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    Add IncludeGroup for use RSEAPI

    Recently, to use the RSE API, we have the options "adminUsers", "includeUsers", or "excludeUsers". When we want to add a new user, we need to modify the file located at /QIBM/UserData/OS/RSEAPI/rseapi.properties, and then restart the ADMIN5 server...
    5 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

    Allow a "FOR SYSTEM NAME" for CREATE ALIAS

    DevOps providers want to be able to fallback and restore implementation objects of SQL objects. CREATE ALIAS creates a *FILE DDMF in the library but we are not able to control the implementation name. This requires a lot of processing to make sure...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Provide visual indication when IWS web UI is busy

    When the IWS server web UI is doing work, there is no visual indication that it is busy when managing deployed services. Providing a busy indicator will make managing deployed services much easier because we will have an indication when processes ...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    remove the symbolic link from /var/www/html

    a reminder that we would like the unix soft link removed. lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root /var/www/html/powervc -> /opt/ibm/powervc/ui
    6 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Support OIDC / SAML SSO in addition to local OS/LDAPs authentication

    LDAPs while better than local auth has a number of issues that make it less than optimal in an enterprise environment: - Authentication locks due to failed credentials- Shoehorned-in MFA- credentials are managed through the application vs. externa...
    6 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    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...
    6 months 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...
    6 months ago in AIX 7 Future consideration

    single QR code or a centralized MFA configuration - All PVC Servers

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

    Support value parameters for programs

    Sometimes it'd be useful to be able to change a parameter in the main procedure of a program. This feature could internally be implemented by transparently copying a const parameter into a local variable. For example this dcl-pr myprog extpgm('*LI...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Support Volumegroup snapshots in PowerVC

    Since SVC support Volumegroup based snapshots, please implement this feature in PowerVC.
    6 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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