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system readyness check for BMC-based systems on HMC

there is no „ readyness check „ for BMC-based systems in HMC-GUI. system readiness : updlic -o k -command did not give valid result.The command-result : " HSCF0281E BMC based systems must be powered off before performing a firmware update " is ful...
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Small Independent Disk Pools

The idea is to enable the configuration of small independent auxiliary storage pools from partial disk units on a single IBM i server. This idea appears to be similar to the ability to create micro partitions and host many IBM i instances on a sin...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

HMC: IBM i IP address

In the current HMC ui only for an IBM i LPAR the IP address is not shown.
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

Change the Format of downloads on ESS website to ISO

The industry standard for DVDs is ISO and it would be easier to have the downloads in this format. Use Case: Standard windows software doesn't have the UDF format as a source and makes creating DVDs more difficult.
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Not under consideration

Add details to subsystem changed messages (CPC1602 and CPC1604) as to what was changed

CPC1602 - Subsystem changed, and CPC1604, Active subsystem changed are logged to QSYSOPR and QHST and simply state that the specified subsystem was changed. There is no additional message information that tells the user WHAT was changed. In tryi...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

Better implementation of Spectrum Scale Storage Provider in PowerVC GUI

In new versions PowerVC can be installed as SDI (Software Defined Infrastructure) edition. The storage part of the SDI could be implemented with Spectrum Scale 5.x on VIOS using remote cluster mount to Spectrum Scale Storage Servers PowerVC contr...
almost 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

All sessions are stopped at once

Some session can start at once by batch files on ACS.But all session are not ended at once. Use Case: iAW can handle batch session to start and stop at once. But ACS can only start batch session.ACS can't stop batch session. We want to stop all se...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Disabled the looging of negative sql codes in the JOBLOG of a JOB

In RGP developments embedding SQL when we encounter a Negative SQL code, even if it is managed in the program, it returns lines in the processing JOBLOG.So a log of several thousand lines is generated if the program returns a lot of negative SQL c...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

DKIM implementation on IBM i SMTP server

DKIM SERVER SMTP Use Case: CHGSMTPA
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Not under consideration

CMC Complex Environment Capabilities

I have a partner asking some questions about the capabilities of the Cloud Management Console in a MSP environment for one of their clients. Is there an expert I can put him in contract with? See his descriptions of the environment and capabilitie...
12 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

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