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Docker on AIX

Docker is a technology that allows for applications to be created, deployed and run using containers. This allows applications and services to be built and deployed on any operating system that supports Docker.
over 7 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

idle_timeout for HMC user on GUI and HMC CLI

Session limitations: HMC doesn't support user session timeout as of today for both GUI and CLI logins. As per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power9?topic=hmc-session-handling , the idle timeout user property task is not functional. The HMC interface ...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Terraform support for ppc64le

Terraform is #1 Infrastructure-as-Code tool used for cloud deployments and is developed by HashiCorp. HashiCorp was acquired by IBM this year. Still there is no Terraform on HashiCorp's site compiled for ppc64le architecture - https://developer.ha...
3 months ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Cross (solution applicable to multiple industries) 0 Future consideration

Cloud Storage Solutions for i 5733ICC - Multi-threaded downloads

I've configured the mutil-threaded uploads for this product and it made a significant improvement to the upload times. It would be beneficial to be able to do this for the downloads.
7 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 3 Under review

IBMi NPIV support for EMC PowerMax

Actually PowerVC only supports IBMi vSCSI attachment in combination with EMC PowerMax. For us its a requirement to attach IBMi with NPIV.
8 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Emergency pedbg package

Since the pedbg package it growing with the new HMC versions and with new features it can be up to 7 GB file size. When a customer is having a managed system or partition issue that affects his production, there is no need for information that is ...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Allow seamless Git integration with RDi

Make Git adoption in RDi seamless for RPG developers. RDi currently has iProjects which can be used to adopt Git, but iProjects operate on the premise of offline editing. Not all RPG developers are going to be editing offline. Use Case: Focus on a...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Certified Port 9920 - possibility to change the date of creation and end of validity

The ability to recreate a certificate with a start date and an end date. Actully you can only change the end date and there is no possibility to change the creation date.
about 2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Under review

Handle VMs removed from HMC but not VMRDR

VMs removed from the HMC need to be removed automatically from KSYS or a warning displayed about the "orphaned" VM during the discover process.
3 months ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Submitted

Add new Column on Alternative SBS Routing main display for Number of Configured IPs in Navigator for i

We want to add a new Column on Alternative SBS Routing main display for the Number of Configured IPs in Navigator for i, just like the column Number of configured Users! The reason is that we want to have a first quick display of configured IPs pe...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

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