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    310 VOTE

    *ESCAPE messages for SAVLIB

    We have received MONMSG for CPF3795 in every SAVLIB running in our CL program: https://ecurep.mainz.de.ibm.com/rest/download/28061%2C100%2C838/2018-04-06/28061.100.838.SOURCE.txt?astext=true&fileSize=83568 But, when CPF3795 is reported saving ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration
    147 VOTE

    Concurrent Maintenance for Ethernet adapter component SFP - FRU for SFP request

    Please provide concurrent maintenance using own FRU = Field Replaceable Unit number for adapter component SFP for ethernet adapter EN0J, EL38, EN0H, EL56, CCIN for all is 2B93, vendor Emulex / Broadcom. Currently a FRU number is available for whol...
    over 5 years ago in Power Systems Design 7 Not under consideration

    Add new parameter SAVDTA( *YES | *NO ) to the SAVLIB and SAVOBJ commands.

    It would offer the ability to save a library (or object) without data so that a new instance of an application could be created starting with an empty database. Everything would be saved except the data. When the library is later restored tables a...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

    InfiniBand adapters for Power10 based hardware

    Customers are asking for a higher performance networking option than is currently available from the existing RoCE-capable 100 Gbps Ethernet adapters on Power10 based server models. Based on the performance seen with POWER9 based servers, they exp...
    about 3 years ago in Power Systems Design 3 Not under consideration

    Concurrent replacement for the FSP

    The FSP (Flexible Service Processor) cannot be changed in Concurrent mode. The E870C and E880C Systems have a dual FSP configuration, the failover of a FSP System does not create an outage.But the replacement of the failed FSP must be done after o...
    over 7 years ago in Power Systems Design 3 Not under consideration

    Unattended GO RESTORE 2x

    Can you create an additional option on RESTORE 21/22 options for unnatended restore? When restoring from NFS + TFTPD we need manual operation to perform the restore. If we could restore automátically we coud automate the whole process, ideal for c...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

    AC922 - BMC-GUI usable in HMC-GUI

    make usage of BMC-GUI possible like we know from cassical-FSP Power-machines ( ASMI )
    almost 5 years ago in Power Systems Design 0 Not under consideration

    Enable SAV* commands to save SAVE FILEs to IFS path

    Enable SAV/SAVLIB/SAVDLO/SAVOBJ/SAVCFG/SAVSECDTA commands to save data to IFS path when using *SAVF option Use Case: This will allow to create D2D backups even on low space systems with easy. Today you can save image catalog on specific configurat...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 6 Not under consideration

    add file to existing savf

    the request is to have the possibility to add objects to a SAVF already created and containing objects as happens for archive files eg. zip/tar.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Not under consideration

    Remove certificate requirement from ObjectConnect over TCP/IP

    Add "no certificate" option for ObjectConnect over TCP/IP.Other object transfer tools/functions do not have such requirement.- FTP -> FTPS is optional- HTTP -> https is optional- Ansible plugins -> Not in "Requirements" Use Case: Easily c...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 4 Not under consideration

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