IBM Power Ideas Portal


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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    Enable IBM i system recovery using network image

    Currently, even with BRMS cloud storage solution, full system recovery fore IBM i is not achievable 100%completely via network. You need to load LIC and OS initially from some type of physical device like tape or DVD drive and then restore rest fr...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 8 Not under consideration

    Add LIC Resave Level to PRUV to Ensure It's at the Correct Level for Upgrade

    We would like the PRUV tool to check the resave level on the I_Base image in an image catalog to make sure it's compatible with the hardware you are upgrading the OS on.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 1 Submitted

    Add image catalog entries

    Adding entries to an image catalog is always cumbersome however the API QVOIFIMG makes it an easy task but this one isn't available on the WRKIMGCLG screen. Please add this function on the screen so I don't need to remember the name of the API of ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 8 Not under consideration

    When 'chlickey' is used to apply a new 5051 key, set the Threshold parameter to *USGLMT

    We use the HMC command line command 'chlickey' to apply new IBM i License Keys. Darn handy that, because I can script that to happen for every partition on a server! More better still yet, I don't need to sign on to all those partitions! Sweet! Gi...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

    D-IPL from VTL in IBM Cloud for IBMi VSI builds

    As far as I can see, there is no straightforward process to install IBMi VSIs in Cloud. There is a long winded process of setting up an NFS, adding image catalog, populating the catalog, sharing it, etc. If I have a system save of the on-prem imag...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

    Enable image catalogue entry to use a specific size or the same size as the first volume.

    When a save runs to a virtual tape device and the last volume is used MSG:CPA6798 is issued. The message can be replied to with *GEN which will create a new volume with the following attributes.  ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG (same as previous volume)  FROM...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

    IBM should offer inexpensive no-production-use IBM i licenses for discontinued hardware

    The title says it all: for a nominal* charge, IBM should offer limited (processor, user count, use case) licenses to run the core IBM i OS and related no-charge licensed products on Power Systems hardware that is no longer sold and/or supported, a...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 6 Not under consideration

    CBU expiration warning

    Automated CBU keys expiration warning process. Use Case: In certain DR enviroments, the CBU system is "cold", not running. To keep track of expire dates of CBU license keys is impossible when an LPAR is not running and is a manual process. In toda...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 6 Not under consideration

    STRNETINS setup validation.

    NOTE: See Case TS002823522 (Since the PMR ID field above has not yet been enabled for cases!) When using network based image catalog for upgrades there are key components that must be in play for this thing to work. Once the network is correct (e....
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Not under consideration

    Change the behaving of the license manager once new hardware or SN is recognized.

    Problem description: Change the behaving of the license manager once new hardware or SN is recognized. This requirement is the outcome of my ticket TS003930677.Together with the support engineer, we have agreed to raise an RFE and the IBM developm...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 3 Future consideration

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