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    BRMS - Drive utilization

    Actually we have TS4300 library connected to our IBMi LPARs. For backup planning we are using simple Drive utilization chart, which shows how many drives was used at given time in specific day in a past. We have only 4 drives and don't want to exc...
    21 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 0 Submitted

    Add description field in uiServer

    I would like to be able to add comments like, application, owner, why failed are ok, if server is a internet facing server or not, references to external documentation for server/endpoints (would be nice to add links in uiServer and go direct to t...
    21 days ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

    Provide system generated CPW usage for an LPAR

    Whenever we need to find CPW for an LPAR, we have to jump around and gather information from numerous places.We need an OS command which would provide that calculation for us. Currently we have to gather system information including Power System m...
    22 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

    DISPLAY_JOURNAL and excluded access objects

    DISPLAY_JOURNAL fails when I choose to use *ALLFILE for OBJECT_NAME if it attempts to display the journal details for a file I do not have access to view. Either make DISPLAY_JOURNAL always auto skip the process for files user has not access and r...
    24 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

    Brocade san fabric strong encryption support

    Changing security requirements impacts host keys as saved in powervc SSH HostKeyAlgorithms : ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256 > SSH PubKeyAlgorithms : ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,...
    25 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

    Integrate with PowerVC Novalink managed environments

    Currently the lack of support/integration with a PowerVC Novalink managed environment is a stopper for the use of VM Recovery Manager within environments that utilise this configuration (On premise private Power Clouds). VMRM performs it's LPAR op...
    27 days ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

    for the call home facility of the HMC, allow an addition of a certificate for proxy use

    there is ability to add a proxy for access to the internet, however it is necessary to add a certificate for that call home connection to be encrypted, such that the proxy server can decrpyt prior to making the connection to essuport.ibm.com
    about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

    We need some additional functionality in PowerVC, when adding additional lun's

    We need some additional functionality in PowerVC, when adding additional lun's
    about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

    QM Profile Management: CRTUSRPRF automatically creates QM Profile with *SELECT as Allowed SQL-Statement per Default

    Hi all if you create a userprofile, the CRTUSRPRF - command automatically creates a Query Manager Profile with (as default) *SELECT as Allowed SQL Statement. There is no way to inhibit creation or change any defaults. Also there is no command / AP...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

    Do not re-create QSECEXP1 job schedule when changing profile expiration date

    Hi IBM team, When changing the date in the USREXPDATE of the CHGUSRPRF command, the QSECEXP1 job schedule is re-created even if it already exists. Also, the description disapears and the 'Scheduled by' is changed with the profile that did the chan...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

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