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OpenAPI definitions for all IBM Cloud services should be publicly available

https://cloud.ibm.com/docs?tab=api-docs Current OpenAPI definitions for IBM Cloud services are available at above page. Customers do not have access to collated GITHUB Repo where IBM Cloud maintains OpenAPI definition of all IBM CLoud services. ht...
over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Documentation Future consideration

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 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Satellite 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 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Bare Metal Not under consideration

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....
5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power Planned for future release

Need ability to move and delete Enterprise Account Account Groups

We currently have an Enterprise Account and organize accounts for billing using its hierarchy capabilities via Account Groups. We can create, move and rename most things but cannot move or delete Account Groups. This means our Enterprise Account n...
over 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Core Platform Services Future consideration

Database storage scale down

Cost control makes it sometime necessary to scale down IBM Cloud Database instance following database maintenance, application optimization or defect resolution. This feature is not available on most IBM Cloud Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL...
over 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Databases Not under consideration

add a command line timeout option when using putty and SU level access

Inactive sessions close off, which is fine, however when working with IBM support and multiple putty sessions are open its often difficult to keep them alive so adding the timeout option would alleviate this. we increase timeouts on IBM Brocade sw...
5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Cloud Object Storage 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 ...
5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power Not under consideration

Documentation Improvement Request for VMware ESXi iSCSI MPIO Configuration

Real-life scenario: We deployed VMware vSphere ESXi on IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers and mounted IBM Cloud Block Storage via iSCSI for datastore usage. During the setup, we followed the official documentation for MPIO configuration. However, the in...
5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Templates & Best Practices Needs more information

CIS Feature Addition

To make rule management easier and more secure, we propose the following features: 1.Rule Simulation/Test ModeA mode allowing testing of firewall or WAF rules before application would be highly beneficial, enabling verification of whether requests...
5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Security Under review

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