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Automatic failover notification

When ending the primary node in a 5250 session by default an automatic failover as documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=clusters-managing-failover-outage-events.There are ways to change this behavior, the Smart Assist Tool prov...
12 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Future consideration

PEP 2.0 Delete Pool 2FA

Currently, a PEP 2.0 pool can be deleted with a single click of a button and an acknowledgement. I would suggest to add a 2FA (2nd factor authentication via email etc) before any pool can be deleted to eliminate the chance of a mistake.
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Change the behaving of the license manager once new hardware or SN is recognized.

Problem description: Change the behaving of the license manager once new hardware or SN is recognized. This requirement is the outcome of my ticket TS003930677.Together with the support engineer, we have agreed to raise an RFE and the IBM developm...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 3 Future consideration

Include the port in the ssh connection configuraction for the ACS Opensource packages Manager

The ACS Opensource packages Manager does not work if the sshd in the ibm i is configured to use a different port than 22.
12 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

Need to see percentage of AIX,VIOS,SLES,RH in overview Cores/Memory in hours/Days etc

In EP 2.0 overwiew Core Usage Total usage (In Average) and Memory Usage Total Usage (Average TB) for hours,days etc. i want to see the percentage of each section e.g. AIX,VIOS,SLES;RH ) see also attached graphic
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Correct Date format in Temp Keys (Remove separators)

*ALL Temp keys come with the expiration date formatted as: EXPDATE(2022-04-01) I do NOT care that my system uses *MDY s I can easily change my job to *YMD. And, true, I can change the DATSEP to '-' simply enough. Unfortunately ANY separator in the...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Future consideration

Add SMTP attribute to limit number of outbound emails per minute.

Many 3rd party relay services have limits on the number of inbound emails allowed in a specified time frame from a mail server. We use SendLayer to relay emails from our IBM i server. SendLayer has a 250 email limit per minute. Would be a nice enh...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

Preview tool requested for chfs and allocp

A way to run chfs / allocp in a preview mode would be extremely useful. It has been found that attempts to expand striped logical volumes can fail in seemingly random fashion. This makes the success of the operation unpredictable which can be cost...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Consultant IBM i (Power Systems)

Use White Space on HMC GUI for information instead of a box you need to scroll in
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

IBM I ACCESS FOR WEB ENHANCEMENT

In IBM i Access for WebWhen using query provide option to returncolumn heading/labels instead of just field names.Under Database/Run SQL or My Requests. Use Case: When trying to get away from old as400 query users could use IBM i access for web to...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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