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My ideas: PowerVC

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    Randomly Generated Password for root/qsecofr accounts

    Please add functionality to randomly generate a password for the root or QSECOFR account when deploying a template.
    over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC : allow cancel of volume attaching or detaching operations

    Customers may need to cancel an attaching or detaching operations. Currently this is not a feature of the rest API
    almost 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    VM Lifecycle Event-driven operations

    Add ability for PowerVC to execute commands on certain lifecycle events (VM deployment, DLPAR operations, VM deletion)- allowing administrators to script functions to update external systems of record programmatically (via REST APIs or other integ...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Access to VM serial console via API

    PowerVC does not appear to implement support for access to a VM's serial console over the Nova Compute API, via the os-getConsoleOutput or os-getSerialConsole actions. PowerVC/Novalink should provide support for accessing a serial console, and imp...
    over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC support for CentOS

    Currently PowerVC supports RHEL only. Can CentOS be added to the supported Operating System for the PowerVC Management Server? Another alternative could be Ubuntu.
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    powervc gui certificate need support for DNS

    Currently CA signed certificate only support IP's. when add's DNS names in the SubjectAltName PowerVC fails on the function.
    about 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Change view e permissione for role "VIEWER"

    We operate as an ICP for several of our Power Systems client. As we explore the different cloud users' roles in PowerVC, we realize the Viewer user role is the one that fits as the most except for one thing. It is missing the 'resource usage' view...
    over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Better implementation of Spectrum Scale Storage Provider in PowerVC GUI

    In new versions PowerVC can be installed as SDI (Software Defined Infrastructure) edition. The storage part of the SDI could be implemented with Spectrum Scale 5.x on VIOS using remote cluster mount to Spectrum Scale Storage Servers PowerVC contr...
    about 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Add SIEM support to PowerVC GUI

    We run PowerVC in an environment where security is key. To facilitate this, we are running a SIEM appliance; this is a central monitoring device, setup to receive information from all kinds of systems, to collect security-relevant data. Reports fr...
    almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 0 Future consideration

    PowerVC SSP Storage Clone and Snapshot

    Currently, I am unable to clone a VM which has a boot volume on a SSP. I am also unable to snapshot a VM that has a boot volume on the SSP, and therefore unable to restore it as well. Since SSP is supported, it'd be great if this feature can be ad...
    almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 0 Future consideration

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