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Modify ulimit to display the lesser of nproc or maxuproc

As per this site https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-ulimit-and-maxuproc ulimit was recently changed to display a more accurate value than "unlimited" when nproc is -1, and instead show the maxuproc that provides the real limit.This helps provid...
5 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Provide capability to run ssh service when in restricted state

ssh is required to support automation of the system via Ansible. If the system is ended to a restricted state to perform certain operations (e.g. system save) automation cannot be used to control or manage the operation. Similarly, if the system i...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Add user registry and TAI to RSE APIs

Hello, Concerning the use of Remote System Explorer APIs (RSE API), we currently use basic authentication + a session. This opens up many possibilities (IFS access, SQL queries, CL command calls, etc.) to all users (within the limits of thei...
8 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Submitted

Proposal for enhancing Alarm functionality with integrated calling feature

I am writing to propose an enhancement to the alarm functionality in mobile operating systems, specifically the integration of a calling feature alongside the alarm on iOS. The idea is to provide users with an option to automatically place a call ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Support of modern remote copy function - Policy-based Replication (PBR)

FlashSystem reference architectures are now based on Policy-based Replication (PBR). Policy-based Replication replaces Global Mirror, using volume group and no longer consistency group (replication) commands. This new Storage function should be su...
11 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Make pytorch available for install from ACS/Open Source Package Managment.

It would be much more practical, and much easier to install pytorch/ppc64 from a well known place. As for now, it's really hard to find instructions of where and how to install a version of pytorch, built for the Power PC architecture.
5 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

Backport PCM FPIN congestion mechanism to AIX 7.2

We have noticed that in an environments with FPIN notifications enabled and high read rates and a larger storage throughput capacity that host ingestion capacity, the behaviour of AIX 7.3 and AIX 7.2 are quite different, leading in AIX 7.2 to scen...
4 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Improve PowerHA SVC/FlashSystem ssh access security model

Today PowerHA requires unrestricted the Admin role via SSH to manage the copy relationships on SVC/FlashSystem family storage. In todays modern security environment this is unacceptable to have a full multitenant array have unrestricted SSH access...
almost 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

Expanding SQL to view certificates assigned to IBM i applications

In a previous release, IBM i SQL enhancements made it possible to view certificate info from the qsys2.certificate_info table using an SQL statement. The enhancement I am suggesting would take the next step and make it possible to view which certi...
10 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

Fix NetServer jobs to start with AUTOSTART(*YES)

Problem: Netserver jobs do not autostart with CHGTCPSVR SVRSPCVAL(*NETSVR) AUTOSTART(*YES). This issue has been reported in some CASEs and others.Customers are guided to add STRTCPSVR *NETSVR to QSTRUPPGM. Fix NetServer jobs to start with AUTOSTAR...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

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