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To be able to specify the destination vios in the commands rrstartlpar and migrlpar

To be able to specify the destination vios in the commands rrstartlpar and migrlpar, since, if in a same Power there are more than 1 pair of vios, these commands verify if the vlan's of the partition can be configured in all the vios servers and g...
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Delivered

Create XML in RPGLE, BIF like %XML-CREATE()

In the Current world, IBM i is interacting with other systems by using the XML format messages which can be easily understood by different systems and humans. IBM has recently provided XML-INTO and XML-SAX built in functions to read the xml and to...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

PowerVC manager should be available on SLES 12 LE on Power Systems

So far the PowerVC Manager component is only running on a Redhat Linux partition on Power Systems. The client components are supporting other Linux distributions and AIX.
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Change RPG compiler to require prototypes for exported procedures

With 7.1 the compiler was changed to not require prototypes for procedures of a RPG module. While that change is great for local procedures, it is really bad for exported procedures, because the compiler does not necessarily validate the prototype...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 15 Delivered

Trim trailing spaces on open of source

When source is opened, quite often there are trailing spaces. I would like for source to not have trailing spaces on open, just like it trims trailing spaces on save. Use Case: When I open a source and want to jump to the end of a line of code, I ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

LPM VMs to original system after Evacuation or Remote Restart

If a host is evacuated for systems maintenance or VMs are restarted using Remote Restart after a system outage PowerVC does not save the original source system to able to LPM the VMs back to the source after the maintenance.
over 5 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

power supplies status check

We need a way to determine power supplies status for IBM Power Systems Server deployed with PowerVM and HMC in a remote data-centre. Just like HP iLO or old IBM's IMM (Integrated Managemnt Module for x86 server) displays a red or green icon per po...
over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 6 Delivered

Support for CAA record types in bind, for AIX versions 7.1 and 7.2

Customer requested about when will be available the support for CAA record types in bind, for AIX 7.1 and 7.2 versions. They can't use the CAA record type in the current versions of AIX.
almost 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

DEBUG in RDI able to show data in UNICODE

AS said in https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=a596866f-3aaa-42a1-b766-04edcb293f19, RDI debug can't show data in UNICODE. i'd like to see UNICODE (GRAPHIC) data in debug mode under RDI. Use Case: RPG program manipula...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

VIOS Maintenance Mode

The new VIOS Maintenance Mode should address the following requirements:1. Possibility to set the VIOS in maintenance mode with one click (for example through the HMC UI)2. Automatic failover of all SEA to backup VIOS (chdev -dev entX -attr ha_mod...
over 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Delivered

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