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Fix problems with 7.3 SMB2 support

I am having issues with IFS from Windows.IBM says it's a Windows issue and points me to multiple documents such as: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021348 - NetServer support of SMB2 at V7R3 and support for Change Notify http:/...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Delivered

AIX 7.2 Repackaging of Network Applications

AIX 7.2 Repackaging of Network Applicationsin Fine Granularity I want to remove below tcp fileset without removing idsldap and should be able to perform rte install. bos.net.tcp.clientbos.net.tcp.serverbos.net.tcp.bindbos.net.tcp.bootpbos.net.tcp....
almost 6 years ago in AIX 4 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...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add SVC port selection used by PowerVC for zoning

Expand "Storage Connectivity group" or "Zoning Policy" (wherever is more appropriate) configuration details and granularity around Target Storage. Today PowerVC connects to the SVC cluster via it's service account, collects the nodes' fabric (FC) ...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 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...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

SAVACTOPT(*ALWCKPWRT) in BRMS

The problem in SAP environments is that SAP job interuptions occur during the save while active when objects are locked by the save process. Since V7R3 files and folders in IFS can be saved while active by changing the paramter SAVACTOPT(*ALWCKPWR...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 6 Delivered

RNF8042 -- Not enough source records for compile time array should have at least severity 10 instead of 00

If you are compiling a program and have a compile time array where there are not enough source records provided to load array or table you get the message id RNF8042: RNF8042 Not enough source records provided to load array or table. The problem i...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Add mail forwarding capability to the new *SMTP and *SMTPMSF server types

Add mail forwarding capability to the new *SMTP and *SMTPMSF server types BackgroundThe older *SDD smtp mail server which depended on the System Distribution Directory has the capability to configured a user's directory entry to allow mail sent to...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Delivered

AIX watch_config_files script used by installp not call if updates failed

Normaly, nim installp updates for a client will call script watch_config_files script that will validate if files listed in /etc/check_config.files has been change during the updates, and if yes, will list the differences in a file /var/adm/ras/co...
over 7 years ago in AIX 0 Delivered

port tmux

Port the tmux screen multiplexer to PASE. http://krengel.tech/hackernoon-tmux Use Case: I am starting to have more scenarios where I need to have long-running PASE shell sessions (i.e. compiling Node.js). Being able to disconnect and reconnect to ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Delivered

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