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Add to OBJECT_STATISTICS a column to inform us if a library is an IBM library

A new column would be added to OBJECT_STATISTICS called something like IBM_OBJECT. A value of 'YES' or 'NO' would be used. At present there does not appear to be an easy or definitive way of determining if a library belongs to IBM. SELECT OBJNAME ...
about 9 hours ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Log invalid authentication attempts by user profiles with a password of *NONE

IBM i should be enhanced to log invalid sign-on attempts made against user profiles configured with PASSWORD(*NONE), and these attempts should be handled in a manner consistent with other failed authentication events. Today, these attempts are eff...
25 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

ENTERPRISE : Ajout de la possibilité de rétention des PDF dans l'IFS

Bonjour, Suite à l'installation du 5770-BR2, nous mettons actuellement en place la partie Enterprise. Nous voyons que lors d'envoi des rapports par @mail que le processus passe par une création de PDF dans l'IFS dans l'arborescence /tmp/brms//Ente...
10 days ago in IBM i / BRMS Submitted

Add the ability to generate an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) to IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS)

Deprecated Navigator used to have the ability to generate database maps and I'd like this ability back in iACS. Just had a new person start this week and trying to get them started and this lacks. Not a good first impression on their exposure to I...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Permission to create a CLONE as a separate permission

Currently, the CLONE permission is included in the default roles. Please remove the CLONE permission from the default roles and make it available as a separate role. This change is necessary to prevent partitions from being copied without restrict...
13 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

View to get a list of volumes along with media policy

Currently there is no way to get a list of volumes along with their media policy. We either have to use a control group method but that is not feasible where multiple control groups are used each day and backup strategy is complex. Additionally, i...
25 days ago in IBM i / BRMS Submitted

PowerVC Novalink should support IPA/LDAP

We are running a significant operation with close to 40 Power servers. We use PowerVC, HMC and Novalink on (almost) every managed system to release the burden on the HMC and allow for easier system administration. Our 'management environment' has ...
6 days ago in PowerVM NovaLink Submitted

Allow option 30 & 31 within the VCP on stand alone systems (non HMC)

Allowing the options would let admins that are attached through a remote connection to verify the information found on 30 & 31 options when troubleshooting a ASMI connection problem.
3 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Document emgr_check_ifixes selection logic and add machine-readable output with supersedence and reboot metadata

The emgr_check_ifixes command is a natural starting point for automating AIX security interim fix (iFix) management, but its documentation describes only how to invoke it — not how it selects the fixes it reports, nor the format of its output. In ...
3 days ago in AIX Submitted

Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
7 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service Under review