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Support iSCSI targets other than just AIX

The AIX iSCSI sw initiatior problems are only supported when the iSCSI target is also AIX. This makes iSCSI a non-option in the AIX world. IBM needs to support the iSCSI sw initiator as a standards-based adapter for it to be relevant.
over 2 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

SPSS Modeler v.18.2.1 Compatibility with Teradata v.17

SPSS Modeler 18.2.1 support for Teradata v17. At the moment SPSS Modeler 18.2.1 compatibility matrix states that Teradata V17 is not supported. Use Case: Use Case : SPSS Modeler team can relax ( be assured that all is working) when Teradata gets u...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

cfgmgr locks VIOS if called in separate processes at the same time

mkdev, mkiscsi, cfgmgr, rmdev, rmiscsi cause the odm to lock and subsequently the VIOS gets locked and needs to be rebooted to recover. We run these commands when an LPAR is started/stopped and they could happen at the same time. This causing the ...
over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Is a defect

Track who, when and what message was deleted for audit purposes

Currently there is no log available to audit if some one deleted one or all messages from PowerVC.
almost 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

tuning of storage monitor

VMR currently pings to each storage_agent every 10 seconds to monitor their status. VMR will log STG_UNREACHABLE in "events.log" file in case the ping is not successful within a certain time limit. The DR site and prod site are geographically disp...
almost 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Planned for future release

Removal of Profile from Agent

Question : If a profile is deleted on PowerSC server but it is still showing greyed out some times.Response from IBM - PowerSC does not automatically “push” deletion of a profile to every endpoint. For example, you create customProfile1 and push i...
about 3 years ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

VMRM to support GMVC Replication for Stowise storages

VMRM to support GMVC so that the Consistency Groups automatically re-sync the data after the failed link between the Storage Boxes resumes to work.
about 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Needs more information

Informix ESQL/C ifx_var_getdata() should do charset conversion when binding with CLVCHARPTRTYPE

Sorry for the IBM AIX product name but this is about IBM/HCL Informix and I can't find the product name in the list... Platforms: Linux Debian 10.7 or Windows 10Informix server: IDS-14.10.FC5Informix client: CSDK 4.50.FC5DB_LOCALE = en_us.utf8CLIE...
about 3 years ago in AIX 2 Not under consideration

Specify eligible storage providers in connectivity groups.

Requesting the ability to specify eligible storage providers in the connectivity group configuration. The reason being is any storage provider that cannot be zoned with VIOS ports in a connectivity group shows up as a warning in the environment ch...
about 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Implement PowerHA Administrative Domain Policies in os 7.3

It would be very usefull to have Administrative Domain Policies (at least QCST_AD_CREATE and QCST_AD_DELETE) implemented by PTF also on 7.3 version of operating system the same way like QHA_AD_ANZCADPRF policy. Use Case: Deletion of user profiles ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Not under consideration