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TS2290 and 7226-1U3 (LTO-9) SAS HH Tape drive support AIX & VIOS

LTO-9 SAS HH connected 7226 tape drives are not supported in AIX / VIOS partitions and may log VRSAS_FABRIC_ERROR, SRN2D11-4101 Please resolve this issue as soon as possible.SSIC is supported, but power is not.We would like to provide a SAS card t...
about 1 month ago in AIX 0 Submitted

NON SAN storage connectivity groups go inactive and you can't bring them active after they are inactive. Need to be able to remove vm's from inactive groups or change in the UI.

Unable to add storage when SCG is inactive for a VM. Storage went unavailable due to ssp cluster issue with VIOS's .. on PowerVC the storage connectivity group for NON SAN storage went inactive. Issue 1: This needs an enhancement to either allow y...
14 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Add HMC authentication testing and displaying HMC authentication error output

When the HMC password is changed manually through the HMC but KSYS's stored HMC password is not updated, the auto-nightly discover/verify processes continue to succeed until the HMCs are rebooted, which disconnects KSYS's authenticated session. (1...
15 days ago in VM Recovery Manager 0 Submitted

Add IMPORTANCE parameter to SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail

On the old e-mail command SNDDST there was an option to change the content importance of the e-mail. It will add "Importance" to the mail header. Please add this parameter to the command SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail.
15 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
7 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Enable the usage of non ephemeral/static ports when using ObjectConnect over TCP/IP

Currently, IBMi ObjectConnect over TCP/IP uses TCP port 9841. Once the connection is established, it attempts to negotiate a data port connection within the ephemeral port range of 5000-65535. This configuration is not practical when a firewall ex...
4 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

ADD in QSYS2 TABLES a new table to know wich programms use an exported porcedure from à service program

Hi, QSYS2 functions and tables allow you to know:- What procedures are exported by our service programs.- What programs use our service programs. But it is not possible to know which programs use which exported procedure. This is a pity because it...
5 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

Extend viosecure.ctl config file with interface, address, and description fields.

The viosecure -firewall command work now only as a port filter setup. In the /home/ios/security/viosecure.ctl there are no options to set ip addresses or ranges, neither a interface can be selected where the filter rules should be applied. It appl...
about 2 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Submitted

Implement RFC3442 to include Classless Static Route Option 121 in DHCP

We would like to use the DHCP option 121. This option is introduced in the RFC3442. IBM confirmed that this RFC us currently not implemented. The introduction of this RFC3442 makes our life much easier, because we don't need to wait for the interf...
3 months ago in AIX 2 Submitted

Overland-Tandberg, the industry supplier of RDX docks, has gone bankrupt and ceased operations. This caused the shipping stop of RDX for all Power10 products. RDX was very popular in the Italy market, it was the backup solution for all entry Power models. No other existing alternative to RDX is so cheap, easy to use and functional as RDX was. IBM could mitigate the impact of the RDX issue making the USB Flash drives (memory keys or thumb drives) a valid alternative for backups. It will be a customer decision to pursue such kind of solution for the backup (for example a customer could decide to use the USB drive only as an Alternate IPL device) but IBM must make this option reasonable and feasible. The requirement for IBM is to certify the USB drive to work with flash devices larger than 256GB both with IBM i and AIX. Currently, the 256GB size limit https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-removable-media-optical-devices prevents many customers to consider the USB drive as a possible alternative of RDX.

RDX was very popular in the Italy market, it was the backup solution for all entry Power models with IBM i and there is not a valid alternative with low price
28 days ago in Power Systems Design 1 Submitted

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