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    Allow PTF Download Throttling

    PTF downloading is built to open many parallel sockets to increase throughput.This works too well at times. The process is capable of consuming virtually all of the internet bandwidth at our shop.Being able to limit downloads by number of simultan...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 5 Not under consideration

    Display PTF information on the UI

    For maintenance purposes our team highly rely on displaying current PTF levels installed on each LPAR. Can we have current PTF levels information displayed on the UI.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 5 Functionality already exists

    In QMGTOOLS see there is option 24 PTF management under that there is option 2 compaer HIPER PTF's from IBM. It would be nice to be able to compare any grouip PTF's list for exampe to comapre Security, Jave, DB2, CUM etc...suggest to have a option to compare a grou PTF then type in the group PTF number or have a option for each group PTF for that particular OS. That a way cusomer can get a complet list of PTF's that they will get.

    We have customers that want to know which PTF's they will get when ordering any group PTF that is not up to date it is difficult to list find which PTF's that are not on they system befoe ordering the PTF's.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Submitted

    PowerSC anti malware feature should have an option to integrate with the FIM functionality

    The PowerSC anti-malware feature should provide an option to integrate with the FIM (File Integrity Monitoring) functionality. If the user selects this option, then whenever a monitored file is modified, PowerSC should automatically scan this file...
    over 2 years ago in PowerSC 2 Under review

    CPYPTF with SAVF

    when you copy a ptf by the command CPYPTF .if you choise *SAVF It is not possible to send at the same time the savfs necessary for the processing of this PTFalso my dedande is to have this possibility for dispatch my ptfs to all my partitionsthank...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Not under consideration

    add SENDPTFORD options *TRGRP and *SECGRP to the list of options listed under F4 prompt

    This would be useful by making it easier to download all TR group PTFs and Group Security PTFs, without having to lookup the Group PTF numbers, similar to the other options, such as *CUMPKG, *DB2GRP, *HIPERGRP, *JVAGRP, etc.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Future consideration

    Stop accidently IPL when using 8. Install program temporary fix package

    Prevent accidental IPL during installation of PTFS to be applied at a later date. Menu PTF option 8, "Install Options for Program Temporary Fixes" is used to install downloaded PTFS to the IBMi. The default option 8 is, "Automatic IPL . . . . . . ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 4 Not under consideration

    Streamline PTF Process

    The PTF process feels antiquated. It would be nice to be able to use a package manager to handle this. This new command would be for installation, upgrade and viewing installed / available ptfs. In pase: ptf install XXXXXX # apply permanentptf tem...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 4 Not under consideration

    Proactive reporting of attack on System resources

    PowerSC to support proactive monitoring to detect and report the attacks on resources, such as detection techniques for resource exhaustion, namely OS resource attacks, CPU attacks, consumption of kernel memory, local storage attacks.
    over 4 years ago in PowerSC 5 Planned for future release

    Allow IBM i connection to Fix Central to download PTF iso image files to also use port 990 as well as port 21 for secure downloads.

    My company has threatened to disallow a connection to Fix Central using port 21 even if it is secure. This would prohibit the ability to download iso image files from Fix Central to the IBM i. Right now if the command FTP <fix-central> SECCN...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Not under consideration

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