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Hardware Management Console

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    upgrade HMC service-management-panel - dump-panel - to add IBM-support-case-no when calling-home a dump

    It will ease up work with HMC-GUI to have an option to add the IBM-Support-case-no. to a dump-file when choosing " call-home dump ". This will give IBM-ECUREP the feature to right place the uploaded dump-file to the correct IBM-support-case unless...
    5 days ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

    for the call home facility of the HMC, allow an addition of a certificate for proxy use

    there is ability to add a proxy for access to the internet, however it is necessary to add a certificate for that call home connection to be encrypted, such that the proxy server can decrpyt priro to making the connection to essuport.ibm.com
    2 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    HMC tab replacement for QLZARCAPI

    When licensing software for an LPAR of IBM i we are often asked to do the following on that LPAR: CALL QCMD CALL QLZARCAPI This generates a screen like the following attachment This is tough to do on an lpar that we’ve not restored the OS on to ye...
    7 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Enable multiple OUs on CSRs coming from the HMC

    Most PKIs are structured hierarchially with more than one OU, in our case it is not possible to sign a Certificate Request with only one OU via our internal PKI. Also: Self signed certificates will increasingly be banned in the future - which is a...
    4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    REST API Certificate Automation

    This is useful to customers looking to automate the renewals for HMC certificates.
    2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

    Different time zones for the HMC

    Small manufacturing customers very often use onre single Power System for their ERP infrasturcure, but they may have several LPARs for their subsidaries in Asia, Europe and Americas. These regions have different time zones, but the HMC has only on...
    3 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    LDAP configuration in HMC poses a security risk with "Bind Password"

    When configuring LDAP on the HMC console, you are required to enter the 'Bind Password'. This password is masked with dots instead of characters, but there is a button next to the password field that allows you to reveal it.From a security perspec...
    19 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Return previous functionality to virtual storage management via top level server to allow changes to client vFC and fcs ports.

    If a VIOS fcs port fails or becomes unreliable there is no means to move the existing client vFC (WWPN) to a different fcs via the GUI. This capability was available in a previous release - along with the ability to create RO virtual media in the ...
    2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

    Allow scheduled tasks in HMC schedule management to be edited

    When you have created a scheduled Task like "backup profile data" or "backup HMC data" it os only possible to view or delete the Task. So if you want to Change the schedule to a new time oder date, you have to delete and receate the Task. It would...
    4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

    HMC Central Patch Management for AIX, PowerVM, Firmware and Microcode

    HMC should have a Patch Management: Central Patch Management for AIX, PowerVM, Firmware and Microcode. IBM should provide a easy way for Patch Management. System Firmware and Adapter microcode report in one tool (something Microcode Discovery tool...
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 13 Planned for future release

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