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HMC LPAR configuration CPU/Memory allocation checker and advisor

Would be great HMC will be doing checks in case there is configuration attempt not following best practices according NUMA architecture or ratio between EC vs vCPU. Check ratio between CPU / Memory according SRAD best practice. In case will be pos...
8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

The HMC needs the flexibility to support a choice of MFA verification methods.

With a continuously more vigilant eye on security and an ever evolving variety of MFA options on the market, the HMC needs to be able to support choice in the MFA space aside from the PowerSC offering.
9 months ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Under review

openssh 9.x with HMC 10

align to openssh 9.x available on AIX and Linux . i.e: legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol a.s.o.
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Enhance the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command to include *SYSVAL as an option

Rather than rely on the CHGCMDDFT command to change the default for the CPYENVVAR parameter of the SBMJOB command, it would be extremely beneficial to have a QSBMENVVAR System value with *YES or *NO as an option. Then on the SBMJOB command, change...
4 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 5 Not under consideration

be able to send authlog to an external server

We need authlog from the hmc sent to an external server (a clm for example) In the rsyslog config on the hmc, their is a config to send them to /var/hsc/log/secure : cat /etc/rsyslog.d/50-hmc-auth.conf => auth.* /var/hsc/log/secure & sto...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Provide an option with which the Prestart Job statistics can be reset in Navigator for i (Nav4i).

As more and more tasks can be performed using the Navigator for i and SQL services, the role of 5250 emulation is changing and having to go there for a missing option becomes a burden. The Navigator for i is great for managing prestart jobs, but w...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

OpenID-Connect integration with IBM HTTP server for i

Add OpenID-Connect to the existing authentication methods that are supported by the IBM HTTP server for i.
11 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Submitted

please update ICU libraries

Please update ICU libraries on the machine. They are simply too old. Looking into QICU library there are ten years ago versions. By the way, the ICU project is maintained by IBM itself. ICU is published and enlisted in the public API of the system...
10 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Future consideration

Provide RSCT Domain filtering options for managed systems co-managed by HMC and PowerVM NovaLink

In PowerVC environments that utilize IBM Cloud Management Console (CMC) for Power Enterprise Pools (PEP), it's common for managed systems to be co-managed by HMC and PowerVM NovaLink. PowerVM NovaLink is in controller mode to facilitate operations...
11 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Allow to define a data structure based on a SQL table function

When declaring a data structure, allow using the keyword extname to read the fields defined in the RETURNS TABLE block of an UDF. dcl-ds genericDsTemplate extname('MYLIB/MY_SQL_TF':*output) qualified template alias end-ds; That would guaranty a 10...
8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Under review

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