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Core OS

Enhance %CHAR to prevent full zero-suppression

Today there is no way to generate a result when less than 1.00 that includes that first leading zero. As in '0.53'. The result is always '.53'. See code below (sorry I can seem to get embedded line-feeds to appear in this RFE): dcl-s sales Packed(...
29 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Functionality already exists

Add make, model, serial number to subscriptions tab

Under "Inventory" -> "Subscription", add the make, model, and serial number to the "Subscription Details". As it is today, we have 6 machines all with "2" cores. From this screen, it is impossible to know which of my 6 machines is expiring soon...
29 days ago in Cloud Management Console Submitted

Pop-Up Values in PEP 2.0 graphs for CPU and Memory

Show values in pop-up when hovering over the individual graph values in the "Core Usage" and "Memory Usage" graphs. IBM says they can already be seen by exporting the csv file but this process takes about 10 mouse clicks. It would be much more eff...
29 days ago in Cloud Management Console Submitted

Set lpar name to hostname in PowerVM

We would like to have the option to use just the shortname for the PowerVM deployment in Nova. This would allow us to create Lpars via PowerVC identical to manually created ones. According to internal discussion, this is currently not possible as ...
29 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

Provide support for Azure Local

Client requests that our 9500 storage be supported for Azure Local
30 days ago in IBM i / Hardware Submitted

PowerVC appliance, - external system health monitoring for the control plane

PowerVC classis has an open OS, as such OS administrators and monitor and setup alerts for any performance issues on the control plane, PowerVC appliance is a closed system, as such requires a supported hook to externalize monitoring the system he...
about 1 month ago in PowerVC Submitted

PowerVC backup and restore includes ldap data

PowerVC backup and restore should include ldap configuration details and role assignments.
about 1 month ago in PowerVC Submitted

add CLI option to GUI-feature : "Schedule-management" jobs

setting up "Schedule-management" jobs is currently a GUI-only feature. (V11R1M1111) add a CLI functionality to this feature. and a clear logging/messaging for active or expired schedule jobs.
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Add support for using fcnvme devices as Physical Volumes for Shared Storage Pools

fcnvme (NVMe over Fibre Channel) seems to come with better performance and fewer constraints than fcscsi.Since AIX already supports this technology, I would like to see SSPs extended to allow for these devices to be used as the Physical Volumes fo...
about 1 month ago in PowerVM VIOS Submitted

Add the ability to change IFS journal inherit flag regardless of journal state

When you set the inherit flag for a directory when starting journalling there is no way to remove that flag without ending journalling, starting journalling again without the flag set and then ending journalling again. You also cannot change the f...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers Submitted

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