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PowerVC

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Image export via OVA with two storage-provider

If you do a hostbase mirroring (in AIX mostly standard) you have it mostly mirrored over two storages(provider). You want to export this image. The OVA format can be used to export two disks. Unfortunately, PowerVC stops the process.
9 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

support web portal interface on separate vlan (network) interface

Current situation with HMC and LKU is the following: we have two networks 1. administrative (admin) LAN (non-routed LAN and is used to communicate with HMCs, LPARs and NIM environment). So every LPAR, HMC and NIM server is connected to this LAN. T...
10 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Support Hybrid Network Virtualisation (HNV) on PowerVC

When adding a new Network we would like to have the option besides SEA and vNIC to also have the possiblity to select a HNV network device. Adding this "Migratable SRIOV" adapter is already supported by HMC since some time, but there is no Support...
18 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

PowerVC Host / Virtual Machine / Storage / Volumes Complete Inventory

This is help full for internal Auditing and tracking...
22 days ago in PowerVC 1 Submitted

Disable feature which will power off a vm without user action

PowerVC design is to force a power off of a vm without operator action if PowerVC determines the state of the vm is not in agreement with it's internal known state openstack used to provide sync_power_state_interval to disable this feature by sett...
24 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Editing IPGs after adding new hosts in PowerVC

Unfortunately, there is no option to edit IPGs if they are already in use. However, if you add new hosts to the PowerVC. You must then set the tags for the new hosts for the respective WWPNs. (Example DATA/BOOT)
about 1 month ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

PowerVC 2.1.1.2 6-mounth history in Resource Assigment data

Hello, in the context of a Project we would like to be able to have a 6-month history of the resource assignment data. I 've upload a file with an image of the section for which resources usage would be required. Thanks in advance for your collabo...
about 2 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Option to set mirror sync rate in PowerVC

For mirrored LUNs created through PowerVC in SVC, we are unable to automatically set the "Mirror Sync Rate".The default value of 2MiB/s is not fast enough. We would like to see an option in PowerVC to set the mirror sync rate for mirrored LUNs in ...
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

implement a newer version of mongodb version 8

currrently mongodb 5 is supported within the powervc version 2.2.1 & 2.3.0we require a more current mongodb version.
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Powervc UI security weakness test application for potential removal

Disable Auto Index Module Remove all sample content and features remove location match Restrict the use of Status module Restrict Weak Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Ciphers Disable Info module Disable User Directories module Disable Web-based Distrib...
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted