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    Suppressing Hardware Problem messages

    We normally get the messages related to any hardware problem on the IBM i O.S which is good if it is on-prem server. But considering a user who has cloud based subscription for an LPAR in the IBM Cloud then these kind of messages doesn't makes any...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 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

    Ethernet card type 268C (Virtual) reports incorrect speed

    Ethernet card type 268C reports as 1G even though the PHY card served by VIOS is 10G. In the result, monitoring software reports thresholds exceeding 100% when throughput exceeds 1G. Use Case: We get alerts when Ethernet usage approaches 1G.
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Not under consideration

    Provide a V5R4M5 Virtual Machine Environment

    There are a huge number of customers locked onto V5R4 due to the change in the LIC that cannot upgrade to new versions. MANY of these customers are stuck with no vendor support and have no capability of moving to anything newer than POWER6 hardwar...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Not under consideration

    5733-icc allow/support from local files in qsys.lib

    manual says local file can't be in qsys.lib. If you create savf of file, library/schema as a savf and want to upload to cloud, this should be allowed, even if one has to use qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.file method (it works)
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 1 Under review

    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

    5733-ICC - Add a LIST command

    Please , add a LIST or LS command to ICC
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Under review

    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

    vscsi mapping - IBMi to IBMi

    Possibility to create vscsi mapping between two IBM i LPAR's. Currently command "pvmctl scsi create" showing only parameters where vscsi server ( parent ) is VIOS and vscsi client ( lpar ) is IBMi. I'm asking for option which allow me to set paren...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

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