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    Monitoring shared pool utilization

    I would like to know the real/effective CPU utilization PowerVS shared pool in IBM Cloud. I have LPARs in pools that are lacking of compute. Before adding additionnal CE to those LPARs I need to know/validate if shared pool are correctly sized, an...
    about 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 2 Functionality already exists

    Console for PowerVS via IBMCloud GUI

    This idea was created a while back (IDEA-I-3218), and closed, with the only real comment from a developer being that they were not responsible for PowerVS. I should also comment that this problem only really applies to booting the PowerVS instance...
    over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 13 Planned for future release

    Ability to initiate an AIX memory dump on a non-responsive LPAR

    When an LPAR becomes non-responsive AIX Support requires a system dump for analysis. With direct access to a HMC this is a simple operation, either through the GUI or in the CLI via the chsysstate command. The PowerVS CLI provides the "pi instance...
    over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 9 Planned for future release

    When deleting a Virtual Server Instance (VSI), the default state of the "Release the VSN attached to this instance" switch should be set to OFF.

    If the switch is left ON—whether due to oversight or misunderstanding—the Virtual Serial Number (VSN) will be released. This can lead to unintended consequences in scenarios where the VSN is intended to be retained for redeployment. For instance, ...
    3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Under review

    Integrated solution for viewing and analyzing VPC Flow Logs

    VPC Flow Logs have been available for years, but the data just goes to Object Storage and is difficult to search and analyze or set up alerts. Previously, there was some integration with Data Engine, but that is no longer available. IBM folks have...
    9 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 0 Planned for future release

    Expose ACI functionality to users

    There are various elements of functionality within Cisco ACI that would be beneficial if made available as a configuration option to end users. E.G. Use of ESGs/EPGs to control communication between VSIs within the pod. Having a GUI/CLI method to ...
    3 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client - Urgent 0 Planned for future release

    Add comment field in SecurityGroup- and ACL-Rules

    We have a lot (>100 rules) in several ACLs and we also have a lot of SecurityGroups which also contains a lot of rules. Currently it is not possible to add a comment to these rules which makes it difficult to identify the reason and the rationa...
    almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Security 1 Future consideration

    Add Japanese image to PowerVS

    Currently, PowerVS only offers 2924/2984 as its IBM i boot image selection. I'd like a Japanese image, even if it's just as a secondary language. Setting up a separate COR server and installing Japanese would take a significant amount of time. Inc...
    3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Not under consideration

    Limitation of log message characters in email alerts

    Only 1000 characters from log message displayed in email alerts due to the data size limitation "data.log_example" data size to be increased to 5000 to display meaningful log messages in the email alerts.
    7 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Logging and Monitoring 1 Future consideration

    AIX does not support Live Kernel Updates on PowerVS Private Cloud

    AIX Live Kernel Updates (LKU) for IBM Power is a feature that allows system administrators to apply critical AIX security patches and kernel updates without requiring a reboot or causing downtime. This is particularly valuable for enterprise envir...
    10 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud 0 Under review

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