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IDN Domain in SNDSMTPEMM

Support for IDN domains in SNDSMTPEMM command is needed Use Case: IDN Domains allow special character s in domain name. f.e.: www.grün.at. to send e-mails from IBM i with SNDSMTPEMM to e-mail adr.: büro@grün.at currently not supported.
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

Enhance Output Queue Library Filtering on QGYOLSPL to support *ALLUSR and *ALL options

The QGYOLSPL is great for obtaining a list of SPOOLED files. However the output queue filtering option is limited to a specific library name or two symbolic names *CURLIB and *LIBL. The issue comes up if an output queue is in a "private" library t...
9 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

Add rr-debugger compatibility with POWER on Linux

rr-debugger (https://github.com/rr-debugger/rr) provides the ability to record a test case that fails, and conveniently navigate forwards and backwards using a gdb interface to examine the program at various program states. This can be used to sol...
9 months ago in Linux for Power / RHEL 8 (5639-RH8) 0 Future consideration

VIO LPM SAN and Network Virtualization Assignment

Currently on the larger hardware like 880/980s we are running 4 VIOs, for restricted/nonrestricted VMs. When VMs are LPMed from one frame to another the network and SAN virtual connections aren't always assigned to the same VIO pairing. This can l...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Enhance RUNSQLSTM C compiler Please!

The C compiler used for compiling SQL Functions and Procedures is badly in need of an update."Create SQL ILE C Object" as it is called limits too much of the C compiler features. Use Case: When RUNSQLSTM calls the "Create SQL ILE C Object" compile...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

cron should reattempt loading crontabs of users that are not found

If a remote user (such as an LDAP user) has a crontab, it may not get loaded when the system is rebooted. The cron log would say: ! crontab for <user> not loaded due to authentication error. This is because at the time cron has started, the ...
11 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

nfsv4 does not work if disabling portmapper service

I'm opening this RFE on behalf of the customer in Case support TS004721196.In "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7530" we can see:3.1. Ports and TransportsHistorically, NFSv2 and NFSv3 servers have resided on port 2049. The registered port 2049 [RFC3...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

RDi should prompt options Parameters in RPG

Right now RDi when you have a procedure which allows a parameter for example pointer and the options(*string) RDi (or LPEX Editor) only prompt existing pointer variables.It should also prompt the variables of the type specified in options(). Use C...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Add CREATOR/DEFINER Attribute to File Members

We need 1 to 3 new User Profile attributes added to Source File Member descriptions.Creator (Added by user profile)Change (Data Last Changed by user profile)Custom User Profile (application controlled) The creator user profile should be assigned t...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Call Command Parameter Logging in Job Log

When reviewing a job log to investigate an issue, if the user is running a CL program that calls another program with parameters, the call command is logged and a comment is added " /* The CALL command contains parameters */". It would be very use...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Not under consideration

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