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voltage regulator is single point of failure in E850C servers

You can refer to PMR 71797,820,820 (automatically created after call home) and relevant hardware ticket RCMS 01D5MG8,820. I'll focus on E850C (8408-44E) server, but maybe it's also relevant for other Power servers. Server has 4 power supplies and ...
over 6 years ago in Power Systems Design 2 Not under consideration

HMC remore GUI

Remote GUI to HMC tries to reach https://ibm.com. My browser has no internet access, so proxy ist sending status 403 to my browser. But Browser don't stops to trie to connect to IBM. Our Network team is not very amused about that.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

aixpert useability and/or bug fixes related to ipsec

First a few bugs that need fixing. Why not blocking adoption, they make it a harder sell when sitting with a customer and telling them aixpert is a mature product - existing since 2004.* bug one: when the backport of the -r and -R options were add...
over 6 years ago in AIX 4 Not under consideration

Move away from VFAT file system on USB devices on the HMC

The current VFAT filesystem used when formatting a USB stick on the HMC supports a maximum file size of 4GB. ISO images for updates now exceed this limit (e.g MF70257 for V10R1M1020 is 4.24GB). This means a USB device formatted on the HMC can no l...
about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Content Manager OnDemand on AWS S3 with Object locked

Current CMOD version (10.1) supports AWS S3 storage manager, but without Object lock in legal Compliance mode.
over 4 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Color code LPEX tabs for different servers

When editing sources from multiple servers, color code the tabs of the source members (in the LPEX editor) to identify which server/connection the source belongs to. Use Case: It would be really useful when checking sources on different systems (e...
about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

PowerVC volume_name convert script with 3PAR

When using PowerVC with HPE 3PAR, tracing storage volume_names between PowerVC and 3PAR is not implemented due to pluggable driver.
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

Large number of joblogs produced

We are using Infor XA When jobs run, instead of producing one joblog, they are producing many joblogs of approx. 100 pages. We have examples where hundreds of joblogs are produced. If there is an issue and Infor want the joblog, it is not practica...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable Journal Caching for all customer libraries including Q

We are using IBM Lab tool PowerSc and we noticed jobs with large journal wait for QZRDQWKEDT/QSQJRN. We tried to use journal cache (*YES). CHGJRN JRN(QZRDQWKEDT/QSQJRN) JRNCACHE(*YES) It failed with MSGID CPF709F , see attached document. Use Case:...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

HAScript on ACS

The HAScript on ACS doesn't include any command of loop. So we couldn't convert scripts from iAW. About escape sequence, HAScript doesn't recognize normally. Could you please solve the above situation as soon as you can? Use Case: Scripts on iAW h...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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