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IBM i

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Link Aggregation NIC adapter replacement without service interruption

When replacing a NIC that is part of an Ethernet Link Aggregation configuration, it is necessary to temporarily disable the Line description on IBMi OS. As a result, the IP address is deactivated, making a service outage unavoidable.Although Power...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Submitted

Navigator for i: Active Jobs window enable button to Start automatic refresh as WRKACTJOB F19=Start automatic refresh

Yesterday, a customer asked me if there’s an option to auto-refresh the 'Active Jobs' window—similar to the green screen command WRKACTJOB, where F19 starts auto-refresh. New users of IBM i tend to prefer using Navigator for system administration....
2 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Integrate SAML and/or OIDC authentication options for IBMi (5250/Navigator/IFS/Printer Output/SSH)

Many businesses are increasingly demanding that standard authentication processes are adhered to for all applications/servers within their environment. Whether we agree with that approach or not, there is extraordinary pressure to fit IBMi into th...
5 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
10 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Submitted

Server Firmware Update/Upgrade Date

Last server firmware upgrade date is not reflected when we use this command, DSPFMWSTS. However it is very beneficial to know when the last update/upgrade was performed by seeing this installation date next to the current level of firmware. We do ...
5 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Free Tier for IBM i (AS/400) to Support Education, Ecosystem Growth, and Promote IBM Cloud

Note: This proposal for IBM i addresses the exact same core issue of lacking a free tier for accessibility, education, and community growth as outlined for AIX in idea AIX-I-802: https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AIX-I-802. Both platforms suffer from th...
16 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

Enhanced Remote RSTLICPGM with License Acceptance Parameter

Current Limitation Today, when you run RSTLICPGM, if the product requires license acceptance, the system: Prompts interactively on the green screen OR requires a separate manual step using a CL program or override to accept the license This makes ...
10 days ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

Authority Collection should include "object attribute"

Authority Collection should include "object attribute" along with the existing information about objects being accessed (object schema, object name, object type). Currently it is not possible to discern a physical file from a display file using th...
27 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Live Partition Mobility: Allow overrides of CPU and LPAR ID on target CEC

For hosted environments, moving a partition from P9 to P10, for example, is often not at CPU-for-CPU but at CPW-for-CPW (e.g. 15000 CPW = 1 CPU on a 9009-22a but not on a 9105-22a). And LPAR ID is automagically assigned.This is counter-productive,...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

AI-Powered Job Log Analyzer

A native AI assistant that watches job logs (QHST, QSYSOPR, etc.) and :- Summarizes errors in human-readable form Suggests fixes from IBM docs Flags recurring patterns or anomalies Helps users and improves system reliability. It’s not "mission-cri...
11 days ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

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