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Support AIX 7.1TL4SP4 in S922 with direct I/O acces (Without VIOS)

We need Support AIX 7.1TL4SP4 in S922 with direct I/O acces (Without VIOS).Customer cant´t upgrade the systems to SP6 supported version because the ISV´s (Siemens) don´t certify it.Only certify SP4
about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

LOG SEQUENCE NUMBER

As par compliance requirement, we need to generate daily report on HADR sysnc report with timestamp. This is required for maintain required RPO/RTO as par business requirement. We need report in attached format please suggest how same can be produ...
about 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

IBM Power Series FC HBA Driver enhancement

Enable Driver of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA) to alert gaps identified in SCSI IDs for the external storage luns (FC based Storage)
about 6 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

Application diagram for CLLE: don't ignore commands inside other command such as IF ELSE MONMSG SBMJOB

The application diagram shows calls from a CLLE member. However these calls are detected only when the CALL command is the main command. If the call is inside a IF, ELSE, MONMSG, SBMJOB, it is not shown.For instance in member MENU isPGM dcl &o...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Use column comment/label instead of column name in Data Table view

Current Data Table view is using column name in the table header. While in Green Screen strsql will display column comment or label as the header. If Data Table view could use column comment/label in the table header that will be very helpful. The...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Background IBM i search to populate Search Results view as search progresses

Since version 8.5.1 we can now run the IBM i search in background and work on other things.However the Search Results view is updated only at the end of the search. I'd like it to update it as the search progresses. Sometimes when searching, we ar...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

iAccess for web 5250 session code page (cy)

Why no Host Code page 1377, 1200, 1208,.. in IBM i Access for Web Use Case: Try to use IBM i Access for Web.Found that no 1377, 1200, 1208,.. IBM first line support saying that it matches what CCSID supported by QSH environment in V7R2 Information...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Make hairline cursor a preference - always on

I would like to not have to turn on the 'hairline cursor' function each time I load a source member into the LPEX editor. It would be nice if I could set that as a preference so that it will always be on. Use Case: This feature would be used in LP...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

Change sizeof(long) in C++ for DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE)

Our company is a software vendor, and we have a product that runs on most platforms available today. Almost all of our builds are 64-bit. On IBM i V7.3, we are compiling our product with DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE), so the compilation enviro...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 7 Not under consideration

Language converting when press 'space bar'

Language convertion after pressing 'space bar' on ACS. Use Case: We need 'space bar' just for use 'spacing' without input language conversion.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration