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IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Create IMAGE based upon ISO

Just as it is possible to create a VIOS image based upon ISO files within "Templates and OS Images" section in HMC it would be nice if it was possible to do the same with other operating systems aswell at the "Partition" section.
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

OAuth support for gmail email from IBMi

I've put this request in because Tech Support had nothing and recommended this as the course of action at this time. As of September 30, 2024, gmail is no longer allowing POP and SMTP for email. Anyone using gmail to send emails from the IBMi will...
4 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

Remove or Relaxe the error when %SUBST length exceeds length of data

The runtime for RPG currently blows up if %SUBST(var : START : LENGTH ) length value exceeds the length of the VAR or if it is 0.Provide an option to ignore this issue for runtime purposes. OPTION(*NOLENCHK) (No Length Check) which would cause run...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

PowerVC - when configuring vm name results from namelookup should not be used for host name

A customer would like to configure vm deploy AND have A records that are invalid, Rather than fixing the A records in their DNS, they want a new feature, where powervc will ignore dns resolution response, for the A record of the IP to be allocated...
8 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Sorting by date / time information should work correctly

Within HMC Serviceable Events Manager panel user can sort information using selection of each individual column.But: sorting algorithm looks like to be based on alphabetical order for every column ....even for ordering based on column "Last Report...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

IBM i Access Client Solutions - System Drop Down - List and Sort by System Description

The Host Names for the systems that I have configured are all sporadic and I'd like to keep all the systems for each client listed/grouped together. Using the Group Name feature helps... a little... but is a little cumbersome. It would be nice if ...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Save Results Sets to the IFS

Enable the 'Save Results' feature of Run SQL Scripts to save the output to the IFS of the connected server. This enables data extracted to be kept on the originating server e.g. for data security purposes and for environments where users are not a...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

Request for adding Allocated Processor System Thresholds to IBM CMC

The CMC currently provides the ability to set thresholds for alerting for Utilisation. Customers running multiple IBM Power systems however stand to benefit from a similar concept - Allocation thresholds, since having sufficient spare allocatable ...
5 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Allow drag and drop for IFS interface in iACS

Allow drag and drop of files in the Integrated File System (IFS) interface within iACS. This would be similar to what is available with the Navigator for i functionality within IBM i Access for Windows. Use Case: Users utilize Navigator for i to d...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

Add Update Version Check to ACS Emulator

Currently the version update check (when option is enabled) only works from the "main screen". Add an option to perform the test when the emulator is started. Outside of developers, most users have a limited number of IBM i servers to connect with...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists