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probevue Enhancement to handle security product system calls

When security products such as Imperva or Guardium is used, the probevue tool in AIX is unable to find the system calls that these security products intercept such as read, write, open, close, stat, etc. This makes it impossible to use probevue sc...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Improve HMC Update from IBM site

When Updating HMC from remote FTP server, we need to enter server credentials. Please include a selection for using IBM default site public.dhe.ibm.com and add more info to the list of available downloads. For example the release date, and for fix...
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

AIX EFS deficiencies

Encrypted File System: There are a few items that need to be addressed. 1. the ability to have a users keystore(s) loaded automatically in a cron/at job. 2. the ability to have root keystores loaded automatically for inittab processes. In both cas...
about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Allow for AFPDS Report duplex printing by changing the spooled file attributes (CHGSPLFA)

Please, allow for AFPDS reports to be changed from simplex to duplex by changing the "DUPLEX" parmater in the CHGSPLFA command.Actually this is allowed only for SCS reports...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Not under consideration

RPG dynamic array enhancement

Enhance dynamic arrays dim(*auto/*var: maximum_elements) by allowing the "maximum_elements"-parameter to be a variable or constant. This would allow in embedded sql fetch command to use always the right amount of lines by using the relative variab...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

runtime fsck for JFS2

Provide a JFS2 fsck which can be run while the filesystem is still mounted. This would help tremendously to help system admins detect corruption in their filesystemsThe present request would be for a read-only fsck which would detect problem. This...
about 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Expand Object Table to copy members to different system

In the new, PDM-like Object Table, add ability to copy a member to a different LPAR/SYSTEM when using PDM option 3 Use Case: We have multiple systems, and there are times I need to copy a member to a different system for testing, etc. I can do thi...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Mark more than one node for "Highlight Expensive Icon"

Give an option or something that allows for marking nodes that are relatively close together in terms used to identify the most expensive node. I would prefer top 5/10/etc or a percentage selection. Use Case: Run the visual explain in Run SQL Scri...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under 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 ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Media prediction

Media prediction – I would like BRMS to predicatively tell me when I am running low on available scratch volumes to be able to perform a backup. Use Case: I have numerous systems that I am in charge of. If I had a warning that I was "low" on avail...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 5 Not under consideration

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