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    Move the VLAN management from the host_group to the workgroup for more granular management. Away to have a backup of th

    We have multiple VLANs in our PROD site, but a single VLAN in DR if the VLAN management was moved to the workgroup level it would be easier to manage the VLANs by creating a workgroup for each VLAN in PROD and mapping the VLAN for the workgroup to...
    almost 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Planned for future release

    SSL enable give/takedescriptor API's

    The give/takedescriptor API's allow one to exchange the socket between a listener (main) program and a submitted client job. This however only works for non-SSL connections which makes it impossible to use the concept for accepting multiple simult...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Not under consideration

    Change ENDTCPSVR from *ALL to *NONE

    The default for the ENDTCPSVR command is *ALL, this means if type the command and press enter, it will effectively take an IBM i LPAR offline without any further action.
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 6 Future consideration

    The ksysrppmgr command should be able to adjust the available resources on the managed hosts using the current HMC (V8R8.5.0 and later) POWER® Enterprise Pool capability.

    The command currently can only adjust the available memory and processors on a managed system by referencing the HMC and the system it manages. This presents a challenge for adjusting the available resources on the remote managed systems when the ...
    over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Future consideration

    FTP Client Audit

    Dear Sirs, we would like to better audit the FTPs and particularly the Client-Side.For example: a UserA may open a FTP connection and log onto the remote server under the credentials of UserB. This does not appear in the SK entries of the audit jo...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 6 Not under consideration

    New -l (list) flag for 'vmruiinst.ksh' to show URL of all RPMs to download

    Currently the GUI vmruiinst.ksh script provides -d & -p flags to download required RPMs from the Internet (see Case TS019597256).Bust many Clients do not have an AIX LPAR with Internet connection therefore it's a problem for them to download a...
    6 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    add email importance to the SNDSMTPEMM command

    There is currently no way to flag an email with high importance in the IBMi SNDSMTPEMM command. The old SNDDST command had 2 additional options that are not included in SNDSMTPEMM. Content importance . . . . . . . *NORMAL *NORMAL, *LOW, *HIGH Prio...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

    Support Modern Authentication with Office365 - Configuration help

    Hi Team, Please guide/assist with potential mail server setting on their cloud iSeries to accommodate potential O365 authorization settings changes? Use Case: This is the situation and info i have received:This enhancement is needed because most o...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Not under consideration

    Provide virtual FTP directory

    Allow a user to be locked in a specific FTP directory... this directory should be his virtual root. Use Case: It is now possible to set an initial FTP directory via an exit program, however once logged on the user can still perform a cd /someother...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Networking 22 Not under consideration

    Add option to append notes like confidentiality to an outgoing email

    I need a confidentiality notice appended to emails going out from the IBMi to cover legal requirements. There are no user exits in the system that I can use. I also need to embed other information into any outgoing email to identify which LPAR an ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Future consideration

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