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    mksysb for RHEL, ease of management and DR with same process as for AIX

    After years of using AIX one gets used to work with an operating system that really support you in regards of DR. We can use mksysb, alt_disk_”functions” and LU for AIX but is more limited in using Linux features. We would like to see how mksysb c...
    about 1 month ago in Linux for Power / RHEL 8 (5639-RH8) 0 Under review

    HMC V11 should support to add new zip-file with collected service data from HMC UI to an existing IBM case

    HMC V11 now supports collection and upload of service event data like VIOS snap, HMC debug files and saves them locally or upload automatically for a new case creation.If a case already exist, the HMC service Event menu should allow to add new col...
    3 months ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

    Removal of 4-Core Limit for IBM-i VMs on the S1022

    Description: As a forward-thinking organization leveraging IBM-i on the S1022 server, we are consistently seeking ways to enhance performance, optimize resource utilization, and meet our increasing workload demands. In light of this, we submit the...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 10 Under review

    Support Volumegroup snapshots in PowerVC

    Since SVC support Volumegroup based snapshots, please implement this feature in PowerVC.
    6 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    support backing up(backupios command) of VIOS to USB memory stick

    The backupios command manual states that only tape and cd are supported. At least there is no mention of USB memory sticks. In many cases, there is a desire to back up the VIOS onto a USB memory stick. Considering the operational convenience, the ...
    9 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Planned for future release

    Add a System Location column to HMC table view

    Currently, the HMC table view lists managed systems with many details such as system name, type, serial number, and state etc. However, it lacks a dedicated “System Location” column. This RFE proposes adding a “System Location” field to the HMC ta...
    2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Submitted

    Setting SVC Site attribute for VMs dependant on PowerVC Host Site

    We are using a SVC stretched cluster between two datacenters with one storage pool per datacenter in the SVC backend as our main storage in PowerVC. Dependant of the datacenter location of a VM we assign storage via "Storage Template" from the sam...
    5 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a procedure uses global variable

    New Control Spec Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a calculation in procedure uses a global variable Keyword: PROCGLBVAR with options *ALLOW *WARN *ERROR *allow - no compiler message if a calculation in a procedure references a global variable ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    New compile option for embedded SQL allowing to raise SQL errors as RPG errors

    Something like EXEC SQL SET OPTION SQLERRHANDLING = *EXCEPTION; that would allow a user to trap exceptions like this: monitor; EXEC SQL SELECT * FROM TABEL_THAT_DOES_NOT_EXISTS; on-excp [Whatevere error code for SQL error]; //Do something endmon;
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Align "upgvios" (HMC command) with "viosupgrade" (VIOS command)

    As all (Ansible) development work has now stopped on the ibm.power_vios collection it would be very helpful to align the capabilities / command line flags of the (HMC command) "upgvios" with those of the (VIOS command) "viosupgrade". In doing so, ...
    2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

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