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Version WPAR

WPAR is a supported product from Power Systems brand. With WPAR, client can run multiple virtual LPARs within an LPAR. It's like running containers within a VM. Currently all WPARs ( vritual lpars ) within an LPAR must be at the same level. In pre...
almost 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 1 Not under consideration

Add ISO virtual media support to PowerVS

A virtual ISO media repository could be amazing for install , migrate and restore purposes . Please add this feature to PowerVS
almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 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...
almost 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...
almost 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)
almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 1 Not under consideration

Cost Analysis Function in the Enterprise account

Cost analysis provides a very practical tool for viewing the distribution of costs/service for an account. This same view would be very beneficial at the enterprise account level to monitor the most active service within the enterprise
12 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Billing 0 Future consideration

Rename the routing table with IBM Cloud commands

I want to rename the default routing table that exists in my VPC using IBM Cloud commands. However, I can't find the method by searching the following documents. Would you please let me know if there is such a command or documentation that describ...
almost 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / CLI 2 Functionality already exists

Overall System’s responses are always too slow.How do I get a quick operation?

1.**Please describe the problem you are experiencing in detail.** Overall System’s responses are always too slow.How do I get a quick operation? [a]Screen display of each action on IBM Cloud takes about 5 sec to 1 min. ex. ・Have to always wait to ...
almost 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Compute 0 Future consideration

Ability to add Trusted Profile identity into an Access Group

In order to fully federate authorization from IBM Cloud to our Active Directory in a way that does not require us to invite users to an account, we need the capability to give a Trusted Profile identity membership in an IBM Cloud Access Group. Thi...
almost 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Security 0 Planned for future release

About changing the EMAIL address of the SoftlayerID user

There are still many users using SoftlayerID on the IBM Cloud portal. However, recently, IBM Cloud made it impossible to change their email address on their SoftlayerID user profile. Please revert this specification, and restore the ability for So...
almost 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Identity and Access Management 0 Not under consideration