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Protect option on specific PowerVS VSIs

Please, add a checkbox to lock unexpected VSI removal. We are cloning PowerVS VSIs for test purposes with a schedulled task/job, and our concern is we could delete by error the production system. My request: A mechanism to lock VSIs manually, so w...
4 days ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

Create a couple of VSIs, one with IBM i, and one with AIX for public access with self learning purposes

For training purposes in our Telegram group "IBM i en Español" I have a free hosted IBM i LPAR in Mexico so all users can ask for access and test their programs, refresh their knowledge or follow tutorials to learn about this amazing OS. Pub400.co...
11 days ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 2 Under review

Add a CLONE command to the Power-IaaS Plugin in CLI

We have built a couple of scripts to ease our IBM Power Virtual Server administration: exporting to disk, exporting to COS, snapshots, launching consoles on browser, and now we have built a clone VSI process, exporting to disk and building the VSI...
11 days ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

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...
about 1 month ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

Block the creation of a public subnet/interface in PowerVS workspaces at Enterprise Level or IAM

Banco Itau wants to hide/block the creation of the public subnet and/or powervs vm public interface. There must be a way to block this creation at Enterprise level or an IAM action specific for PowerVS public interface. In VPC environment we have ...
3 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Future consideration

Upgrade / Update IBM Power Server Firmware using Ansible.

We can automate the process of upgrade / update Firmware for IBM Power Server using Ansible so that we can save time and effort.
6 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

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
7 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Under review

PowerVS - FedRAMP Certification

FedRAMP is a U.S. government program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment and authorization for cloud products and services, ensuring federal agencies can securely adopt cloud technologies. We have a client who is intereste...
8 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Future consideration

Capture and Export VMs in PowerVS - status progress

Problem: Capture and Export just show "running" during execution ( ibmcloud pi job ls ) Proposed: adding a % of progress can be useful for any long-running tasks with unpredictable end. End comes out of the blue.
9 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Not under consideration

Not able to add/update the PowerVS Volume Group/Consistency Group through Terraform 1.74.0

Not able to add/update the PowerVS Volume Group/Consistency Group through Terraform 1.74.0 I want to update my VG/CG after its created with terraform for GRS. This feature does not exists as of now. Also, power volume creation should have an attri...
10 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Power 0 Needs more information

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