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    Show Graph for Cores used of BASE Capacity in PEP2.0 Inventory

    In the PEP2.0 part of CMC is a inventory sheet which shows usage of core and memory in percentage of installed resources in a donut chart.We request an additional chart which shows the percentage of usage of core and memory of base resources.
    almost 4 years ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Delivered

    D-IPL from direct attached FC tape, no HMC

    a) D-IPL from direct attached fibre channel tape is no longer supported, despite direct attachment (no fibre channel switch required) being supported for many FC HBA's on the IBM i. Only the withdrawn #5735 FC HBA still supports D-IPL from direct ...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 12 Delivered

    Introduce More Granular Filters within CMC to filter out customer sensitive information

    Request to introduce more granular filtering capabilities for information received/stored on MCM and cloudant database in IBM cloud.
    about 4 years ago in Cloud Management Console 4 Delivered

    Release reservation made on tape drive with a D-M IPL

    When a D M IPL is done to start an IBM i lpar from tape and the system is powered down again from within SST (before anything is installed), the reservation made on the tape drive does not get released. In order to be able to use the same drive to...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 6 Delivered

    LAN console setup - reduce complexity and use fixed parameters.

    Newly delivered 41G system (with 7.4 preloaded) and LAN console. Proceeded as described inhttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power9/9009-41G?topic=use-cabling-server-accessing-operations-consolebut - no console. Tested everything from cable, PC, settings...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 13 Delivered

    Add whitelist option in for adding systems

    There is only a blacklist option for systems in CMCEvery system that should not show up in CMC must be blacklisted in the settings / Cloudconnector tab. We want to have whitelist option in CMC to have more control which systems are visible in CMC
    over 5 years ago in Cloud Management Console 2 Delivered

    incorrect conversion of the serial number for tape libraries

    The serial numbers of tape libraries are only taken over correctly in the Hardware Service Manager if they are hexadecimal.Since the serial numbers of the newer devices now also use letters outside of A..F, i.e. G..Z, these are displayed as "0".Th...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 5 Delivered

    Need alert when performance data not arriving in CMC from any HMC

    We need to be informed when performance data from any HMC is not arriving any more for Power Server and LPARS via email and SMS Service.
    about 5 years ago in Cloud Management Console 2 Delivered

    PEP 2.0 - Masking or translating the SystemName/LPAR name

    To be able to use PEP 2.0 in security sensitive environments. It is necessary to mask or rename the SystemNames and the LPAR names. To review the collected data by the customer it is needed that the rename logic can be defined by the customer.
    over 4 years ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Delivered

    IBM i tape virtualization for TS3500

    IBM i 7.4 TR2 added tape library virtualization from host to client partitions. This works VERY WELL with out TS4300 tape libraries. We are looking at migrating to a VTL solution, and that solution presents as a TS3500 tape library. Can support fo...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 7 Delivered

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