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CHKPPRC enhancements

1) CHKPPRC should have a 3rd completion code: Successful but with errors or warnings. Currently there are only 2 completion codes, successful or failed. But automation tools may miss errors or warnings. 2) In a symmetrical GMIR environment, where ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

Better LDAP integration in the HMC

We tried to use LDAP Remote User Management as authentication for the HMC.Unfortunately the way the attribute for the task role is implemented is not practical.It has to be possible to give a "cn" in a specified "ou" to look for the task role and ...
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

RDI "Compare with" Option

Modiffy the "Compare with" option to allow entering a different file/library/member just like the 54 Option in PDM (CMPPFM Command). Old file . . . . . . . . . . . . *NEWFILE Library . . . . . . . . . . . *LIBL Old member . . . . . . . . . . . *NE...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

ISCSI Media Changer Driver Needed

AIX is missing support for ISCSI media changers. After configuring /etc/iscsi/targets to enable iscsi connectivity for remote tape drives and media changers, we get the following error after running 'cfgmgr' ****************** no stderr **********...
over 3 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Increase the number of hosts supported by VMR

Currently VMR is limited to 12 Hosts.Some customers have more than 12 hosts. Therefore they need to have a solution which supports more than 12 Hosts. A support for 64 Hosts may be a good starting point.
almost 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 Not under consideration

Support for multiple clients in NIM customization command

It's highly desirable for system administrators to have a way to use NIM functionality to manage multiple systems, often on an ad-hoc basis. In particular, NIM scripts can be very useful for automating tasks across multiple AIX clients, but curren...
over 2 years ago in AIX 1 Functionality already exists

Enhance RSCT code base to allow for daemon communication via SNAT/NAT

HMC's dependence on RSCT for operations such as DLPAR and LPM and RSCT's incompatibility with Network address translation (NAT). This incompatibility forces my company to deploy/acquire multiple redundant "pairs" of HMCs per Network address transl...
about 7 years ago in AIX 3 Planned for future release

Tracking of client connections to Navigator for i

Need a way of tracking the client connections via Navigator for I. Use Case: A user profile was disabled, and we need to answer to management what ip address the traffic came from.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Not under consideration

Make the control panel more physically accessible (specific issue starting with Power 9 Tower models).

It would be useful so anyone actually using the control doesn't have to lay on the floor to read it. It should be readily accessible for anyone using it. (i.e. Performing system installs, repairs, etc. when physical access is needed to it.)
about 1 year ago in Power Systems Design 2 Functionality already exists

Store DTAQ object on SSD

To increase performance I would like a way to move the data queue objects to SSD Use Case: Our application uses a lot of data queues with lots of IO to them and currently I can't find a way to move these objects to the faster solid state drives.
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Not under consideration