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Offer "Update check" from inside the UI

I would like to have an "update is available" pop up or check from inside the UI, like in FS7* systems. This could/would make a good hint that new updates are available, so update does not get missed or delayed.
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Offer "Restart services" from inside the UI

To be able to restart services (as an admin user) removes the extra task of logging into the OS and choosing services to restart.
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

TN5250 and IBM i Access for Web support for SAML Authentication

System: IBM i Access for WebActor: Web users of IBM i Applications IBM i Access for Web is a Websphere application that provides 5250 web emulation for IBM i hosted applications. It already provides support (via Websphere) for Kerberos SSO, but it...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Change Threshold for Ineligible Job

According to this document, threshold for ineligible job is reset to 255 in IPL.http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1017756 There is no way to change this initial threshold number. If it can change, it could reduce alert message. Use C...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

cross-project images for PowerVC self-service

Currently in PowerVC Cloud Edition 1.4.0.0 (Novalink with Software Defined Storage stack)- it seems the only way to set up a image to be present on multiple projects is to either-A- go onto one of the novalink hosts, navigate to the gpfs path, cre...
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to "VM delete function" to allow the change of default setting to prevent build-up of orphaned disk volumes

When deleting VMs user will get a prompt asking for ALL or Boot volumes, but the default setting is "boot volumes". As the users tend to keep the default setting when deleting VMs, we are seeing a build-up of orphaned Disc volumes that are never u...
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

HMC replication for users is incomplete

Using data replication for users profiles copies user and password as well but misses to copy ssh keys.
almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

VIOS upgrade using Enhanced+ HMC GUI

Enhanced+ HMC GUI has given a new option to create VSCSI drives without a need of logging into VIOS. If we can bring an option to upgrade/Update the VIOS without logging in using the HMC GUI it will reduce the workload of Customer and no separate ...
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Ability to show the real utilization of a thin provisioned volume

This is kind of similar to the RFE 120025 . It would be nice to be able to get in a glance how close we are to the upper limit of the pool.It would be nice too, to be able to get the real capacity of the volume in the volume tab.It is easy to get ...
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Stateful filtering in ipsec

we want to achieve stateful filtering along with tunnel (VPN) traffic to be processed by AIX machines.But ipsec/ipfilter kernel extensionsare replacing each others function address rather than chaining them.Hence Tom Philip from IBM development su...
over 6 years ago in AIX 3 Not under consideration

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