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Hardware Management Console

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6 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

physical port on destination side for the migrating client LPAR

Physical port (FCS)on destination side for the migrating client LPAR can not see during the LPM on HMC GUI , so as mentioned the option is only available from HMC CLI with the command below: ~> migrlpar -o v -m <source_managed_system> -t ...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

/extra filesystem is created only with 20GB of storage - to less for storing mulitple vios-images

When attempting to upload a second VIOS installation image to the HMC, an error occurs: cpviosimg -h xxx.xx.xx.xx -l /src_nim/iso_images -f Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1.4.30_DVD_1_of_2_112023_LCD8250111.iso,Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Improve HMC VIOS Maintenance option reliability

Sinve HMC V10 VIOS Maintenance option is supported but the serviceability and reliability need improvement: -Restoring operation after vios maintenance is trustless. (shared ethernet SEA state)-vNIC Auto Priority Failover -a.s.o.
5 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Partition Virtual Storage Diagram - update label from OS400 to IBM i

The Partition Virtual Storage Diagram produces an excellent diagram - but it shows the partition name and labels it as OS400. Rather out of date
10 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

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

HMC backup image tool creation on physical HMC appliance

The current backup utility in the HMC requires the base image to be installed before attempting a restore. Depending on the version there may be prerequisite patches that need to be installed before running the restore which adds further complexit...
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Bring back Pins Pane in HMC V10!

We use the Pins Pane on a regular basis. It's very useful to group resources and easily access them in the quickest way possible. For some reason this feature was removed in HMC V10. Now customers can no longer take advantage of this time saving f...
almost 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Future consideration

HMC Networkvisualization should show vNIC connections

The HMC Network Visualization does not show active and passive vNIC Connetions in the GUI.Please add the possibility to klick adapter and / or LPAR to dynamically draw lines between the komponentes that show the relations.
about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

HMC GUI - choose specific FC adapter on target VIOS

A customer has multiple Fibre Channel connections to SAN Fabric A on VIOS#1 and VIOS#2 has multiple connections to SAN Fabric B. Using the command line migrlpar it is possible to specify the target VIOS and specific FC adapter port. Can the HMC GU...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

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