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remove lpars and rmc keys from hmc

We like to have a button or command on the HMC to remove old or invalid RMC connections and keys to existing lpars that changed form ip address.This command should cleanup information in the Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) repository) we ...
over 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Wordpress Installation in IBM I

Wordpress installation in IBM I to build a customized web portal. By introducing this feature now the Business customer can build web portal in-house using IBM I. Which will cut down the amount spent on hosting website and maintaining using Cloud ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Not under consideration

ACS RSS include debug messages in job log

ACS release 1.1.8.7-1100.For some reason the setting "include debug messages in job log" under the connection menu is not being saved correctly. I can tick on the setting but it never goes off. I found the setting and manually changed it in "./IBM...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Stronger encryption in IBM Navigator for I Series

Base-64 encoding is not a sufficient method to ensure password confidentiality. The application continues to store password data in a dangerous manner and allows its reading through the HTTP GET request.The desired solution would be, for example, ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Not under consideration

BRMS deleted objects

BRMS recovery report (STRRCYBRM ACTION(*REPORT)) and restoration should exclude deleted objects at the point of backup. Logic can be implemented at time of Incremental backup of a library. If an object doesn't exist in that library at that point i...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration

PowerVC does not display ifixes installed

PowerVC does not display installed ifixes in the "About" box in the GUI. The /opt/ibm/powervc/version.properties also does display ifixes installed. This is important information, especially when multiple PowerVC installations are in the environment.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Show active NWSD jobs that have an NWSSTG space in an IASP under the WRKASPJOB command

If an active Network Server Description (NWSD) has a linked Network Server Storage space (NWSSTG) in an available IASP, attempting to vary off the IASP or perform a PowerHA switch will fail with CPAB8E6 'device xxx cannot be varied off at this tim...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Is a defect

Enhance SQL UDTF LANGUAGE SQL INCLUDE statement to support user-written C functions

When building new capability for the #IBMi platform, we use the CREATE TABLE FUNCTION and CREATE FUNCTION SQL statements with the "INLINE" statement, to pull in source code written in the C language.Today, one "block" of code is permitted per incl...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

New feature on i Navigator to double confirm after click OK

Dear team, We found when accessing 'file shares' from i navigator, after clicked browse and OK, it will save the new folder directly. Is that possibile to modify or create a feature which would pop to confirm 'whether save the change' after click ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

manage ttf fonts

Need some kind of operation to install and manage (e.g., check if a font fits ibm i, create IBM_DataObjectFont.rat, get the name for DDS FONTNAME keyword) ttf and opentype fonts. "Unsupported method" from technote http://www-01.ibm.com/support/doc...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration

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