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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

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

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

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

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

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

NetServer delegation of personnel authorized to enabled disabled profiles

I would like to delegate re-enabling users disabled for NetServer access to general help desk people. They know how to drill down to it using IBM Navigator for i at http://myibmi:2001 . "Enable" is grayed out. Documentation at https://www.ibm.com/...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Not under consideration

Improvement of existing CCSID 1388 to cater latest China National Standard 13080-2022

Recently China Information technology authority announced the latest national Chinese coded character set GB18030-2022 and make it mandatory for all the banking industry. There are a lot of new rarely use character set added into this GB18030-2022...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Future consideration

Allow PowerVC to use LDAP users from OS

We would like to be able to use a LDAP user configured at OS level to connect to PowerVC and not configure PowerVC to use LDAP Server.
almost 4 years ago in PowerVC 0 Future consideration

data Transfer Component for EXCEL ( excel Add-in )

I am asking You the implementation of IBMi Access data Transfer Component for EXCEL ( excel Add-in ) provided with the IBM I Access for Windows product ( CWBTFCAI.DLL ) and not present in the new IBMi Access Client Solution product.Almost all of o...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Not under consideration

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