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be able to send authlog to an external server

We need authlog from the hmc sent to an external server (a clm for example) In the rsyslog config on the hmc, their is a config to send them to /var/hsc/log/secure : cat /etc/rsyslog.d/50-hmc-auth.conf => auth.* /var/hsc/log/secure & sto...
8 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Provide an option with which the Prestart Job statistics can be reset in Navigator for i (Nav4i).

As more and more tasks can be performed using the Navigator for i and SQL services, the role of 5250 emulation is changing and having to go there for a missing option becomes a burden. The Navigator for i is great for managing prestart jobs, but w...
8 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

Request Network cards SFP stats used for VIOS servers

VIO servers have fcstat that displays stats for the transceiver (SFP), so far I have not found a complement for network cards SFPs. I have found that ethtool for Linux does display a lot of info for the SFP's, and need this info for network SFPs, ...
13 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Monitor > System monitor on more nodes

In the old Client Access it was possible to have more nodes on the same system monitor grafic. (see the attach). in the new Navigator for I, we only can see grafics for single node in different windows.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Allow VM Recovery Manager HA to recreate LPAR on target system even with reduced paths to the LUN

VM Recovery Manager HA is currently not successful if the check on the target system results in a reduced number of paths to the LUN. This is the case with a HyperSwap configuration in the event of a data center failure (storage and server failure...
4 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Create a service for RMTOUTQs or *LAN Printer Device Descriptions

Ref IBM Doc ID 640063 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/getting-list-all-tcpip-addresses-used-rmtoutqs-or-lan-printer-device-descriptions Getting a List of All TCP/IP Addresses Used in RMTOUTQs or *LAN Printer Device Descriptions Is there a servic...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Submitted

Enhancing network performance analysis on IBM i with iPerf Integration

iPerf (iPerf - The TCP, UDP and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool) is a widely used command-line tool designed for measuring network performance by generating TCP and UDP traffic between two endpoints. It allows network administrators, engin...
25 days ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

AIX ansible support for generating encrypted passwords.

https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues/548 Request to add support to ansible for AIX to add user password generation with encryption
6 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Backport PCM FPIN congestion mechanism to AIX 7.2

We have noticed that in an environments with FPIN notifications enabled and high read rates and a larger storage throughput capacity that host ingestion capacity, the behaviour of AIX 7.3 and AIX 7.2 are quite different, leading in AIX 7.2 to scen...
11 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

NVMeOF support in PowerHA

Fibre Channel (FC)-Nonvolatile Memory express (NVMe) over Fabrics (NVMeoF) protocol in the PowerVM N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) stack (NVMeoF) offers a significant boost in performance and efficiency. AIX on Power Systems, supports NVMe over Fi...
about 1 month ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Submitted

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