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Default OpenShift version for `ibmcloud oc cluster create`

Clusters created from the web ui OpenShift panel default to the "default" OpenShift version. But the cli defaults `ibmcloud oc cluster create` created clusters to vanilla k8s versions as though they were created through the ibmcloud ks cluster cre...
7 months ago in Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud 3 Future consideration

Add pg_cron extension to PostgreSQL

We have the need for running regular maintenance and auditing jobs against our Postgres infrastructure. For example, in Postgres, we have some applications with large, highly volatile tables. As is typical in Postgres, this can cause autovacuum to...
about 2 months ago in Databases 0 Future consideration

Virtualization of High Cost Hardware

Moving hardware solutions to virtual changes our costs from fixed to a variable based on traffic, and customers, and consolidates our platform to our SDN. This allows us to pay for license when in use versus "sinking" the cost of a full router and...
over 1 year ago in Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 0 Future consideration

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...
over 2 years ago in Power 9 Planned for future release

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.
6 months ago in Power 0 Not under 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...
over 1 year ago in Satellite 2 Planned for future release

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...
over 2 years ago in Virtual Servers 13 Planned for future release

Functionality of Event Driven Automation using Ansible or inhouse automation tools like shell script or webhooks

We have Security and compliance center giving us a snapshot of security and compliance of our infrastructure based on profile we attach. We want to automate the outcomes of ant control by notifications or events to emails, webhooks, ITSM tools and...
6 months ago in Compliance 6 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...
11 months ago in Databases 0 Not under consideration

Request to improve the behavior of unsubscribing from IBMcloud notification emails

When you click the URL to cancel the notification email of IBMcloud, I want you to display a confirmation screen.
about 1 year ago in Support 0 Future consideration