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Allow authority on IFS share (logical)

Allow additional authority (for example *USE/*EXCLUDE) on the logical IFS share name instead of only on the underlying physical path. Use Case: Typically the IFS root is shared, however this should only be accessible for administrators while now t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 7 Delivered

IBM Navigator for i (Application Administration)

In application administration to remove access to several or applications you have to modify each and add the profile to the exclude list. And that is after the profile list is generated which takes a while on a system with a lot of profiles. Need...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

fcstat and underlying APIs - time series data

It would be great if fcstat could at least give time-series output (like vmstat, iostat, etc.) for at least one interface at a time. Having a "-a" flag (or similar) to get time-series performance/capacity data for all of the HBAs in the system at ...
about 3 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Change SQL window quit warning dialog buttons

When closing an SQL window, the warning prompts are inconsistent and confusing. All results currently open will be closed. Do you want to continue? Yes/No Save changes to Untitled? Yes/No/Cancel On the first question, No abandons the close action....
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Shortcut Key: Toggle Between RSS Panel And Results Set

In Access Client Solutions - Run SQL Scripts please add easy way to move cursor between the editing pane and the results. Thanks. Use Case: Frequently when I am reviewing results and then return to editing pane by clicking the mouse, I place the c...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

To support SRIOV networks in deploy template

PowerVC 1.4.4.1 cannot Create Deploy Template - no network defined error due to usage of SRIOV
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Allow sha1sum to hscroot

Please allow access to sha1sum command for hscroot (like sum ).A symbolic link to /usr/bin/sha1sum in /usr/hmcrbin could be trick.
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

PowerVC to map initiators with DS8884 HA ports across I/O enclosures to achieve high availability & load balancing

Current Situation:Customer is using PowerVC 1.3.2 to enable cloud based infrastructure. Customer is using Power8 E880 servers & DS8884 storage system which is integrated with PowerVC. While deploying new VM, PowerVC maps each initiator with a ...
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC support for lun migration to different storage pool in IBM SVC

Our Costumer would like to migrate a LUN (created and managed by PowerVC) to a new storage Pool in the SVC. The Costumer has two old storage-pools in the SVC and would like to migrate Copy0 of the LUN to the new pool-1 and Copy1 of the LUN to new ...
almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

BRMS GUI SWA MSGQ

Inconsistency between GUI and Telnet interface. The BRMS greenscreen allows you to specify the name of the message queue, when running a save with the option save while active. You are allowed to enter the name of a message queue, not the library....
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 6 Delivered

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