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IBM i

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Digital Certificate Manager - Need API to delete certificates in *SYSTEM store

We have over 200 IBM i partitions globally and need an API to delete certificates / certificate authorities within the Digital Certificate Manager. Use Case: DCM on each IBM i partition contains the certificate authorities from every other IBM i p...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Delivered

ACS Session Mgr - Behavior Change RFE

The default for 5250 sessions is Save on Exit... Always. Per session in the session Edit... Preferences... Exit...Therefore, when I close a session, it forces the refresh of the Session Manager list automatically. This 'feature' makes it terribly ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Go Save option 21 Entire System Save Improvements

Go Save Option 21 "Entire System Save" would be improved if the following parameters where added: 1) Scheduled Start Date (as well as time) This would allow a user to schedule a system save more than 24 hours ahead of the time they enter the reque...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Delivered

Printer Output filters to match 5250 WRKSPLF parameters

Users migrating from IBM i Access for Windows to the IBM i Access Client Solution would like more granular filtering for the Printer Output dialog. Currently there is only the user, output queue and job information. Would like to have additional f...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add date/timestamp to ACS Status History Log

I have spent several hours trying to cross reference ACS Status History Log entries to the QTVDEVICE joblog looking for meaningful connection failure information
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

BRMS - RSTLIBBRM - Add the SELECT parameter

Restore Library via BRM (RSTLIBBRM)                                   &n...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 5 Delivered

ACS - click on banner opens webpage

One of recent enhancements was that the IBM i access client solutions homepage opens when you click on "IBM i Access Client Solutions" blue-banner line in main application window.Please make a configuration option whether to enable this link or no...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

IFS file download dialog needs to allow for canceling the process.

IFS file download dialog needs a allow for canceling the process. If the dialog is dismissed the download keeps going. The download keeps going until you completely close out of the ACSBUNDLE stack. Use Case: Download many files, when the download...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

ACS RSS Content Assist window needs to be more persistent.

CA window needs to be more persistent. There are times (mostly when remote working) that the DB proposals take far too long to present but if I go to another app the CA window id dismissed and I have to start all over again. Please make it more pe...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Provide API to retrieve journal cache wait interval

For IBM i servers with journal caching available there is no method / API available that allows the current cachewait value to be retrieved / reported. It would be useful, see Use Case below, to have this functionality via an API; even if the valu...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered