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ACS IFS add "upload from" location in preferences

Currently the Integrated file System preferences allow you to specify a "Download location". I would like to have an "Upload location" added there as well.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

In the Run SQL Scripts tool, when using "library.table" naming convention, double clicking on the library name should only select the library name and not the whole "library.table" string

This is how it works with "library/table". If you double-click on "library" the word "library" will be highlighted. But if you are using "library.table" and double-click on "library" it will highlight the entire string. It's cumbersome and inconsi...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS check for updates when not fully connected to the Internet

In the absence of a full Internet connection, e.g. inside the corporate network, the ACS option to check for updates displays a message that no update is available, even though the update is actually available. The user may be misled because he or...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

IBM Navigator for i: customize help/selections based on the OS version.

http://myibmi:2002/Navigator/mainframe/cfg/system-values System value in question is QSSLPCL. It says the default when using *OPSYS is TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. However the defaults for *OPSYS varies by OS release as shown at: https://www.ibm.co...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Improve ALUA support to include "STANDBY" status

At the moment the storage subsystem in AIX does not have support for ALUA Standby. Implementing this state would allow larger flexibility in the interaction between an AIX system and the Storage arrays.
over 1 year ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Modify USB Media Formatting to allow objects larger than 4GB

Many HMC fixes are now greater than 4GB and so can not be installed on a Physical HMC via USB removal media. This is because the HMC format removal media command uses the FAT32 format which is limited at the 4GB file size. Please modify the USB M...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

BRMS Full System Restore Enhancement

When a full system restore is performed using BRMS during the RTSCFG part devices are created, IBMi creates OUTQs for the devices, yet as OUTQs are created information regarding AUTL for the AUTQ is not restored.An intermediate step before restori...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Delivered

Add SQL URI_ENCODE / URI_DECODE Function

IBM i SQL URI_ENCODE / URI_DECODE Function required to provide native support for HTML entities conversion. Benefit: Enables decoded URI value to be stored in an IBM i table as UTF-8 and displayed in ACS. Especially useful when working with differ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Remove "project:" word from project drop down selection

In PowerVC 2.0.3, the project selection drop down list in the top right of the screen truncates the project name to 3 characters when the list is expanded. This is because the word "Projects:" consumes most of the space. The only way to actually s...
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Powervc 2.0.1.1 functionality to support Pure storage to create hyper swap/async volumes.

All those organizations which are using non-IBM storage and need to deploy VM's with hyper swap and async volume in different Halls of a DC (hyper swap volumes) and different DC (async- volumes)
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered