case: We had a 3rd party application update their SSL wildcard cert this past Saturday.Our application failed with below errors. SS...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Separate System journals and logs on CHGCLNUP

There are lots of system journals that do not need to be retained for as long as we retain the system log. It would be nice to specify clean up of these two items separately on the CHGCLNUP tool Use Case: CHGCLNUP could be set to purge system jour...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

IBM ACS - IFS - Send

With the new version 1.1.7.3 you can send file to other systems. This feature is really nice!But it would be easier when i could see the name behind the IP address.Thank you. Use Case: see description
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Add 3PAR to the list of natively supported storage

In order to use 3par with PowerVC it is required that we use the pluggable storage driver. This is cumbersome and makes upgrades difficult. In addition it makes it difficult to copy images to different storage towers and we are unable to import ou...
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the POS keyword to support a location of *NEXT similar to OVERLAY.

The OVERLAY keyword is required when its "field" parameter is the data structure name. However OVERLAY does not allow *NEXT for the position of that field, a hard-coded value must be specified otherwise it defaults to 1. The POS keyword support ov...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

PowerVC - Force name of hdisk in AIX deploy operations

PowerVC deploy of AIX lpars does not ensure the hdx assignment would be the same on every deploy,Natural order will usually result in hd0 as the bootdisk but it can be hd1, current there is no option to pass this as a requirement to a VM deploy op...
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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