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PowerVC doesnt sync VM name change to HMC partition name

VM name change in PowerVC doesnt update the partion name on HMC which causes trouble in certain scenarios.
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Introduce Proactive notification of any issues reported in the PowerVC log

We recently had an issue where the SSH connection to storage broke (not PowerVC’s fault). We did not notice this issue until users complained of PowerVC not working to add disks or VMs. In the PowerVC log, it was obvious that storage had an issue,...
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Add option to enable auto adding vm's in "All Groups".

It would be nice to setup a group (i.e. Power 9 servers) and over time automatically have ALL VM's hosted on the frame also listed under the grouping view. Currently its a manual process to add the VM's. However once thats in place any new VM's wi...
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Need a mechanism for the customer to do internal chargeback via the Cloud Management Console.

I see something that is needed and should be easy to implement in the CMC. That being a mechanism for customer internal Charge-back. One of the benefits of the “cloud” is that the cost is easy accountable. However, that has not been easy with on-p...
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Future consideration

Add keyboard mapping to Access for Web on the IBM i

Client Access (Access for Windows) provided keyboard mapping. When using Access for Web it doesn't allow you to map specific functions (Field Exit, Destructive Backspace, Field Plus etc.) causing users to have a more difficult time entering data r...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

I would like to see the outline include files that are used by embedded SQL

I would like to see files used by embedded SQL in an RPGLE program in the outline view. Currently only files defined on F specs show in the outline view. Use Case: I use the outline view occasionally to see what files a program uses and how. If fi...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Provide IBM PSIRT information as webservice

In a world where security problems are a daily returning issue, keeping the system up-to-date (without installing complete PTF packages) is a challenging process. While IBM has the PSIRT blog that contains this value information, it is not electro...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Utilize Windows 'msg' command to send detailed messages to user

Utilize Windows MSG function to pass through useful messages to users such as "Password will expire in XX days" , Disabled, User does not exist,. Anything is more useful than the "access if denied" message users get when mapping a NetServer drive ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Not under consideration

PDF certificate

Using Info print server convert spooled file to be PDF and Include certificate (CA) Use Case: As a insurance company, we use infoprint server to convert spooled file of policy document to PDF and sent to customer.in soon, The government would anno...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Future consideration

Checkbox for option does not support 27x132 display size

if a checkbox is used in a subfile, at V7R2 it does not support 27x132 display size. Throws a compilation error for fields located outside 74 position. Use Case: The checkbox - a versatile function available on green screen is not usable when the ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Is a defect

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