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create easy HMC update process

When selecting HMC management / updates, user must manually enter IBM FTP server data and select last image.Please change the update process for a mostly "automated" process including (if possible) a downtime estimate prior to updateing.Also the l...
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

Add Progress information to Update Memory of Logical Partition splash screen

When adding or removing Memory from a running LPAR, the time taken to complete the task and vary between a few seconds and many minutes. It would help if there was a progress indicator shown on the HMC Update Memory of Logical Partition splash scr...
about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

command redirection for HMC rsh-shell

classical command redirection not available in HMC rsh-shell. ping 192.168.1.10 > ping_test.txtbash : ping_test.txt: restricted : cannot redirect output
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Display current phase for each workgroup in the GUI

In the GUI, display the current phase of every workgroup for both "Rehearsal Phase" and "Move Phase". More workgroups can add more confusion about which workgroup is in which phase during testing or real DRs. It would be helpful if the GUI were al...
about 1 year ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

vPMEM support for AIX Flash Cash without cold start

With support of vPMEM starting with AIX 7.3 we need support of AIX Flash Cache with vPMEM without Flash Cache cold start after AIX Boot.
almost 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Infoprint Server: Native CL commands for adding, changing or deleting PDF Map Entries

Currently, the only way to add, change or deleting entries in a PDF Map is to use the command WRKPDFMAPE and use the 5250 program/menu. Use Case: A native CL command would make it possible to use a CL program, script or anisble to setup a new syst...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Print 1 Not under consideration

Cloud storage solutions for i support for TrueNAS Linux

TrueNAS systems are not supported with Cloud Storage Solutions as an FTP destination. Using ICC with a TrueNAS ressource makes very unstable connections. It stores Qxxxxx.mta files that adds up to Qxxxxx virtual tapes on the distant storage, but c...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Future consideration

IBM Navigator for i - optional second value returned for metrics

Metrics could be enhanced significantly by allowing the use of a second (optional) value returned from the SQL. Use Case: The new iNav opens a world of possibilities with customisation of charts, metrics, etc. One thing that crossed my mind was th...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

Support for NFS 4.1 in AIX

We have an NFS mount which is shared from Azure, which uses NFS version 4.1. We are getting mount errors while mounting the share in AIX 7.1 LPAR. IBM support confirmed that AIX currently support only till NFS version 4
almost 3 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

As an administrator, I need to be able to take control of an interactive 5250 session.

We have situations where users either get interrupted, walk away from their screens, go to lunch or home. When this happens, other users are affected and their jobs either hang or get aborted with an error message due to a record lock or file with...
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Functionality already exists

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