PowerHA continues to deliver additional enhancements including:
A new modern web-based interface for monitoring PowerHA environments
Enhanced administrative domain integration with support for synchronizing user auditing (CHGUSRAUD) and maximum sign-on attempts (MAXSIGN) profile attributes for user profiles across the environment
IBM FlashSystem and Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy enhancements, including additional automation and simplification of IASP-based FlashCopy
New Modern Web-Based Interface 7.5 HA 5.2.2 7.4 HA 4.8.2
PowerHA has always required minimal ongoing monitoring and management. Previously, most monitoring and management for PowerHA was done either through the green screen command-line interface, SQL services, or through the PowerHA web interface built into the heritage Navigator for i.
This update provides the first installment of a new modern web interface for PowerHA, giving at-a-glance health information and allowing easy management of PowerHA operations from a web browser.
The web interface is configured automatically with the following settings:
Run on non-secure HTTP port 2098
Automatically start when the *HTTP server is started
For additional information, including how to enable secure HTTPS, see: Configuring the PowerHA Web Interface
Enhanced Administrative Domain Integration
The administrative domain in PowerHA synchronizes security and configuration-related objects across a PowerHA environment, including user profiles, so that changes to resources monitored by the administrative domain are automatically synchronized with the other nodes.
With this enhancement, PowerHA now supports synchronizing additional attributes on user profiles, including the following:
Synchronization of user auditing (CHGUSRAUD), including the object auditing value (OBJAUD) and user action auditing (AUDLVL) attributes. 7.5 HA 5.2.2 7.4 HA 4.8.2
Support for synchronizing the new user-level maximum sign-on attempts (MAXSIGN) attribute on user profiles. 7.5 HA 5.2.2
Existing monitored resources in the administrative domain that previously monitored all attributes for user profiles will automatically begin monitoring the new attributes after all nodes are updated to a PowerHA version supporting the new attributes.
Integrated FlashCopy Automation Enhancements 7.5 HA 5.2.2 7.4 HA 4.8.2 7.2 HA 3.10
Previously, PowerHA introduced automation for IBM FlashSystems and Spectrum Virtualize IASP-based FlashCopy, reducing the need for customized scripts or external tools. This update provides additional automation, including:
The ability to run a user exit program as part of FlashCopy operations.
Simplified management with the ability to suspend and resume FlashCopy sessions.
Enhancement Availability
Release | PTF |
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7.5 PowerHA | SI81914, SI81893 |
7.4 PowerHA | SI81913, SI81892 |
7.2 PowerHA (for IBM i 7.2 and 7.3) | SI81912 |
Note: Above are highlights from this release. See the PowerHA Release notes for the full list of fixes and enhancements.