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PowerVC

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PowerVC deploy to push complete hosts file for domain

IBM PowerVC will push host file update to a deployed VM to add the local host , it also allows updating VM with DNS, this feature is to push a fully populated hosts file to the target VM to bypass the need for a DNS
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

PowerVC verbose EGO mesages during startup

PowerVC startup generates a number of errors related to EGO as required services are not yet startedExample;nova-ibm-ego-ha-service: 2015-10-23 13:55:58.612 1406 ERROR nova.scheduler.ibm.ego.ego_handler [-] PlatformResource Scheduler could not con...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

IBM PowerVC hybrid LDAP support

Openstack defines support for hybrid LDAP support documented herehttps://github.com/SUSE-Cloud/keystone-hybrid-backendthis allows isolate of work roles to unique ldap servers
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

Support for virtualized storage behind EMC VPLEX

We would like to use PowerVC but we are moving towards an environment where all storage is virtualized behind EMC's Vplex. This is fine for normal OS deployment but I am told PowerVC requires Open Stack drivers and EMC does not have them for Vplex...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Not under consideration

Make PowerVC installer a step-by-step

The process for installing PowerVC is scripted, however you can see it's made of several step. The problem is that if installation is broken for some error, it can't be re-started because the pre-install checks say that PowerVC is already installe...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

ICM required image_topology property from ICM 4.2 version.

ICM required image_topology property from ICM 4.2 version. PowerVC dont have this property and need to add the same. Below is the sample value for image_topology property.[{"storage_template_list": [{"id": "28476711-9a92-4c99-8d64-e2349b038929", "...
almost 9 years ago in PowerVC 1 Not under consideration

Manage SSP disk snapshot

Our company is using POWERVC to deploy AIX LPAR on our Power systems using SSP disks. We need to use the powervc interface to manage the SSP snaphots, so we could use this funcnionality without the need to access the VIOs directly. By manage, we m...
almost 9 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

Restrict users with 'deployer' privileges to certain host groups

Users with 'deployer' privileges can currently deploy to any server within the PowerVC environment. Restricting users to only certain host groups would allow greater flexibility whilst protecting other hosts.
almost 9 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

Let client choose the LPAR ID of PowerVC Deployment

The Current PowerVC Driver does not let you choose the LPAR ID to be specified.However we have seen cases in the field that the customer wants to choose the LPAR id to be used for deployment.Major reasons are because1. HMC taskroles rely on LPAR I...
about 9 years ago in PowerVC 2 Not under consideration

PAM-based authentication

CMO uses keystone definitions on CMO level. PVC via local system. One would like to use the Pluggable Authentication Model (PAM defines authentication policy and authentication source, more...)
about 9 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

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