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    Allow Security Events from non-UI Agent sources

    Provides a single point of information for security events
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

    Update certificate instructions to HMC V10

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=tasks-manage-certificates is obsolete. Please update to a current version of HMC.
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Power10 eBMC systems : Add CLI Command to change Access Password

    Using case # TS013244866 as a reference. For a Brand NEW eBMC Power10 Frame , with nothing on it, just freshly cabled up and in that state you have to enter a password and then setup the VMI. That's the password I was told cannot be done via CLI, ...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Shift pane to the right after pinning the left menu on HMC v10R2.

    It's annoying that the left menu hides a lot of things once you pin it to the side. We should be able to pin it and have the right pane shift right so no words are covered.
    almost 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    VM/LPARS description synced in HMC-pair (and to CMC)

    We would llike to use the description field for virtual servers / LPARs in HMC, but since its not synced by default we need to update both HMCs. This extra step seems unneeded since a description for LPARs should never differ in between HMCs, ther...
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    Task in Scheduled Operations to Schedule an HMC Reboot

    We have numerous frames attached to an HMC. IBM recommends rebooting the HMC monthly to quarterly. We would like to schedule a reboot in 'Scheduled Operations'.
    about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Partitions overview - identify the shared processor and memory pools assigned to the LPAR

    Using multiple LPARS for testing ideas, then deactivating them, I am assigning LPARS to an "InactivePool" while they are powered off. I need to ensure that LPARs are all correctly assigned before activation to avoid license warnings and keep me le...
    about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Move the VLAN management from the host_group to the workgroup for more granular management. Away to have a backup of th

    We have multiple VLANs in our PROD site, but a single VLAN in DR if the VLAN management was moved to the workgroup level it would be easier to manage the VLANs by creating a workgroup for each VLAN in PROD and mapping the VLAN for the workgroup to...
    almost 4 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 1 Planned for future release

    Make MPIO path healthcheck timeout visible

    We have noticed that the healthcheck timeout is different to the rw_timeout, but there is no documentation on how to modify, if it is related to other values or a fix hardcoded value. It would be interesting to make this value known and potentiall...
    over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

    Enhancements to the /etc/security/pscexpert/bin/findperms command

    Requesting the folloing additional functionaluty to the /etc/security/pscexpert/bin/findperms search: - Please provide an option to ignore NFS Filesystems - Option to list the filesystems to scan - Option to ingore a list of filesystems in the scan
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 1 Planned for future release

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