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Modify VIOS configuration of HOST while managed by PowerVC

It would be helpful if a customer could deallocate a VIOS Server from a managed host in PowerVC without need to remove the host and all lpars from PowerVC management.
about 2 hours ago in PowerVC Submitted

Email notification of HMC dashboard

We need email notification of the HMC whole dashboard which includes all the errors and warnings part once in a day or if there is any alert.
about 4 hours ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

trim (leading and trailing) blanks from input in HMC search fields

Currently the 'Partitions' or 'Systems' search field filters for an exact match in the HMC Web GUI.As a consequence leading or trailing blanks do matter, but are hard to spot visually. 'LPAR1' works as expected.' LPAR1' or 'LPAR1 ' would not retur...
3 days ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

GUI "Reports" should also report CLI actions & include workgroup names

The "Reports" section of the GUI should also report command line actions instead of just the GUI actions. If a company primarily uses the CLI for KSYS actions, the GUI reports do them no good. The GUI report also does not include the workgroup nam...
3 days ago in VM Recovery Manager Submitted

Add a new category under IBM Navigator for i, with the ability to plug in user-defined SQL for result sets and charts, similar to way system info is presented.

This idea would allow system admins to build up a list and provide useful site-specific, SQL inquiry/review capability for their users, via custom SQL queries. Whether these are configured in the IFS or some other place, is fine. But it should be ...
4 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

Allow Copy of Table Column into Run SQL Scripts Statement

I would like to be able to right click on a column heading and select "Copy Column Name to SQL". When building an SQL statement, I often don't remember the column names and will run a "select * from" to get all the columns. In some cases (look at ...
5 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Add Multiple Result Tabs to Run SQL Scripts

I often need to run multiple queries in different tables to analyze and compare results. For every query I run, the existing results are cleared and the new results are displayed. I would like the results to be retained until closed. I would sugge...
5 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

CREATE VIEW without dependency

We have a need to create views that might span multiple schemas (aka. libraries) and if you create a view that does this, you cannot clear any of the libraries because of the dependency. My work around has been to create a user defined table funct...
7 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Add option in "installios" for VIOS maintenance boot

Booting to maintenance mode becomes critical in situations where the VIOS is unable to boot, and the process requires using an image from a NIM server or physical media which becomes an obstacle to recovery and often ends up reinstalling the VIOS ...
10 days ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

VMRM DR GUI : Display Full Workgroup Name, expand left column

The full name of the workgroup is displayed when the cursor hovers over it. One idea could be to expand the left column to show the full workgroup name, or resize the column? Another option is to use a smaller font, but it must remain readable. Th...
11 days ago in VM Recovery Manager Submitted

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