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ACS: Option to show description next to System

When we add a new system most of us use the IP address, not the FQDN or hostname on our DNS or hosts table, and the real system name is on the description. It would be great to have the option to show the description next to the system name to imp...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

How to restrict IBM navigator for i access

PGMR-Class users can manage options while being restricted which makes management unsafe from the IBM navigator for i Use Case: PGMR-Class users can manage options while being restricted which makes management unsafe from the IBM navigator for i
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 6 Not under consideration

POWER mashine system location sync for HMC

in the HMC for POWER machine it is possible to define a "System location" under general setting in the machine profile, unfortunately this field is not synced between the HMCs in case of a redundant environment. Please sync the "System location" b...
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Dark Theme - Heap Usage Meter Unreadable

In the default dark theme, the text for the heap usage display is black on black making it hard to read the amount used. Although not critical, it might be good to fix in some future release. Use Case: This is an information tool, but very useful ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Need to be able to reformat pdisk as hdisk during install

When installing an OS on a new LPAR, it would be good if 1) there was a message to show that the disks were not in the right format, 2) show which format they are in, and 3) have a way to rectify it at that point in the install.
almost 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

ScreenDesigner should support Compile Menu in Design or Preview mode

When opening a member with Screen Designer, the Compile Menu is shown only when in the source tab, it is not shown when in the Design or Preview tabs. I believe the Compile menu should be available irrespective of the tab that is active in the edi...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Elucidate column names in Run SQL scripts

Often when using the Run SQL Scripts to do discovery-related tasks or to troubleshoot issues, I have to run a separate query on QSYS2.SYSTABLES and SYSCOLUMNS to figure out what the columns are. Wondering if it's possible to run this query automat...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

AIX Host kerberization utilities to join domain does not exist

AIX OS should have proper tools to join AIX machine to Active Directory (LDAP for authorization and Kerberos for authentication). Other OS like RHEL7 have realm join feature. 1) Creates computer object in AD2) Sets SPN for computer object. 3) Cuts...
about 5 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

DCM SAN update

When creating a new Certificate in the Digital Certificate Manager, you are not allowed to enter just the DNS name, you must enter the FQDN, which is typically used as the Common Name as well. Please allow adding of the DNS name to the Subject Alt...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

Compute Express Link CXL 3.0 or CXL 4.0 Virtual Hierarchical Switching Fabric

CXL 3.0 is built upon the IBM OpenCAPI, but CXL3 and CXL 4 have more speeds and will achieve the following: 1- Enabling the Interconnection between the next version Power System ( may be IBM Power 11 or Later ) and Exa scale AI Data Centers based ...
over 1 year ago in Power Systems Design 1 Future consideration

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