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    VIOS Logging to a syslog endpoint

    We are being pressured by our security teams to provide logging from the VIOs to a syslog endpoint that feeds splunk.We have a config from support that would allow this, but it has to be implemented via the oem_setup environment and is not support...
    almost 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Planned for future release

    Add the ability to Watch a file

    Using Watches, you can watch for messages, PAL entries, and LIC Logs. Management Central used to have file monitors that provided a similar sort of feature. This RFE is to request the ability to Watch a file. The minimum features needed to watch a...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

    Change ADDWLCGRP "Add Workload Group" to set the processor limit < 1,0

    Our customers are using LPARs with less than one CPU assigned. To reduce the impact of ad-hoc queries (e.g. via ODBC) we need to set a CPU limit of the ODBC subsystem. Currently with a workload group we can only set a limit to a whole CPU. But we ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Not under consideration

    VIOS Performance collection replacement tool

    Is there a replacement tool available within VIOS for the "VIOS Performance collection"? Existing tool results are not supported on any modern browser due to security consumers. I think the tool was useful and gave me some idea of what is happenin...
    7 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Allow text search when viewing job log for active job.

    It would be fantastic if we could search for a text string within a job log of an active job, without having to DSPJOBLOG OUTPUT(*PRINT) and then searching the spool file. A simple text search function key would suffice and position the screen to ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 4 Not under consideration

    VIOS no-prompt updateios

    Hi IBM, Would you be able to add a flag/option to the updateios command to suppress the 'Continue bos.rte.install installation [y|n]?' and other similar prompts?
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 3 Not under consideration

    HMC PWRDWNSYS

    When stopping an IBM i LPAR through the HMC using the operating system a PWRDWNSYS command is initiated which bypasses the Exit Point Program for the POWER DOWN exit point. Use Case: When using the HMC to shutdown an IBM i LPAR you are unaware tha...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 4 Not under consideration

    Pick up the workload group from the job description for a user profile when swapping in a prestart job

    In an environment with a large number of service user profiles accessing the system for a large number of different applications, workload groups provide the ability to control CPU resources at different levels for different applications. The work...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Future consideration

    viosupgrade force/yes option

    viosupgrade command helps to upgrade VIOS 3.1 to 4.1. If viosupgrade finds some outdated filesets which are possibly not supported on VIOS 4.1, it stops and waits for user's confirmation. In an automated process it means that a user should confirm...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

    MVP for PowerVM VIOS

    Today, IBM supply ISO images for the target PowerVM VIOS levels via entitled software distribution channel. However considering the overall security and audit posture for the clients ,can IBM look at providing a 'slimmer' VIOS image that only cont...
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

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