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    Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers

    For Power9 Ubuntu was supported for Novalink. For Power10 it is not, and only RHEL is supported and it is not free. We need to have Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers. Ubuntu 22.04 is a long term support so it is worth ...
    about 3 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 6 Future consideration

    Add support for hpt_ratios

    Novalink supports PPT but not HPT (hardware page table), as such cannot tune memory for LPARs managed by novalink as you can on HMC managed. lshwres -r mem --level sys -F possible_hpt_ratios [PVME01040180-0024] Attribute possible_hpt_ratios is not...
    6 months ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

    Need support of HMC CLI on Novalink

    When moving from HMC to Novalink i have the problem that all my scripts i wrote over years for adding / changing and deleting LPARS are not working anymore because Novalink doenst nuderstand HMC CLI commands e.g. lssyscfg etc. There is a developme...
    over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

    COBOL SQL Precompiler able to use Host Variables using LIKE and SQL commands allowed in Copybooks

    Hi Jeff, Development reviewed the information you sent in and provided the following feedback: Thanks for providing examples to illustrate your questions. Unfortunately, both of the examples provided are not supported by the SQL COBOL precompiler....
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

    ADD ACTGRP Parameter to CRTBNDC CL Command

    When compiling a C source file member using CRTBNDC command, the generated *PGM object is assigned an Activation Group of *NEW.Please add the ACTGRP (Activation Group) Parameter to the CRTBNDC command so we can assign the activation group and comp...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    Add installer option to select alternate adapter to slot 3

    Clients would like to install novalink in greenfield environments and select the slot used.
    8 months ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

    Command Prompting Control not Executing

    Command prompting control is not executing when no value is entered for a required parameter. Meaning, if a user prompts a command that has a required parameter but then simply presses ENTER instead of filling in the required parameter value, no e...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    ILE COBOL: CRTCBLMOD MODULE(*PGMID) should avoid *MODULE object with invalid name

    When compiling a ILE COBOL module (CRTCBLMOD) with parameter MODULE(*PGMID) the module name is taken from the PROGRAM-ID paragraph in the outermost ILE COBOL source program of the compilation unit. When the programmer had used "PGM NAM01" as PROGR...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

    QUHDSPH API Window border type

    The 'QUHDSPH' API display a panelgroup help text in a window, however the window border is hardcoded to the 'dotted line' characters. When not hardcoding window border characters, IBM i ACS displays the window border in a nice 3D-effect which is n...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    Simplify multilingual support by changing CRTDSPF and CRTPRTF to support new MSGCON parameter "Resolve MSGCON MsgID values at" *COMPILE (default) *RUNTIME (optional)

    Multilingual support can be greatly simplified if IBM supports resolving MSGCON messages at *RUNTIME. Currently MSGCON messages are resolved at compile time only (not good). This is problematic because it locks-in compile time values to object whi...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Submitted

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