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No parameternames shown after Ctl+Space on serviceprogram

Since we use serviceprograms a lot in our company, we need to know the parameter names instead of the parameter types when pressing Ctrl+Space in the sourcecode.char(3) int(5) int(5) char(3) is not meaningful to the developersWe know that the name...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Prevent reboot of frame while any LPAR is active

It is good to "Prevent the frame power off if any LPAR is active/running".As of now we are receiving an alert but still we need to get alternate prevention.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

vHMC Hard Drive Allocation

would like the vHMC 8.8.7 sp1 to install with a much smaller HDD. 500GB default is too much for our environment.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Not under consideration

AIX DVD BOS Installation and support to NetApp MPIO

Trying to migrate my NIM server from AIX 7.1 to 7.2. When I boot from the AIX 7.2 DVD Iso image, using the Virtual Library from the Vios, it goes well up until I start the migration itself... At the very first step the migration fails with the fol...
over 6 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

SPSS Modeler v.18.2.1 Compatibility with Teradata v.17

SPSS Modeler 18.2.1 support for Teradata v17. At the moment SPSS Modeler 18.2.1 compatibility matrix states that Teradata V17 is not supported. Use Case: Use Case : SPSS Modeler team can relax ( be assured that all is working) when Teradata gets u...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

Please expand content assist for SQLRPGLE programs

I use content assist to help develop SQLRPGLE programs with embedded SQL. I think it would helpful if the content assist was expanded. Most notably the SQL FETCH statement only presents a generic option. It would be helpful if there was a way to s...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

secldapclntd 64bit

The AIX LDAP client secldapclntd is 32bit software, To run secldapclntd we need also install the 32bit part of the LDAP client idsldap.clt32bit64.rte and idsldap.clt_max_crypto32bit64.rte And if we use SSL then we install the dependency to the 32B...
over 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

RDPower 8.0.3: RSE filter/show in table - select member by modified date like F17 in PDM

RDPower 8.0.3: RSE filter/show in table - select member by modified date like F17 in PDM.Actually in RSE is not possibile to filter the member list (filter or show in table view) by modifiied date. Use Case: For example: I would like to view only ...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Virtual HMC Mirroring capability

The Virtual Power HMC does not have the capability to mirror the internal drives, a feature that has been available in current x86 HMC appliances.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

AIX instfix ran from batch leaves empty dirs in /tmp

I use below command instfix -i | egrep "ML|SP"| grep "Not all filesets for" | awk '{system ("instfix -ciqk "$5)}' | grep ":-:" to find if all filesets in AIX are correct. After some time, in /tmp dir there is a lot of empty dirs with name instfixX...
over 6 years ago in AIX 1 Is a defect

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