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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 4, 2022

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Need a better solution to modify this vmm_communication_locked setting in the vmmconf_#######.properties file.

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When there is an issue communicating to the hypervisor host server as defined and managed by VM Manager Tool after a number of attempts, the vmm_communication_locked will set to true value inside a referenced vmmconf_###### .properties file. This is becoming a very very ignorance that someone would have to manually edit this .properties file and change this vmm_communication_locked setting back to false. I personally have to manually go through a 130+ .properties files myself to update this setting and changed it back to false value. That is completely not acceptable solution for the manual task. It should have been provided an option in the VM Managers panel in the ILMT portal. It should have also reporting this vmm_communication_locked setting in this panel as well showing its value (true or false) so that it can be easily to identify the current value and also PROVIDE an option to change it to "false" ONLY if it is "true". This way, it is ease of use and provide a user friendly way to change this setting from the ILMT portal instead of manually changing this setting inside the .properties file especially the .properties file goes by the ID # instead of the hypervisor URL hostname. This makes it even hardly to identify which .properties file is belong to that hypervisor host server in question.


The bottom line is having this vmm_communication_locked setting reporting in the ILMT VM Managers panel and also provide an option to change it if it is "true" value.


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Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 8, 2022

    Example in the VM Managers report, provide an option to add a column to display this filename "vmmconf_#######.properties" and its vmm_communication_locked setting associated with that specific configuration.

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 8, 2022

    Thanks Tomasz, it's good to hear from you. It would be also nice to have option to add additional columns similar to other reports in the VM Managers panel including:


    • user credential defined in each VM configurations. By adding this column in the report, it helps to oversee the user credential for each of the VM configurations instead of clicking on each one to see this information in the detail section.

    • the vmman configure .properties file name associated with each vm configuration. this helps to quickly identify which .properties filename related to that vm configuration in the event there is still a need to manually change or review any setting inside that ,properties file.

    Think of in a large ILMT infrastructure where there might be hundreds of VM configurations defined. Trying to identify which .properties filename is in question inside the /config directory could be a painful. The only way is to run "vmman -status > out.txt" command and review the out.txt file to identify the .properties file.


  • Guest
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    |     Nov 7, 2022

    We are looking into improving experience and troubleshooting for VM Managers in general, so will consider this suggestion as well - thank you!

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