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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day , Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
3 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 5 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 ...
about 18 hours ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Fix Request: IBM i VSI WebConsole takeover with STS LAN Adapter kills actual session

When using the PowerVS VSI's 5250 WebConsole (HMC) and taking over with a LAN Console, kills the actual session and creates a new one. This happen on both directions: LAN Console -> WebConsole or WebConsole-> LAN Console This can be really a...
about 23 hours ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

Enhance the SNMP or PJL driver to allow drawer control for PDF files

Enhance the SNMP and/or PJL driver to allow the inclusion of PJL drawer commands to allow PDF files to print to specific drawers. Currently IBM i does not support PCL6, and that, combined with the ease of using color with PDF files, has meant that...
4 days ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

PowerVC should fully support Policy-based HA

A lot of IBM flashsystems are now supporting policy-based high availability (PBHA). And a lot of clients are eager to start using it.To my knowledge, IBM PowerVC still does not support PBHA. It also isn't in the announcement for PowerVC 2.3.2 (the...
29 days ago in PowerVC 4 Future consideration

Add support to ISCSI devices beyond VTL

Please, add support to ISCSI DVD and ISCSI disk volumes, so we can have more backup and restore options. ISCSI DVD support could allow to create a network install or backup/restore device for SAVSYS or Option22 operations. ISCSI Disks could allow ...
about 1 hour ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Remove draconian download limits from Fix Central.

Fix Central has implemented draconian restrictions on downloads that not only affect IBM i but are also affecting other products such as QRadar. These need to be removed, NOW!
about 5 hours ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

Uptime of HMC BMC console

Hello, In some cases, with multi administrator's environment it will be good to know how long is HMC's system console up and running and if it was rebooted.I insert screenshot where this could be added and visible, maybe in part Host's identificat...
1 day ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Enhance updateios to support security patching between VIOS releases

With increased focus on security patching, we find we need to patch VIOS several times between VIOS releases with security fixes. The 'updateios' padmin command is only suited for updating the VIOS level, not installing individual patches. Current...
2 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Add the HTML documentation options from the Heritage Navigator for i to the new BRMS HTTP server

In the Heritage Navigator for i BRMS gui section several options were available to create documentation. Those options did generate HTML documents. The quality of those HTML document was high. Allowing you to add them to your own BRMS documentatio...
2 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted