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common commands for HMC

I understand the HMC platform being an appliance, but, sometimes we want to process the results of the output from the HMC on the HMC rather than outside for performance reasons. We would like to have some of the more common commands available , l...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Add option to save expanded column width on All Systems.

It would be nice to be able to expand the All Systems column to fit the space required to see the full name of the frame and save it. This is also important for various size monitors. Apparently the save user preferences does not save this setting.
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Access Client Solutions - Log on using Windows userId and password

In Client Access we had the possibility to tell it that it should use Windows userId and passwordto log on the as/400. This is not possible in Access Client Solutions (ACS). The first time you start ACS you are prompted for both userId and passwor...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

IBMi HTTP Server IHS support for website creation on IASP

Actual IBM i HTTP Server doesn't support the creation via GUI of a website defined in IASP, you have to create it on SYSBAS and then move it on IASP manually, doing tricky steps. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/706779 Could it be possible t...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

Disk Image Export Contains Only Actual Disk Space In Use

Today the export process includes un-used/allocated disk space in the disk image. This results in very large exports. Other platforms (e.g. VMware) have an option to only include used disk space in the export. This can considerably reduce the size...
about 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

IBM i PTF notification

Customer raise an concern on IBMi PTF notification: 1) Customer has set up notifications in Fix Central.2) Customer review IBM recommend PTFs regularly: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021480 However, customer noticed some of t...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

Define storage unit by object type

Currently only database file can have a preferred storage unit specified.There are many object types on the system and there are times where specifying a preference of NOT *SSD is required.For example image catalogues and IFS directories, non prod...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Storage 1 Future consideration

ACS: Option to show description next to System

When we add a new system most of us use the IP address, not the FQDN or hostname on our DNS or hosts table, and the real system name is on the description. It would be great to have the option to show the description next to the system name to imp...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

Auto Generate Procedures

Today in Eclipse when coding Java applications you can type a call to a method without the method existing. When eclipse sees that the method does not exist it gives an auto correct option to create the method based on the parameters passed in the...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

Allow restore of full VIOS backup through HMC web interface

THe HMC allows you to create a full image backup of a virtual I/O server through command line using 'cpviosbk -t full' or from the web interface using menu "Console Management --> Templates and OS images --> VIOS images --> Manage Virtual...
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

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