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System Management

System monitor reset

In Navigator for I - system monitors , can you add an option to reset the threshold as soon as it is triggered. This was in the old inavigator. This means i can have a message sent to me every time the threshold is breached . Currently i get one m...
5 days ago in IBM i / System Management 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.
9 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Remove option "2. Report problem" on software problems on WRKPRB

Reporting a problem related to software is no longer supported from WRKPRB. Only for hardware issues. Remove the option, when it is a software issue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841625 "Starting 7.5, the ability to report a Software pr...
23 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Increase the hard design limitation for IBM i devices to 15 characters. The IBM i naming convention limits to 10 characters. I am at V7R5 OS level.

Our hospital has a need to rename workstation's standard name convention to Building-Floor-room-workstation number. Example: LH-G023-L01
27 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Expose Open Source (YUM Updates etc) to RSE API's

Would like to be able to get the same information displayed through the IBM i Access Client for Open Source management. This would allow remote management and monitoring of the Open Source packages installed on IBM i partitions from a single inter...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Get the navigator for i to the client how we use it in the IBM i access for windows.

Some customer dont let or permit the access to IBM i navigator for i for permission of firewall, security or compliance etc..... a good better could be get back the manage of the navigator to include in the IACS Solutions, and use a another port t...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

ADMIN1 server environment to communicate with port 636 for SPNEGO

IBM Navigator for i Single Signon, the configuration currently supports only 389 ports. Our environment we allowed only 636 LDAPS service. So our security team asked to use the 636 instead of 389 to configure iNavigator SSO.
7 months ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

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 ...
8 months ago in IBM i / System Management Functionality already exists

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...
8 months ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Download spool file as text UTF-16 from IBM Navigator for i

In old client access, through navigator (desktop application), we could download spool file as UTF-16. But, In the new IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), through IBM Navigator for i, the spool file downloaded as UTF-8. Please, support, to downlo...
8 months ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

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