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QMGTOOLS - FTP Command to use *IBMSDDUU FTP server: testcase.boulder.ibm.com

QMGTOOLS- By default using FTP server as *IBMSDDUU: FTP.EUREP.IBM.COM which allows only port 21 and it is blocked in on our client servers, So we modified the QMGTOOLS/FTP2IBMCMD, FTP to IBM command to use TESTCASE.BOULDER.IBM.COM which allows HTT...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 5 Delivered

Allow Multiple Collection Objects to be selected in PDI Graphs

PDI is a goldmine of information but is currently limited to work with one Collection Object at a time. Often, to get the best value out of the date you need to analyse a period that involves date from another Collection Object. Currently you have...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 7 Delivered

Support for 8k RSA Keys

The company have switched from an internal CA Certificate 3-tier with the Root being a 4k key to a new Internal CA which is 2-tier with the Root being a 8K key. As per Case TS009365368 - we were informed that IBMi currenlty do not support 8k RSA k...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Delivered

Screen images from the Screen History Archive file

Please provide an option to exact the screen images from the Screen History Archive file to individual image files(type of image file should be selectable by the user). Use Case: The ability to provide user documentation of screens and work flow w...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

In the new portal of the Navigator for i not exist PowerHa option

In the new portal of the Navigator for i not exist PowerHa option. The option PowerHa not exist in the Navigator for i in page http://serverip:2002/Navigator/login in other hand, with the page http://serverip:2004/ibm/console/login if the option e...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 4 Delivered

ACS 5250: Use of certificate with multiple Subject Alternative Name (SAN)

In a session configuration, when the option Server Authentication under TLS/SSL menu is active the connection must match the Certificate's Common Name. But in a system with multiple IP and FQDN and a digital certificate with various Subject Altern...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ARE Delayed option

ARE addition of PTF installation *DLYALL option Use Case: ARE is a brilliant product for distributing PTFs and to keep LPARs in sync. The current design is that ARE wil try to install the PTFs when doing the sync and for PTFs which can not be appl...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

New Nav - Graphs for disk need to graph all asps on a system in one graph

I have an a set of lpars with DB2 mirror. So I have a SYSBAS and two iASPs. This db2 sql will retreive the storage status for all ASPs: select ASP_NUMBER, DEVD_NAME, DISK_UNITS, PRESENT, TOTAL_CAPACITY_AVAILABLE, TOTAL_CAPACITY, DEC(DEC(TOTAL_...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Change or remove JRE 1.6 from ACS WAP

The current IBM Access Client Solutions Windows Application Package delivers JRE 1.6 for the use of the iKeyMan tool when installed. Being that 1.6 has been deprecated, this is now considered a critical security vulnerability for my company that I...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

IBM i Warning Message when SLKM server not available

Currently, if a backup device is using Hardware Encryption using an SKLM server to provide the keys and the network connection to SKLM servers is not available, the backup device signal a general hardware configuration issue, not that the SKLM ser...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Delivered