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IBM i Access Family

Allow attribute mapping for automount through LDAP

If using automount through LDAP, AIX's secldapclntd is hardcoded to use attributes 'automountMapName + automountKey' or 'nisMapName + cn'. Those are the only two options. An attribute map file should be allowed to specify different attribute names...
about 1 month ago in AIX Submitted

lshwres -r procpool -m <Managed System> command work as is for Power11 Systems

The command lshwres -r procpool -m <Managed System Name> for Power11 Systems will yield and error : "The command entered is either missing a required parameter or a parameter value is invalid. The parameters that are missing or have an inval...
7 months ago in PowerVM Submitted

PowerVC HA Architecture for 2 Node Clusters/Sites

For customers with just 2 sites, a PowerVC Multi-Node implementation with just 2 nodes and STONITH is needed to have a proper working high availability solution. Installing PowerVC Multi-Node with 3 nodes in just 2 sites will always end up in the ...
about 4 years ago in PowerVC Future consideration

Cloud Connector Status report also HMC hostname

it's much easier to find HMC hostname during investigation
about 2 years ago in Cloud Management Console Submitted

RSE API's - swagger or yaml file

Hello, Would it be possible to have the swagger or a yaml file available? This would facilitate the integration of calls to these APIs in external software capable of scripting and automating certain tasks.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving Functionality already exists

Add a way to associate a Binding Directory with a Subprocedure Prototype

When using /INCLUDE to pull in Prototypes, RPG developers also have to remember to specify the BNDDIR or BNDSRVPGM keyword on the CTL-OPT spec in order to include the related component that contains the procedure. This request would enable the dev...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

physical port on destination side for the migrating client LPAR

Physical port (FCS)on destination side for the migrating client LPAR can not see during the LPM on HMC GUI , so as mentioned the option is only available from HMC CLI with the command below: ~> migrlpar -o v -m <source_managed_system> -t ...
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console Future consideration

FOR-EACH with record level access

The new FOR-EACH is today working on list, however it would be nice if - in the future - it could be extended to also handle record level access. ( and perhaps also user defined iterators) The basic idea is to make tighter and more concise coding ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Relax requirements for using Ds in I/O

The general problem is about the compiler issuing a RNF7595 when I try to use the same Ds (or Likerec Ds) on diffent files sharing the same format and based on the same PF. This is an example: Dcl-f fileA01L keyed usage(*input); Dcl-f fileA02L key...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

HMC virtual console, increase the terminal windows rows

When doing installations and I want to save the output, todays virtual console is not saving enough rows.In normal situations one of course use a terminal session to the virtual server but when working with network or as an active work viosupgrade...
5 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted