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Add IFS EDIT option like iNav has.

I would like to see the EDIT option put into the ACS software component for the IFS.Currently it is in the iNav component. So it would be beneficial to see it in the ACS side component. Use Case: I have .TXT and .LOG files that I would like to Edi...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

Save timestamp captured for stream files

I would like to understand what IFS objects are NOT backed up on a regular basis. I can tell that easily with QSYS objects because the save timestamp has always been captured at the object level. For stream files, no save timestamp exists. Not eve...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

Port Linux package SSSD into AIX for Active Directory authentication

There are costed product options that allow user and group management from Active Directory and authentication. SSSD has been ported to different flavors of Linux and to have it working on AIX would provide simplicity and reduced cost.
about 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Please add a prompt to run the setup functions again.

Today, we needed to add the IFS option onto a users screen. I could not find an option to allow me to do so. When we ran the install option, it simply ran the install with no prompts. Administrators on the IBM i are not always authorized to access...
9 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

Limited access to IFS via iACS

We manage a Outsourcing Services for Banking and Insurance Customers. The users transfer files from their pc to the /home directory of the As400 Server through the shared folders. We would like to use iACS for this activity, but limiting access to...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Provide Split Screen Capability for all iSeries file types in RDi

We currently do a large amount of SQL development on the iSeries via RDi 9.0 and split screen capability is not available for SQL source members defined with a file type of SQL (non-standard). There is no good standard file type that is available ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Not under consideration

iSCSI support (over VIOS) for PowerVC

Some customer are going away from FibreChannel. For these customers we should of an alternative connection to the storage, such as iSCSI.The new VIOS version 3 now supports iSCSI connections and can virtualize that storage into the client VM.Power...
almost 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

License IBM Cloud Portal Code

IBM's Cloud portal is based on PowerVC / Openstack and provides very good deployment and billing capabilities. Why not offer this code to customers who are currently using PowerVC in their own on-prem solution.
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Get Elastic Capacity on Demand CoD code via an api call.

This is the only missing step to a larger automation idea to automatically allocate Elastic Capacity on Demand to a LPAR with a shell script. I have solved adding a CoD code to a frame and activating the resource and adding it to a LPAR through th...
about 1 year ago in Power Systems Design 0 Submitted

After VIOS complete boot to trigger any IBM i VMs to start

We could not find a mechanism to start IBM i VMs after VIOS complete IPL. This is necessary for unattended operations in case of power failure or a complete reboot of the hardware is required. VIOS starts automatically after the hardware is starte...
about 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Needs more information

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