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    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...
    almost 4 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 9 Planned for future release

    CRUD operations on the IAM setting Restrict User Domains should be available via API/CLI

    We automate provisioning of all IBM Cloud accounts. IAM settings for "Restrict API Key Creation" and "Restrict Service ID Creation" are available with API, CLI and terraform. But, "Restrict User Domains" https://cloud.ibm.com/iam/settings can only...
    9 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Account Management 0 Future consideration

    Integrated solution for viewing and analyzing VPC Flow Logs

    VPC Flow Logs have been available for years, but the data just goes to Object Storage and is difficult to search and analyze or set up alerts. Previously, there was some integration with Data Engine, but that is no longer available. IBM folks have...
    10 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 0 Planned for future release

    GRS to support Synchronous replication

    All of our PowerHA deployments support Cat A systems and asynchronous replication would not meet SLA and regulations. This means GRS solution between VPCs is not suitable and GLVM is the only solution, adding complexity and resilience concerns.Syn...
    3 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client - Urgent 1 Not under consideration

    Add option to boot LPAR into SMS mode through portal

    Will assist with BAU and error investigation / maintenance etc
    3 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client Request 1 Needs more information

    Db2Wh on Cloud: Request for improvement of resource usage dashboard

    The current resource utilization dashboard in the Db2Wh on Cloud web console does not show how much memory/CPU is actually being used. (For example, because Db2Wh on Cloud reserves approximately 90% of the memory required, the graph always shows 9...
    3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Databases 0 Future consideration

    Add comment field in SecurityGroup- and ACL-Rules

    We have a lot (>100 rules) in several ACLs and we also have a lot of SecurityGroups which also contains a lot of rules. Currently it is not possible to add a comment to these rules which makes it difficult to identify the reason and the rationa...
    almost 2 years ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Security 1 Future 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, ...
    3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Servers 0 Under review

    Limitation of log message characters in email alerts

    Only 1000 characters from log message displayed in email alerts due to the data size limitation "data.log_example" data size to be increased to 5000 to display meaningful log messages in the email alerts.
    7 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Logging and Monitoring 1 Future consideration

    AIX does not support Live Kernel Updates on PowerVS Private Cloud

    AIX Live Kernel Updates (LKU) for IBM Power is a feature that allows system administrators to apply critical AIX security patches and kernel updates without requiring a reboot or causing downtime. This is particularly valuable for enterprise envir...
    11 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud 0 Under review

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