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VMRM DR GUI : Display Full Workgroup Name, expand left column

The full name of the workgroup is displayed when the cursor hovers over it. One idea could be to expand the left column to show the full workgroup name, or resize the column? Another option is to use a smaller font, but it must remain readable. Th...
13 days ago in VM Recovery Manager Submitted

VMRM DR GUI : ADD Logs window below main window without manipulation

We have to go through several steps to access the logs in GUI. Is it possible to have the logs appear in the current window quickly (example : below rehearsal window during move) without having to click through multiple menus? Thanks
13 days ago in VM Recovery Manager Submitted

Add a date created field or data added field to the WRKIMGCLG ouput

When looking at the content of a IMGCLG you cannot see any reference to the date the IMGCLGE was added or what the content is. To review the content you have to Load the IMGCLG to a device and then work through each entry to identify what the cont...
20 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore Submitted

Add Group-Tags in dynamic inventory in powervm_inventory

Hello, Grouptags are a cool feature in the HMC GUI. Unfortunately, they are no longer available via the CLI. -> https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/HMC-I-554 It would be great to have this feature in the dynamic HMC Ansible inventory ...
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console Planned for future release

Enhance %CHAR or create a new built-in that referrences an array as a character string

RPG IV currently lacks a clean, safe, and expressive way in free-form RPG to treat an array (or a contiguous subset of an array) as a character string. This gap is most visible when attempting to replicate the behavior of the legacy MOVEA opcode, ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Creating User Profiles with SSH-Only Access on IBM i

When designing and creating a user profile on a system like IBM i, it's possible to define with considerable precision which resources and environments will be available to that user. A common need in enterprise environments is to allow access onl...
21 days ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Perform integrity check of VIOS Fix Packs on install and/or transfer to HMC

During a recent VIOS update, we downloaded a fix pack ISO using Fix Central and transferred it to the HMC. Turns out that the ISO was partially corrupted.It was the correct size, and was mountable in various operating systems.However, many files w...
29 days ago in Hardware Management Console Planned for future release

Add OVRSCOPE to OVERRIDE_INFO

Please add the Override Scope, parameter OVRSCOPE in most OVRxxx commands, as a column to the results returned by the Override Information View, OVERRIDE_INFO. I find it surprising that this was missed from the specifications as most of us who nee...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Add "Inband" instead of empty Space in HMC GUI when Inband is in use

If inband is in use on P11 machine you see only empty space instead of an IP Address....maybe you can add the word Inband into the IP Address field when Inband is in place rather IP Address. Thx vince
about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Enable PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for DB2 HA clusters using Pacemaker and SBD watchdogs on RHEL9 Power systems

Currently, IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) fails for RHEL9 DB2 HA clusters that use Pacemaker with SBD (STONITH Block Device), due to the pseries_wdt watchdog driver preventing partition suspend.This limitation directly impacts IBM DB2 H...
6 months ago in PowerVM Submitted

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