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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

Message Monitor - Allow creator to specify USER

When creating a new message monitor or modifying an existing message monitor, allow the entry of a user ID. Similar to submitting a job (SBMJOB), adding a job schedule entry (ADDJOBSCDE), or changing a job schedule entry (CHGJOBSCDE). Use Case: I ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Message Monitor - Allow non-owner to perform actions

If one user creates a message monitor, no one else, regardless of authorities, can perform the following actions:- Reset Triggers- Start- Stop- Delete It isn't practical to have to get a hold of the owner of the message monitor just to restart the...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Delivered

Accept %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS in CL in RDP

I use RDP for CL development as well as RPG. Recent Technology Refresh PTFs have made available the %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS. These are flagged as errors in the editor. Those are the specific examples I can think of at this point. I guess in a broa...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

IBM i web services server allow update of rest web service parameters

I'm investigating creating rest web services on the iseries using the IBM web administrator for i, Applications server tab. I did a tutorial that created a student rest web service and got it working after several delete/recreates (I had a space o...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 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...
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 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...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 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...
almost 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...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVM 2 Delivered

ACS Console shortcut

The new Access client solutions does not allow a console shortcut to be created to the desktop. Can one be created. As we start installing the console software, this has been their one complaint. Thanks. Use Case: some users require convenience an...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered