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Configuring ECS requires QSECOFR profile to be enabled. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/687963

service agent connection cannot be reconfigured with QSECOFR disabled but the customer leaves QSECOFR disabled by intent. Use Case: support case TS004525300
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Future consideration

ARE PTF Sync progress indicator

When we are syncing PTF's against a CS system we are unaware of the progress. When using the Administration Runtime Expert we are unaware of the progress when using the GUI. We are in the dark regarding what to expect and when the syncing is done....
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Enable PowerHA Replication for PowerTech Products

PowerTech Products are currently only installed on *SYSBASE, They Recommended replication of Certain Objects but i donot have the Option to add it to PowerHA. Here are the Objects that they are recommending to replicate for Authority Broker: Step ...
5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

Add More Resource type to Replication - ADDCADMRE

*DTAARA, *FILE, *OUTQ, *DEVD, *LIB also should be added to Monitoried resoucrses since some third party aplpication requires certain Objects to be replicated across ALL LPARs, inorder to maintain User Profiles, Data etc. Most of these objects only...
5 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

ACS update to include built in token acceptance for Oauth or Open ID connect

See case TS013914045 for background
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

CMC Cloud connector stale HMC alerting

Right now, there is no alerting possible for stale HMC's cloud connector status from CMC. Would be great to have possibility receive notification about stale HMC's.
about 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Submitted

Same behavior for chsyscfg as for chhwres

It should be possible to set parameters individually with the command "chsyscfg" for the vnic adapters.In the GUI also only the parameters I modify are adjusted.The "default" values should only be used when creating a new profile.
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Add a lsvg flag to show "lock status" of a Volume Group

If a 'migratepv' command is running, then the VG is locked and 'lsvg' hangs.Only after 25 seconds an error message is displayed on STDERR: # lsvg testvg0516-1201 lsvg: Warning: Volume group testvg is locked. This commandwill continue retries until...
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Db2 Web Query for i - report moving/copying without breaking drill links

In most IT environments, developers create objects, test them, then move to production. In the case of Web Query, this could be multiple partitions or simply folders. When reports are moved or copied in BI Portal of WQ, they retain pointer (drill ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

ACS RSS JDBC settings need a JOBD option or a way to alter the current library

When connecting to the IBM server from any source the user account used uses its associated *JOBD to create an initial job library list. The libraries included are SYS, PRD and CUR library list portions. However, the JDBC settings only control the...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration