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    upgrade HMC service-management-panel - dump-panel - to add IBM-support-case-no when calling-home a dump

    It will ease up work with HMC-GUI to have an option to add the IBM-Support-case-no. to a dump-file when choosing " call-home dump ". This will give IBM-ECUREP the feature to right place the uploaded dump-file to the correct IBM-support-case unless...
    6 days ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

    iAccess Printer Host-Based Security

    Currently QTCP is required to start a Host Based Printer. However, this opens up security that a user can setup a HOST Based printer that allowed them to redirect the HR files. Is it possible to restrict a Host Based Printer from being started unl...
    8 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

    Have more, if not all, of iACS populate CLIENT_PROGRAMID

    In an attempt to discover what versions of IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS) are currently attached to our systems I am running the following SQL: SELECT ji.job_name, GJI.V_AUTHORIZATION_NAME, GJI.V_CLIENT_PROGRAMID, GJI.V_CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS FRO...
    8 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

    Add mTLS authentication to IWS

    It is currently possible to configure Apache to run mTLS. However, the Apache instance is becoming less and less useful with IWS, and we want to be able to implement mTLS directly within the IWS Java instance.
    7 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

    Provide FTP virtual directories

    Allow a user (on a per user basis, preferable via the QIBM_QTMF_SVR_LOGON exit) to be locked into a specific FTP directory... this directory should be his virtual root (jail). This concept prevents the user from navigating or specifying a path out...
    15 days ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Submitted

    for the call home facility of the HMC, allow an addition of a certificate for proxy use

    there is ability to add a proxy for access to the internet, however it is necessary to add a certificate for that call home connection to be encrypted, such that the proxy server can decrpyt priro to making the connection to essuport.ibm.com
    3 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Fix or add a working API to list files in COS

    Currently, the Qicc_list_files_in_cloud API in the 5733ICC product (IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i) is not working, and there is no substitute for a list of files uploaded and/or present in COS. It is extremely important to be able to verify wh...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 3 Submitted

    Create %PROGNAME built in function

    We have the RPG built in function %PROC to return the name of the current procedure, I think it is time that we have the same for the name of the current program. By all means we can get this from the program status data structure, it would just b...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Submitted

    Add Function Usage for SQL Statements similar to Allowed SQL Statements in Query Manager

    Query Manager allows for limiting of SQL Statements, ALTER, DELETE, UPDATE, INSERT, etc. which is helpful to reduce the amount of users who can use SQL to manipulate tables. However, it only works within Query Manager. Can a Function Usage be adde...
    8 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Submitted

    HMC tab replacement for QLZARCAPI

    When licensing software for an LPAR of IBM i we are often asked to do the following on that LPAR: CALL QCMD CALL QLZARCAPI This generates a screen like the following attachment This is tough to do on an lpar that we’ve not restored the OS on to ye...
    8 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

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