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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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realtime HMC/SE logging at a syslog server

We have the requirement to collect all messages, logs,... at a central point like a syslog server (e.g. Splunk).It has to became possile to collect all HMCs and SEs messages (Logs, API-Requests, HW-messages,...) there in realtime. The aim is to re...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

RCL service window reduction

In the near past, before we used RCL, the IBM SSR came on site and performed the MCL load in the datacenter. The service window was calculated on around 4hrs for one servers, both the HMCs and SEs were done in the same window. With RCL this is no ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Meaningful internal battery feature hardware message

Due to the conversion of the battery technology inside the Internal Battery Feature (IBF) of the IBM z15 systems to lithium-ion batteries and the associated risk of thermal runaway, an effective and quick alert is required in recognizable critical...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

All color adjustment of status fields.

It can be extremely difficult to identify systems "not active" and "not operating" because they use the same icon (X) and color in the status column. In the "Classical view" it was easy to quickly identify different states of objects based on thei...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

HMC Email From Domain Setting

HMC EMAIL NOTIFICATION NEEDS TO INDICATE 'FROM' DOMAIN OF '@DOMAIN.COM' INSTEAD OF '@NAME.DOMAIN.COM' FOR SECURITY EMAIL FILTER PURPOSES.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 5 Delivered

Support additional TR-31 export options

We are working with third parties who have specific TR-31 key block requirements. Specifically, two of our partners need the mode of use on exported P0 key blocks to be set to "B". Currently, ICSF only allows exported P0 key blocks to have a mode ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 7 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.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Virtual IDAA on Z SSC LPAR bringing online reserved IFLs

We are participating in a proof-of-concept for IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator. Our virtual IDAA SSC image profile has seven shared IFLs initial and 16 reserved (there are 13 physically installed on our z15 - we generally overdefine for future growt...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 5 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.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

Enhance CIU display and procedure for permanent upgrades.

Using ResourceLink, CIU to order a permanent upgrade to an 8561 was successful and the record download ready. From the HMC, we performed model conversion, permanent upgrades with the retrieve processor upgrade data but do not apply successfully. D...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

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