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HMC - Show correct server image in Gallery view for POWER9 servers

POWER9 9009-41A servers show an image of a Tower Server not Rack Mount, when rack-mount models. POWER7 and POWER8 hardware show images of the correct form factor.
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

PowerVC support for Storwize flashcopy base copy rate settings

PowerVC 1.4.2 uses the Storwize device driver for SVC support but does not currently support the storwize_svc_flashcopy_rate key in cinder-<device>.conf to set base copy rate when a flashcopy is made
about 5 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Host server jobs

Qualys vulnerability scan is run against iseries environment on a weekly basis. the purpose of running this scan is to fix any issues in the iseries.When these scans are run on a weekly basis it causes elevated CPU utilization and since these scan...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 6 Delivered

Access Client Solution - Data Transfer Browse Enhancement

In the "older" Client Access Transfer from, once you selected browse to select a DB2 file, you could right click the file, select properties, and get the file name. This was very useful to the end user when developing a transfer to find their data...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Group_Ptf_Currency: Also show those at "Apply at Next IPL"

I am trying to find out what group PTF's I need to order so I ran:SELECT * FROM SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY ORDER BY ptf_group_level_available - ptf_group_level_installed DESC; and I get:PTF_GROUP_CURRENCY PTF_GROUP_ID PTF_GROUP_TITLE ...INSTALLED...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

configuration parameter needs to be logged when exceeded

maxuproc : specifies the maximum number of user processes allowed. When this number is exceeded some programs behave unpredictable and there is know way to know what the problem is since it is not logged (errpt nor syslog)
about 5 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Allow changing default setting for user properties

Allow the ability to set HMC user properties to a different default setting. Example Instead of changing idle time for each individual user when they are created we should be able to change the default setting from 0 to 60 minutes and not worry ab...
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Access Client Solutions Printer Output Security

Access Client SolutionsThe option to view the printer output was added (which is a great addition) but the user has the ability to filter and view other users output. This may have information that shouldn't be seen by others. Use Case: I would li...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

RDI: Indicators in column 71-76 are shown referenced but not modified in outline

In the outline in RDI indicators in column 71 to 76 are shown as referenced instead of modified. This makes it dificult to see where an indicator is changed. Use Case: For example the indicators 65, 16 and 75 are in colunm 71 to 76 c seton 65C Fie...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

lpex filter for sub routines & procedures

Please make a filter that will filter to sub rountine and procedure names. Use Case: I do not exclusively use sub routines or procedures in programs. I often use the filter by sub routine name or procedure name as a means of quick navigation. I th...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

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