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    Avoid partition failure when not enough memory is available in machine pool and adding volumes through virtual FC adapters

    The PMR describes an IBM i microcode failure (it hangs and forcing an IPL is the unique way to restore) when both conditions apply to a logical partition:1-adding a lot of external storages volumes through virtual fibre channel adapters2-not enoug...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

    Define storage unit by object type

    Currently only database file can have a preferred storage unit specified.There are many object types on the system and there are times where specifying a preference of NOT *SSD is required.For example image catalogues and IFS directories, non prod...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Storage 1 Future consideration

    Add NVMe over FC support for IBM i

    Please add support for NVMe over FC for IBMi - being it native or NPIV/VIOS. Use Case: A lot of IBM i installations are built on VIOS/NPIV connecting to IBM Spectrum Virtualize systems.Most newer storage systems are ready to provide NVMe over FC h...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Storage 1 Not under consideration

    Faster Encrypted Backups for IBM i

    There are regulations that require to encrypt tape backups also for IBM i. However, software encryption requires about twice as long as the build-in real-time hardware encryption in IBM TS1xxx tapedrives. There are no means to manage the tape libr...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

    Small Independent Disk Pools

    The idea is to enable the configuration of small independent auxiliary storage pools from partial disk units on a single IBM i server. This idea appears to be similar to the ability to create micro partitions and host many IBM i instances on a sin...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

    Container support for PowerHA GUI

    It will be useful to have the ability to get a pre-installed and setup WPAR or Ansible based Container Image for the GUI server of PowerHA
    almost 5 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Planned for future release

    trustchk error message issued druiing bosboot after changing powerHA syncd value

    On AIX 7.2.4.2 and powerHA 7.2.3.3 we receive a trustchk error message when performing bosboot after changing the synd value from the default value of 60 to 10.
    almost 5 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 4 Future consideration

    Straighten Event handling in PowerHA / SystemMirror

    PowerHA uses "events" to handle transitions to various states. (At least some of) These events are poorly described in the documentation and the usability of PowerHA would greatly profit from an improvement there. Furthermore - as described in the...
    almost 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Under review

    Highly available solution for PowerSC MFA using PowerHA (smartassist)

    PowerSC MFA 2.0 now supports Postgres replication for High Availability. It would be a simple task to build start/stop and monitoring scripts for PowerHA to manage the availability of the MFA server, the database and the keys. This would allow for...
    almost 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Under review

    Monitor and correct PPRC consistency status to ensure mirrored disks are in-sync

    Why is it useful? Failover may cause significant data loss if mirrored disks are out-of-sync for an extended period. By monitoring and automatically correcting or alerting PPRC out-of-sync condition will minimize data loss in the event of a failov...
    over 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Submitted

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