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Hardware Management Console

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lssvcevents command extention with events details

CLI command lssvcevents doesn't allow to view details related to serviceable event the same way as GUI interface (Select problem->View details). There is no information about SRC Extentions, failing partition id or failing partition name. Retri...
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

Multiple lpar performance

Enhancement to monitor multiple lpar performance from HMC at managed system level. Presently only individual lpar performance can be monitored. To understand and better utilize resources by comparing or analyzing multiple lpar performance at manag...
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

enhance HMC command saveupgdata to allow FTP to another server as non-root user.

This is a DCR enhancement to HMC command saveupgdata to support saved files to HMC hard drive to be send over to a remote site that can then used as a backkup files to create USB or DVD media for recovery purposes. With this capabilities, HMC save...
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

Upgrading OS on HMC can require root access

I just completed an OS upgrade to 2 HMCs. Both were at V8R840. The upgrade path was supplied by IBM. At the first attempt to upgrade from V8R840 to V8R860, the ISO file load failed with an "access denied" error. I tried to download from a local ft...
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

HMC CLI, cleanup disk mapping on lpar deletion

equivalent HMC CLI for cleanup disk mapping on lpar deletion with UI.
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

LPM

Do you have more information how PHYP is calculation the required memory for LPM?
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

Allow pwage expiration > 180 on user defined policy

When configuring user defined policy on HMC most values are configurable to what is needed to conform to our company password policy but pwage is not configurable to 365 or 99999. It is restricted to up to 180 days.
almost 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

Provide a means to Enable DNS from the HMC CLI

NTP can be both configured and enabled from the HMC CLI.To Configure NTP, use these commands:chhmc -c xntp -s add -a 172.21.128.95 -i eth0To Enable NTP, use this command:chhmc -c xntp -s enable To configure DNS, I can use this command:chhmc -c net...
about 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

vNIC not shown in properties of a partition but is displayed in profile in Classic HMC

When displaying in classic GUI on the HMC, vNIC is not shown in properties but is displayed in the profile. Properties shows what is active and if vNIC is active, it should be shown.
over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

HMC command line history length change

In the current HMC version command line history length may contain only a stale commands number and it's impossible to change it via classical *NIX tools (e.g. add HISTSIZE/HISTFILESIZE exports to the hscroot user profile) or HMC command-line tool...
almost 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered