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Enhance PowerVC managed VMs' backup/restore methods with VIOS virtual optical library support

On our Legacy PowerSystems; we use VIOS virtual optical library (via vscsi adapter connection) for storing & restoring AIX mksysb images. On ourPowerVC-managed infra; we haven't been able to utilize this; since PowerVC does not support permane...
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Add ability to run custom SQL statements in New Navigator for i

A lot of admins have written their own custom SQL querys to handle various things on the systems. since the new Navigator for i is SQL based, could we have the ability to run those queries from the new navigator?
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Future consideration

IKEv2 support of RFC 5996

In host to host IPSec configuration, when both ends start to negotiate IKEv2 at the same time, there is a collision.AIX creates multiple SA's instead of detect collision and do mitigate. This is due to IKE doesn't implement RFC 5996.
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Exit points for LPEX and screen designer.

Add an exit point for LPEX and screen designer when they open and update a source member. Use Case: Develope a simple change management system.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

double click iaccess and moubtn conflict

I use MOUBTN events. When a user clicks on an area where the event should be triggered, the "trim box" appears and doesn't always trigger the MOUBTN event thus causing the user to have to double click again after removing the trim box. I dont see ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Is a defect

AIX entropy pool monitoring

AIX does not offer a way to monitor the entropy pool comparable with Linux:$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail According to the documentation there seems to be a pool for that on AIX as well:https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/s...
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

ACS Schema - allow view objects across all libraries in list

There are times when I need to know if a database object is in more than one schema. Today, I have to run specific queries using the system catalogs. I would like to be able to have the same fitering views for all schemas as there are for individu...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

IBM I DB2 - allow a wildcard filter across a resultset row on select

I'm am reviewing REST API programming. I found this article http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#advanced-queries. With regard to 'Searching' being used with pagination, then I run into a problem. Basically I can't ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

IBM i - missing commands for BRMS

I have found that there are different commands for BRMS ending typically with BRM, but some functions to work with doesn't have a command to use....ex. a command for changing IPL controls doesn't exist, and using WRKPCYBRM *SYS would be expected t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration

Remote 5250 Console - sort by LPAR name

when connecting to remote 5250 console, LPARs are sorted by Partition ID (numeric). On systems with a high number of LPARS (20+) it would be great if we have a sort function key to sort LPARs by a) ID, b) Name, c) Reference code
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

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