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Possibility to use generic message ID's on ON-EXCP section in MONITOR group

It would be very useful to have ability to use generic message ID's e.g CPF0000, CPF9800 in ON-EXCP op-code within MONITOR group. This should be similar to CL's MONMSG functionality in terms of generic message ID's monitoring.
2 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted
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Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Support vHMC on Hyper-v

Many customers are using vmware, but with new license/broadcom challenges then other hypervisors are asked for. Smaller sites dont have a separate Power systems (or 2) to use for the vHMC so they are forced to either purchase the CR2 (best choice ...
1 day ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

When enabling MFA for user in powervc we would like to have the QR code printed on the screen not by email

Powervc users we use have no email address configured (for security reasons) We would like to have the QR code or a passkey presented on the powervc CLI not by email to the specific user.
1 day ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Enable Virtual Serial Number (VSN) for Shared Processor Pool (SPP)

As currently defined, a Virtual Serial Number (VSN) can only be used once for a single LPAR, with cores fully assigned. This approach significantly limits flexibility. For example, consider a scenario with three LPARs, each assigned 0.4 cores. The...
5 days ago in IBM i / Hardware 0 Submitted

reconnect buttom in RSS of ACS

Workaround for lost connection issue
3 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

Support for SFP mix in 4-port adapter EN24, EN26

Actual 4-port adapters EN24 and EN26 don't support mix of SFP. Many customers require to split management network usually based on 1Gb Ethernet from 10/25Gb access ports. 4-port adapters are ideal product to have dual VIO setup with pairs of these...
3 days ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

lpardbg - Add data collection for LPARS running AIX

lpardbg is a great new feature to collect snap-data from VIOS via HMC, but it would be nice to be able to collect data from LPARS with AIX as OS as well. Documentation of lpardbg: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=commands-lpardbg
29 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

lpardbg - Add data transfer to IBM over configured proxy

lpardbg is a great new feature to collect snap-data from VIOS via HMC, but it would be nice to transfer the collected data via Proxy to IBM. This is already possible for the command pedbg and the proxy from the call-home configuration is used here...
29 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 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 month ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Under review

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