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IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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System Management

LANEB notification probe idea

LANEB-NOTIF-PROBE
2 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

ZZTEST idea file_ids create probe

ZZTEST-IDEA-FILE3-MARKER
2 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

ZZTEST idea-level attachment probe

ZZTEST-IDEA-FILE-MARKER
2 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

ZZTEST uuid-leak probe - safe to delete

ZZTEST-UUID-LEAK-MARKER benign placeholder
2 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Enhance SNDPTFORD command: Increase PTF limit to 300, add RLS parameter

Modernize the SNDPTFORD command to improve security remediation and simplify multi-version partition migration setups without drastically changing the core command architecture. With the increasing number of critical security vulnerabilities (CVEs...
16 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Add Scriptable NTP Client Health Check Command Status for IBM i

IBM i currently provides commands and logs to configure and troubleshoot NTP, but it does not provide a simple, scriptable method to verify NTP client health and synchronization status. Customers increasingly rely on automated monitoring platforms...
21 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Modernize SNDPTFORD performance and user experience

The current SNDPTFORD command is slow and lacks visibility when downloading large PTF packages or cumulative groups. To improve the user experience and match modern standards, we request the following enhancements: Multi-threaded Downloading: Im...
16 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

AI-Powered Root-Cause Analysis and Remediation Guidance for IBM i System Management

I propose adding AI-Powered Root-Cause Analysis and Remediation Guidance to IBM i System Management to help administrators move from simply detecting system issues to understanding their underlying causes and determining the most appropriate next ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Update to the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page

On the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/services/us/igsc/has/qmgtools_changelog.txt The current changes / updated are listed. What isn't listed is where these changes / updates are. Which menu or menu path? For example: t...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

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...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration