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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) support

Increasing security requirements need to have MFA for the login at least in the GUI. (better for both, GUI and CLI)
almost 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Future consideration

VIOS 3.1 VIOC iSCSI rootvg and datavg

Following a request from a customer about VIOS 3.1 and iSCSI support.https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/9223-22H/p9hb1/p9hb1_vios_concepts_iscsi.htmThis webpage is confusing when "limitations" paragraph is read:--Currently, the iSCSI disk...
over 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

Add feature to report size (df) based on quota set on fileset(gpfs) rather than filesystem size for AIX

On system with GPFS filesystems when quotas are enforced for a fileset (other than the root fileset), the numbers reported by the df command are based on the quotas for the fileset (rather than the entire file system). This option affects the df c...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

Need to improve performance of fcntl locking code when many processes are vying for the same lock

In fcntl locking code when waking up blocked processes , optimize the number of processes being woken up to avoid contention Huge documentation within the Support case TS005339308 documentation
over 3 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

HMC Scanning Tool

HMC Scanning Tool - HMC is a black box with no IBM or third party tool we are aware of. IBM should develop a scanning software which can scan HMC and report the vulnerabilities found.
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 7 Future consideration

TCP/IP Host table entries in SQL

In SQL we have theses views: QSYS2.NETSTAT_INTERFACE_INFO to get TCP/IP interfaces (CFGTCP option 1) QSYS2.NETSTAT_ROUTE_INFO to get TCP/IP routes (CFGTCP option 2) We need also a view to get TCP/IP host table entries (CFGTCP option 10).
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Enhancement request for iostat on NVMe disks

On AIX for NVMe the disk iostat tool currently does not provide data for read service time, write service time and queue service time sections. Is there a way to enable the additional statistics or will it be enabled in a future software update (V...
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

What commands are linked to what special authority?

I want to monitor what commands needing special authority are used by who.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

cpyfrmimpf should handle commas.

The cpyfrmimpf command handles values similar to 123.45 and -678.90 in a numeric field, but sends message CPF2845, reason code 7 for values like 1,123.45 or -1,678.90. The command should handle commas as well as decimal points and minus signs. Use...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Integrated Web Services server / two-tier web services / need to be able to supply profile and password for remote system

When configuring IWS in two-tier web services mode it appears to be inheriting the profile you set the IWS to run as as the profile to connect to the remote system as. Using good security practices the two machines should have at the very least se...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

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