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    LargeSendOffset

    Have had recent issues for IBM i LPARs running as VIOS clients where 'large send offload' had to be disabled via a macro on the IBM I LPAR. Once disabled the LPAR runs without issue and with good performance until we do a IPL.What I am looking for...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 3 Not under consideration

    Have reports generate in the GUI, regardless if action was performed in the GUI or through Command line

    This would allow us to use the command line to perform our task quicker while still having the benefit of a generated report for auditors.
    10 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    Unmanage port in VM Recovery Manager

    A customer is hitting an issue that we have seen a few times with customers. Discover / verify operation fails with the following error when issuing an inquiry command:migmgr -f get_adapter -t vscsi -s U9080.M9S.21D5C47-V2-C418 -w 1385770584273256...
    over 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

    Add more libraries emulation support to "ISCSI attached VTL" feature

    We have tried to attach QUADSTOR VTL and Starwind VTL to IBM i using ISCSI and with the listed PTFs in place with no luck. But we have found the IBM i could login to the Starwind virtual device, but never showed the IBM i device. Can you add the s...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 7 Future consideration

    Replace Bull Frewware RPMs with IBM Open Source repository RPMs for VM Recovery Manager

    It would be much better for this product to use RPMs from IBM's own RPM repository, as managed by yum rather than using a third party RPM repo. Companies that standardize on using the RPMs from IBM's repo must uninstall them to utilize the RPMs fr...
    about 6 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Planned for future release

    Enhance GUI "view details" information

    The "view details" button available in the "Events" window should show useful information or better point to the real problem rather than provide generic information.
    over 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Future consideration

    Clearer error message when not enough resources at remote site

    Make the resulting error clearer about not having sufficient resources at the remote site to host all the local VMs.
    over 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

    VMRM DR - move fails although verification works

    Case TS004589009:Before we move our LPARS into backup location using VMRM DR, we run 'ksysmgr verify' to make sure there will not be any issues during move. Although "verify" process reports success, real move fails on insufficient resources.
    almost 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Future consideration

    Command line tool to reset(re-ipl) Virtual IOA's

    Our current situation: We use VTL connected via fiber IOA and VIOS . when a change is done on the VTL we must log into service tools to "re-ipl" the virtual IOA. previously submitted:Marketing Requirement Tracking number : MR0331154848 Use Case: b...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 4 Future consideration

    Have GUI display, monitor, and report the RCCG names and states

    Add a current status of the remote copy consistency groups to the GUI. VMRMDR sets up the VMRDG_6_ksysclu RCCG but does not display them in the GUI. If one gets of the RCCGs gets out of the “consistent_synchronized” state, then the customer tries ...
    about 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

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