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  • 1.  Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/08/25 08:54 AM
    Edited by Dennis Melnikov 10/10/25 03:14 AM

    Hi,

    What's a reason that System Location does not have a corresponding column in HMC's table view? Neither in V9, nor in V10.

    I have to copy location value to Description field to see my system locations at a glance.



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    Sincerely,
    Dennis
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  • 2.  RE: Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/09/25 10:52 AM

    Hi,

    go here : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/welcome-ibm-ideas-portal  

    Formulate your request. I support it, I will vote for it. I am missing the location column in HMC table view for years. 



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    Thomas
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  • 3.  RE: Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/09/25 03:35 PM

    Greetings, 

    I too was tempted to say that this looks like a RFE (oops, Idea) situation. 

    I submitted a similar Idea In January 2022 (yep, not a typo) where at V10 the Partitions display no longer has a column for the IPL Source, like it did at V9.  See https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/HMC-I-328

    It is currently showing as Planned for future release.... I am doubtful of this though as standard support for V10 ends 31 December 2026. I have however not yet given up hope. 

    Curious to know if both missing columns are in V11.



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    Jozsef Torok
    Spark New Zealand Ltd
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  • 4.  RE: Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/10/25 08:28 AM

    I can confirm that neither column is on V11 and are not on the list of columns to customize.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 5.  RE: Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/10/25 07:13 AM

    Please feel free to vote for the idea, https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/HMC-I-560 



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    Dennis
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  • 6.  RE: Why does HMC miss System Location column?

    Posted 10/11/25 03:57 AM
    Hi Dennis,
    I often have discussions with customers about this. Many of my customers want more functions from a single interface.
    That's why we offer them their own interface that better represents their system landscape.
    For example, location or data center.
    If you would like to try out the free tool, feel free to send me an email.

    In the example, you see datacenter 1 on the left and datacenter 2 on the right.
    On other screens, you also have an LPAR list, and you can sort it according to your own criteria (e.g., FlashCopy LPARs, etc.). In the VIO view, you have a small GUI for the VIO server.



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    Falko Huetter
    Consultant
    PROFI Engineering Systems AG
    Darmstadt
    0049 6151 82900
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