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Search results: PowerVC

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    PowerVC HA Architecture for 2 Node Clusters/Sites

    For customers with just 2 sites, a PowerVC Multi-Node implementation with just 2 nodes and STONITH is needed to have a proper working high availability solution. Installing PowerVC Multi-Node with 3 nodes in just 2 sites will always end up in the ...
    almost 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    iSCSI support (over VIOS) for PowerVC

    Some customer are going away from FibreChannel. For these customers we should of an alternative connection to the storage, such as iSCSI.The new VIOS version 3 now supports iSCSI connections and can virtualize that storage into the client VM.Power...
    about 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Need to fix the CPU utilization graph

    Issue: CPU utilization graph is not matching to other tools example lpr2rrd1. CPU utilization graph scale representation is in %, whereas other performance tools representing in core base. Please change accordingly.2. The average CPU utilization g...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Project names should be more clearly visible and sorted

    When you start PowerVC it asks you which project you wish to work on (if you have access to more than one I guess). It displays prominently across the top of the screen. If you want to change the project you are working on, you get a short list of...
    5 months ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    PowerVC support for VIOS optical libraries

    RFE for getting PowerVC to support VIOS optical library usage for VMs (e.g VM deployed with permanent vSCSI adapter/connection with VIOS vopt library.)
    over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Email all self-service users / Add custom email templates and rules

    PowerVC has a built-in email functionality for requests/expiration notices. Enhancing the product with the ability to send notices to all users and users by project (maintenance notices / security bulletins / reminders) via the built-in "donotrepl...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    Need to limit number of concurrent migration while entering host to maintenance mode

    Currently when a host selecting for maintenance mode, it got 3 options - Active, all or none. We need to limit the concurrent migration number so that we don't exhaust the available resources. Preferably an option in the maintenance mode screen as...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    On VIOS vscsi configuration it should be used the existing SVC host mapping during PowerVC VM deployment.

    In one configuration, PowerVC order toward SVC to create new host definition even if it is the vscsi configuration.I think the mkvhost command should not be executed in a vscsi configuration during PowerVC VM deployment. Detailed content document ...
    about 2 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

    Resize multiple volumes using 1 request

    PowerVC allows Volume resize, today each volume must be resized one at a time. ideally, PowerVC would allow selection of multiple volumes and resize to a size larger than the largest existing volume. Example. Volume 1 is 200 GB VOlume 2 is 100 GB ...
    over 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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