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Support autECL in IBM i ACS (macro's)

A customer has written several hundreds of macro's for IBM i Access for Windows based on Automation Objects (autECL) which isn't supported by IBM i ACS. Based on the IBM case which states "Now, internally IBM i ACS does leverage HACL, but it doesn...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add the full man page for ksh93

As for now man ksh93 gives just a 1/3 of the original ksh93 manual page. You can compare it to https://linux.die.net/man/1/ksh93 (copy of the original man page from AT&T site) or to https://github.com/att/ast/blob/master/src/cmd/ksh93/sh.1.
over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

API for Access Path Rebuild Progress

We commonly have access path rebuilds occurring post the vary on of an IASP. We would like the capability to monitor the progress of the access path rebuilds from a batch job rather than just the screen. Use Case: We run a superannuation system on...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Future consideration

SQL check authority enhancement to understand level of authority

QSYS2.SQL_CHECK_Authority function in SYSTOOLS, is available to retrieve whether the current user is authorized to an object. This is good as returns 1 if authorized. However, if the business needs to know, for a file object whether user can view ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

a move to function for resouces

to dynamically move a resource CPU,MEMORY,IO to a partition it takes 14-25 mouse clicks there is no direct way to move a device
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

LDAP nested groups won't resolve if located in a different DN than the parent group

Currently, secldapclntd cannot resolve a nested group if this 'child group' is in a different DN than it's parent group, even if the DN is specified in ldap.cfg as a secondary groupbasedn. This was discussed with AIX development via an APAR draft,...
over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Add SSH Tunneling to iACS

Today there's an option to open an SSH Window from iACS, even using certificates, but no SSH tunneling. It would be great to connect to the system using an SSH tunnel, like most commercial products. Use Case: It we are on the road we can connect t...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

LargeSendOffset

Have had recent issues for IBM i LPARs running as VIOS clients where 'large send offload' had to be disabled via a macro on the IBM I LPAR. Once disabled the LPAR runs without issue and with good performance until we do a IPL.What I am looking for...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 3 Not under consideration

Navigator for I Documentation - PDI

We needs a description for the functions of the Navigator for i. We are looking for informations about the analysis of the perfomance data.Someone have done a good job and create all the charts und overviews.But we need a little bit more informati...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

Assign CERTIFICATE based on Application Group

On a yearly basis we replace multiple CERTIFICATEs across a number of systems. I would like a way to ASSIGN the new CERTIFICATE to either a APPLICATION Group or BASED on previous CERTIFICATE so we do not have to select individual APPLICATION with ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

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