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    Enabling SpectrumScale Snapshot in PowerVC for VIOS SDS

    With PowerVC 2.0 and VIOS 3.1.2.0 there is a new possibility to use Spectrum Scale (GPFS) Remote Cluster mounts in PowerVC as storage provider.Actually there is no possibility to make snapshots from client lpar rootvg as it could be done with othe...
    almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    LPM in PowerVC for VIOS SDS using GPFS as Storage Provider

    With PowerVC 2.0 and VIOS 3.1.2.0 there is a new possibility to use Spectrum Scale (GPFS) Remote Cluster mounts in PowerVC as storage provider.Actually there is no possibility to make use of LPM in this environment. The possibility for LPM should ...
    almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    IBM PowerVC MCP Server

    Unfortunately, it is currently only possible to execute actions or collect information via API, cli and GUI. However, in the age of AI and WatsonX, other interfaces are needed. It would be good if MCP services were also offered in the new version....
    4 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Add ssh key authentication type for HMC connection

    Please add possibility to use ssh keys for PowerVC HMC connectivity, in a similar as there is possiblity to use ssh key auth type for Storage connections.
    over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Enable A Single Backup Node to support multiple Storage Providers connected via IVR on separate VSANs

    This enables to create and use a single VM as a backup node where you have VSAN separated SVCs providing storage connected with VSAN separation between SVCs. Althought you could MAP a volume using IVR to a single VM coming via separate VSANs, it i...
    over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Expiry dates for snapshots

    We take snapshots for application and OS work which we only wish to keep for a set period of time, usually two weeks. Currently we need to utilise manual processes outside of PowerVC to track when to delete a snapshot eg: calendar reminders, reque...
    about 1 year ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    Disable feature which will power off a vm without user action

    PowerVC design is to force a power off of a vm without operator action if PowerVC determines the state of the vm is not in agreement with it's internal known state openstack used to provide sync_power_state_interval to disable this feature by sett...
    8 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Supporting out-of-band storage operations

    PowerVC is not able to recognize out-of-band storage operations. For example: If a storage pool was moved, renamed or vdisks where migrated into a storage pool doing for administrative purpose PowerVC will create errors.The only way to fix these e...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Support for Safeguarded SVC snapshots on PowerVC

    Have a support for Safeguarded SVC snapshots on PowerVC.
    about 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    POWERVC Enterprise Pool V1 enablement for core/memory activations during LPM

    Please add the ability for PowerVC to migrate enterprise pool V1 activations from source to target frames during LPM operations. This would be something similar to how the lab services LPM toolkit performs this functionality.
    about 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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