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Start and stop the Syslog server on the IBM i

Add the ability to start and stop the Syslog server on IBM i to the STRTCPSVR and ENDTCPSVR commands.Similarly, in Navigator for IBM i
about 18 hours ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

ACS automatic temporary file cleanup, please add functionality

Add at least a command line option to instruct ACS to NOT leave temporary files in /tmp if the run was successful and the exit clean. Each process and application if successful should manage its temporary storage properly. We run ACS directly on t...
3 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

PowerVC 2.1.1.2 6-mounth history in Resource Assigment data

Hello, in the context of a Project we would like to be able to have a 6-month history of the resource assignment data. I 've upload a file with an image of the section for which resources usage would be required. Thanks in advance for your collabo...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Live Partition Mobility: Allow overrides of CPU and LPAR ID on target CEC

For hosted environments, moving a partition from P9 to P10, for example, is often not at CPU-for-CPU but at CPW-for-CPW (e.g. 15000 CPW = 1 CPU on a 9009-22a but not on a 9105-22a). And LPAR ID is automagically assigned.This is counter-productive,...
17 days ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Submitted

Custom SQLSTATE/MESSAGE for SIGNAL statement

Currently it is possible with the SIGNAL statement to return a custom SQLSTATE and message. DECLARE COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND CONDITION FOR SQLSTATE '02000'; DECLARE EXIT HANDLER FOR COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND SIGNAL SQLSTATE '75001' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Country no...
21 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Make spoolfile searching case insensitive

When searching a spooled file, the information must be entered case sensitive. Instead of searching for escape, I have to search for Escape in order to find escape messages in job logs. Instead of searching for 'library list changed', I have to se...
9 days ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Submitted

Read Only Access for individual PEP2.0 pools in the CMC

Read only access to the Enterprise Pools in the CMC is a wonderful thing that is almost complete. What is missing is the ability to be more granular. Right now , the person with Read Only access gets access to ALL of the pools in the CMC. This is ...
8 days ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Few confirmation screen before power off manage system

It has been observed a couple of times in the past that the managed server on the processors (i.e. the whole machine) has been powered off accidently since the enhanced version of the GUI was available. To avoid another accident in future can we h...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

Disable/Deprecate ssh-rsa OpenSSH Host Keys on HMC

ssh-rsa SSH Host Keys were deprecated with OpenSSH 8.2 back in 2020. Can these host keys be disabled by default or a new option be added in the limited shell to be able to manipulate ssh host keys.
3 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Enhance IBM SQL Services to use better "list" parameter parsing

I’d like to request an enhancement to IBM i SQL Services to improve flexibility when passing multiple values to parameters that accept lists. Currently, the following syntax does not work: table(qsys2.active_job_info(subsystem_list_filter=>'QIN...
21 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Submitted

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