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Create NetServer commands

The core O/S lacks decent command support for NetServer. There is an alternative solution in QUSRTOOLS (NETSRVCMD library) but I think this should be implemented in the core O/S. With the new ACS defining shares is not possible and in the old prod...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Not under consideration

Stop denial of service attack caused by using 3 part naming in a H/A environment

When I set up DB2 alias as per https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/rdb-relational-database-setting-brms-high-availability-environmentand then use 3 part naming in STATIC sql it initializes a denial of service attack and makes the system unusable. IB...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Give the built in base IBM i Auditing and security tools a product name

When dealing with Auditors, they nearly always as for product names for tools used to Audit and Secure the IBM i platform. Simply saying we used the built in functions, just leads to more questions. Ideally we could do with a Brand Name or Produc...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Update of allocp needed to permit usage of all available space in VG

The layout of the logical volume on the existing luns is providing a constraint that is restricting which disks can be used for expansion. Those luns are not being counted in the expansion and allocp produces the message: 0516-404 allocp: This sys...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

IBM i service for TCPIP server status

Within the new Navigator for i for nearly everything there is the option to get the SQL statement behind what is being displayed. For IBM i Navigator for i => TCP/IP Servers the SQL button is greyed-out. So the SQL statement behind what you a...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Provide a means to easily ascertain if a Subsystem (*SBSD) is currently registered to Exit Point "QIBM_QWT_JOBNOTIFY"

Our software relies heavily on the Job Notification Exit Point notifications but struggles when a job runs in a subsystem that is yet to be restarted since the exit point entries were added/changed. Currently, the only way to determine if jobs ent...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Future consideration

AIX Live Kernel Update needs to fail out if the blackout period runs too long

Clients using Live Kernel Update need to see a message on the terminal during the blackout period in LKU that provides some useful information so they are not waiting for the blackout period to end when it is actually stuck and will not end succes...
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Replacement option for Management Central Product Definitions

Under OS/400 version 7.1 and earlier , Management Central provided product definition functions with a GUI to support creating and managing ISV/In-house developed applications. This support also included creation and management of PTF against the ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Not under consideration

Add Db2i for i Service to maintain validation list

Please add a DB2 for i service that looks at/maintains the users under validations list under the HTTP admin server. If you need to rename a user today you can't, you have to recreate the user. Having a service like this will help helpdesk and/or ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Enhancements to IBM i Development

Enhancement Request: Client certificate authentication (Mutual TLS) for Toolbox JDBC Driver Use Case: I can't recall the case but we were helped by Cristina (can't recall her full name as well).
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Future consideration