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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.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 3 Delivered

    Make SRR fully Hyperswap compatible

    Currently, Simplified Remote Restart won't work if you have Storwize Family Hyperswap Storage and part of the infrastructure is unavailable (SAN Switch, IO Group, VIOS) since the HMC is unable to reach fome target WWPN from the target POWER server...
    almost 7 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 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...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

    VMRM - make hardcoded timeout interval tunable parameter.

    Based on communication with support team dealing with case TS011408072 we would like to rise this idea. In a VMRM 'HA' Cluster, after a failover, there's a hard coded 5 minute timeout for AIX VMs to IPL and start again heartbeating with the VIOSes...
    about 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 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...
    about 6 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.
    about 6 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
    almost 4 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...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 4 Delivered

    Add support for SAP HANA Multi Tier environments

    SAP added the Multi Tier System Replication function a while ago. Means a customer can now have a local and a remote copy of the HANA database.VMR should support this architecture.
    about 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Delivered

    Optimization over SVC KSYS: Storage re-mapping process during "move dr_test=yes"

    The way of handling actions on SVC by KSYS during DR Test is not correct/optimal. From the storage perspective, DR Test actions (move dr_test=yes) can be divided into the following stages, all on storage array running at BACKUP site: 1. Removal of...
    over 6 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 Delivered

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