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577F fc adapter autoconfig attribute

577F fc adapters doesn't have autoconfig attributethe customer could check using lsattr command.So attribute could be modified by#chdev -l fscsiX-a autoconfig=definedbut the way to check it using ODM isn't very handy.The customer wants this attrib...
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Build OpenSSL packages ffor AIX as relocatable

Sometimes there's a need of having multiple versions of OpenSSL installed on one server due to various application requirements. That's why OpenSSL should be built as relocatable package - so another version of package can be installed into separa...
over 7 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Shortcut keys on ACS Inquiry Message MSGSY1010

When the message prompt appears for password expiration, there are no shortcut keys available. The only ways to clear the message are to use the tab or mouse to select the Yes/No button as appropriate. Please provide short cut keys similar to Acce...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Specify IP range in deploy templates

When defining deploy templates for self service usage. While we can specify a network to use, we cannot limit deployment to a range of IP addresses within the network. The reason we need this is because currently multiple projects can be configure...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

pv_pbuf_count reset after exportvg

Patrice Quet - 33(1) 58 50 69 78It is possible to modify pv_pbuf_count value using lvmo command for a specific VG.This value is kept into the ODM oif the concerned LPAR (CuAt)After exportvg and importvg of that VG, pv_pbuf_count is resetted to def...
almost 8 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Passthru validation for ssl certificates in integrated web services client for i

I am using the Axis Transport API within my RPG Program.In a test scenario i am playing with a webserver with an installed certificate, however the certificate is not in the cert store on our system i.So I get an error when when I am trying to flu...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

AIX support of RPD probe on Brocade switches

Connected to Brocade G620 16G fibre switch According to IBM: We are getting the following: "The FCA_ERR6 with sense data of 0x68A indicated that we are receiving unrecognized ELS from the fabric with N_Port IDs of FFFC36 and FFFC40. This message i...
almost 8 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

PowerVM VIOS Release the PCM Energy and SSP stats documentation

IBM appears to have forgotten to release the documentation for this announced and released in December 2016 feature REST API for temperature, electrical power and Shared Storage Pools.This includes the units for ALL the statistics, the URLs, the h...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Delivered

Improve PowerHA 7.1.3.5 SmartAssist Oracle DB scripts

As per current design (PowerHA 7.1.3.5 in my case) - if either Oracle listener or Oracle DB goes down - we will invoke the restart script to restart both listener and DB, which is wrong. If a listener goes down, only the listener should be restart...
almost 8 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 1 Delivered

Add *LSTSAVSYS option to PERIOD Beginning date for STRRCYBRM

Current options on STRRCYBRM prevent us from automating printing of recovery reports including using a hub system in Enterprise Services. To get usable reports for a recovery we have to keep track of the last SAVSYS and manually enter that date on...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Delivered

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