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No warning for Callhome possible for vHMC products it self

vHMC version 8.8.4 and 8.8.5 Customer uses the callhome wizard in the vHMC (Virtual HMC) when installing this product.At the end of the wizard, he gets a possibility to run a test event. This event hangs for ever, as this vHMC is not allowed to do...
about 9 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Is a defect

PowerVC - VIOS shared storage pool - cluster stabilty enhancement

In our PowerVC 1.2.3.2 PoC environment, an unavailability of all vios shared storage pool resources occurred right after migration from PowerVC version 1.2.2.2. Please check above PMR for details.
about 10 years ago in PowerVC 2 Is a defect

Push To Client not saving Key Bindings

The Push-To-Client feature is not saving customization to the Key Bindings in RDi 9.5. Use Case: Push-to-Client is a great feature for simplifying the roll-out of standard configuration and key bindings would be a natural extension.
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Is a defect

LPEX RPG Filter view code does not remove all comments

Using IBM Rational Developer for i Version 9.0.1, editing or view RPGLE code. "Filter view -> Comments" works correctly, showing only comments, but "Filter view -> Code" retains many comments, especially those with 'C' or 'c' in column six. ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

NPE when prompting CL

After installing 9.6.0.8 we get errors when prompting (F4) inside CL Programs. See attached stacktraces Use Case: Programming CL
over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

Automate Post operations of Image deployment or include with Image deployment process

I tried to deploy AIX images using PowerVC UI (in the Images tab, select image and Deploy), deployed a new LPAR successfully. But we need to perform few steps once the deployment is completed and LPAR is activated. a. Change the hostname/LPAR name...
about 11 years ago in PowerVC 2 Is a defect

Rational Developer for I version 9.0.1 freezes up

We have been using Rational Developer for Power Systems v 8.5 for quite a while. Using this IDE, we had little to no problems. Entering source code into the editor was smooth as well as scrolling, and updating the outline. (it practically never fr...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

Non cluster VG characteristics is showing in cluster properties

Points to be resolved where cluster is configured: >VG which is not part of cluster RG , CSPOC should not varyon/query/varyoff. >If we configure reservation on hdisk and VG is not mounted in cluster node instead some other node (non-cluster)...
almost 6 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 2 Is a defect

Outline doesn't show all the information of a file

When opening a the source code of a RPG-Program, sometimes not all the information is shown in the outline. For example the subprocedures are not shown. Seems to be an error and the log of RDP shows an Index out of bound exception.See an example a...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Is a defect

Include line not colored correctly

If I include a copy book from the IFS and the path is longer that position 50 the color coding doesn't work. Everything after position 50 is colored differently. Use Case: /include '/usr/local/include/json/json_h.rpgle'
over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Is a defect

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