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My votes: PowerVC

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Specify IP range in deploy templates

When defining deploy templates for self service usage. While we can specify a network to use, we cannot limit deployment to a range of IP addresses within the network. The reason we need this is because currently multiple projects can be configure...
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC support for attaching FC tape drives via NPIV

PowerVM LPARs use NPIV to access FC Tape drives/libraries connected to SAN. Moreover most of the customers use separate FC adapters to keep tape and disk I/O separate. Currently, in PowerVC there is no way to achieve this.
over 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC manager should be available on SLES 12 LE on Power Systems

So far the PowerVC Manager component is only running on a Redhat Linux partition on Power Systems. The client components are supporting other Linux distributions and AIX.
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

PowerVC change storage connectivity group of existing lpar

PowerVC does not provide option for changing of storage connectivity group of existing lpar.In essence connectivity group is just mapping between virtual fiber channel and physical cards. In managed by HMC systems, this mapping can be changed even...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Set Virtual Machine Name by DNS lookup on IP address chosen

On an image deploy you have to enter a virtual machine name and then either enter in an IP or have it select from the pool. There is no link to my DNS servers to create an A entry for that name. Also, I want to have a list of predefined names that...
almost 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Is in-active migration supported?

Is in-active (VM in shutoff state) migration supported? Currently in PowerVC (V 1.3.0.2), when VM is in shutoff state, the "migration" button is disabled. HMC supports in-active migration too
about 8 years ago in PowerVC 7 Delivered

IP Pool Page: Lock range of IP addesses

PowerVC UI, IP Pool page, we can select an IP and Lock it. The issue here is that need to select Ip one by one and click the "Lock" button to lock it. if we provide an option to input IP range of address, really help to save time if we have more I...
about 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Deploy LPAR with a hostname different than the LPAR name

today the hostname inside the lpar is the same as the lpar name specified at deployment.It would be interesting to choose a different hostname like you can choose an ip address
about 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC odd behavior with Cisco enhanced zoning

PowerVC doesn't manage uncommited zones in a Cisco Enhanced Fabric Zoneset. To me, this should be a defect, not a new feature request. Please review the associated PMR. I believe that PowerVC should know that a zone is uncommited and work within t...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC installation issues

When installing PowerVC the customer found several issues: 1. user/group checkIn the prereq script ($INSTALL_DIR/lib/prereq.sh line 355 following) there is hard coded information for user IDs and groups which is not customizable and causes the ins...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered