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Hardware Management Console

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    Task in Scheduled Operations to Schedule an HMC Reboot

    We have numerous frames attached to an HMC. IBM recommends rebooting the HMC monthly to quarterly. We would like to schedule a reboot in 'Scheduled Operations'.
    about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Please make the newer HMC models like the 7063-CR1 & 7063-CR2 models be able to read USB flash drives formatted as exFAT or NTFS. The latest service pack ISO file for V10R1 (Service Pack 1021) is 5 GB and is too large to go on a USB drive formatted as FAT32. The HMC is onlt able to read FAT32 formatted flash drives so I can't do my service pack update using a USB flash drive. I have to perform using the network method which is a bit more cumbersome. If the HMC was updated to allow USB format exFAT or NTFS then I could do ISO updates that are larger than 4 GB using the USB flash drive like I have always done in the past. Thanks.

    Makes it more convenient for everybody using the HMC to do updates.
    almost 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    enable drill-down to full-size view of per-LPAR "Usage trends" thumbnail-sized graphs from the PCM table

    Currently in PCM views the HMC web UI shows graphs pertaining to the entire frame and a table of LPARs underneath with some thumbnail-sized per-LPAR utilization graphs. It should be possible to select one or more of these LPAR entries and view/"zo...
    5 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Adding Okta Single Signon method

    Add a feature to the authentication method in HMC to integrate with Okta
    9 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    ASMI Data collection from HMC CLI

    We would like to be able to see ASMI logs directly from HMC CLI. For more details please check TS001639762.
    about 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

    Enable encryption for HMC disks

    Our understanding is that HMC disk data may not be encrypted as on today. HMC disks are not encryption capable and there is no workaround either. Please enable the encryption capability on the HMC disks
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Ability to download and generate HMC logs from the GUI

    It would be useful to both have the ability to generate and download HMC system logs from the HMC GUI rather than resorting to the CLI when troubleshooting an issue with IBM. Also the ability to see logs in /tmp so these can be cleaned up by the u...
    almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

    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

    7063-CR1 BMC Console Redirection over HTML5

    On Power Based HMC 7063-CR1 BMC Console Redirection is only possible with Java. On x86 Based HMC 7042-CR9 IMM2 Console Redirection was possible with HTML5.
    over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

    Allow user-configurable resolution in PCM graphs (up/downsampling control)

    Currently, the Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) graphs on HMC automatically determine the X-axis resolution based on the selected time interval. This often limits visibility into the granularity of metrics unless a very short time window ...
    5 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

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