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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...
almost 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...
almost 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 9 Planned for future release

Clean up "Remote Commands" section

When I order a new Baremetal I see in the 'Remote Management' section the information of the restarts that preceded my order. I suggest cleaning up the 'Remote commands' section when a server is decommissioned.
over 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Bare Metal 1

Not able to add/update the PowerVS Volume Group/Consistency Group through Terraform 1.74.0

Not able to add/update the PowerVS Volume Group/Consistency Group through Terraform 1.74.0 I want to update my VG/CG after its created with terraform for GRS. This feature does not exists as of now. Also, power volume creation should have an attri...
3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

When configuring ODF through Satellite, it would be great to have the assignment automatically label the storage nodes correctly so other workloads outside of ODF do not run there.

Today when using Satellite, if you want to setup storage nodes so they are separate from application nodes, you have to perform a config, then assignment, and then you will have to run a script on the cluster to label/taint the nodes correct as de...
almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Satellite 2 Planned for future release

Add the ability from the Cloud GUI to move a partition into a Shared Processor Pool

I have an existing partition but I'm not allowed to edit it and add it to a Shared Processor Pool. The only option available in the Cloud GUI is to create a partition in the Shared Processor Pool. How can I move an existing Partition into a Shared...
10 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Future consideration

Add support for Satellite Connector running on IBM VPC infrastructure

Please add support for Satellite Connector with agents running on IBM VPC infrastructure. The FAQ for Satellite Connector ( https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/satellite?topic=satellite-connector-faq&interface=ui ) says: "Can I deploy Satellite Connect...
about 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Satellite 0 Not under consideration

Current boot option is not viewable from PowerVS like it is on the HMC.

It is possible to change the boot option from PowerVS, but there is no way to view what the current setting is. To ensure it is set correctly, one must change to the desired setting then trust that it was set correctly before rebooting the virtual...
over 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Not under consideration

Consume PowerVS Platform Events

We have events in powervs workspace and maximum of last 400 events can be stored. We need to consume those events in ITSM.
about 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Not under consideration

VMware Solution Day 2 Actions Capabilities

Hi, as a customer of IBM Cloud, we offer VMware Solutions reselling to our customers. Customers who have cost considerations use shared infra services meaning multiple tenants hosted on a single compute cluster. To provide services to multiple cus...
almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / VMware Solutions 0 Not under consideration