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    Firmware level and PTF Group Currency on "About" page- IBM Navigator for i

    My understanding is that Navigator for i get's it's info about the system through SQL. I am also aware of a SYSTOOL to show PTF group currency. My suggestion is to combine these two features, and include the PTF Group Currency on the "About" page ...
    11 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    support backing up(backupios command) of VIOS to USB memory stick

    The backupios command manual states that only tape and cd are supported. At least there is no mention of USB memory sticks. In many cases, there is a desire to back up the VIOS onto a USB memory stick. Considering the operational convenience, the ...
    9 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

    When Navigator is configured to support TLS, unsecure http requests to port 2001 should redirect to Navigator over https port 2003

    Some customers configure TLS but do not disable the nonsecure ports "just in case". They use the https ports, but the nonsecure interface is still running. When running in this configuration, a request to http://servername:2001/ will redirect to t...
    23 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    Allow LDAP (non-)SSL to be enabled/disabled from the Navigator interface

    Currently assigning a certificate via DCM enables SSL for the LDAP server, however it is not possible to alter the non-SSL/SSL checkboxes afterwards. Instead one is required to manually edit the IFS configuration file at '/qibm/userdata/os400/dirs...
    4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Under review

    Add IncludeGroup for use RSEAPI

    Recently, to use the RSE API, we have the options "adminUsers", "includeUsers", or "excludeUsers". When we want to add a new user, we need to modify the file located at /QIBM/UserData/OS/RSEAPI/rseapi.properties, and then restart the ADMIN5 server...
    5 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

    Include AFP Manager in New Navigator for i

    The new Navigator for i does not include AFP Manager, which is most frequently used to import overlays and page segments that have been created using AFP Print Driver, now provided by Ricoh. The current AFP Manager also has functionality to import...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 17 Future consideration

    Enhancements in partition migration between different FC environments

    Hello,many times, we work in environments where partitions are migrated between servers that do not share the same hardware configuration (e.g., fewer FC cards, Ethernet cards, etc.).If the source server has a mapping of one virtual FC (vFC) adapt...
    24 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    SQL service to manage certificate store (import certificate to store)

    Hello, I recently just been working on some certificates projects and I thought it would be a great use to have a SQL functionality to import certificate to a store. Furthermore It would be nice to have a possibility to assign or replace certifica...
    7 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

    Would like to see NVMe over TCP/IP supported in the IBM Power Hardware and IBM Storage offering lines

    NVMe/TCP is to provide a low latency, shared storage solution to take advantage of existing high speed network infrastructure. Would like to see this supported within the VIOS so that all supported OS's ( AIX / IBM i / Linux on Power ) can take ad...
    almost 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 7 Future consideration

    Enhance iNavigator to allow copy of user profile to other systems when it contains a group profile.

    We would like to use iNavigator to copy user profiles from one system to many. This currently does not work if the user profile contains a group profile - which nearly 100% of user profiles do. Reference TS017839310 We consulted our Navigator deve...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

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