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Within PowerVC restore original lpar distribution after LPM Evacuation or SRR event

PowerVC provides the simple ability to initiate an one-click evacuation of a managed system and in addition a way to initiate a simplified remote restart operation for a group of or specific lpars after a managed system crash. But there is no way ...
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

alt_rootvg_op update_all ignores RPM updates

In AIX 7.1, alt_rootvg_op -b update_all is ignoring all RPMs from update source location provided.As identified in linked PMR, this is caused by alt_rootvg_op not passing parameter "-r" to command install_all_updates, which is taking care of actua...
almost 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Support of HTTPS only in Cloud management Console (no SOCKS5 anymore)

the current HMC Code for CMC - Cloud Management Console support HTPPS and SOCKS5 Proxy as a must In the very most companies support on Proxy to the Internet only HTTP and not SOCKS5 on top.So please change the code for HTTPS only.
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

iACS OpenSource Pkg Mgt Port <>22

Allow iACS client Open Source package management to use ssh port different than 22. Use Case: For security reasons we changed sshd port from 22 to a different port to reduce scanning from the internet (public system).
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Db2 dependency service

For moving forward with IT transformation from DDS to pure SQL we still need some tooling that was provide in pure DDS + RPG. With DSPPGMREF and DSPDBR in combination it was possible to build a decency graph to show the impact of a certain change ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

Make SRR fully Hyperswap compatible

Currently, Simplified Remote Restart won't work if you have Storwize Family Hyperswap Storage and part of the infrastructure is unavailable (SAN Switch, IO Group, VIOS) since the HMC is unable to reach fome target WWPN from the target POWER server...
over 5 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 2 Delivered

Add IBM i Services to return a list of active watches as well as the information about those watches

There is the WRKWCH command as well as the Retrieve Watch Information (QSCRWCHI) and Retrieve Watch List (QSCRWCHL) APIs. This RFE is requesting IBM i Services to provide this information. Use Case: I want to ensure my watches are active; I really...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Share RSE Connection settings

Provide a means to simply share RSE connection information including host information (host name, libraries, initial commands), filters, commands, etc. We have a large group of developers working in a shared environment and they all need to have t...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

iACS Printer output-Choose text or PDF

IBM iAccess Client Solutions (iACS) has a "Printer Output" feature that allows you to access spooled files. You can configure in your preferences whether to get them as text or as PDF, but there's no easy way to choose on-the-fly. Use Case: I almo...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Manage Job Scheduled Entries via GUI

It is not possible to manage standard Job Scheduled Entries via a GUI Use Case: Enabled management in (iNav) the Navigator for i browser client
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered