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PVC MFA Code Over mail

Dear Team, At the customer environment, there are currently 17 PVC Applications in use. As part of the ongoing security enhancement plan, we are in the process of implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all these applications. As per th...
24 days ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Request for Documentation and Official Support of `uuid_create_os()` in the Standard Library of AIX 7.3

When generating UUIDs in C++, we previously used `uuid_create()`. However, this function was unable to generate UUIDs of Version 4, which did not meet our requirements. After consulting with STSS regarding this issue, we were introduced to the `uu...
24 days ago in AIX 6 Under review

Policy-based High Availability (HA) support in PowerVC

Policy-based High Availability (HA) provides a solution for two Storage Systems in different locations where the storage will automatically remain accessible to hosts if there is an event that impacts the infrastructure and makes one of the system...
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Possibility to use generic message ID's on ON-EXCP section in MONITOR group

It would be very useful to have ability to use generic message ID's e.g CPF0000, CPF9800 in ON-EXCP op-code within MONITOR group. This should be similar to CL's MONMSG functionality in terms of generic message ID's monitoring.
8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Allow Simplified HMC based Remote Restart to recreate LPAR on target system even with reduced paths to the LUN

Simplified HMC based Remote Restart is currently not successful if the check on the target system results in a reduced number of paths to the LUN. This is the case with a HyperSwap configuration in the event of a data center failure (storage and s...
12 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Table that contains the QAUDJRN journal entry type descriptions

It would be useful to have a table, if one does not already exist, that contains the QAUDJRN journal entry descriptions. This would be very useful to be able to use to get the description using a join to the AUDIT_JOURNAL_xx & DISPLAY_JOURNAL....
11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Future consideration

Upgrade level of OpenSSH from v8.6p1 to one which will pass scanning services.

We are getting dinged by Qualys that our IBM i is exposed to CVE-2023-51385. I have applied the fixes listed at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7123159 however IBM only chose to patch an old level of OpenSSH instead of putting on a new leve...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Submitted

Support stcp on IBMi. I have used IBM system exclusivily for 50 years. I have to use a Linux partition to access stcp now.

Most other platforms support stcp "Stream Transmission Control Protocol" I don't understand why you haven't already. Diameter/internet gateway communitcations from the QOS Gx servers require stcp.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Enable the usage of non ephemeral/static ports when using ObjectConnect over TCP/IP

Currently, IBMi ObjectConnect over TCP/IP uses TCP port 9841. Once the connection is established, it attempts to negotiate a data port connection within the ephemeral port range of 5000-65535. This configuration is not practical when a firewall ex...
6 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Future consideration

Allow to initialize arrays using %list

Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

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