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Accessing Power VS VM instance by using serial console

We would like to access our Power VS VM instances via their serial consoles similar to how it is done with IBM VPC: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-vsi_is_connecting_console&interface=api
about 1 year ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power Not under consideration

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, ...
6 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers Needs more information

All Users IBM Cloud Activities Must be Recorder in Activity Logs and should be visible based on new RBAC policies

All Users IBM Cloud Activities Must be Recorded somewhere in IBM Cloud Activity Logs and should be visible based on new RBAC policies. Reason - Indivisual users does individual tasks on various IBM cloud services but there is no single pane of gla...
over 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Logging and Monitoring Functionality already exists

Disable Promotion and Credits View to All Users

Hi, All users are able to see Promotions and Credit page by design. IBM should make a permission check, it should be disabled to every single user in the account. All users in the account are not mandatory supposed to view any financial or billing...
over 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Billing Future consideration

Expose ACI functionality to users

There are various elements of functionality within Cisco ACI that would be beneficial if made available as a configuration option to end users. E.G. Use of ESGs/EPGs to control communication between VSIs within the pod. Having a GUI/CLI method to ...
6 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client - Urgent Planned for future release

SSH support for GitLab repositories in IBM Schematics

We need the capability to integrate IBM Schematics with GitLab via SSH. Currently only HTTPS is supported by IBM Schematics. In order for us to maintain control of our IaaC resources in IBM Cloud, we wish to use IBM Schematics but are unable as it...
over 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Integration Planned for future release

Daily / Weekly Usage Report

Currently we get a monthly aggregate of usage metrics. This doesn't give us insight into how changes to infrastructure affects our usage.
over 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Billing Planned for future release

Include quick access to Terraform code in all service creation screens.

This feature would be useful for developers and SREs looking to automate service creation. It should be as simple as possible. I propose that the Terraform logo is placed beside the Docs link under the service name (see in included mock screenshot).
about 3 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / DevOps Planned for future release

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

Add Japanese image to PowerVS

Currently, PowerVS only offers 2924/2984 as its IBM i boot image selection. I'd like a Japanese image, even if it's just as a secondary language. Setting up a separate COR server and installing Japanese would take a significant amount of time. Inc...
7 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power Not under consideration

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