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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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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...
1 day 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...
1 day ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 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...
1 day ago in Hardware Management Console 0 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.
about 16 hours ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 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...
1 day ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Support for non-english characters in Novalink VNC console for aix/linux lpar

Novalink supports non-english characters for IBM i console, but currently has no option for AIX or Linux to support VNC console with non-english characters. this is needed for countries which would like to host LPARs with languages other than Engl...
1 day ago in PowerVM NovaLink 0 Submitted

Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 30 Under review

Add a JOB TYPE (Batch or Interactive) field to RPG's PSDS (Program status data structure)

When exception occurs I need to know whether to alert the (interactive) user or send alert (a MSG or e-mail) to SYSOPR. To achive this in the curren state of things I need to call a CL PGM (that does a RTVJOBA) or query the V_ACTIVE_JOB_TYPE Check...
8 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

RSEAPI - Force session usage

Hello, APIs can be used either with basic auth or by opening a session using a token. Some APIs, such as those that return session information, can only be called with a token. The setting to limit usage, `POST /api/v1/admin/settings`, only applie...
1 day ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Tape devices not to block VM Snapshot functions.

Currently a VM snapshot cannot be created when a FC tape device is attached to the VM. FC tape device volumes do not support snapshots, which makes sense as there is no way to snapshot a tape device. This though, has the effect of blocking snapsho...
3 days ago in PowerVC 1 Submitted