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Route IAS/IWS servers to user-defined subsystem

Hello,Not able to route IWS job to another subsystem than QHTTPSVR. Impossible to start IWS server job in another subsystem than QHTTPSVR. He created sbsd, jobd, jobq... and route http job in the new sbs. But it seems that startup.lwiSubsystem is ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

hope to use "WITH RESTRICT ON DROP" for tables

DB2 UDB have below function, it can add a flag on table, forbidden user drop the table:https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAUZ9_11.2.0/topics/adbu_build-sql_restrict-drop.htmlIf a table has the Restrict on Drop attribute, users are re...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Add Ability to Disable Menu Bar on Popup Keypad

Users are able to modify the Popup Keypad in ACS 1.1.8.3 Build 9490 Use Case: User have three options provided to them on the popup keypad: 1) Connect 2) Disconnect 3) Exit All. Having the menu visible and functional, could allow a user to modify ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS RSS Allow for overwrite cursor.

The SQL editor needs to allow for overwriting characters. Use Case: Attempt to change a single character many times on many lines of SQL code. YOu are forced to insert your new character then delete the unwanted character.
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

allow configuration of Hardware management interfaces via commandline in ACS

please add possibility to configure hardware management interfaces in ACS via commandline Use Case: We have a lot of IBM i systems in our system configuration list. Since ACS v1.1.8.2 it is possible to configure up to 6 hardware management interfa...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

Allow install of client CA certificates to the HMC to allow SSL proxy functionality.

Many organizations use proxy servers to control/manage external traffic. Some of these (Palo Alto Networks, for one) create a man-in-the-middle certificate so that SSL traffic can be proxied the same way as HTTP traffic. An example of this activit...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 2 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, ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Request the ability to set the XCOFF header timestamps generated by the linker to NULL

system：aix7200app：makeC++SharedLiblanguage：c++The 'makeC++SharedLib' app is a helper script that invokes the AIX ld linker (not the compiler), which is used to produce shared libraries, including *.ibmcpp files. When *.o files have no changes，ever...
about 3 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

Upgrade dns BIND to a current version

Upgrade BIND level to a level which will allow us to pass audits. Simply patching ancient versions of BIND to address various CVE's does not help us to pass audits.See https://www.isc.org/downloads/the BIND level on 7.1 and above is way back at 9....
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Delivered

BRMS recovery reports: support recovery from a H/A system

Let's say you have a system PROD1. Let's say you are using HA replication software like Mimix or Quick-EDD to replicate to PROD2. You back up PROD1 only once a quarter. However you backup PROD2 5 days a week.In this scenario can you generate a rec...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Delivered

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