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LPM should not switch to Default Processor Pool

During LPM via HMC-GUI (V10 R3 SP1051 / MF71688) the setting for processor pool switches back to the Default Processor Pool, if not explicitely changed by drop-down menu. Since Processor Pools are very important to us (licences) AND there's a veri...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release
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Concurrent Maintenance for Ethernet adapter component SFP - FRU for SFP request

Please provide concurrent maintenance using own FRU = Field Replaceable Unit number for adapter component SFP for ethernet adapter EN0J, EL38, EN0H, EL56, CCIN for all is 2B93, vendor Emulex / Broadcom. Currently a FRU number is available for whol...
about 4 years ago in Power Systems Design 7 Not under consideration

Declare UTF-8 character lenght in SQL TABLE not in bytes

Currently, when I create a new table and declare a field, for example, of type CHAR(10) UTF-8, the system only allows for 10 characters if each character is 1 byte in size. If a character occupies 2 or more bytes, the field length is no longer suf...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Provide info for current Power usage per Managed Frame with HMC cli command

Hi, for data collection / automation purposes it would be great to have current Power usage per Managed Frame available via HMC cli command like: Name=power-frame-d01, power_usage=859.556 watts Currently the data is available on HMC GUI & HMC ...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

More detailed user and role management in Power VC (based on Openstack Identity)

More detailed role and user management. In large installations and in environments with high security restrictions, such as banks, it is crucial to very precisely manage user rights and their roles, so I am asking you to expand these functionaliti...
10 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

While debugging in Visual Studio Code (SEP), able to mouseover an RPG variable starting with a special character

Currently, the mouseover only works for RPG program variables that do not start with a special character. It would be a great idea to add the same capability for RPG variables that start with a special character.
11 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Able to debug using SEP in Visual Studio Code when a data library is set to *PROD

When debugging using a native (green) screen, you can specify STRDBG UPDPROD(*YES). When using SEP in Visual Studio Code, there is no way to specify this, therefore, we can't use the SEP in Visual Studio Code if the library attribute is set to *PROD.
11 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Adding a new activation group parameter to CREATE or REPLACE VARIABLE

A C-ILE program is currently being created at CREATE VARIABLE, which runs with the activation group *CALLER. Therefore, the SET VARIBALE VALUE can only be used in the activation group in which the variable is used. By specifying a named activation...
23 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Add support for Java 21 to IBM i

Java 21 is needed so we can use new features also on IBM i. It will enable IBM i community to run applications that requires java 21. Java 21 (IBM Semeru) is already available for other platforms.
4 months ago in IBM i / JAVA 2 Submitted

PowerVC with PeerZoning/Smart Zoning

A new type of storage zoning is peerzoning or smartzoning. This method is clearer and more practical to handle. e.g. debugging etc.
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

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