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SSP copy volume from one cluster to another

I'm using 2 SSP clusters and I would like to have all my images volume available on both without need to re-install them from ISO. Actually a workaround exist creating free volume "dd" the first vol to /tmp, ftp this guy to other vios, and "dd" ba...
about 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

PowerSC agent to support Openshift cluster security compliance

This would be useful if PowerSC can extend its support and management to the level of the Openshift Containers Security.We understand, it works (manage security comliance) on AIX and Linux on Power on different features including FIM, Comlpiance, ...
over 1 year ago in PowerSC 1 Under review

Have a straight access (button) to system debugger on the 5250 emulator.,

Faster than opening SQL and then Execution and then system debugger...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Under review

ESS License Keys change EXPDATE from YYYY-MM-DD to users System date

This would allow the customer to change the way keys are downloaded and applied, especially since this is the way license keys are being supplied/distribuited. Otherwise the user has to hand apply the license keys(changing the date) instead of usi...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 1 Under review

openBMC and HMC, report also power is back.

We often get support calls and HMC events stating PSU / power supply issues has been detected. When the power is back we dont get that event / info which then needs more work for admins to check and close event.
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Under review

Please port graphviz to PASE and include it in the standard IBM Open repo

Please port graphviz https://graphviz.org/ to PASE and include it in the standard IBM Open repo. Being IBMi business oriented, having an open graph renderer like graphviz readily available, would be beneficial, given the graph structure representa...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Under review

Enable F4 on the remove image catalogue entry so KEEP can be set to *YES

While the RMVIMGCLGE provides an option and is the default to KEEP(*YES) the associated image catalogue file the 4=Remove option in WRKIMGCLGE provides no option to keep the associated file. This is inconsistent and has resulted in image files bei...
3 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Under review

Add Function Usage to RTVSYSINF

It would be great if the Function Usage (WRKFCNUSG) values could be integrated into the Retrieve System Information (RTVSYSINF) data collector. This would simplify data transfer to new systems via Save/Restore without the risk of forgetting values...
3 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Under review

Pick up the workload group from the job description for a user profile when swapping in a prestart job

In an environment with a large number of service user profiles accessing the system for a large number of different applications, workload groups provide the ability to control CPU resources at different levels for different applications. The work...
4 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Under review

Creation of a new function for certificate management in DCM

Currently, to manage certificates, the user needs *ALLOBJ and *SECADM permissions. I would like to have a function that allows users to manage certificates without needing these permissions.
11 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

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