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    Please cross check how many installs of ACS there are on a PC

    Today, I had a user that was given 5250 and print file access. They needed access to the IFS. They figured that they could add a button to the screen and that gave them access to the IFS without authority. I also found the desktop person had insta...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    IBM i - Add ZStandard (ZSTD) to compression algorithms when saving and restoring with SAV* / RST* commands and BRMS

    ZSTD can provide a high compression ratio with a low CPU usage. We could compress image catalog files (tape and udf) using ZSTD faster than GZIP or PIGZ, and using less CPU. This could improve backups to remote image catalogs, some VTLs (QuadStor ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Not under consideration

    ACS Java Print doesn't work, with OpenJ9(java)

    ACS 1.1.8.0 can print a document with Oracle Java.But it can't print a document with Eclipse OpenJ9. Use Case: In the ACS 1.1.8.0, java print is supported. But install OpenJ9 instead of Oracle, java print doesn't work.
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Enable running "normal" CL commands in Run SQL Scripts, like VRYCFG.

    With every new release of IBM i, every new Technology Refresh, the number of Db2 for i Services is growing and enhanced. As a result of this the work of system administrators is moving from using 5250 emulation to running SQL statements in RSS. A...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

    Show DrTestPhase in workgroup query

    Make "ksysmgr q workgroup" show the Phase and DrTestPhase fields from this lssrc command. lsrsrc -s ‘HGType==“workgroup”’ IBM.VMR_HG Name Phase DrTestPhase
    almost 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

    Same name for RPG built-in Functions and SQL functions.

    I don't understand why some functions present in RPG and SQL have different name. For example, %TRIMR and RTRIM, %TRIML and LTRIM, %SUBST and SUBSTR. Please, create an RPG alias equal to SQL name. Use Case: Every time I use thats built-in function...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    Maintenance mode for VIOS in VMRM environment

    I've a VMRM HA cluster with 2 Hosts and 2 VIOS per Host. During firmware update or other maintenance on FC or ETH adapters connections are disruppted for a short time. During this activity the KSYS received notification of some Critical Events. My...
    almost 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Planned for future release

    Create a resource role in Cloud Management Console which only shows assigned lpar resources.lpar and not the managed system

    Create a resource role in Cloud Management Console which only shows assigned lpar resources instead of the capacity and usage of the entire frame.
    over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

    Add *COMPRESSDBG to parameter DBGVIEW for ILE C/C++ compiler

    On I5/OS V5R4M0 IBM has added the options *NOCOMPRESSDBG / *COMPRESSDBG to the ILE Cobol Compiler commands CRTBNDCBL and CRTCBLMOD. These options are also needed for the ILE C/C++ compiler to reduce the size of the *MODULE object and later also in...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 1 Future consideration

    IBM i ACCESS FOR WEB product is not under your consideration a step back for the future

    Hi I am afraid to kwon that the IBM i Access per Web (5770-XH2) product is not under your consideration . It is the only way to access, with native software, an IBM i with a BROWSER and it has e very lot of functions to help customers and programm...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

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