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HMC issues after upgrade to V7.7.9.0 SP3

We have upgraded HMC from HMC V7.7.9.0 SP1 to HMC V7.7.9.0 SP3.After HMC update , when trying to run any "viosvrcmd" commands its not working and giving error as below. The same commands were working before the upgrade when we were in lower SP lev...
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Support for BNA ELS frames

we get daily error reports on every port of FC Adapters 5735 caused by SAN diagnostic packets LABEL: FCA_ERR6IDENTIFIER: ECCE4018 VIOS Level is 2.2.4.10Please add Support for BNA ELS Frames in AIX and VIOS
about 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

PATTERN support for IFS save with BRMS

Please allow us to exclude IFS files and folders using PATTERN. We often run into excluding individual cache/log/tmp files and folders. Those lists need to be maintained which is basically a waste of time. Use Case: See above.
about 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Delivered

HMC Manage Serviceable Event Notification SMTP server credentials

We are unable to set user & password for SMTP server when configuring HMC Manage Serviceable Event Notification. We no longer have a SMTP server in-house as our email is now cloud based and require user/password authentication in order to rela...
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

Set Virtual Machine Name by DNS lookup on IP address chosen

On an image deploy you have to enter a virtual machine name and then either enter in an IP or have it select from the pool. There is no link to my DNS servers to create an A entry for that name. Also, I want to have a list of predefined names that...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

OpenSSH Match LocalPort

OpenSSH 6.1/6.1p1 (2012-08-29) introduced The Match directive now supports matching on the local (listen) address and port upon which the incoming connection was received via LocalAddress and LocalPort clauses. I would like to use this feature on ...
over 8 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Fix QZRCSRVS for iConsole Dashboard

Create a modification to QZRCSRVS so that excessive logging and CPU are not used when the Operations Dashboard is being displayed. So many log entries are created when the Dashboard is up that constant wrapping occurs. In addition, there is a cons...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Parameter Optional - Allow Usage w/o Linked Reports

The optional parameters only show up on Auto Prompt screen if there are other non-optional parameters setup. These need to show up even if there are no other parameters. Use Case: On a report we need the ability to use the optional prompt by itsel...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 2 Delivered

Identify an easy Way to query which VIOS server i am connected to (FCS wise) NPIV

Create a command in AIX that will enable me to identify what fibre adapter (Virtual) is connected to which VIO server without having to utilise kdb.
over 8 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

AIX support for hardware enhanced high precision network time synchronization

Request AbstractPursuant to maximum precision network time sync, the RFE requests capabilities in POWER/AIX be enhanced to include hardware timekeeping and time synchronization, and the ability to audit compliance. This may include, but is not lim...
over 8 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

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