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    Warning when reach the 16 nodes limit in SSP cluster

    There is a limit of 16 nodes in a SSP cluster, but you can add a 17th without any warning message. I think it would be better to be informed.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Repository Search PTF Currency

    There's multiple options to check your PTF currency against IBM's recommended PTF's. In order to do so you have to have some kind of connection path to the outside world which we don't have. It would be so much easier if we coudl somehow get this ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

    Configuring ECS requires QSECOFR profile to be enabled. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/687963

    service agent connection cannot be reconfigured with QSECOFR disabled but the customer leaves QSECOFR disabled by intent. Use Case: support case TS004525300
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Future consideration

    VIO device naming convention after LPM (vfchostX)

    See case TS002260514:LPM/HMC does mess up the AIX device names on target VIOS.Especially if using the "vios-virtual-slot-number" on the target VIOSs i would assume the device naming is the same on both. But it is not as we know.
    over 6 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Remove "circumvent control technology designed to limit interactive capacity" verbiage from PTF cover letters.

    Since the reason for products like "FAST/400" has disappeared can they please remove the following verbiage from PTF cover letters?<snip>Application of this PTF may disable or render ineffective programs that use system memory addresses not ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

    IBM i handle disk timeout error during VIOS outage and dump

    IBM i to the disk I/O time out error recovery processing when a VIOS partition is unresponsive allowing faster fail over to another available path.'
    about 5 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 4 Future consideration

    When is the next upgrade to viosecure expected? Some ideas for inclusion for CIS compliance...

    Is an upgrade to viosecure planned? What new items will be included? Our CIS compliance fails to pass the AIX benchmark, but we've not found a VIOs benchmark. Will some new password parameters from CIS 3.1.2.* be added to VIOs, such as: mindigit, ...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Use syslog service on VIO to send syslog into to syslog-ng splunk server

    In talking with our Premium Proactive Support Team Lead Kellie Kronenberger she encouraged us to submit what our security team is seeking to implement via syslog as regards certain VIO servers in our environment. What our security team wants to ha...
    almost 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Planned for future release

    WRKPTFGRP add a PARM for OUTPUT(*PRINT) and allow it to run in batch to create a report

    Add the parameter OUTPUT to the WRKPTFGRP command and allow it to run in batch Use Case: Quarterly maintenance is performed that we need evidence of the PTF groups installed for audit. Adding the OUTPUT parameter would allow a batch job to run at ...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

    VIOS syslog configuration for splunk

    We will move into Service Now as a replacement from existing solution. Splunk is used by the Service Now solution. To create incidents for VIOs I need syslog data sent to splunk.
    about 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

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