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SSL Enabled by Default in IBM i Access Client Solutions

Being able to set the 'Default communications to SSL' option to ON from the get-go would allow new users to configure their new 5250 sessions to use SSL without having to check any boxes. We are looking to turn off unsecure telnet to our IBM i ser...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Preserve case when using the F4 prompt function in RDp on fixed format lines

Many programmers are now writing RPG code in mixed case (or lower case) for readability. When I use the F4 prompt function in RDp on an existing or partially completed F or D spec, the program changes the case of the specification type and any fie...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

LPM error description improvement

LPM validation fails with error: Adapter fscsi2 txu is 1048576 client needs txu 4194304 => this is bit misleading ; spent 1,5hours of googling for "fc adapter and txu parameter" Actual root cause was that max_xfer_size was the value that needed...
almost 7 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

Add PRTMOVBRM to the BRMS Enterprise reports you can run.

We need to send the Tape Operations Team a daily report with the tapes that they need to move. In order to do that we have a scheduled job to submit the report. It would be nice to be able to do it from BRMS Enterprise as we do with the rest of th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Accept %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS in CL in RDP

I use RDP for CL development as well as RPG. Recent Technology Refresh PTFs have made available the %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS. These are flagged as errors in the editor. Those are the specific examples I can think of at this point. I guess in a broa...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

Secure Kerberos keytab file

All single sign on interface can deal with *PUBLIC=*EXCLUDE for the NAS keytab file :/QIBM/UserData/OS400/NetworkAuthentication/keytab/krb5.keytab However, if you want to enable SSO for IBM Navigator for i SSO will not work with that specific sett...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Delivered

Message Monitor - Allow creator to specify USER

When creating a new message monitor or modifying an existing message monitor, allow the entry of a user ID. Similar to submitting a job (SBMJOB), adding a job schedule entry (ADDJOBSCDE), or changing a job schedule entry (CHGJOBSCDE). Use Case: I ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Message Monitor - Allow non-owner to perform actions

If one user creates a message monitor, no one else, regardless of authorities, can perform the following actions:- Reset Triggers- Start- Stop- Delete It isn't practical to have to get a hold of the owner of the message monitor just to restart the...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

IBM i web services server allow update of rest web service parameters

I'm investigating creating rest web services on the iseries using the IBM web administrator for i, Applications server tab. I did a tutorial that created a student rest web service and got it working after several delete/recreates (I had a space o...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

Add option to disable auto start of PowerHA for Linux

PowerHA for Linux does get start automatically after an OS reboot. This is in most cases not a good idea.We need an option where this can be disabled.
almost 6 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Delivered

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