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5733-ARE PTF "Fix Action"

We want to use product 5733-ARE to distribute PTFs from an Central System to our production systems.Afer we created an report of PTF differences, it would be great if we could just upload savf of missing PTF without loading and applying them autom...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

ARE Delayed option

ARE addition of PTF installation *DLYALL option Use Case: ARE is a brilliant product for distributing PTFs and to keep LPARs in sync. The current design is that ARE wil try to install the PTFs when doing the sync and for PTFs which can not be appl...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Display PTF group name in Summary Details of Application Runtime Expert for i PTF report

Application Runtime Expert for i (5733ARE) Add the PTF Group name in the summary details of a report. Use Case: As of current ARE level, the Summary Details displays "Group PTF SFXXXXX - Level does not meet minimum level...." Would rather know the...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Add Operating System Command to System Monitor Summary Panel

When creating a system monitor, there is a final summary display. You can also review this summary via Properties for the Monitor. It shows the Trigger and Reset values for the thresholds. Add the operating system command information to this summa...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

IBM Navigator for i (Application Administration)

In application administration to remove access to several or applications you have to modify each and add the profile to the exclude list. And that is after the profile list is generated which takes a while on a system with a lot of profiles. Need...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Navigator for i, directory subtree option when changing permissions.

Navigator for i does not have a 'Directory subtree' parameter when changing authority or permissions on IFS objects. Green screen has this parameter which will propagate the change to everything in the directory and below. Use Case: Need to grant ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

All User Designed Plugins for Navigator for i Dashboard

The Navigator for i Dashboard comes with six pre-defined monitors. CPU Utilization, Page Faults, Disk Utilization, Disk Pool Usage, Jobs & Operator Messages. I would like to allow ISV's / End Users to create their own monitors to in this view....
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 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...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Navigator for i

Navigator for i OS400 operating system application release 7.3 shows relevant information that an attacker could take advantage of.work under the PMR 47794,000,661 Use Case: Attached print screen where relevant messages are evident.
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

[PDI] Save & Restore System Monitors

Allow save and restore of System Monitors Use Case: Allow the creation of a set of standard system monitors on one system, which can easily be saved and restored to other systems.
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

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