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Enhance clverify to check for old entries in /etc/environment

It may happen that old HACMP environment variables my be set in the /etc/environment and overwrite the settings in the RG.The clverify should create a warning if there are these old entries. Specially if there is a mismatch to the RG settings.
about 7 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Not under consideration

AIX HBA Registers information with Name Server: a) FC-4 TYPEs object (see 7.2); and b) FC-4 Features object (see 7.3).

HPE 3PAR storage subsystem needs the FC4 type info registered in SAN switch. AIX HBA does not perform that so it causes I/O problem and reboots AIX LPARs when it happens.
almost 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

Add 'Apply Immediate Only' option as a PTF Fix Action in Administrative Runtime Expert

Add 'Apply Immediate Only' option as a PTF Fix Action in Administrative Runtime Expert. With the latest update to ARE we got an option to apply PTFs delayed "Delayed apply" and send the SAVF file over. Lets do one more step and give the option to ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Add Group Profile *ALL to Group Name parameter on QGYOLAUS

The QGYOLAUS does not provide a integrated way to list all User Profiles that have are members of any Group Profile. Today we can list all user Profiles that are not members of any group profile. or all users who are members of one specific group ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Create IBM i HTTP Administration activity logging

Related to IBM Case TS009811661, we would like to have the ability to capture/log HTTP Administration activity for the creation/management of: - Integrated Web Application Servers - Integrated Web Services Servers - WebSphere Application Server...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

[Bug Fix] RSS stops responding to File operations such as Ctrl+O (Open PC File), Ctrl+S, Save As etc.

The file is placed on cloud and here's how the file path looks C:\Users\JxxxDxxx\OneDrive - User000001\Documents\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator As checked, the ' ' and ' - ' in the path are not the problem as the file opens well using drag-n-drop.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

AIX DNS servers. Secure algorithms

Customer is using AIX as DNS servers and have following request: Is it possible to either patch or upgrade our DNS-servers on AIX to a version which supports either algorithm 8 (RSASHA256) or algorithm 13 (ECDSAP256SHA256). ?
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

migrlpar: add option to map port_vlan_id of virtual ethernet adapters to a different ID

When using the migrlpar HMC command to migrate an LPAR using LPM, it would be useful to have the option to map a vlan id to a different vlan id for the LPAR being migrated.
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Bootable USB flashdrive, AIX Backup, existing mksysb or single ISO image

Enable ability to create a bootable USB flashdrive of AIX OS backup, either from an existing mksysb file or a single large ISO image file.
almost 6 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Document SQLCLI attribute to persist open cursors across program boundaries.

SQLCLI cursors are unexpectedly closed when an application returns to a calling program in the stack. The SQLCLI connection persists but the cursors do not. Use Case: Objective: Maintain array of open cursors for connecting client software having ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

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