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PowerVC

allow operating system users to use LDAP with kerberos

allow to configure operating system users from ldap and use kerberos
about 3 hours ago in PowerVC Submitted

Permission to create a CLONE as a separate permission

Currently, the CLONE permission is included in the default roles. Please remove the CLONE permission from the default roles and make it available as a separate role. This change is necessary to prevent partitions from being copied without restrict...
17 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

PowerVC to provide LPAR/VM console in the PowerVC UI for HMC managed hosts.

Currently the PowerVC doesn't provide a LPAR/VM console in the PowerVC UI for HMC managed hosts. This function is only available for Novalink managed hosts. This provides an inconsistent user experience between Novalink and HMC managed hosts in Po...
17 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

Please add a feature to be able to see storage host group name a VM is assigned to, using PowerVC command line?

Please add a feature to be able to see storage host group name a VM is assigned to, using PowerVC command line? Also we would like to know how to find the host group name format
18 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

Create a key-value pair or implement regular expressions for labels SR-IOV Networks

As described in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/powervc-cloud/2.3.2?topic=networks-physical-network-names, port labels are strings associated with SR-IOV physical ports. When you create a network, you can pick a physical network name and associate it ...
29 days ago in PowerVC Submitted

PowerVC VA to be able to edit the config and use FQDN, instead of IP to login to the UI.

During the installation when prompted to add FQDN it did not accepted it even when nslookup were providing the same DNS entries, so it was configured with IP.
about 1 month ago in PowerVC Submitted

in check_env menu, check the fact that "no_os" is specified in vm details.

If not, we can't resize cpu or RAM for a vm with powervc. Vm details info are removed when the vm is unmanaged/ managed
about 1 month ago in PowerVC Submitted

Add support for Storwize Volume protection to PowerVC

Storwize supports preventing volume detach or delete operations if IO activity has happened in prior minutes. PowerVC will fail vm delete returning from storwize error CMMVC8478E However, without protection, if a vm is deleted , that can lead an a...
about 2 months ago in PowerVC Submitted

PowerVC Integration with Servicenow

Customer is planning to integrate the PowerVC application with ServiceNow. Kindly let us know whether this integration is feasible or not
about 2 months ago in PowerVC Submitted

PowerVC FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize support to align with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize feature releases.

Currently PowerVC with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize support is not aligned with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize feature releases. PowerVC should align with FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize releases in the same way that it aligns with Power releases...
about 2 months ago in PowerVC Submitted