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    Randomly Generated Password for root/qsecofr accounts

    Please add functionality to randomly generate a password for the root or QSECOFR account when deploying a template.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    CL Parsing in LPEX Editor not using Line Length Preference Setting

    The CL Parser in the LPEX Editor does not use the "Line Length" preference setting (for splitting a formatted command into multiple lines) when the "Automatic formatting" preference is turned off -- even though the "Line Length" preference shows a...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

    VM Lifecycle Event-driven operations

    Add ability for PowerVC to execute commands on certain lifecycle events (VM deployment, DLPAR operations, VM deletion)- allowing administrators to script functions to update external systems of record programmatically (via REST APIs or other integ...
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Display a timestamp in the Error List header to indicate when the currently displayed messages were retrieved

    When compiling a source member yields identical results to the previous compile - typically when there are no errors - it is impossible to tell that another compile has occurred. Under several circumstances, a compile may not actually occur when r...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    PowerVC support for CentOS

    Currently PowerVC supports RHEL only. Can CentOS be added to the supported Operating System for the PowerVC Management Server? Another alternative could be Ubuntu.
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    POWER8 HMC

    POWER8 HMC noise production
    over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Future consideration

    Native javadoc functionality for all ILE development languages

    Within the java language, javadoc provides a consistent documentation facility that encourages modular design and code reuse. While there have been third-party functions provided for some IBM i development languages, it hasn't covered all of the a...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    HMC Reconnect

    The option to signoff from the HMC with a disconnect allowing you to reconnect a session at later time.
    over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

    Stop monitoring non-observable code

    Prevent non-observable functionality from being impacted by the process of code coverage. When running a program under code coverage, the debug product is actually active but if said program calls another process, in which we have no control over ...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Future consideration

    FTP over SSL server on AIX - introduce option on ftpd.cnf for setting passive port range

    After PASV mode is set in an FTPS connection, FTPS server will choose a random port in whole ephemeral port range, and send that port number to client in order for FTPS client to establish the data channel connection. So any firewall between clien...
    over 6 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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