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System Management

Add Unallocated Memory to MEMORY_POOL_INFO view and MEMORY_POOL_INFO Table function

Both functions are so good to tune IBM i but including the Unallocated Memory info will be perfect to better adjust the pools.
6 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

QEZUSRCLNP program settings

Hi, The QEZUSRCLNP program allows you to add a specific part to the system cleaning.It is located in QSYS.Problem: when upgrading the OS, if you don't remember to regenerate the customized version in QSYS, you'll end up with the standard version. ...
16 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Query Temporary Address Table to determine useage

Customers with large temporary address usage need to research what has been allocating the addresses so they can be addressed in their code. Would like to know more information about when it was created such as job name, program, etc. They ability...
21 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Include AFP Manager in New Navigator for i

The new Navigator for i does not include AFP Manager, which is most frequently used to import overlays and page segments that have been created using AFP Print Driver, now provided by Ricoh. The current AFP Manager also has functionality to import...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Get the navigator for i to the client how we use it in the IBM i access for windows.

Some customer dont let or permit the access to IBM i navigator for i for permission of firewall, security or compliance etc..... a good better could be get back the manage of the navigator to include in the IACS Solutions, and use a another port t...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Firmware level and PTF Group Currency on "About" page- IBM Navigator for i

My understanding is that Navigator for i get's it's info about the system through SQL. I am also aware of a SYSTOOL to show PTF group currency. My suggestion is to combine these two features, and include the PTF Group Currency on the "About" page ...
6 months ago in IBM i / System Management Functionality already exists

Navigator for i - IFS analysis tool like TreeSize

I submitted this earlier (ID 133748) as a request for ACS, but it was declined and suggested that I resubmit it for Navigator for i. I can't seem to find a good and intuitive tool to get an overview of the IFS. It would be nice to able to look at ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

SQL service to manage certificate store (import certificate to store)

Hello, I recently just been working on some certificates projects and I thought it would be a great use to have a SQL functionality to import certificate to a store. Furthermore It would be nice to have a possibility to assign or replace certifica...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Edit files in IFS using Navigator for i or ACS

After we installed the latest PTF's, the old Heritage IBM navigator for i has been disabled. Just about every week we EDIT a lot of files in the root file system and we used to be able to do this through the Heritage version. The only file system ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

When Navigator is configured to support TLS, unsecure http requests to port 2001 should redirect to Navigator over https port 2003

Some customers configure TLS but do not disable the nonsecure ports "just in case". They use the https ports, but the nonsecure interface is still running. When running in this configuration, a request to http://servername:2001/ will redirect to t...
6 months ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

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