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Support for Trusted Execution in VIOS

Many IT organizations require antivirus or similar protections, such as File Integrity Monitoring, on critical infrastructure as a matter of routine Security and Compliance policy. In the AIX space, IBM's recommended solution (as stated many times...
over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

Update the IBM i Open Source Pages on developerWorks again

You created a wonderful page with an Overview about the Open Source Products you support on IBM i on your developerWorks page here:https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/Open%20So...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Delivered

SQL Char function codepage conversion

The SQL Char function allows character to character codepage conversions, however this seems to be very limited as I always get an SQL0332, even for basic conversions as 500 to 819. Use Case: The SQL Char function can be used as a replacement for ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

MessageTracing - not available in IWS 2.6

Dear Team, In HTTP server release V2.6 (compare to release V1.5), we did not fine the equivalent of « Message Tracing=enabled » any more. This to be able to control once the Xml Requests & responses managed by the server (sent by different Cli...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Request change of default permissions

The /var/ct/RMstart.log is the logfile used by RMC and can contain sensitive data that must be secured. RMC provides a single monitoring and management infrastructure for both RSCT peer domains and management domains. Its generalized framework is ...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Delivered

Add Operating System Command to System Monitor Summary Panel

When creating a system monitor, there is a final summary display. You can also review this summary via Properties for the Monitor. It shows the Trigger and Reset values for the thresholds. Add the operating system command information to this summa...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Include journal info in SYSTABLES

Please include the journal information (library, journal, images, omit entries, start date) into the SYSTABLES view. Use Case: This allows an SQL based access to determine if journaling is properly setup for the database. Currently this can only b...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Enhance unmirrorvg for mirror pools

Contrary to 'mirrorvg' the 'unmirrorvg' command is not aware of Mirror Pools. Hence before removing a mirror copy of a LV the Mirror Pools need to be removed separately (with 'chlv -M ...'). It might be a good idea to have 'unmirrorvg' enhanced to...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Allow authority on IFS share (logical)

Allow additional authority (for example *USE/*EXCLUDE) on the logical IFS share name instead of only on the underlying physical path. Use Case: Typically the IFS root is shared, however this should only be accessible for administrators while now t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

ACS Content Assist does not use the correct Schema when changed

In IBM i Access Client Solutions v.1.1.8.3 there is a new Content Assist feature by using the Ctrl and Space Bar keys. However if you change the Connection and apply a new JDBC configuration it will not pickup the correct schema even though it is ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

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