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Automate SSC Image Update Recovery to Avoid Manual HMC Intervention

During an update of our IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator (IDAA) on IBM Z, the upload of a new Secure Service Container (SSC) image could not complete successfully. We had to manually access the Hardware Management Console (HMC), set the SSC LPAR to S...
about 3 hours ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Submitted

Trigger Hardware Event in SE when IFCC threshold exceeded

In the current reporting mechanism for IFCC, No Hardware event will be generated in SE/HMC when the IFCC threshold is exceeded. Is it possible to add this in future MCL ? Adding this event logging would significantly improve error tracking for fie...
9 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Add port-specific TCP connectivity testing to IBM Z HMC

The IBM Z HMC is already a powerful and comprehensive management platform, providing administrators with many capabilities for configuring, operating and diagnosing IBM Z environments. However, an important network diagnostic capability is current...
18 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Complete Power Consumption Charts for Intelli Magic

After installing the z17s and re-IPLing all LPARs, the power consumption data from our CECs became visible in IntelliMagic. To be honest, I still do not fully understand why an IPL is required for this. However, there is still a gap between the To...
19 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

zHMC/SE - Display PPS on the Manage System Time Main Panel

Currently, the HMC/SE Manage System Time (MTS) panel does not display the PPS (Pulse Per Second) status - if enabled - on the primary panel. As a result, users may incorrectly assume that PPS is not enabled or configured on their system. While PPS...
27 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Support for retrieving and configuring NTP settings at the HMC WS-API

For compliance, our use of Z systems in the IBM VPC Cloud needed to retrieve the NTP settings from the HMCs and store them for potential future audits. The WS-API of the HMC does not currently support the retrieval of the NTP settings. Therefore, ...
28 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

HMC to support FQDN on HTTPS port 443

We disclose all applications via IBM Security Verify Access (or WebSeal) to end-users using a single port, port 443. This is currently not possible for Z HMC, of all applications. We require a quick HMC redesign to support a single Fully Qualified...
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Provide SSO (Single Sign-On Option) to IBM z15/z16 SE (Support Element) similar to the HMA SSO

Why is it useful? When using SSO on the HMA it transfers your access and authentication to the SE for tasks that need to be performed on the SE. If the SE doesn’t support SSO, any action that requires authentication will fail.Who would benefit fro...
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Add "Customize Customer Information" task to the "SE management" window on the Support Element

Currently a user must select the CPC and then navigate to "Remote Customization" menu to get to "Customer Information" on the SE. Why not match the HMC and show it on the SE management page? Faster, easier, more sensible location for that task.
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

View Option For "Customise Scheduled Operations" Task

It would be useful to be able to view the "Customise Scheduled Operations" panel to: See when the next scheduled operation is going to run See what scheduled operation(s) are setup What the scheduled operation is setup to do, eg does the backup ju...
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

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