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One piece of information that would also be helpful if this request becomes a reality, is the share name being used. While it can currently be obtained for current sessions, we need to find a way to report share names that are being used. This would allow us to clean up unused or infrequently used shares, and also determine who is using R/W shares to see if they could be moved to use shares with more specific paths. Periodically capturing the shares in use is cumbersome and could easily miss some that are just used for brief periods. By adding this information to a journal entry when the connection is made would allow for easy reporting of the shares in use.
Hello,
When considering this, may I politely ask you to also have a look at the "Unknown User Attempts". They are registered when viewing the IBM i Netserver status.
We have people asking us where they come from and to monitor this 24/7. Today that can only be done on IBM i with a communication trace, but that was not designed for 24/7 monitoring if you ask me.
Greetings Rudi
See also:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=153784
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
Thank you for submitting this request. We do understand the request. The needs to secure and monitor the system are ever-evolving and we strive to provide the means to provide these capabilities as we are able to.
We will consider this request as we prioritize our future work.
GO NETS option 15 information is available via API QZLSLSTI format ZLSL0300/ZLSL0600.
You could write a UDT so it is accessible with SQL.