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IBM Turbonomic ARM

Change JVM Heap values inside containers

We already have other technologies doing this: https://scaleops.com/product/java-resource-management/ I spoke with Java and Integration SE here to get some ideas what is going on there. Here are the findings: From Java 10 and beyond, enables autom...

Add filters to the Related Targets panel

On the Target Status panel, there is an error that says "There is an issue with related targets. Click the 'Related targets' tab for details." When viewing the Related Targets panel, it is difficult to find the issue when there is a large number (...
1 day ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience Submitted

Account for hosts in maintenance mode in Plan function

I have a group of VMs spread out across multiple racks-- let's say 100 providers. During host consolidation efforts, we've placed several of the hosts across the racks in maintenance mode --let's say we put 20 in maintenance mode. When you scope t...
8 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning Submitted

Turbo storing historical resource data for clusters and namespaces that are no longer present.

I would like to propose an enhancement to Turbonomic around the retention and visibility of historical resource data for Kubernetes clusters and namespaces that have been deleted or are no longer present in the cluster. In customer environments, i...
7 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APIs Future consideration

Enforce Resource Configuration as Multiples of Increment Values in Container Specs Policies

I would like to submit an enhancement request for Turbonomic regarding policy settings for Container Specs. Currently, Turbonomic policies allow us to define: minimum configuration, maximum configuration, and increment steps. However, it would be ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies Submitted
123 VOTE

In GCP there are Flex CUDs that are used to reduce Ondemand costs on compute Resources. Turbonomic should discover and take Flex CUDs in consideration when rightsizing

This is useful as more clients on GCP are moving towards flex cuds and Turbonomic's rightsizing decisions need to take those into consideration to have trustworthy decisions on GCP compute resources.

Enforce consistency across Automation Workflow Policy definitions

There is a lack of consistency across Policies when defining Automation workflows. For example, when creating a Database policy, there are four categories of workflow: Cloud DB scale (no toggle) Database suspend actions Database reconfiguration ac...
6 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies Submitted

Restrict Scoped Users from viewing and editing all parking policies

Currently today, a user can create parking policies for just their accounts, which is great But the user can also view and edit ALL existing parking policies, even ones that are not associated with their scope. When they go to edit one of the poli...
16 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies Submitted

Enhancement Request: Generate Actions Based on Core Operating Hours

Currently, Turbonomic generates actions based on data collected across all time periods, including nights and weekends when system utilization is typically low, rather than focusing on periods of higher activity such as weekday business hours. As ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / SaaS Submitted

custom vllm metrics

Turbonomic currently supports the following metric types: transaction queuingTime responseTime serviceTime concurrentQueries llmCache However, our customer would also like to send the general vLLM metrics to Turbonomic. You can find the list of ge...
about 1 month ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APM & Applications & Databases Under review