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Access Client Solutions - OpenSource Packages Management , IBM should provide standard http or https REPO for yum update

Access Client Solutions - OpenSource Packages Management , IBM should provide standard http or https REPO for yum update, NOT ftp site. Use Case: Server or client should not direct access internet for package update even through have firewall. We ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

fsck enhancement

In some cases after disk I/O error there is an entry logged in system error log with recommndation to run fcsk on one or more filesystems:B6DB68E0 0424065319 I O SYSJ2 FILE SYSTEM RECOVERY REQUIREDIt is not possible to run full fsck on a mounted f...
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

rmvdev -rmlv should check to see if LV is in use before removing

To avoid deleting an active/used LV, it would be really helpful if the 'rmvdev' (and any other commands that remove LVs from the VIO Server) would check to see if a specified LV is stil in use or not.
over 7 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

Enable running "normal" CL commands in Run SQL Scripts, like VRYCFG.

With every new release of IBM i, every new Technology Refresh, the number of Db2 for i Services is growing and enhanced. As a result of this the work of system administrators is moving from using 5250 emulation to running SQL statements in RSS. A...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

VM Lifecycle Event-driven operations

Add ability for PowerVC to execute commands on certain lifecycle events (VM deployment, DLPAR operations, VM deletion)- allowing administrators to script functions to update external systems of record programmatically (via REST APIs or other integ...
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Show DrTestPhase in workgroup query

Make "ksysmgr q workgroup" show the Phase and DrTestPhase fields from this lssrc command. lsrsrc -s ‘HGType==“workgroup”’ IBM.VMR_HG Name Phase DrTestPhase
over 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

Speed up qsys2.active_job_info -> client_ip_address

We using the UDTF active_job_info in bacth to control jobs (msgw etc). Sometimes our DNS is not responding and the UDTF active_job_info is a never ending story because this function makes a reverse DNS look up and will never finish without a reach...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add delay parameter to SBMJOB command

Please add a DELAY parameter to the SBMJOB command that would first delay the job for the specified number of seconds, then run the command in batch. Use Case: We have external systems that upload files to the IBM I for processing, and then have a...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 6 Not under consideration

Ability for Access Client Solutions to use Host Operating System Credentials to connect IBM i

Ability of IBM iClient Access solutions to use the credentials of the operating system of the PC, either Windows, Mac or Linux, to connect IBM i through 5250 emulation, as Client Access for Windows did. Use Case: Users can connect to different ser...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

IBM Advanced Job Scheduler

Add *SYNC option or :1. Create a command called SYNCJOBJS2. Prompts for the *RMTLOCNAME3. Compares all AJS entries between source and target systems.4. Writes the difference to a file by *LOC and *REMOTE (System names could be the same in NETA)5. ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration