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Need to see RPM for Fans for each Power Server

We have had massive Datacenter problems due to wrong running Fan Speed on several E1080 so i want to see at the HMC GUI and also getting via RestAPI and/or CLI Fan Speed in RPM for each Fan per Power Server and an average
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Add capability to see who is using a NFS mount

I have a sandbox lpar (GDI) exporting a directory for testing this issue.EXPORTFS OPTIONS('-I -O') DIR('/tmp')strNFSSVR SERVER(*ALL) I have another lpar mounting over thismd '/gdi'md '/gdi/tmp'MOUNT TYPE(*NFS) MFS('gdi:/tmp') MNTOVRDIR('/gdi/tmp')...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Future consideration

FaceLink is a revolutionary platform that leverages facial recognition and AI to streamline personal and professional networking, making connections seamless, secure, and effortless.

Here's a revised version of the text, fixing the grammatical errors and improving the overall clarity and flow: Why FaceLink is Useful: FaceLink addresses the growing need for efficient, secure, and versatile networking in both personal and profes...
2 months ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Ability to download *IPDS spool files using ACS

Would like the ability to view / download spool files with *IPDS data stream using Access Client Solutions. This function was supported in the old IBM i Access for Windows. Use Case: Distribute spool files to customers
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

MPIO needs to take path response time into account

System: AIX 7Event: Degraded response time in one path, impacts the overall performance of the other paths of the same hdisk. MPIO is used to access our disks, running with algorithm shortest-queue, in the event of having a slow path (with no fc e...
about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

ACS - RSS, please add the option to include more default comments when retrieving DDL.

Please provide a feature that would allow generated DDL to have one or more templates that can be included when DDL is generated. Currently, the following comments are included. They do not provide enough useful information. -- Generate SQL -- Ver...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

SQL precompiler support for EXTNAME(filename : fmtname : fieldtype) where fieldtype is *ALL, *INPUT, *OUTPUT, or *KEY

Allow the use of a data-structure defined with EXTNAME(*ALL, *INPUT, *OUTPUT, or *KEY) to be used as an SQL host variable. Use Case: In a case where IO must be done with a workstation file you have to code separate data-structures, one with *ALL f...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

Keep the filters up

In capacity monitoring for example, I would like to keep my filters actives when clicking on one of the objects of the filter and going back
5 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

IFS: Add attribute that objects created in that directory use the authority of the parent.

In the QSYS.LIB file system I can runCHGLIB LIB(MYLIB) CRTAUT(MYAUTL)and now any new object created in that library will have the authority as per the authorization list MYAUTL.I am looking for something similar for the IFS.For example, if I creat...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Not under consideration

Allow "Refactor" to rename the record format named on the SFILE() keyword in a dcl-f statement.

When refactoring record format names in a display file, I noticed that using the Refactor action on the record format name works fine everywhere BUT the file specification that references the record format name on a SFILE() keyword. I have to reme...
7 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

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