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My votes: Hardware Management Console

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    HMC GUI, LPM, Validate/Migrate, drop-down box to select frame

    HMC GUI, LPM, Validate/Migrate, drop-down box to select frame This drop-down box has never been sorted. I have many frames so I'm always searching my frames in the list. Could you please sort this list ? This option is part of your development too...
    over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Update certificate instructions to HMC V10

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=tasks-manage-certificates is obsolete. Please update to a current version of HMC.
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Partitions overview - identify the shared processor and memory pools assigned to the LPAR

    Using multiple LPARS for testing ideas, then deactivating them, I am assigning LPARS to an "InactivePool" while they are powered off. I need to ensure that LPARs are all correctly assigned before activation to avoid license warnings and keep me le...
    about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Schedule operations on command line for profile-data backup in HMC

    Not only HMC and VIO backup, but also managed systems profile backup is needed on schedule operations. And it is better to manage the schedule operations on command line.
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    More information when performing an HMC backup

    The backup critical console data process shows little information to the user whilst in progress. In old releases the status of the backup was shown, e.g., generating the archive file, offloading archive file. In current releases none of this info...
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    verify upgrade or downgrade for Firmware levels?

    maybe ticket, maybe function?When you use update, change LIC to a newer release and retrieve from IBM service web site, the selector shows only old LIC versions. Is this meant to allow a downgrade, is this an error, or just a weird method of telli...
    almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Planned for future release

    /extra filesystem is created only with 20GB of storage - to less for storing mulitple vios-images

    When attempting to upload a second VIOS installation image to the HMC, an error occurs: cpviosimg -h xxx.xx.xx.xx -l /src_nim/iso_images -f Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1.4.30_DVD_1_of_2_112023_LCD8250111.iso,Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1...
    over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    HMC GUI, UAK expiration.

    Suppose that my frame's UAK are about to expire in a few days. Suppose I'm working on something else that requires my attention. Suddenly I begin to receive popups telling me that UAK are about to expire. I have about 50 frames so I receive about ...
    over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Option to use vSwitch VEPA mode as default

    Currently PowerVM creates any new virtual switch (vSwitch) in VEB mode by default. To change the mode to VEPA an installed and running VIOS including an active RMC connection is required. In our environment for security reasons all internal traffi...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    Add the ability to split out the 5250 firewall rule so that non-secure ports can be disabled or blocked while allowing the secure connection through.

    We had a request from the ISERIES Team to block non-secure 5250 connections. we were not able to satisfy this request due to the restrictions on the HMC Firewall.
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

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