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    RSEAPI - Enable or disable the use of a service or method

    Hello, in the RSEAPI, Post /api/v1/admin/settings : Is it possible to have a new setting allowing you to activate/deactivate a service entirely or just an operation ?The setting could look like a json structure : { "includeServices": [ "/api/v1/ad...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Add TRUNCNBR(*EXPR) to the RPG IV CTL-OPT keyword to trunction results in assignments

    When using legacy MOVE opcodes to copy one numeric variable to another, if Factor 2 contains a longer variable than the result and Factor 2's value actual fits into the Result field's variable, it does the assignment as expected. If Factor 2 conta...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    LVM mirroring across VGs (enables eg. online FS migration from one vg to another)

    LVM is great and has been for decades. Many LVM manipulations can be done online without unmounting filesystems or stopping the applications, which is an advantage compared to other OS's. There are, however, still a few things that require to stop...
    2 months ago in AIX 0 Under review

    Add configurable continuation start column (left margin) for fully free-form RPG (**FREE)

    RPG IV currently supports two “free format” models: Hybrid free format (traditional RPG IV), where a statement is considered free format when it begins in column 8 or later. Fully free format using **FREE in column 1, where all source lines are fr...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    PowerVC topology evaluates actual mapping not powervc known details

    PowerVC topology provides great vizualization of PowerVC expected zoning path to storage for a given vm. The map provided is based on PowerVC expected information as saved in it's internal databases. ideally there would be an option to query the b...
    2 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

    VMRM DR - Fail "verify" when rehearsal LPAR sees extra disks causing move failure

    Please add checking for the correct number of disks to be part of either the "discover" or "verify" process (or both) since having the correct number of disks is a required part of the "move" process. When the incorrect number of flashcopy disks a...
    2 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Upgrade level of OpenSSH from v9.6p1 to one which will pass scanning services.

    IBM i: Qualys is dinging us for OpenSSH ssh Function Vulnerability (CVE-2025-61984) Opened up a case with IBM . The reply to the case was: This vulnerability was discovered fairly recently and has low (3.6 base) score on the X-Force Exchange site....
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

    ACS - Spool Files Component - Allow defining outque residing in IASP library

    We have outque libraries that reside in SYSBAS as well as in the iASP. But using the ACS Spool Files component, we cannot get to our outque libraries in the IASP. Only in the SYSBAS libraries. Even though we created the spool files that are put in...
    3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Provide a method to automate Configure TLS for an HTTP server

    I have written an application to automate the Let's Encrypt process for issuing and renewing certificates. I would like to automate the process of assigning a JavaKeyStore to the Admin5 HTTP server. In addition this would be useful for others who ...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Submitted

    Provide a POST /security/dcm/appdef/add to the RSE APIs (HTTP ADMIN5)

    I have written an application to automate the Let's Encrypt process for issuing and renewing certificates. It would be very useful to have this as I don't believe that there is an API or any other method for automation.
    3 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Under review

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