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DDS: ASSUME keyword should be mentioned in the manual with the WINDOW keyword

In the DDS manual for display files I would like that for the WINDOW keyword it is added that if a dummy record with the ASSUME keyword exists in the display file then the display will not be cleared. It could be added in the "related reference" s...
10 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

Have GUI display, monitor, and report the RCCG names and states

Add a current status of the remote copy consistency groups to the GUI. VMRMDR sets up the VMRDG_6_ksysclu RCCG but does not display them in the GUI. If one gets of the RCCGs gets out of the “consistent_synchronized” state, then the customer tries ...
10 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Display current phase for each workgroup in the GUI

In the GUI, display the current phase of every workgroup for both "Rehearsal Phase" and "Move Phase". More workgroups can add more confusion about which workgroup is in which phase during testing or real DRs. It would be helpful if the GUI were al...
10 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

BMC inband local ID. User needs locked down

For 7063-CR2 HMCs, there requires a HMC-to-BMC Inband Communications Credentials to allow for periodic monitoring of hardware problem events and other management console functions .This is local user. By default, root account is used for this purp...
11 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Add LSO IPv6 SEA/VEA attributes to VIOS Performance Advisor and potentially default rules

The VIOS Performance Advisor is a very useful tool to verify the configuration of a running VIOS LPAR. Currently only some of the LargeSend attributes are reported when incorrectly set. Based on TS010353771, I was advised one of the IPv6 attribut...
almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

Found one Total Inactive Cores at CMC but where is it missed ?

Hi i have seen on our CMC that one Core was missing but i have no idea on thich Fram nor why. Would be useful when my mouse goes over the field Total inactive Cores the CMC shows me the Frame name (See uploaded screenshot)
11 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Match storage information between WRKSYSSTS and ISeries Performance Report

Hi, As part of the performance monitoring activities on our iSeries, we are capturing the report from iSeries Performance tool and we observed the used disk size is different between the report from performance tool and WRKSYSSTS by almost 5% to 8...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 1 Submitted

Request for Implementation of Custom Core Dump Generation in Future AIX Versions as is documented

Dear AIX Development Team, We are writing to bring your attention for an issue we have found out regarding the customization of core dump files generation as documented in this IBM URL https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-core-dump-facility. The ...
about 1 year ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Add Amazon Corretto functionality to Download Director

With previous Java vulnerabilities as well as recent increase in cost, Java is being decommissioned by some organizations for Corretto. Also, there are many institutions that have security firewalls in place blocking the ability to download ptf's ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / JAVA 1 Submitted

Add the IBM i VxRy to SQL UDF/UDTF/PROC documentation e.g., "Available on V7R4"

When looking for SQL functions procedures, etc. I often have then determine if the release I am targeting is has that function available. Today I have to switch the IBM Version Environment dropdown to that release and wait for it to either show me...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Documentation 0 Submitted

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