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HMC/Support Element (SE)

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Request for system Z HMC 'View LPAR controls' task

Our current z/15 HMC has a task called 'Change LPAR Controls' that allows my Configuration Mgmt. dept to manage our zCloud external customers LPDEFS such as weights, caps, etc. Due to the large number of changes our external customers require in f...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

HMC security log - Record authentication method used for log on

We have a mixture of userids defined to the HMC, some authenticate via LDAP and others using the local internal HMC password store.When a logon is performed by a user, the method of authentication used is not recorded in the security logs.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Query Flash Express Storage (PAGESCM) available to an LPAR

Using z/OS 2.2 I observed that there is no attribute in the REXX interface declaration files SYS1.MACLIB(HWICIREX) or SYS1.MACLIB (HWIC2REX) that can be used to query the amount of Flash Express Storage assigned to a certain LPAR.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

zHMC Optic Power measurement

HMC 2.14.0 introduced a feature under the Channel Problem Determination panel called Optical Power measurement. Works for FICON only, Some clients are asking if this will be available for Inter Coupling Adapters , RoCE and zHiperlink ports as well.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

Report-a-Problem using HMC Web Services

We would like to be able to perform a Report-a-Problem against a CPC or an HMC via Web Services. The POST properties would specify the type of RaP (Power, CPC, LAN, Software, I/O, Health Check, Other, Test automatic problem reporting) and a charac...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

allow the query of all crypto related information via BCPii

Currently it is not possible to retrieve all crypto related information regarding from the image profile of a single LPAR via BCPii.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 7 Delivered

Early warning alert indicating this BCPii caching issue

BCPii caching issue early warning alert. Also, is there any possibility of having the SE auto reboot (or be self-correcting) for the BCPii cache issue as it does for the VPD issue?
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

zHW - HMC/Support Element (SE) Amendments

It be useful to have view access to the following options on the HMC: - View LPAR Controls- View LPAR Group Controls Under the audit and log management option it is not possible to include user info. Is it possible that this info can be added so t...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

zHMC CPC Properties

JPMC(Ovidio.Ruiz@JPMCHASE.com) is trying to utilize the zHMC Web API Services to pull the CPC properties and use that information to populate a database. The data provided by HMC via CPC properties is much different that the data returned via WEB ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 4 Delivered

Allow Web Services to Change Properties of Objects Under Custom Groups

Per HMC/SE DE, Web Services does not have the granularity to be able to change the properties of objects that are under custom groups on the HMC. Regardless of where objects appear under custom groups when the members of the groups are listed unde...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

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