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AIX 7.3 FC stack enhancement for SAN environments using Simplified, TDZ or Smart zoning.

In modern SAN environments leveraging Simplified zoning, Target Driven Zoning or Smart Zoning, AIX or VIOS Fibre Channel ports may be exposed in fabric query responses alongside other targets.Under certain conditions this results in initiator‑to‑i...
13 days ago in AIX Submitted

PowerVC FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize support to align with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize feature releases.

Currently PowerVC with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize support is not aligned with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize feature releases. PowerVC should align with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize releases in the same way that it aligns with Power releases...
19 days ago in PowerVC Submitted
248 VOTE

Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage Not under consideration

Enhancement for SELF: exclusion list

In production environments, running SELF with *ERROR monitoring enabled is highly valuable for identifying potential issues in SQL executed on production LPARs. However, a challenge arises when frequently occurring and well‑understood SQL errors—s...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

add CLI option to GUI-feature : "Schedule-management" jobs

setting up "Schedule-management" jobs is currently a GUI-only feature. (V11R1M1111) add a CLI functionality to this feature. and a clear logging/messaging for active or expired schedule jobs.
3 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

in check_env menu, check the fact that "no_os" is specified in vm details.

If not, we can't resize cpu or RAM for a vm with powervc. Vm details info are removed when the vm is unmanaged/ managed
4 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

upgrade HMC service-management-panel - dump-panel - to add IBM-support-case-no when calling-home a dump

It will ease up work with HMC-GUI to have an option to add the IBM-Support-case-no. to a dump-file when choosing " call-home dump ". This will give IBM-ECUREP the feature to right place the uploaded dump-file to the correct IBM-support-case unless...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Add DB2 for i SQL function for converting date format

With DB2 for i SQL, converting a date to another format (eg. YYYYMMDD to DDMMYYYY) implies using several intermediate functions, especially when input date is in numeric or char format. What about creating a new specific function for simpler date ...
7 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Make option "Format" available in Remote Systems and i Project views for bulk formatting

Currently, the IBM formatters can only be invoked within the LPEX Editor via the "Source -> Format" option. It would be highly beneficial if the "Format" option were also available in the following views: Remote Systems i Project Project Naviga...
26 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Future consideration

AIX NFS client configuration with TLS

This secures the traditional NFS traffic (that normally runs over RPC).
about 2 months ago in AIX Under review