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Option to use vSwitch VEPA mode as default

Currently PowerVM creates any new virtual switch (vSwitch) in VEB mode by default. To change the mode to VEPA an installed and running VIOS including an active RMC connection is required. In our environment for security reasons all internal traffi...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Extend WRKJOB (or new SQL service) to show open descriptors of a job

When analyzing issues some times I must also check how many descriptors a job has in use. In case of f_type VNODE I will also check the IFS path. To get these information I must execute the following statement: CALL PGM(QP0FPTOS) PARM('*DUMPLFS' &...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

Possibility to configure the * ADMIN4 instance with SSL

Possibility to configure the * ADMIN4 instance with SSL volume_up Use Case: In GUI
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

Third party URL for RPM repositories in "Manage Open Source Packages" in ACS

The new feature in ACS for managing open source RPM packages is great. However, it only covers IBM delivered RPM from the official IBM site. There is many other open source packages out there used today as building blocks for modern applications ....
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 6 Not under consideration

In addition to adopting authority to access data BRMS should swap user profiles too.

IBM i 7.5 killed some BRMS functions we were using by changing the *PUBLIC authority to data from *USE to *EXCLUDE. You may think this is a security enhancement but it isn't. Now instead of users only being able to see data we have to add QBRMS as...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 8 Not under consideration

TFTP server, please allow modern TFTP options allowing more than 32MB files

Please implement rolling to 0, allowing client interopatibility. Thus I think the options here basically are: IBM strives for full adherence to what it is prescribed by the RFC standard so refuses to interoperate with basically common TFTP clients...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Not under consideration

Add Operating System column to the Virtual Machines view

It would sometimes be of great help to filter out VMs by Operating system.
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Create/Amend filters using search results

When I access PDM's "find string" from within RDP (or through a remote search), I would like to add the results into a new/existing member filter, object filter and/or iProject folder with a click of a context option. This will allow large filters...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

ACS Run SQL Scripts - Add Output capability

Currently it is possible to run SQL statement via the rss plug in but the any output that is generated cannot be saved automatically; it has to be saved by interacting with the save output window. Use Case: When running an SQL statement stored in ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

ACS1.1.9.0 has tabs for runsql scripts. need to keep results for each tab

added in 1.1.9.0 is tabs for runsql scripts. while I can run different scripts for each tab I can only have one results pane. We need to have a results window for each tab.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

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