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Running ksysmgr as non-root

ksysmgr need to be run by operator. Operator are not given root account access. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/670591 Setting up euid=0 for a script containing ksysmgr also does not work. Currently, there is an explicit check for the user ...
over 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Future consideration

Expose LPM passive WWN to aix OS

I would like to be able to query the inactive WWN for a fiber channel adapter that is used during LPM. Currently fcstat and lscfg only show the active WWN. The inactive WWN can be seen by the HMC but not within AIX on the LPAR.
almost 5 years ago in AIX 4 Future consideration

Multiple SSL certificates

Currently the one certificate is used by all components within PowerVC. This works well with the self signed cert, but when I try using our third party wildcard cert a lot of the services fail because they use the IP address or short name for the ...
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

novalink selection of IP interface

Add interface selection to Novalink to allow correct network solution
over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

AIX IPsec DH Group 21

Please could we have DH Group 21 support added to the AIX IPsec implementation. Maybe also 20, though we would go straight to 21 if it was available since z/OS supports it.
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Using restart option i RDI does not reset sourceline date column - it becomes the date for the last time you started RDI.

As the Headline says. Source line date does default to todays date after restart, it keeps the date from the last time RDI was closed all the way down and up again. Use Case: Arrive work in the morning and unlock your computer (which you didn't tu...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

High Availability for PowerVC Integrated software-defined storage Engine

With PowerVC 1.4.0 IBM has announced Integrated software-defined storage engine. We need this engine with High availability so that we can map storage from Integrated software-defined storage to a client from two Integrated software-defined storag...
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Move volume between projects

Currently to move volumes between projects involves un-managing volume from one project, then managing it in another project. It would be nice for Administrator users to have an option to select unmapped volumes and send to another project.
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Add an ENDOPT parameter to the RUNBCKUP command

Running backups in WRKJOBSCDE would be enhanced when using virtual tape drive if there was an ENDOPT parameter to the RUNBCKUP command so that one could just run RUNBCKUP BCKUPOPT(*DAILY) ENDOPT(*UNLOAD). This would prevent the need for an exit pr...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 2 Future consideration

SSP Tier aware

Please make PowerVC be SSP tier aware, and configurable in storage templates. Give us the ability to configure tiers to be associated with projects.
almost 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration