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My ideas: PowerHA

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Please we need a web interface to manage POWERHA for IBM-i!

With the new web interface you can only monitor the resources on the cluster and this its not so useful really. It's 2023 and for manage powerha i currently still use the old Heritage. It's a painful task.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 3 Delivered

POWERHA IBM i Service

I'd like to see a DB2 Service showing POWERHA status, cluster status, IASP status, CRG status, Administrative Domain status. Use Case: Allow me to programmatically check the status of an IASP and POWERHA information. This would allow for automated...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

IASP Switching Automation

Provide a product that is end-to-end automated from the time the system is switch ready to switch complete for the IASP and associated jobs. This would include continuous monitoring for any activities that are needed to ensure the system is switch...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

Support the system distribution directory within the PowerHA administrative domain

Similiar to User Profiles, include Directory Entries (including SMTP info) in the Admin Domain to keep the Directory Entries updated on the DR system. Use Case: Used for emailing from the IBMi.
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 4 Delivered

CHKENVRCY - Add functionality to check logical files that don’t have Access Paths Maintenance journaled

For Smart Assist tool CHKENVRCY add functionality to check for logical files that don’t have Access Paths Maintenance journaled
over 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Delivered

In the new portal of the Navigator for i not exist PowerHa option

In the new portal of the Navigator for i not exist PowerHa option. The option PowerHa not exist in the Navigator for i in page http://serverip:2002/Navigator/login in other hand, with the page http://serverip:2004/ibm/console/login if the option e...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 4 Delivered

SQL service to retrieve Monitored resources

to easily check which objects are replicating in the monitored resources it would be convenient to have a SQL service that retrieves the list of all the objects present in the monitored resources Use Case: to easily check which objects are replica...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 4 Delivered

PowerHA Cluster Administrative Domain - CHGUSRAUD updates on Userprofile is not replicated to other Cluster node

In case you do CHGUSRAUD on a user profile, which is a monitored resource in the Cluster administrative Domain, all changes done should be replicated to all IBMi Lpars within the cluster. Use Case: CHGUSRAUD USRPRF(USERID) AUDLVL(*CMD *NETSECURE *...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

PowerHA Admin Domain #1 - Enable *ALL and Omits

This is the 1st of several Admin Domain Enhancement requests: Format for Example: Object/Obj Type/Library Name 1. Enable *ALL/*ALL/Library Name w/Omit Exceptions. Specific omits would take priority over generics Includes. Use Case: This RFE contai...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 10 Delivered

Add ability to control port numbers used by geographic mirroring

When defining a device cluster resource group, data port IP addresses are assigned to nodes, but ports are not. Instead, a random port number between 1024 and 65535 is assigned when geographic mirroring is started. This traffic should be locked do...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered