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Filter Outline by Referenced/Unref

Provide a means to filter fields/procedures/prototypes/etc by whether or not the module uses them. Use Case: Sometimes I want to see, at a glance, the external procedures that are used a module. The module may have access to a 100 external procedu...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

AIX Filesystem shrink monitoring and performance #chfs command

AIX filesystem shrink can take a significant length of time for a large shrink operation (hours). During this time the filesystem is frozen, impacting applications.There are no tools to monitor the progress or to terminate the operation cleanly if...
almost 5 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

SMB 2 (SMBv2) support needed in IBM i 7.1 and 7.2

Due to the recent release of the Server Message Block Version 1 (SMBv1) vulnerability (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/01/16/SMB-Security-Best-Practices), we need SMB Version 2 (SMBv2) ported back to IBM i 7.1 and 7.2. Use Case:...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 8 Delivered

For RPG provide JSON support

Please provide JSON data support in RPG. Read JSON document from IFS or variable. Same methods as already there for XML data. Use Case: Gaining need for processing JSON documents.
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

SMB support to case insensitive

WEG is working in a project to migrate more and more applications from Windows to AIX on Power but keeping its File Server on Windows. It is clear that for AIX the SMB client file system is replacement of CIFS client. But differently than CIFS, SM...
over 3 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Eliminate QZSHSH, QP0ZSPWP/T Job Logs with "No Job Log"

When a user has their job set with a logging level to generate a job log (e.g., LOG(4 0 *SECLVL)), then uses QShell, there is a jog log generated for every QShell command, with the job log having a single message, CPF2523, "No job log information....
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 10 Delivered

Add Joblog Messaging Built-in Function to RPG IV

Need simplified methods for writing messages from RPG IV to the Joblog. To that end, we need built-in function that will:write to the joblog using Qp0zLprintf or similar. This built-in function should be named %JOBLOG.Send various message types (*...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

IBM i NetServer Does Not Currently Support NTLMv2 Session Security

IBM i NetServer Does Not Currently Support NTLMv2 Session Securityref: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1010528 Mapping netserver share with other cridential when Kerberos is configure is not possible. Disabling NTLM V2 will have...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 9 Delivered

Nesting shortcuts (c-s-m & c-s-o)

The current function of the nesting shortcuts Ctrl-Shift-M and Ctrl-Shift-O will only work if the cursor is positioned on the IF/END or DO/ENDDO or SELECT/ENDSL statement. These two shortcuts should also allow positioning on the related ELSE or WH...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Enable volumes attachusing same NPIV when multiple IPG pools inside a SCG

PowerVC not able to deploy VM with two NPIVs using a single SCG and multiple IPG
about 3 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

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