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Scroll "Indentation" view along-side source view

It would be very beneficial to scroll the indentation view next to the source view. When viewing old fixed format programs, it's often helpful to see the indentation view. So, I read on the indentation view until I find the section of code that ne...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Updated Firefox package

Updated version of FIREFOX needed (and all pre-requisite software) for some of our applications that run on AIX
almost 7 years ago in AIX 0 Not under consideration

Frame work design for vmgetinfo called from WPAR

I reviewed all the available data and examined the AIX code of the vmgetinfo() system call, called from a WPAR. It is true that vmgetinfo() call, called from global returns quicker than vmgetinfo() call, called within a WPAR. As per the current de...
almost 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Add tags to the target devices by SCG or storage templante,so the customer can select which target they wants for to balance

By corporate standards and best practices the client needs to balance the wwpns of the target device(SVC storwize) for each deploy performed. We noticed that they could use powervc_target_wwpn_blacklist to try to force just use the required wwpns ...
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Stanza names for pwmod.sha512

The stanzas that pwmod.sha512 add to /etc/security/pwdalg.cfg are not descriptive of password algorithm that is being used as they are just 5 and 6.
almost 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

"RPG" Needs to be renamed to something new

The modern RPG language was changed so much that it has almost nothing common with its old columnar RPG2. Programmers are labeled as old-fashioned when they mention RPG. Besides that, there is a game named RPG, and a weapon named RPG, it confuses ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

Add ICF file definitions to RDi outline view for ILE RPG

The "Outline view" in RDi currently allows an RPG developer to view the definitions for database objects. We would like the Outline view to also support the record formats contained in ICF files. Use Case: An RPG developer can currently see the re...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Maintain *MSGF-objects using the "i Projects Navigator"

Currently there is no support to maintain *MSGF-objects in RDi.There is a plugin available (iSphere) which allows maintenance of these objects using the "Remote Systems View", but it would be nice to natively support this in RDi from within the "i...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

AIX tcp_keepidle default for keep alive packets

Hi IBM, The default setting for tcp_keepidle is 14400. This equals 2 hours between keep alive packets for idle connections. Most firewalls default to 1 hour before they terminate idle connections. Would you consider reducing the tcp_keepidle to 18...
almost 7 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

Remove Virtual Machines column on Hosts page for Cloud User roles

Advanced user roles can see the Virtual Machines count on the hosts page. Please remove this column. This information should only be visible for Administrator accounts.
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

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