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Filter STrings to have exclude option

The Filter Strings option for the Remote Systems view allows filters for things like objects. Those filters allow include criteria, but not exclude criteria. It would be really helpful if we could also have excludes. Use Case: I'm using RPGUnit in...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

PASE needs the MAN command and MAN pages for all commands

In IBM i we have very nice help capabilities for all commands. But when using PASE or QShell, we do not have the AIX "man" command or the "man pages" available. This means we need to resort to searching the internet, IBM web pages for AIX, the Kno...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Not under consideration

need a new PTF Group for IBM i compilers and developer tools 5770-WDS

Recently I had some PMRs -> APARs resolved by PTFs. The problem is, these new PTFs are not automatically included on any CUMe package and I was very surprised to learn that they were not included in any of the current Group PTFs for IBM i 7.1, ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

Work with IP connections > show current user

When using WRKTCPSTS OPTION(*CNN) the system offers filtering options using F15. There is a lack of filtering by user name (which is possible using Navigator for i - column filtering) to find a specific user connection.By the way - the user name s...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

Automatic increase of maximum allocation value during resize of JFS2

During expansion of a file system the following error may occur: # chfs -a size=+100G /myfs0516-787 extendlv: Maximum allocation for logical volume myfs_lv is 512. In this case administrator must manually execute chlv -x <some value> myfs_lv...
9 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

SAML Intergration with CMC

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a standard for logging users into applications based on their identity in another context. This single sign-on (SSO) login standard has significant advantages over logging in using a username/password: ...
almost 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Enhancement to Remote Scratchpad view

The Remote Scratchpad view in RDi is proving to be exceptionally useful when handling a number of different objects and source members at one time. (Ref. Charles Guarino's YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/gVnH5rgpSu8)The Scratchpad allows for ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 13 Future consideration

Support new version of IBM Flash Systems Hyperswap

Support new version of IBM Flash Systems Hyperswap
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

ifs_object_statistics with /QNTC

We would have liked ifs_objects_statistics to report entries in the /QNTC file system. Our fall back is some IFS API's that will handle this. Use Case: We have a requirement to read the contents on a Windows server and then to pull .xml files from...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

RAID Rebuild Status on HMC

After a defective disk has been replaced, the HMC user cannot see the status or progress of the RAID rebuilt. Only "lshmc -h" is available, to see the following status "degraded | n/a | enabled".However, this is essential for the further use of th...
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Planned for future release

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