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IBM Cloud Pak System

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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...
12 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Submitted

IBM GPFS pattern type makes use of proprietary GPFS wrappers with a defect

The GPFS pattern type version 1.2.10.0 will only use the GPFS wrappers included with the GPFS product in the next release of the GPFS pattern type. Today, GPFS pattern type 1.2.10.0, automatically deployed with two sets of GPFS wrappers. The ones ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 1 Future consideration

Eliminate updates to plugins when using Workload Mobility

When creating Virtual System Patterns (VSPs), clients can opt to lock the system plug-ins as documented in the section "Lock option for plugin usage" here. Clients who deployed Virtual System Instances (VSIs) using Virtual System Patterns that had...
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Disable (unused) auto-scaling in ITM shared-service by default

Deliver the ITM system monitoring shared-service default with auto-scaling disabled. Current default ptypes of ITM have the auto-scaling feature enabled. This can lead to the auto cloning of the RTEMS VM by the system. The extra RTEMS VM however i...
over 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Deploy Virtual Appliances with several ordered network interfaces through REST API

We need to deploy Virtual Appliances on PureApplication Software through IBM Cloud Orchestrator, meaning using PureApplication REST API.Moreover, we need to deploy the Virtual Appliances with 2 network interfaces and be able to assign explicitely ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Planned for future release

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...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Update status of TEMCLIENT role on VSI does not always happen correctly

Update status of TEMCLIENT role on VSI is not correct. We found an issue using the IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM) pattern type with updating the status of the TEMCLIENT role on a Virtual System Instance when unlinking the IEM shared service from the e...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Robust framework for installation of patches on IBM Cloud Pak System

Feature to ensure automated installation of patches that are automatically validated for compatibility with the firmware version and registered to they are visible.
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

Ability for clients to install patches on IBM Cloud Pak System without intervention of IBM SWAT

As a client we would like to be able to apply patches ourselves, without the need for IBM SWAT to help us do so.
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration

F29: Stop using SMBv1 protocol for communication between BMLS and AXA Windows VM

SMBV1 protocol is considered highly unsecure. It is deactivated by default on Windows 2012/2016 serverCVE-2017-0144 : https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0144https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/09/16/stop-using-smb...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Not under consideration