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PowerVC

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    support ssh key parameter for Brocade Fabrics

    PowerVC 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 do not currently support using SSH keys to secure access to Brocade switches when added to the PowerVC fabric - this key is exposed as "fc_fabric_ssh_cert_path = (String) Local SSH certificate Path." in cinder.conf but not ...
    over 8 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Please integrate Infinidat support into PowerVC

    Please integrate Infinidat support into PowerVC. Looks like Infinidat already supports OpenStack Cinder. So it should be easy to do. https://support.infinidat.com/hc/en-us/articles/202403961-Configuring-InfiniBox-volume-driver-for-OpenStack-Cinder
    over 8 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Maintenance mode : Migration Evaluation upfront to detect failures and prevent canceling all migrations

    We would like to see the whole maintenance mode (also known as "evacuate mode") , check first if there are errors in the precheck and validation steps, and then put them aside if they are failed, and run the migrations of the good ones . At the sa...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC to provide recovery options for PowerVC novalink managed hots

    PowerVC HMC managed PowerVM hosts in error state can be cleaned up using powervc commands Novalink managed hosts do not have similar options
    about 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    Implement a "News and Updates" function into the GUI

    Implement a news and Updates function which would download the latest updates to a temporary folder on the PowerVC system, along with a file describing any of the latest news and usage tips for customers. One purpose of this is to promote the inst...
    over 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC pre-check enhancement to check backend processes and dependencies so that 'green means green'

    PowerVC health check users need to be able to trust that PowerVC dependent activity like LKU will complete successfully, and when PowerVC reports 'green' when that is not the case for the whole stack, the user needs to see what needs to be address...
    over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Live capture multiple volumes on a shared storage pool

    "Live capture uses group operations to capture virtual machines with multiple volumes. It is not possible to live capture virtual machines with multiple volumes on a shared storage pool." An option to override the requirement for consistency group...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    VMs TAGs for VMs for DRO

    During discussions, it came up as a request for improvement to be able to handle TAGs to classify DRO operations in PowerVC. For example, define a TAGS of virtual machines for "development" or "SAP" and in this case PowerVC based on these TAGs cla...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC doesnt sync VM name change to HMC partition name

    VM name change in PowerVC doesnt update the partion name on HMC which causes trouble in certain scenarios.
    over 2 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    Administrator view to manage all lpars from different projects

    Single view for planning or maintenance purposes, we have to jump from one project to another and it becomes hard to manage. It would be very helpful if there is an administrator view where we can see all LPARs from a single view regardless which ...
    over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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