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IBM Cloud Pak System

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Pure cli libraries aren't downloaded from the pure console (first request)

Pure cli libraries aren't downloaded from the pure console anymore (first request).
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

UI handling for environment profile web side is different than on other pages

The following PMS was solved via APAR IT29315: "70444,211,788" : can't add new multi rack environment profiles to existing shared service instances, browser hangs The APAR solved issue, but only one behavior is different then from the other UI han...
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Users with only-read access should be able to deploy patterns in a multi-system environment

A user can deploy virtual system patterns, virtual application patterns, and shared services to a multisystem environment.The placement alogorithm determines if all the VMs in the patterns will be placed(1) on one system or(2) across multiple syst...
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Enable option to build an OpenShift FIPS cluster

Building a FIPS-enabled OpenShift cluster allows for future upgrades to OpenShift Platform Plus, which will position Cloud Pak System as a hybrid cloud platform for Cloud Paks and client-owned workloads. Customers will be able to use OpenShift clu...
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Submitted

CPS support for two NTP-appliances in master/slave setup

CPS support for two NTP-appliances in master/slave setupToday CPS uses the option to configure multiple NTP-servers (four or more) which debate on the time.The CPS state is determined from the default Redhat configuration on the PSM. We need CPS s...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

IBM shared-service 'Red Hat Satellite Six Service' using Red Hat Global Registration Template to register RHEL VM's on CPS

Since Red Hat Satellite 6.8.x the preferred mechanism for host registration in Satellite is changed to using the Global Registration Template (GRT) and the former registration method is deprecated. In a future Red Hat Satellite version Global Re...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0

Support to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 VMs

IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 and 2.3.4.5 provide support for deploying VMs running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8 (as well as a number of different versions of Microsoft Windows): https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-pak-system-w3550/2.3.3?t...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Planned for future release

Multi-cloud support for Workload Mobility

IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1 introduced a new feature called Workload Mobility, allowing clients to move Virtual System Instances (VSIs) – consisting of one or more Virtual Machines (VMs) – from one IBM CPS appliance to another one (...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Network troubleshooting commands

We need troubleshooting tools/commands to be available from the CPS UI. Traceroute and telnet are useful commands when troubleshooting especially during emergencies. Commands available on the UI are only show commands which are not enough when tro...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

LDAP users can't be locked in the CPS GUI

CPS has 2 kinds of user accounts: intern or LDAP. Intern users can be locked, LDAP users can't even with the admin account (Security administration: full permission). A workaround is to delete the user account but that's not possible when the user...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration