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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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    Add a PowerHA smart Assist component for IBM InfoSphere DataStage app

    Our team uses PowerHA SystemMirror for our IBM InfoSphere DataStage application. However, PowerHA SystemMirror doesn't have a smart assist components for this product.
    over 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Future consideration

    Improve PowerHA SVC/FlashSystem ssh access security model

    Today PowerHA requires unrestricted the Admin role via SSH to manage the copy relationships on SVC/FlashSystem family storage. In todays modern security environment this is unacceptable to have a full multitenant array have unrestricted SSH access...
    over 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

    SSL/TLS Enable IBM Fix Central Java (JNLP File) PTF Downloads

    IBM Fix Central's Java (JNLP) Downloads currently use Non-secure TCP Ports 8470 thru 8476 on the Target AS400/iSeries. We're in the process of locking down Non-secure TCP Ports in favor of their corresponding SSL/TLS Ports 9470 thru 9476. We canno...
    9 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

    PowerHA cl_extendvg

    Today if you extend a cluster VG through smit hacmp or by command cl_extendvg the disk will be added even it is used already on another system.In non PowerHA environments (extendvg) this is avoided and you would have to force the command. In Power...
    over 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

    PowerHA SMUI support of ECDSA keys

    Current SMUI is using 8+ years old SSH libraries which do support only RSA keys. More modern keys like ECDSA are supported by used libraries for about 4 years. I do not understand why modern UI is relying on ancient libraries and does not allow us...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

    need a new PTF Group for IBM i compilers and developer tools 5770-WDS

    Recently I had some PMRs -> APARs resolved by PTFs. The problem is, these new PTFs are not automatically included on any CUMe package and I was very surprised to learn that they were not included in any of the current Group PTFs for IBM i 7.1, ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

    Enable NFSv4 for Remote image catalogue setup and install for PTFs as image catalogue method of doing remote install through NFS supports only NFSv3.

    Enabling NFSv4 for Remote image catalogue setup and install for PTFs as image catalogue method of doing remote install through NFS supports only NFSv3.As per the IBM support team, the remote install of any ptfs or images through image catalogue ov...
    11 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

    Support of SAP HANA multi-target scale-up configuration (A->B & A->C) via Smart Assist in PowerHA

    Multi-target HSR (Hana System Replication) A->B & A->C will likely be the most desired configuration for the customers who want both HA and DR for HANA. We are implementing it at the customer now, but since there is no smart assist, ther...
    about 6 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Not under consideration

    Enhance PHA Startup Policy "Online Using Node Distribution Policy"

    Today the PowerHA Starup policy "Online Using Node Distribution Policy" is hard coded to use the CPU load only.There should be the same list of options as for Resource Group Fallover policy "Fallover Using Dynamic Node Priority".
    about 5 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Planned for future release

    Smart assist support for NFS server

    We need smart assist support for NFS server
    about 6 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Not under consideration

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