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My ideas: Networking

SNMPv3 sends error messages back to the SNMP Mgr

When get wrong value, need SNMP Agent (here is IBM i) response Report PDU with error "notInTimeWindow" + agent's current (new) `engineBoots` and `engineTime` values to SNMP Mgr. It can trigger SNMP Mgr run Discovery and refresh the value.
21 days ago in IBM i / Networking Submitted

Modify process's credentials include primary group and secondary groups

I heard that process’s credentials include only the primary group by default, and secondary groups are not automatically applied. I want to design change because weblogic (web server) process's credentials should include the primary group and subg...
21 days ago in AIX Submitted

Add runtime support for the OpenXL v17 compiler in i7.5 PASE

To allow support of code compiled using OpenXL 17 on AIX targetting IBM i PASE for the widest possible audience, it would be necessary to add runtime support for the OpenXL objects with a minimum of the 17.1.1.8 runtime. It is understood that this...
24 days ago in IBM i / Languages - Other Submitted

IBM i: Add a new system value so we can enable to create automatically $HOME directory on User Profile creation

Today we use SSH, SFTP and VSCode more often than in the past, but when creating a new user profile the /home/USERID directory is not created. Please, add a new system value to enable automatic creation and select the $HOME base directory, in case...
25 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Approve hscroot edit access to /etc/hosts (cli or UI) for demo landscape where DNS is not implemented

In demo landscape edit of /etc/hosts for local addresses would beneficial (and other public addresses are resolved via DNS servers).Quick demos or smaller pocs, it would be nice to not handle DNS entries and just edit /etc/hosts.
25 days ago in Hardware Management Console Not under consideration

PowerVC Appliance - add support for scheduling tasks

Clients using the PowerVC Appliance would like to be able to schedule tasks as would be done on an open OS system via Cron, PowerVC appliance 2.3.2 has no scheduler
25 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

When updating uiagents I would like to specify my own directory

More flexible to use repo-server/directory then use the static root-placed /etc/security/... Also it would be beneficial for the uiagents update, included in package such as PSC_2.3.0.4.tar to be already from start in one location, saves some time...
25 days ago in PowerSC Submitted

Improve FOR-EACH to also have the name associated with the constant

Using Enums in RPG improves the final quality of programs because it translates symbolic names into values, thus avoiding the need to use unnamed constant values. Using For-each, we can access the values ​​of the constants in an Enum definition. I...
26 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Perform integrity check of VIOS Fix Packs on install and/or transfer to HMC

During a recent VIOS update, we downloaded a fix pack ISO using Fix Central and transferred it to the HMC. Turns out that the ISO was partially corrupted.It was the correct size, and was mountable in various operating systems.However, many files w...
27 days ago in Hardware Management Console Planned for future release

Add Group-Tags in dynamic inventory in powervm_inventory

Hello, Grouptags are a cool feature in the HMC GUI. Unfortunately, they are no longer available via the CLI. -> https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/HMC-I-554 It would be great to have this feature in the dynamic HMC Ansible inventory ...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console Planned for future release

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