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Allow VMRM/DR to scale CPU UP (>100%)

Currently VMRM/DR allows the CPU to be scaled down when an LPAR moves to the DR site. However, when we're moving a correctly-sized LPAR from a POWER9 to a POWER8, this severly reduces the performance, even when using 100% due to the difference in ...
almost 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Delivered

ACS opens empty terminal window

When I open IBM i Access Client Solutions or 5250 emulator, this opens an empty Terminal app. This happens since Windows 11 replaced the command interpreter (cmd.exe) by Terminal app.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Want to have number of cores used and Memory in GB/TB used in CMC for PEP 2.x

In the history of CPU consumption i can only see under Minutes cumulated number of cores used but not for hours/days/Weeks/MonthIn the Memory overview i want to see the accumulated use in GB/TB per Pool and not the minutes or KB etc.
almost 4 years ago in Cloud Management Console 3 Delivered

HMC option to alert only if operation fails

In HMC v9.1 SP940, the option to alert for scheduled operations was added. I have implemented and tested this feature, works great. Only issue is, we only want to be notified if the operation fails. It currently alerts for successes and failures. ...
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

Add NetServer Disabled column to the default view of Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i

The current default view for Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i shows the status of the IBM i User Profile, this is often Enabled even thought the user is Disabled for NetServer Access. This is confusing for users that are new t...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

ACS IFS add "upload from" location in preferences

Currently the Integrated file System preferences allow you to specify a "Download location". I would like to have an "Upload location" added there as well.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Have HMC show submitted commands

Like storwize Software, HMC Power Management console uses command strings created by the web UI to execute the functions. Most of these commands also can be sent by ssh. For documentation compliance and learning purposes it is requested to have an...
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

Forced deinstallation of interim fixes (ifix) during alt_root_vg operations

Because of a heavily time constrained maintenance windowcustomer Finanz Informatik relies on the alt_root_vg command toapply VIOS Service Pack (SP) updates.E.g. the following command sequence is used to update the VIOSfrom FP24 to FP24 SP3: # moun...
about 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

HMC as Single Point of Control for System Time Consistency

During a P6 to P7 HW upgrade on one of the frames the systemtime was not set correctly for the German Time Zone. UTC waserroneously take to be UTC +0100. The time offset of one hourwas propagated after system IPL to all LPARs and is just to larget...
about 8 years ago in PowerVM 2 Delivered

Recover space on thin provisioned disks

IBM i doesn't currently support TRIM or UNMAP primitives which would allow the OS to mark space as free for the storage to reclaim. This limits the benefits of Thin Provisioning since once space is consumed it is never recovered during the life of...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Delivered

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