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    Support HMC addition to VMRDR when HMC password contains special characters

    Update KSYS to support adding HMCs with complex "hscroot" passwords. If the "hscroot" password on the HMC has a complex password containing special characters (such as !, @, #, $), adding the HMC will initially say it worked but utlimately ends wi...
    6 days ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Oauth authentification for email

    Hello, In September 2025, Microsoft will deprecate SMTP with login/password and will only allow SMTP with OAuth. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online I...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

    It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    VMRM DR - Fail "verify" when rehearsal LPAR sees extra disks causing move failure

    Please add checking for the correct number of disks to be part of either the "discover" or "verify" process (or both) since having the correct number of disks is a required part of the "move" process. When the incorrect number of flashcopy disks a...
    19 days ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Allow VM Recovery Manager HA to recreate LPAR on target system even with reduced paths to the LUN

    VM Recovery Manager HA is currently not successful if the check on the target system results in a reduced number of paths to the LUN. This is the case with a HyperSwap configuration in the event of a data center failure (storage and server failure...
    over 1 year ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Add documentation for changing the "drvlanmap" and "drvswitchmap"

    Please update the VM Recovery Manager documentation to include how to change the "drvlanmap" and "drvswitchmap" parameters from the command line. The actual commands are misleading because they specify changing the "vlanmap" and "vswitchmap", but,...
    about 1 month ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Purestorage support in VMRM DR

    Need PureStorage support to implement VM Recovery Manager in our environment.
    about 1 month ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    "Mail from" address in SMTP email design change to allow user and domain name in lower case.

    Currently the design has hard coded setting that forces Upper Case on user and domain name in SMTP on Mail From.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Future consideration

    Need a way to track rejected relays in SMTP relay server on IBM i

    We just converted our SMTP server from *SDD directory type to *SMTP. The LPAR is being used as an SMTP relay for other IBM i LPARs and related hardware. Previously, I could query the QZMF journal and look for "REJECTED RELAY" and see if a server t...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Future consideration

    New IBM i Service for SMTP

    I would like an IBM i Service to view and manage the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on IBM i. Ideally this service would not only allow a user to view and or modify the configuration of SMTP but also to view the Email History stored within t...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 10 Not under consideration

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