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    Add the HTML documentation options from the Heritage Navigator for i to the new BRMS HTTP server

    In the Heritage Navigator for i BRMS gui section several options were available to create documentation. Those options did generate HTML documents. The quality of those HTML document was high. Allowing you to add them to your own BRMS documentatio...
    2 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

    viosvrcmd command logging on vios when run from HMC

    Today, when we run the viosvrcmd command from the HMC, it logs entries in /home/ios/logs/ioscli_global.trace. However, the user is recorded only as "root," and there is no indication of which HMC/what user on the HMC initiated the command. Additio...
    2 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    REST API Certificate Automation

    This is useful to customers looking to automate the renewals for HMC certificates.
    3 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Improve message of CPF5222 on CHGPWD

    When changing a password upon expiration or during CHGPWD execution, if a blank or non-alphabetic character is entered in the current/new password field, the message CPF5222 'Name is not correct' is displayed. However, this message does not clearl...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 2 Future consideration

    Enable multiple OUs on CSRs coming from the HMC

    Most PKIs are structured hierarchially with more than one OU, in our case it is not possible to sign a Certificate Request with only one OU via our internal PKI. Also: Self signed certificates will increasingly be banned in the future - which is a...
    about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.

    I'm missing a way to define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.It could either be an extended version of LIKE() or a new LIKEFLD() For example:dcl-s myField1 LIKEFLD(fldref.format2 : myField : +5)dcl-s myField2 LIKE(fldref.forma...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

    IBM Idea: Simplify SR-IOV VF Deconfiguration for Adapter Replacement

    IBM Idea: Simplify SR-IOV VF Deconfiguration for Adapter Replacement Title: Automated or Centralized Deconfiguration of SR-IOV Virtual Functions (VFs) Across LPARs for Adapter Maintenance Description: In environments using SR-IOV with vNICs and re...
    about 1 month ago in PowerVM 4 Submitted

    Provide batch or command interface for the "Populate with CAs" function of Digital Certification Manager

    I have multiple LPARs, across multiple systems. When IBM comes out with a new SQL service to get data from some remote system and that system requires a new certificate it is very frustrating to have to log into DCM a bazillion times and execute "...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

    PowerVC should fully support Peer Zoning

    Can we please get PowerVC to fully support Peer Zoning. It was an idea in 2023 but we now in 2025 and still no Peer Zoning. This is an industry best practice recommended by IBM and Broadcom.
    28 days ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration
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    Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

    Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

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