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Static Monitors against a policy on IBMi

Instana is not able to handle static monitoring. Some monitors are static in nature like which are contractually setup on each LPAR based on application and ITSS security requirements. We have some policies setup on the IBMi system and we monitor ...
10 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Create specific and restricted permissions to run run lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all frames

Create specific and restricted permissions to run lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all frames. Actually, user shall have activate partition to run these commands. We would like separate activate partition from running lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all ...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Correct the QSYLOBJP API Documentation

Today, the QSYLOBJP API documentation states that it creates: a list of objects that adopt an object owner's authority In the classic way of thinking, this would be program/srvpgm objects that have USRPRF(*OWNER) set a creation time. However what ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Update Infocenter to remove sections, commands, etc pertaining to options no longer available

Check out the comments at the bottom of:https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzahg/rzahghome.htmhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzalu/rzaluprtattmeth.htmhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 4 Future consideration

OPDESC support for numeric parameters

Would like to see operational descriptor support extended to include numeric parameters, i.e. be able to determine type (packed, zoned, int, uns etc), length, and decimal positions for a numeric parameter passed to a sub-procedure when 'const' or ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

[ACS] SQL content assist don't preserve naming separator

New feature "Content Assist" in SQL script of ACS don't preserve *SYS namming separator. Use Case: Select *SYS for naming convention in jdbc settings.Type a library, then "/" then CTRL+SPACE.Select a file and ENTER."/" separator between library an...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

PowerVC use other group in place of "wheel"

Change PowerVC to support a group other than "wheel" for su privileges.
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

New SQLSetStmtAttr option for Completion/Diag Messages

During Debug mode, on IBM i, the SQL CLI APIs, such as SQLExecute generate diagnostic and completion messages indicating things such as "xx rows selected" or "xx rows inserted", or "Table XXX Dropped". This information does not currently get gener...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

HMC BMC Port Password Management

We need to configure LDAP to manage our BMC Port login on PowerHMC. This is an audit issue and hence I had opened S/W ( TS003831906 ) and H/W call ( 75254,L6Q,000 ). Its been a long time without any resolution. I tried to configure LDAP from the B...
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

certificate request file from ASMI interface should include Subject Alternative Name (SAN) to support modern web browsers

Currenty the certificate signing reqeust file (*csr) exported from the POWER flexible service processor interface ASMI does not include a Subject Alternative Name (SAN). As result modern web browsers, like Microsoft Edge or Chrome with strict secu...
over 3 years ago in PowerVM 0 Future consideration

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