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System Management

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    Navigator for i - extend number op qsysopr message in one tab - now limited to 100 - also make refresh much faster

    We use qsysopr message extensively - currently there are 100,000 messages in the message queue. To consult the recent messages it would be nice to be able to see more than the current 100 messages. now we have to use the tab sheets to look at the ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

    Re-instate Add Printer function in IBM Navigator for I

    Navigator for I was once said to have the ability to add printers to an IBMi. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=printing-adding-printer-navigator-i It was removed, along with the whole Basic Operations task group. Because of its web pres...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 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...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 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...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 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 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

    Increase Ease of Bringing System Monitors Online

    Problem Statement When the System Monitor service is down (either shutdown or post IPL) each system monitor needs to be activated individually and through the Navigator for i interface. Solution Request In addition to being able to bring the Syste...
    7 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 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...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

    ACS Should look for New Navigator on the correct HTTPS Port

    When a system is configured for TLS, ACS attempts to open (and validate) the Navigator for i connection using HTTPS, but it does so on port 2002. By default, the server listens for HTTPS connections on port 2003, not port 2002. This means that, un...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

    Two-way communication framework

    Currently, Instana is only able to collect information from IBMi but not able to feed requests back to IBMi. This is an important piece which our team used to reply and acknowledge events directly from user interface instead of logging into each L...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

    Add the ability to edit existing Intrusion Detection Policy Propertys

    It doesn't appear like the ability is present to alter an existing Intrusion Detection Policy once it is created. In our case, we were looking to add to the list under "Specify a list of remote ip addresses to exclude for this policy" (which is fo...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

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