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Add user registry and TAI to RSE APIs

Hello, Concerning the use of Remote System Explorer APIs (RSE API), we currently use basic authentication + a session. This opens up many possibilities (IFS access, SQL queries, CL command calls, etc.) to all users (within the limits of thei...
9 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Submitted

For a procedure returning a varchar, writing "return *blank;" should be the same as writing "return '';"

Writing: dcl-s result varchar(500); dcl-proc GetErrorMessage;dcl-pi *n varchar(500);end-pi; return *blank;end-proc; result = GetErrorMessage(); //=> result = '[500 times space character]' is not the same as writing: dcl-s result varchar(500); d...
9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

PowerHA SMUI support of ECDSA keys

Current SMUI is using 8+ years old SSH libraries which do support only RSA keys. More modern keys like ECDSA are supported by used libraries for about 4 years. I do not understand why modern UI is relying on ancient libraries and does not allow us...
about 1 year ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

Allow Standalone Field Declarations to Reference Subfields of Nested DS Arrays

Declaring a standalone field with a reference field (keyword: LIKE) should work if the referenced field is a subfield of a data structure array in a nested data structure. Use Case: dcl-ds DS_A qualified template; dcl-ds DS_Arr_B dim(10); field1 v...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

Modify ulimit to display the lesser of nproc or maxuproc

As per this site https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-ulimit-and-maxuproc ulimit was recently changed to display a more accurate value than "unlimited" when nproc is -1, and instead show the maxuproc that provides the real limit.This helps provid...
5 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

SR-IOV vNIC port redundany over multiple CECs in a E1080

Today PowerVC creates SR-IOV vNIC backing devices based on the saturation of an adapter port. For redundant SR-IOV networks, PowerVC picks at least a separate adapter (not the same as for the primary SR-IOV network).In an E1080 system PowerVC shou...
about 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Hide the underlying procedures when OVERLOADed

I'd like a way to effectively "hide" the underlying procedures from callers when they are part of an OVERLOAD prototype. Use Case: When several procedures are declared, then OVERLOADed to a single name, the individual procedures are still exposed ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

Debugging in RDi should require only one step over EXEC SQL statements

It would ease debugging if we could compile programs with compile option DBGVIEW(*NOSQLSRC) No SQL source. This would skip over all embedded sql statements but still would allow them to run. Use Case: This saves time when you are debugging program...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Not under consideration

Add Filter on "Networks" tab on new VM Deployment window

When deploying new VM ; it would be great to have Search filter on Networks Tab. Currently we have +150 Networks defined on our PowerVC, so it is not very convenient to sort & scroll when trying to find the correct network :)
11 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Ability to assign/reassign/remove VMs from Shared Processor Pools

Currently in PowerVC the only way that a Shared Processor Pool can be set for a VM is by using a compute template specifying the pool at deployment time. Any change of a VM to a different pool post deploy needs to be performed using the HMC. Havin...
about 2 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted