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    Extend PowerHA Smart Assist NFS monitor

    In a SAP environment configured with PHA Smart Assist. Do we get PHA hangs when the total cluster gets stopped. This happen due to the fact that NFS gets stopped before the SAP RGs get stopped.
    over 5 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 2 Under review

    Allow to define a data structure based on a SQL table function

    When declaring a data structure, allow using the keyword extname to read the fields defined in the RETURNS TABLE block of an UDF. dcl-ds genericDsTemplate extname('MYLIB/MY_SQL_TF':*output) qualified template alias end-ds; That would guaranty a 10...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Under review

    Node exporter for VIOS

    We (PowerVS) request a Prometheus exporter for the VIOS that can send system and partition utilization data to the Prometheus time-series database. This would greatly assist in consolidating performance data in a single location alongside other in...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Ansible operation for NIM

    Almost every AIX environment has a NIM server as central point of management. Ansible requires ssh connection from Ansible controller to Ansible-managed systems. It is possible to unite both NIM as a central management server for AIX infrastructur...
    almost 3 years ago in AIX 2 Under review

    Add silent recovery to Scratch Install/Restore on IBM i, to help Migrate While Active (MWA) be fully automatic.

    Besides Migrate While Active have some issues building the NFS install server (take a look at the TFTP setup), there are tasks asking for manual operation. We work migrating customers with IBM i and AIX to Power Virtual Servers and other clouds, a...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 Mirror 4 Under review

    Change Data Capture (CDC) support in Db2 for i

    We have a requirement to stream data in realtime from Db2 for i to other consumers for AI, data warehouse and other systems. I'm aware there are third party products available like Debezium, Fivetran and others, and you can always roll your own. H...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Under review

    mksysb for RHEL, ease of management and DR with same process as for AIX

    After years of using AIX one gets used to work with an operating system that really support you in regards of DR. We can use mksysb, alt_disk_”functions” and LU for AIX but is more limited in using Linux features. We would like to see how mksysb c...
    3 months ago in Linux for Power / RHEL 8 (5639-RH8) 0 Under review

    PowerHA SMUI support of ECDSA keys

    Current SMUI is using 8+ years old SSH libraries which do support only RSA keys. More modern keys like ECDSA are supported by used libraries for about 4 years. I do not understand why modern UI is relying on ancient libraries and does not allow us...
    about 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

    Need only minimum capabilities for PowerHA ROHA accessing HMC

    When defining ROHA we have to setup access to HMC to fulfill various task e.g. increasing/decreasing CPU Entitlement and Memory as an examplt. FOr this we need to use e.g. HSCROOT which has full access to anything on the HMC including Shutdown a P...
    about 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Under review

    possibility to assign the certificate from DCM console for Navigator and DCM web portal

    Today we have to manage or assign the certifiate outside DCM console especially while renewing new certificate we have to manage all tcp enabled ssl service in DCM console and for navigator and DCM outside DCM console like web admin console and na...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Under review

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