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Request for ec2 permissions be added: DescribeInstances permission to be provided for all AWS linked accounts, which would be needed to determine whether a given instance was explicitly terminated.

The client was experiencing an issue with the recommendations that Cloudability shows. In the Optimize section there is a subsection called Rightsizing, which is where we can see the optimization recommendations based on the resources we have in t...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

The right sizing resources which are displayed should be able to filtered based on the business dimension

When it comes to right-sizing, all the filtering currently happens at the account level, while the information displayed is at the resource level (by resource ID). There needs to be a way to link these two levels so the process becomes more practi...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

Methods unixssh : Using passphrase

Have the option of using an RSA key with a passphrase (for SSH) when using the unixssh method. At present, we are obliged to use keys without passphrases for the unixssh method, which poses security problems.
10 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

DWC needs to show what sub-page is currently selected

Currently, if you open Monitor Workload and execute several queries, creating multiple sub-pages, there is no visual indication that shows what page is selected. It only highlights the top-level Monitor Workload page.
4 months ago in Workload Automation 2 Functionality already exists

Create multiple tickets

Would be great if we could create multiple Cloudability Issues as part of rightsizing recommendations at once. Now you have to create these one by one.
8 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 3 Functionality already exists

Right sizing - Snooze mode: Enable Bulk Snooze Functionality for Right Sizing Resources

Description: Currently, the snooze mode feature in the right sizing tool only allows users to snooze resources one at a time. This approach can be time-consuming and inefficient, particularly when managing a large number of resources that require ...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

Make it possible to report 30-day savings amounts for each ROI ticket.

Right now the savings amount that is reported per ticket is either 10-day or 30-day and there is no way to change this. As a result, I have a total savings number with a mix of both time periods, making it impossible to know how much is being save...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 3 Functionality already exists

IOPS & Throughput Added to Workload Optimization Calculations

Cloudability Rightsizing recommendations are based primarily on CPU, Memory and GPU utilization (in the case of A2 and G2 instances). However, it’s important to note that throughput and IOPS characteristics are not currently factored into these re...
6 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

Record a ticket number for DWC plan actions like DB

Can you please add a feature to add an option in DWC to make DWC user to prompt for a ticket a mandatory field while taking any action in plan like rerun, submit, cancel etc. I see multiple users take wrong Plan actions in DWC, its better to recor...
6 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Functionality already exists

Ability to trigger an event rule using or. Job A abends OR Job B abends, trigger rule.

Currently we have to create 2 separate event rules to do this. If we are hoping for the exact same action based on 2 separate jobs' events, why not allow us to choose Job A OR Job B in the event?
7 months ago in Workload Automation 2 Functionality already exists