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    WRKLNK failure in delete files 4GB+

    having an IFS directory /test with two subdirectories /test/test1 and /test/test2 - both containing 10 files, for example DVD images of PTF Groups. Some files <4GB, some >4GBusing WRKLNK / then enter 9 (recursive delete) on entry /test resul...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Is a defect

    VIOS Performance collection replacement tool

    Is there a replacement tool available within VIOS for the "VIOS Performance collection"? Existing tool results are not supported on any modern browser due to security consumers. I think the tool was useful and gave me some idea of what is happenin...
    7 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    VIOS no-prompt updateios

    Hi IBM, Would you be able to add a flag/option to the updateios command to suppress the 'Continue bos.rte.install installation [y|n]?' and other similar prompts?
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 3 Not under consideration

    IBM i - Retrieving the Client IP from an Exit Point program for QIBM_QPWFS_FILE_SERV

    The File Server exit point is used to identify the source of requests, and to be able to block them. Current situation is that the only the User profile is reported. According to IBM answer for Case TS005529571 there is no way to get the correct I...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 11 Future consideration

    viosupgrade force/yes option

    viosupgrade command helps to upgrade VIOS 3.1 to 4.1. If viosupgrade finds some outdated filesets which are possibly not supported on VIOS 4.1, it stops and waits for user's confirmation. In an automated process it means that a user should confirm...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

    MVP for PowerVM VIOS

    Today, IBM supply ISO images for the target PowerVM VIOS levels via entitled software distribution channel. However considering the overall security and audit posture for the clients ,can IBM look at providing a 'slimmer' VIOS image that only cont...
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

    Get the lpar name instead of lpar id on lsmap -vadapter output

    The only way I have to get the lpar name to which a vhost is connected to is to get it in the HMC. On my clients HMC access is restricted to the NIMs and not available on the VIOS. So I am unable to write a script that get's all the mappings for a...
    5 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    IFS performance on large files deletion

    when deleting big files in IFS, cleanup creates huge amounts of read/write I/O in background jobs P0FBAIT00N etc. This I/O blocks further processing if IBM i is used as FTP server and FTP processing first CDs into a directory, deletes existing fil...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Not under consideration

    Add support to S3 , FTPS and/or WebDav for ADDMFS

    I've seen RFE #153165 was rejected because of OpenSSH licensing, so I think this can be an alternative: Mount remote S3 bucket, WebDav share or FTPS share using ADDMFS, similar to mounting NFS shares. Use Case: This could help with application int...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

    set owner of files created in ifs to group profile (IFS security)

    (i know this is old and might interfere with POSIX APis but it still is important) when a user profile has grpprf(someprf) owner(*grpprf) and creates an object in IFS (e.g. with CPYTOIMPF), the IFS file has owner (theprofile) and primary group (th...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

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