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REST API Certificate Automation

This is useful to customers looking to automate the renewals for HMC certificates.
1 day ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Add the HTML documentation options from the Heritage Navigator for i to the new BRMS HTTP server

In the Heritage Navigator for i BRMS gui section several options were available to create documentation. Those options did generate HTML documents. The quality of those HTML document was high. Allowing you to add them to your own BRMS documentatio...
about 2 hours ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

Enable multiple OUs on CSRs coming from the HMC

Most PKIs are structured hierarchially with more than one OU, in our case it is not possible to sign a Certificate Request with only one OU via our internal PKI. Also: Self signed certificates will increasingly be banned in the future - which is a...
about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Added security options in WRKOBJBRM to prevent accidental restores to the original library

Request Description: When using the WRKOBJBRM command in BRMS, selecting option 7 = Objects to restore, followed by option 1 = Select, results by default in a restoration into the original library, with the parameter: Restore library: *SAVLIB This...
8 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Submitted

Different time zones for the HMC

Small manufacturing customers very often use onre single Power System for their ERP infrasturcure, but they may have several LPARs for their subsidaries in Asia, Europe and Americas. These regions have different time zones, but the HMC has only on...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Allow scheduled tasks in HMC schedule management to be edited

When you have created a scheduled Task like "backup profile data" or "backup HMC data" it os only possible to view or delete the Task. So if you want to Change the schedule to a new time oder date, you have to delete and receate the Task. It would...
2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

Add *ALLUSR in command RSTLIBBRM

RSTLIBBRM SAVLIB(*ALLUSR) - this is required to restore to another partition using BRMS network.
7 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

HMC Central Patch Management for AIX, PowerVM, Firmware and Microcode

HMC should have a Patch Management: Central Patch Management for AIX, PowerVM, Firmware and Microcode. IBM should provide a easy way for Patch Management. System Firmware and Adapter microcode report in one tool (something Microcode Discovery tool...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 13 Planned for future release

HMC V11 should support to add new zip-file with collected service data from HMC UI to an existing IBM case

HMC V11 now supports collection and upload of service event data like VIOS snap, HMC debug files and saves them locally or upload automatically for a new case creation.If a case already exist, the HMC service Event menu should allow to add new col...
3 months ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

Add a System Location column to HMC table view

Currently, the HMC table view lists managed systems with many details such as system name, type, serial number, and state etc. However, it lacks a dedicated “System Location” column. This RFE proposes adding a “System Location” field to the HMC ta...
2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Submitted