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    Allow generation of VSI performance stats from CLI

    Currently the performance report can only be generated from the UI. Being able to do it from the cli would allow it to be scripted and automated.
    about 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Future consideration

    Stop recommending a Java applet for KVM access

    Java applets have been banned by most browsers for several years. Getting one running is enormously difficult. Yet the KVM for your VSIs (which runs bog-standard unencrypted VNC) still pushes the use of a Java applet and someone has to dig through...
    over 6 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Not under consideration

    Add a "mkvterm" console option to the IBM Cloud CLI "power-iaas" plugin for AIX

    Add and option to IBM CLOUD CLI - Power-IaaS plugin, so we can access the "mkvterm" command on NovaLink/PowerVS and AIX intances. The Web console has no cut&paste feature and the time-out can be annoying with long-running processes (ie: instal...
    about 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Not under consideration

    Provide Internet access on PowerVS without Internet publishing

    When we don't add Internet access to our network settings we are not able to download PTFs, fixes, updates or install open source tools, unless we set an instance with this features or jump to VPC landing zone and use a VRA or proxy VM. It would b...
    about 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 2 Not under consideration

    Allow to connect to the IBM Cloud portal from VPC and PowerVS instances (without Internet access)

    Sometimes we need to automate or script some actions on our VMs or LPARs for backup, restore, and management purposes. It would be great to connect to the portal using the CLI or APIs pointing to a local address (maybe the gateway)
    about 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 1 Not under consideration

    Identifying a VPC Gen 2 Block Storage from inside a VSI

    Hi as a Cloud Operator, I woule like to build some VSI on VPC Gen 2 (Linux and Windows) with several volumes attached during the provisioning step. Some of them have the same size but different functions. So I need to know which VPC Block Storage ...
    almost 5 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 2 Functionality already exists

    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, ...
    4 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Under review

    Check price of base image

    Hi, Often when I launch an Ubuntu 22.04 Linux virtual machine, the pricing summary will show something like $2.45/hour. If there are 730 hours in a month, then $2.45 * 730 = $ 1788.5/month for the free open-source Ubuntu software. This price is st...
    9 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 4 Is a defect

    Allow for VPC boot disk sizes greater than 250GiB

    Currently, VPC boot disks are limited to a max of 250GiB. We have use-cases where having larger boot disk sizes (e.g. 512GiB or 1TiB) would be adventageous. Other cloud providers that we have tested, allow for boot disk sizes in the mulitples of T...
    over 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Future consideration

    About the additional event notification when the maintenance time is extended

    Hello. I've already mentioned in following Case, maintenance was not completed by the end time in notification that had been issued beforehand. Allowing degraded operation in only during the maintenance time, we switch our application to BCP site,...
    over 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Future consideration

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