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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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IBM i

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To be able to disable Banner Message on ASMI which displays server information. Case ref - TS018274886

We received a vulnerability relating to light http. Server banner present that identifies the server as lighttpd/1.4.41. lightttpd response is seen on the management network. Please see attachment. We want to be able to disable the Banner message ...
3 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator

I need the ability to create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator comparable to the ACs Java 5250 emulator
7 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

IBM ARE - Problem with PTF comparison

We have a central system for the PTF comparison on which all licensed programs and PTFs including save files are installed. If we now start a PTF comparison with IBM ARE from this central system to an LPAR on which NOT all licensed programs are...
17 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

Removal of 4-Core Limit for IBM-i VMs on the S1022

Description: As a forward-thinking organization leveraging IBM-i on the S1022 server, we are consistently seeking ways to enhance performance, optimize resource utilization, and meet our increasing workload demands. In light of this, we submit the...
4 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 7 Under review

ADD in QSYS2 TABLES a new table to know wich programms use an exported porcedure from à service program

Hi, QSYS2 functions and tables allow you to know:- What procedures are exported by our service programs.- What programs use our service programs. But it is not possible to know which programs use which exported procedure. This is a pity because it...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

Check group profile authority for Netserver share secured by an authorization list

Since V7R5, a Netserver share can be secured by an authorization list. When checking the authority, the user's (authorized!) group profile is ignored. While IBM i [native] security checking is always taking group profiles into account, it is much ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Submitted

Moving load source concurrently

The idea is based on the ability to be able to copy (and thus move) the load source from one disk to another without the need for downtime. The operating system is already capable of initializing and moving data from one disk to another without do...
18 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Authority *SECADM and *ALLOBJ needed with RST command

Restoring Ifs objects using RST puts in the joblog a CPDA088 and a CPF9898 for each object restored. The messages text is: "THE OBJECT IDENTIFIED BY THE PRECEDING CPDA088 MESSAGE WAS RESTORED, BUT THE *RUNEXIT AND/OR *CRTRUNEXIT ATTRIBUTES WERE NO...
4 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Much like WatsonX code assistant for Z, we are looking for similar capabilities for the I to modernized and even convert RPG code to other languages.

To speed development, and help modernize the look and feel of our software to better serve our customers.
7 days ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted