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Add a timestamp to the error log view

It is often not clear if I am looking at an old or a new log. Please add a timestamp here.
12 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Allow Kerberos to be specified as primary authentication for QNTC

Users that have SSO/Kerberos/EIM are forced to choose between being enabled for file transfers to the QNTC (windows network) or having local password management. Users should be able to use the system locally and still have file transfer authentic...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Delivered

Add Power Systems Hardware to the ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com

The hardware side of Power Systems seems to be missing in this tool. I had to choose "Power Systems: Systems Design" as the closest category which is strange because this doesn't show up in the list of supported categories here: https://www.ibm.co...
over 2 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Delivered

Rational Developer Outline View: Add a section for "Literals"

In the Outline View, under Global Definitions and Local Definitions, a group exists for Constants. An additional group of "Literals" would aid refactoring efforts to replace hard-coded values with data items (a variable, procedure, etc.) Use Case:...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Configure telnet with SSL/TLS via command

Provide API/command to supply telnet with a self-signed digital certificate (most likely created with openssl). Use Case: Today there are many manual steps(n1) required to secure telnet. The steps to secure telnet could be made as simple as runnin...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Delivered

ACS Toggle column name / label in "SQL run script"

The output from a SQL query gives a nice grid, however some times you need the column names from the query and other times you need the column label. Today only the column name are shown. Use Case: In the grid popupmenu or in the menu it would be ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

BRMS support for QIBM_CONJOINED_MUT_AUTH

We would like BRMS support for QIBM_CONJOINED_MUT_AUTH so we do not have to enter passwords in BRMS and in the ADDSVRAUTE. It makes it more difficult to comply with password change rules as you would have to change a password several places in ste...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Delivered

add restart with dump feature from PowerVC

It is possible to start and stop LPARs from PowerVC. But this feature allows only "graceful" shutdown of system. It doesn't allow both hard shutdown/reboot or shutdown with dump.
about 4 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

ACS add plugin for "<help><about>" to get version information

the acsbundle.jar file is non-specific for version information. there should be a way to show the version information to a terminal window. Use Case: from IBM i command line, where no GUI exists, or PC/MAC/LINUX command line need to be able to get...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Remove looping /QopenSys link

The symbolic link /QopenSys/QopenSys points to itself and should be elimiated, because a process reading through the directory will eventually find himself being pointed to /QOpenSys over and over again. Use Case: WINDIRSTAT reading throught the IFS.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Delivered

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