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System Management

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Preserve iNav column widths on sys oper message screen

iNav is a terrific tool for administering the IBM i.This request involves the Messages screen (example attached).It is handy to be able to select and sequence columns to display. When I first launch the screen I adjust the column widths to fit the...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

New Nav - Work Management tables/panels need to retrieve ALL ASP objects NOT just SYSBAS

In New Nav, JOBQs, OUTQs, SBSD, JOBDs, MSGQs, need to search all ASPs, not just SYSBAS. Examples: Work Management SBSD, retrieving jobq entries that reside in an iASP library do not show up. On the green screen, it shows 58 jobq entries. In the Ne...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Navigator for i shows relevant information

When entering the IBM Navigator for i with a non-existent user or invalid password, it shows information that an attacker could use in a malicious way, since it shows relevant messages:• Check the user ID and password and try again• The system doe...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Make Columns and Actions for Navigator Server Jobs equivalent to Active Jobs

In Navigator for i, the capabilities for active Server Jobs should be identical to those of Active Jobs. I believe the difference is because with Server Jobs you can view jobs that have ended with output. But the active server jobs are far more in...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

SQL service to list hardware components, locations and adapter card firmware levels

Records of hardware assets and firmware levels is increasingly important. In the same way that the SQL services for PTF/system firmware has greatly simplified the management of PTFs, this enhancement would ensure that adapter cards are not overloo...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Nav4i Fingerprinting

Nav4i uses the fingerprinting functionality of a browser. In the link below is described what the impact of allowing fingerprinting in a browser does:https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ Use Case: As Firefox o...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

Requesting that all include criteria be saved as part of the Favorite item definition in Navigator for i

In Navigator for i, we specify include criteria (i.e. - filtering to include only two subsystems on the Active Jobs screen), and then save the resulting screen as a Favorite. After closing the screen and then going back in via the saved Favorite, ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Make "Navigator for i" more like "System i Navigator" still is now!

In the web based Navigator for i it is very impractical to work with multiple systems at once.In the "fat client" System i Navigator it was much more user friendly to have all your systems in 1 view which makes it easy to manage and use them.It is...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 7 Delivered

Navigator for i - configure to use encrypted ports

During a recent pen test it was noted that the un-encrypted ports (8470 through 8476) were open. When we try to apply a port restriction for those ports many of the Navigator for i functions stopped working. This is due to Navigator for i using th...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Add NetServer Disabled column to the default view of Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i

The current default view for Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i shows the status of the IBM i User Profile, this is often Enabled even thought the user is Disabled for NetServer Access. This is confusing for users that are new t...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

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