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Change of WLM start/restart behave in passive mode

When restart or start Workload Manager WLM the AIX is set internal locks to be shure that no new porcess,fork etc can happen until AIX has checked all running processes again WLM rules. On a multi terrabyte memory machine this can lead to 5-7 minu...
about 2 months ago in AIX 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.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

implement an ON/OFF function to force syncvg after takeover after a node failure occurs.

Implement an ON/OFF function to force syncvg after takeover after a node failure occurs. When a node failure occurs on the service machine and the shared disk created by AIX LVM mirror is taken over to the standby machine, syncvg is forced using t...
5 months ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

Remove ability to set 0777 permissions

I cannot think of a situation where this is needed, and I frequently come across this being set out of ignorance and laziness.
6 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Named parameters for SQL insert statement.

Db2 for i has in few occasions been a forerunner for features of SQL. So perhaps this idea could also be one of these features. We have used named parameters for UDTF and stored procedures for quite some time. SELECT * FROM TABLE (QSYS2.IFS_OBJECT...
6 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

SAML 2.0 integration with IBM HTTP server for i

Add SAML 2.0 to the existing authentication methods that are supported by the IBM HTTP server for i.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

proxy support for emgr_check_ifixes and emgr_download_ifix

Corporate AIX customers often use a proxy in their company to control internet access. However, there is no proxy support in emgr_check_ifixes and emgr_download_ifix.These commands only work with direct internet access. To make these new commands ...
about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

options(*exact) indicator should accept *on and *off

Declaring an indicator on a procedure parameter using options(*exact) restricts calling processes to passing in '1' and '0' literal strings. I think this should accept the special values *on and *off. This currently does not compile. I believe the...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Is a defect

More detailed user and role management in Power VC (based on Openstack Identity)

More detailed role and user management. In large installations and in environments with high security restrictions, such as banks, it is crucial to very precisely manage user rights and their roles, so I am asking you to expand these functionaliti...
4 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

HMC should work as ntp server for eBMC ntp clients

As Pete Heyrman documented: The enterprise baseboard management controller (eBMC) was introduced in Power10 and provides similar system management functionality as the FSP. With respect to time, the eBMC time-of-day clock cannot be synced with the...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted