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    Extend call stack entries in PEX file QAYPEIAD

    To analyze heap issues on ILE C++ applications we use IBM i PEX with Event *ACTGRPHEAP. The current outfile QAYPEIAD have fields for a call stack up to 16 entries. This is maybe enough for C programs but for C++ programs with a lot of functions an...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 1 Functionality already exists

    Enable better time staggering for performance gathering and other tools

    The IBM i performance collecting feature is only capable of being scheduled at the hourly minutes of 00, 15, 30, & 45. Essentially, the top, right, bottom, and left of the hour - which happens to be very inconvenient given other workloadsSince...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 2 Not under consideration

    novalink as a NIM server

    IBM Cloud suggests it would be helpful if Novalink could be a NIM service for ALL client lpars on a host independent of PowerVC tenant ID
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

    Match storage information between WRKSYSSTS and ISeries Performance Report

    Hi, As part of the performance monitoring activities on our iSeries, we are capturing the report from iSeries Performance tool and we observed the used disk size is different between the report from performance tool and WRKSYSSTS by almost 5% to 8...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 1 Not under consideration

    PyPowerVM should have a Remove License Key API

    PyPowerVM does not have functionality to remove licenses via Novalink.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

    novalink selection of IP interface

    Add interface selection to Novalink to allow correct network solution
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

    Allow the Novalink partition to perform LPM operations

    Currently LPM operations in PowerVC are performed via the GUI. Using this method also allows you to select which network (from the ones configured/available) that the operations occurs on. I think that this feature should be either via a command o...
    over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

    We need Continuos collector capabilities on IBM i

    We need real time smf extractor and continuous collector capabilities on IBM i systems similar to IBM z mainframes. Please let us know if it could be leveraged Use Case: We need real time smf extractor and continuous collector capabilities on our ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 6 Not under consideration

    Performance Explorer to run without lots of security changes

    As a developer in a secure environment, I am unable to run all of the Performance Explorer commands without errors. This tool seems geared towards developers, yet it has some odd security requirements that prevent a developer from using it. If I h...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 1 Not under consideration

    Novalink virtual fibre adapter creation

    Novalink seems to be unable to create a virtual fibre interfaces on vio server. The only option available is pvmctl vfc list. As the co-management flag is set to novalink, we cannot create a new virtual fibre interface in order to present tape to ...
    over 8 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

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