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    HMC to use Novalink to proxy/relay RMC connections for AIX & Linux

    In a PowerVC Novalink environment where, for security or other reasons a direct RMC connection between the HMC and AIX/Linux is not allowed, it would be advantageous if the Novalink partitions could act as a proxy/relay for RMC connectivity betwee...
    about 1 year ago in PowerVM 0 Submitted

    When delete user profile(DLTUSRPRF), disregard user with IASP which cause failure.

    Power HA admin domain has issue with user that has job description with initial asp set, while trying to delete user profile. Receive message below on source: CPIBB12 Resource MFERNAN7 is inconsist> CPFBB2E Job submission failed for cluste> ...
    4 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

    Move the functions handled by RMC between HMC and LPAR to the hypervisor.

    Move the dlpar-related functions from the RMC connection to the PHYP. The OS/400 is already doing this (it has the functions, but doesn't talk to the RMC). Advantages:- No need for an RMC connection.- Can handle multiple tenants with the same IP r...
    over 3 years ago in PowerVM 1 Future consideration

    POWER firmware start policy should have an additional option (when Novalink, PowerVC used)

    Add an option to the Firmware Start Policy settings in ASMI to include an option to only start Virtual I/O Servers AND Novalink on a regular power-on.For a recovery boot it should start NO partitions or ONLY VIOS, but certainly not Novalink and ce...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVM 2 Future consideration

    Need Maintenance mode switch for FW Update on SR-IOV cards

    we have several SR_IOV config running wit SR_IOV native with NIB, vNIC Failover, SR-IOV VF for SEA etc.The problem we detected is that when doing a FW update for the SR-IOV cards we have either to do a lot of manual taks to switch to vNIC Failover...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    Simple green-screen 'Readiness' command for PowerHA

    Provide an OS/400 command that will check the readiness of a PowerHA configuration and return a 'ready' or 'not ready/attention' response. Use Case: Monitoring a PowerHA mirroring configuration is a manual process using green-screen or Web Navigat...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 3 Future consideration

    shift away from _base default proc compat mode on P9 and onward

    PHYP team confirmed that hypervisor will only preset the _base level for default on P9 / P10 "Keeping the meaning of Default (mapped to POWER9_Base) ensures that existing partitions will successfully migrate across all vintages of P9 firmware levels.
    over 3 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    Add Control/Device Descriptions to the monitored resources.

    This would be useful as some of us have Control/Device descriptions that are tied to the application setup within the iasp. This would benefit anyone that has to go through adding /removing multiple devices due to the above process. (We have anywh...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Future consideration

    Change the timeout limit for Hyperswap on IBM i driver

    I'm opening this request on name of a Bank in Spain. They have PowerHA Express with DS8K hyper swap. During the upgrade of the firmware of DS8K some of the IBM i LPARs switched to the secondary storage box. They think this behavior is not acceptab...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Not under consideration

    Renew UAK in Warranty period

    Power8 and Power9 servers use UAK (Update Access Key) for firmware updates.There is warranty period and maintenance period. There is no possibility to generate UAK in warranty period (in last 30 days of warranty period) that extend expiration date...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

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