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System Management

Allow option 30 & 31 within the VCP on stand alone systems (non HMC)

Allowing the options would let admins that are attached through a remote connection to verify the information found on 30 & 31 options when troubleshooting a ASMI connection problem.
1 day ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Remove option "2. Report problem" on software problems on WRKPRB

Reporting a problem related to software is no longer supported from WRKPRB. Only for hardware issues. Remove the option, when it is a software issue. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841625 "Starting 7.5, the ability to report a Software pr...
15 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Increase the hard design limitation for IBM i devices to 15 characters. The IBM i naming convention limits to 10 characters. I am at V7R5 OS level.

Our hospital has a need to rename workstation's standard name convention to Building-Floor-room-workstation number. Example: LH-G023-L01
19 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Include AFP Manager in New Navigator for i

The new Navigator for i does not include AFP Manager, which is most frequently used to import overlays and page segments that have been created using AFP Print Driver, now provided by Ricoh. The current AFP Manager also has functionality to import...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Firmware level and PTF Group Currency on "About" page- IBM Navigator for i

My understanding is that Navigator for i get's it's info about the system through SQL. I am also aware of a SYSTOOL to show PTF group currency. My suggestion is to combine these two features, and include the PTF Group Currency on the "About" page ...
8 months ago in IBM i / System Management Functionality already exists

Navigator for i - IFS analysis tool like TreeSize

I submitted this earlier (ID 133748) as a request for ACS, but it was declined and suggested that I resubmit it for Navigator for i. I can't seem to find a good and intuitive tool to get an overview of the IFS. It would be nice to able to look at ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Expose Open Source (YUM Updates etc) to RSE API's

Would like to be able to get the same information displayed through the IBM i Access Client for Open Source management. This would allow remote management and monitoring of the Open Source packages installed on IBM i partitions from a single inter...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

SQL service to manage certificate store (import certificate to store)

Hello, I recently just been working on some certificates projects and I thought it would be a great use to have a SQL functionality to import certificate to a store. Furthermore It would be nice to have a possibility to assign or replace certifica...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Edit files in IFS using Navigator for i or ACS

After we installed the latest PTF's, the old Heritage IBM navigator for i has been disabled. Just about every week we EDIT a lot of files in the root file system and we used to be able to do this through the Heritage version. The only file system ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

Add ptf compare between multiple systems to New Navigator

The old fat client navigator with the compass from the deprecated windows product had the ability to compare PTF's between multiple systems and propagate them.Please add this to the New Navigator. Use Case: I want to know what PTF's are on my test...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management Future consideration

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