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HyperSwap support for PowerVC

Please enable HyperSwap support for PowerVC
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Automated Plan Cache Management

Currently the option is available to delete a plan from the Plan Cache. IBM i ACS SQL Performance Center allows you to look at the SQL statement currently in the Plan Cache and allows you to delete a Plan. We would like to have the option to do th...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Allow share names to exceed 12 characters in QNTC

IBM does not support a server having any share longer than 12 characters when I try to access that via QNTC.For example if I useWRKLNK '/QNTC/MyPCServer/myshare/*'it may fail if there so much as exists another share with a long name. In Windows I ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

Please provide support for syncing updated lpp_source to NIM alternate master

Starting with an in-sync lpp_source where both the NIM master and NIM alternate master have the same filesets and fileset versions. Update the lpp_source on the NIM master by adding or removing a fileset or fileset update. Run "nim -o sync -a forc...
about 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Improve SQLUDT's

While SQLUDT's are the ideal replacement for the reference files in DDS, their use is not so flexible. The first issue is that two columns defined as the same SQLUDT are not considered equal, hence one needs to program additional cast statements w...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Web service server returning HTTP status AND errors details in the Body

id like, on REST web service, be able to returning HTTPstatus and errors details in the Body (for exemple in JSEND format) Use Case: it's better for the client (for exemple during a creation with POST) to signal an error (500) and the reason(s) wh...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 6 Delivered

HMC classic interface

Please do us a favour and reactivate the classic HMC interface. The fancy new interface is (to be polite) a mess regarding usability.
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Delivered

Within PowerVC restore original lpar distribution after LPM Evacuation or SRR event

PowerVC provides the simple ability to initiate an one-click evacuation of a managed system and in addition a way to initiate a simplified remote restart operation for a group of or specific lpars after a managed system crash. But there is no way ...
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

alt_rootvg_op update_all ignores RPM updates

In AIX 7.1, alt_rootvg_op -b update_all is ignoring all RPMs from update source location provided.As identified in linked PMR, this is caused by alt_rootvg_op not passing parameter "-r" to command install_all_updates, which is taking care of actua...
about 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Adding virtual storage to an inactive LPAR

We are working with shadow LPAR definitions for roleswap between two Power systems. We can add a new LUN per vSCSI to the running LPAR without problems with the HMC - PowerVM - virtual storage dialogue.But we are not able to add a LUN to the sleep...
almost 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

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