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Add storage provider

I have customer interresting by VM recovery manager but it storage substysem is not supported. Actually he use a Huawei storage subsystem
almost 2 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

When 'chlickey' is used to apply a new 5051 key, set the Threshold parameter to *USGLMT

We use the HMC command line command 'chlickey' to apply new IBM i License Keys. Darn handy that, because I can script that to happen for every partition on a server! More better still yet, I don't need to sign on to all those partitions! Sweet! Gi...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

OAuth support for gmail email from IBMi

I've put this request in because Tech Support had nothing and recommended this as the course of action at this time. As of September 30, 2024, gmail is no longer allowing POP and SMTP for email. Anyone using gmail to send emails from the IBMi will...
11 months ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Submitted

Handle VMs removed from HMC but not VMRDR

VMs removed from the HMC need to be removed automatically from KSYS or a warning displayed about the "orphaned" VM during the discover process.
7 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Submitted

Backport PCM FPIN congestion mechanism to AIX 7.2

We have noticed that in an environments with FPIN notifications enabled and high read rates and a larger storage throughput capacity that host ingestion capacity, the behaviour of AIX 7.3 and AIX 7.2 are quite different, leading in AIX 7.2 to scen...
8 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Allow the size of the rule pane within Rule Wizard to be more adjustable for visibility and ease of use.

This would be useful when managing rules within QRadar as this is the main medium for tuning. All QRadar users would benefit from this change as they would better be able to view all test definitions while being able to edit them at the same time....
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Enable Websphere http-server to serve bearer authorization with wizard assist

Add an wizard to configure the authorization to use bearer instead of basic
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

Have reports generate in the GUI, regardless if action was performed in the GUI or through Command line

This would allow us to use the command line to perform our task quicker while still having the benefit of a generated report for auditors.
4 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Graphic tool or sql service to know the percentage of use of the tapes.

Currently there is no tool or any sql service that helps to know the percentage of use/free is a tape device. For now there is only this old method to calculate it. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-much-data-and-how-much-free-space-available-...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Submitted

CMC don't provide any possibility to see number of sockets used vs purchased in subscription.

Would be great to see in CMC number of sockets used and number of sockets purchased by subscription. Such data should be accessible also via REST API
almost 2 years ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Submitted

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