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customizable columns in the viewing panels

Adding the ability to change/add/remove columns in the GUI. Look at the SVC GUI, it does that just fine ! In addition, it would be nice to be able to save the configuration of the columns, to multiple "profiles" (default, myview, mybeautifuldetail...
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

New column to Storage view

Currently the Storage view shows only Available capacity on the Storage (see attached screenshot). However, when you are using Thin provisioning (which is nearly always nowadays) , it would be valuable to see also the total Allocated capacity.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Copy deploy templates

Currently if we want to provide a new deploy template for our self-service portal users, we have to create it from scratch starting with the image. I have recently had a couple of engagements where a number of templates were needed (from the same ...
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

PowerVC support for Hitachi Storage HDT RT pool type

Hitachi storage supports HDT type pools with a subtype of RT , which supports flash storage.PowerVC does not support this type of HDT pool.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Selection of LPM network (MSP pairing)

When migrating virtual machines between hosts (LPM), it is not possible to select what network to use (MSP Paring). Today it will choose the network where the default gateway is defined. It's not always optimal.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Description column in Virtual Machines page

It would be really nice if you could add a column in the Virtual Machines pages, so we can see the description of the virtual machine. Maybe a generic column builder, so we are able to build our own pages.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 3 Delivered

Create Volume does not default to the DEFAULT storage template

Create Volume does not default to the DEFAULT storage template. Instead it lists them in alphabetical order with the first one highlighted in the pull down menu.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

RFE-? PowerVC support for Hitachi Global Active device volumes

PowerVC support for Hitachi Global Active device volumes
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 4 Delivered

RFE - PowerVC support for Hitachi RT storage Pool

PowerVC support for Hitachi RT storage Pool
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Use all IO groups when creating multiple vdisks

When creating multiple vdisks, I would like the ability to spread the disks across all IO groups in an SVC cluster.
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered

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