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Enhancement Requested for Shared Storage Pools (SSPs)

Customer asked for an "automated way" to avoid having to manually map all of the shared storage pools (SSPs) created on production system (in Mississippi) to disaster recovery/HA system (in Arizona). Would like script or other utility provided wit...
over 7 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Not under consideration

Rational Developer for i DDS Design with REFFLD & adjustment value

When using the Rational Developer for i DDS Design tool for a display file, the Design tab does not display the field(s) correctly when using a REFFLD that also has a size adjustment. Use Case: Open an existing display file source or create a new ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

JavaFX for AIX

We need AIX support for JavaFX. Preferable in Java8.
over 7 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

php DB2 database extension and XML mismatch when Hebrew characters and numbers are used

Hebrew issues with DB2 and XML XML output the data in a reversed order.....Letters before Numbers while in the records are in the database as numbers(date) than Hebrew letters (see attachment) IBM i DB2 database record:see attachment DB2HebData.pn...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Is a defect

Where am I in?

Since the notion of position (procedure/routine) is very important implementing it using CTRL + SHIFT + O (and CTRL + F5 to remove) is not satisfactory especially because it's not available during a search (i.e. CTRL + F). A better solution would ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

C API _Rlocate add ability to use key other than string

_Rlocate only accepts a string as the key to use for search. For files which are keyed by other variables (INT etc) the locate does not find the required record. Use Case: _Rlocate on a file with a keyed access path which is an integer does not re...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 7 Not under consideration

Include OS user(used with PowerVC) information in PowerVC backup

OS users are created to manage PowerVC roles. But PowerVC backup does not include OS user information.
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Upgrading the %XLATE bif

The third parameter of the %XLATE bif is the string to be translatedas per the manual: string = %XLATE(lo:up:'rpg dept'); The problem with this bif is that this string must be defined in the source code. But the the problem is that CCSID's for dif...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Not under consideration

Notes in HMC

Add a field to edit in LPAR view.
over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

Retrieve CPU Values from WPARs

WPARs in AIX are not able to retrieve CPU info which is required by ILMT v9.2, so IBM support advised me to open this RFE to get this changed.
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

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