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    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

    Enable AIX LPAR reboot with a dump option for a hung server.

    We had a situation that AIX server was hung and rebooted the server. Customer requested for RCA of server hung. AIX Vendor support team could not able to provide the RCA as the server was not rebooted with dump option. The AIX server was not reboo...
    over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Planned for future release

    IBM Cloud (and specifically PowerVS) data centre in MEA region

    Request for PowerVS service (and IBM Cloud) offering in MEA data centers for customers in the region.​ Almost all of the Hyperscalers have DCs across MEA. In order to compete with them, there has to be a least one DC in MEA. Current closest DC for...
    over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Not under consideration

    Details behind error condition with LPARs in PowerVS

    Example: Attempted to deploy 2 LPARs in PowerVS, one would consistently fail - going into error state, with no other details. Tried a number of times to redeploy the one LPAR with the same result. Atempted the next day and it worked. . I checked w...
    over 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 51 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

    Allow to disable EVENT notifications in the portal.

    When logged in the portal and using the CLI or APIs to make changes in Power Virtual Server, the user in the portal receives all the notifications (if you are changing volumes, for instance, this can be a lot) and needs to wait untll they are clos...
    about 1 month ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

    Please, add an option to remove AJAX and animations (IDEA-I-4283 Part 1)

    IBM Power Virtual Server portal is slow, so I am asking for a lighter portal to make Power Virtual Server more user friendly. IDEA-I-4283 was marked as delivered, but nothing has changed Portal can turn slow as making impossible to use.
    about 1 month ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

    Make IBM Cloud CLI and API authorizations consistent

    I usually use IBM Cloud CLI, and I am trying to use APIs for some specific commands I would like to run right from IBM i or AIX running in Power Virtual Server. Unfortunately I have found we need special authorities for APIs that should be simple....
    about 1 month ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

    PowerVS: Dashboard for VM update history

    Currently, to check a VM’s update history, users must navigate to the Events tab and search through logs. This process can be cumbersome, and even with search functionality, it’s not always easy to retrieve all relevant entries. Additionally, the ...
    about 2 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Not under consideration

    Protect option on specific PowerVS VSIs

    Please, add a checkbox to lock unexpected VSI removal. We are cloning PowerVS VSIs for test purposes with a schedulled task/job, and our concern is we could delete by error the production system. My request: A mechanism to lock VSIs manually, so w...
    2 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Planned for future release

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