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    Remove STRSAVSYNC dependency on subsystem QSYSWRK

    Request:---------- Remove the dependency of STRSAVSYNC on subsystem QSYSWRK - it is not the appropriate subsystem to use. 1. Preferred solution: Ship STRSAVSYNC with its own limited subsystem and start it automatically, and also auto start the IPV...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

    I want better IBM i support for PowerSC

    About the productI would like PowerSC to not require periodic restarts.If periodic restarts are required, please provide examples of cron settings in the documentation. About the introduction documentWe would like the "Configuring IBM PowerSC MFA ...
    almost 3 years ago in PowerSC 4 Planned for future release

    Improvement in PowerSC reporting for patch management

    We are using PowerSC for AIX patch management. We want to have the following features in the PowerSC GUI to have better reporting: 1. The PowerSC GUI should show in a percentage form - how many patches are currently applied and how many are pendin...
    over 2 years ago in PowerSC 2 Under review

    Create a new group that would allow limited administrator functionality on the GUI.

    I need a group that is able to perform limited administrator type functions from the UI.1) Reports Tab - Request and print all reports 2) Security Tab: a) View and drill down into rtc events making them searchable. b) Disable rtc configuration or ...
    over 7 years ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

    QANESAVA - Add Savsecdta and Savcfg support

    With SAVSECDTA and SAVCFG support on QANESAVA/RSTA we could make migrations and backup to external/Cloud Storage easier. Use Case: With SAVSECDTA and SAVCFG support on QANESAVA we could save data to an NFS remote share
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Future consideration

    provide warning PRB during save problem

    in S/R flight recorders when bad tape response time appears or media problem or numerous retry due to media error, please provide a warning PRB saying that problem occurs during save /restore process; In our case (TS003851510) usual save process i...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Not under consideration

    allow user storage limit to be exceeded while saving journaled objects

    Allow user storage limitations to be exceeded while saving journaled objects.Lets assume we have one or more users with limited storage MAXSTG(). This user owns a library and a journal. When saving objects in the library, journal entries Y/YS or D...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

    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

    BRMS NOCMTBDY option to be ignored for Q libraries

    BRMS *NOCMTBDY save-while-active option should not drop Q* libraries as it becomes unusable. Instead, Q* libraries should still be included but *NOCMTBDY to be ignored. Use Case: Without the change, 1 backup done with *NOCMTBDY for *ALLUSR is requ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

    WRKIMGCLG should not delete images without asking for confirmation

    By default, DLTIMGCLG uses KEEP(*YES) to keep images that are part of an image catalog when one is deleted. WRKIMGCLG, on the other hand, offers a 4 Delete option that deletes the images without prompting. At the very least this should work the sa...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Functionality already exists

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