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Add 'Mark Occurrences' functionality to additional source types

Add the 'Mark Occurrences' like that added for RPGLE in RDi 9.1.1 functionality to COBOL (CBLLE) and CL. Having this feature would give a big boost to productivity. Use Case: When maintaining a CL or COBOL program, turning on the Mark Occurrences ...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the percent complete

There isn't an interface to the CRTDUPOBJ command that allows us to monitor the status, nothing found in Advanced analysis too, So have the CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the per...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

AIX 7.2 echo vfcs | kdb is not displaying any output

when i am running kdb command on AIX 7200-03-02-184, it is not displaying any details of fcs adapters, whereas it is working find for vscsi, please let know how to fix this problem in AIX 7.2. [PRD][root@bellvpc2lpr0f aaas]# echo vfcs | kdb START ...
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Update pathname resolution behavior for trailing slashes to match POSIX specifications

POSIX says, for pathname resolution, that: "A pathname that contains at least one non- <slash> character and that ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved successfully unless the last pathname component b...
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

QID 11 Hidden RPC Service

QID = 11 Title=Hidden RPC Service Severity=2Impact = Unauthorized users can build a list of RPC services running on the host. If they discover vulnerable RPC services on the host, they then can exploit them.Threat= The Portmapper/Rpcbind listens o...
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

WebQuery Output selection

we want to have an option to disable or remove the "Excel Formular" and "Excel Formular (xlsx)" from the User Output Selection. In WebQuery Adminconsole is no option to disabe this. Use Case: we want to have an option to disable or remove the "Exc...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 4 Not under consideration

Change search error details to be RDi specific

When using the search function (flashlight button) in RDi, if the search entered is something like this: &amp then you'll get an error. The error details starts talking about CL and REXX variables. It does, at the end, say to wrap the value in...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Hardware Problem Reporting on 7895 model

Currently, the traditional TEST request generated by SNDSRVRQS ACTION(*TEST) or GO SERVICE option 15. Send test problem is sent to IBM Rochester Hardware Support Team. The 7895 is not supported in Rochester, thus any TEST request fails. Call Home ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Not under consideration

ibmveth

followup 131910:modinfo ibmveth filename: /lib/modules/4.12.14-95.24-default/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.koversion: 1.06license: GPLdescription: IBM Power Virtual Ethernet Driverauthor: Santiago Leon <santil@linux.vnet.ibm.com>++...
over 4 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

AIXPCM - ODM Attribute

A ODM attribute svc_sb_ttl (“SVC time to live”)now exists starting with the 2.6.5.0 release of SDDPCM.This hdisk attribute denotes the time that an I/O remains active since it was first issued, if a split-brain condition occurs. This variable is u...
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration