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implement an ON/OFF function to force syncvg after takeover after a node failure occurs.

Implement an ON/OFF function to force syncvg after takeover after a node failure occurs. When a node failure occurs on the service machine and the shared disk created by AIX LVM mirror is taken over to the standby machine, syncvg is forced using t...
about 1 year ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

AIX ansible support for generating encrypted passwords.

https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues/548 Request to add support to ansible for AIX to add user password generation with encryption
about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted
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Develop Visual Studio Code Extension for RPG

Visual studio code is one of the most code editor used all around the world. What I want is an extension for Visual Studio Code to use it as RPG Editor. You could implement one of this extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 18 Future consideration

The power consumption per LPAR (memory, CPU) should be visible in the HMC.

The power consumption per LPAR (memory, CPU) should be visible in the HMC. This should also be available for the entire managed system. The energy costs calculated down to the work performed is becoming increasingly important for customers when th...
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Add Inherit Rules to IFS journalling

Today when you set up journalling for the IFS the STRJRN command allows you to filter the objects that are to be journalled, however this is a one off request and the inherit rules are not able to be set to allow future filtering of the objects jo...
4 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Future consideration

Addition of Critical Security Patch Comparison Features via SQL Query

Currently, managing critical security patches is a major priority for IT teams to ensure the security of systems and sensitive data. However, the task of comparing applied security patches with known vulnerabilities listed in the CVE database can ...
8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

Enhance lsmpio showing both storages in an policy-based HA environment (mirroring)

In an AIX VM using a FS9500 environment with policy-based HA it is only possible with lsmpio to see the primary storage node of the mirroring relation in the FS9500. It should be possible to see both storages of that relation. This is especially i...
6 months ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Enhance the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command to include *SYSVAL as an option

Rather than rely on the CHGCMDDFT command to change the default for the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command, it would be extremely beneficial to have a QSBMENVVAR System value with *YES or *NO as an option. Then on the SBMJOB command, change...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Submitted

be able to send authlog to an external server

We need authlog from the hmc sent to an external server (a clm for example) In the rsyslog config on the hmc, their is a config to send them to /var/hsc/log/secure : cat /etc/rsyslog.d/50-hmc-auth.conf => auth.* /var/hsc/log/secure & sto...
about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Provide an option with which the Prestart Job statistics can be reset in Navigator for i (Nav4i).

As more and more tasks can be performed using the Navigator for i and SQL services, the role of 5250 emulation is changing and having to go there for a missing option becomes a burden. The Navigator for i is great for managing prestart jobs, but w...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

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