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Labels on RSS results not accurate

We would like the ability to change the labels on columns and have them reflect in our ACS SQL script results. We can change the labels now but the results still have the old label for the column so it does no good for us to be able to change the ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

HMC (CLI): lpar_netboot ipV6 ping test

xreeb000@ZHMC1000:~> chsyscfg -r prof -m BVIO0025 -i "name=normal,lpar_name=VLANTEST,virtual_eth_adapters=2/0/1351//0/1/ETHERNET0" xreeb000@ZHMC1000:~> lpar_netboot -M -A -n -T off -t ent -D -s auto -d auto -S 172.30.51.1 -G 172.30.51.1 -C 1...
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

IBM I DB2 - allow a wildcard filter across a resultset row on select

I'm am reviewing REST API programming. I found this article http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#advanced-queries. With regard to 'Searching' being used with pagination, then I run into a problem. Basically I can't ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

IBM i - missing commands for BRMS

I have found that there are different commands for BRMS ending typically with BRM, but some functions to work with doesn't have a command to use....ex. a command for changing IPL controls doesn't exist, and using WRKPCYBRM *SYS would be expected t...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration

Automate Oracle migration from 12c to 19c using Ansible inside VM

We have 1000+ Oracle 12c which normally demand for totally new environments (install 19c and do DB work) for migration work 12c to 19c. Allocating new environments (VMs) is time consuming and resource consuming (cost in labour and hw/sw) so I woul...
over 2 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Enhance PowerVC managed VMs' backup/restore methods with VIOS virtual optical library support

On our Legacy PowerSystems; we use VIOS virtual optical library (via vscsi adapter connection) for storing & restoring AIX mksysb images. On ourPowerVC-managed infra; we haven't been able to utilize this; since PowerVC does not support permane...
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Enable LPAR automated remote restart from HMC with SRR

We have upgraded our HMC to 8.6.0 version and we are trying to implement SRR, however there is not such an option to pre-define the source and target frame on the HMC and that would be a really nice feature ho have.
almost 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Not under consideration

IKEv2 support of RFC 5996

In host to host IPSec configuration, when both ends start to negotiate IKEv2 at the same time, there is a collision.AIX creates multiple SA's instead of detect collision and do mitigate. This is due to IKE doesn't implement RFC 5996.
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

openstack services on multiple IP addresses

Normally, openstack services are running on loopback interface - each service on its own port. Additionally, there's a Apache httpd server that acts as a reverse proxy - it listens on primary interface (probably eth0) and forwards requests to the ...
over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

acs search functionality for local files, using path designated

Similar to search functionality within “file explorer”, allow search of ACS files/ scripts stored locally, using path designated. Useful when searching for technique or sql function previously saved.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration