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Hardware Management Console

Create Iso Admin only function from HMC

Add the ability to just have the ability from the HMC interface to the VioServer to allow a user to manage Iso images add / delete them and assign them to partitions. Currently users with that capability can see all storage npiv, vscsi, disks, sto...
over 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console Future consideration

Ability to see a list of active LPARs before proceeding with a disruptive firmware upgrade from HMC

GEICO recently upgraded firmware on a number of E850s. They accidentally upgraded a Production node during working hours instead of a Test Server. They would like HMC to give them a warning message about which LPARs are currently active on the ser...
almost 9 years ago in Hardware Management Console Planned for future release

Enable LPAR automated remote restart from HMC with SRR

We have upgraded our HMC to 8.6.0 version and we are trying to implement SRR, however there is not such an option to pre-define the source and target frame on the HMC and that would be a really nice feature ho have.
about 9 years ago in Hardware Management Console Not under consideration

JSON Output format in HMC API fpr RestAPI

Want to have the Option to get all Output from RestAPI in JSON Format rather than XML
over 10 years ago in Hardware Management Console Not under consideration

Generic virtual Hardware Management Console (vHMC) support on KVM on any other host OS

Some clients moving away from VMware and going in direction KVM from Proxmox, AHV from Nutanix or others (e.g. Platform9). The current support for the virtual Hardware Management Console (vHMC) is limited to Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) on U...
5 days ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Operating System Level automatic refresh in HMC Gui

Because every time we update AIX lpars to a newer level, there is a difference on the HMC. The HMC still reflects the AIX version prior to the AIX update. So we need to update the HMC information manually everytime with osrefresh hmc command param...
23 days ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Email notification of HMC dashboard

We need email notification of the HMC whole dashboard which includes all the errors and warnings part once in a day or if there is any alert.
27 days ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Add logging of ssh Sessions to lssvcevents -t console command

Hi, it would be nice to log information about users connecting via commandline (ssh) to HMC. Currently only Weblogin Events are listed for type console. For audit purposes every login needs to be recognized. mfg. ku
2 months ago in Hardware Management Console Submitted

Uptime of HMC BMC console

Hello, In some cases, with multi administrator's environment it will be good to know how long is HMC's system console up and running and if it was rebooted.I insert screenshot where this could be added and visible, maybe in part Host's identificat...
5 months ago in Hardware Management Console Functionality already exists

Create SAN Zones from HMC (or from VIOS) for vFC-Client-LPARs

Using PeerZones simplifies Zoning and provides a base that can easily be expanded.Once the principals are prepared, it is easy to add new clients. This could also be extended to the storage system configuration for each host. HMC is in a pivotal p...
6 months ago in Hardware Management Console Future consideration

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