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My subscriptions: IBM Turbonomic ARM

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When exporting all Cloud Pending Actions from Actions Center, we would like to have the Resource ID (vendor ID from the entity information widget) included in the Export.

This would be extremely useful when reconciling cost data between Turbonomic and the AWS Billing console. Our FinOps Team and Budget Managers use data from both Turbonomic and AWS Billing Console to show the value of Turbonomic Recommended Actions.
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Provide more information on-demand costs in the Recommendation download file for VMs

I would like to see both the on demand costs for the downsized machines both with ROI and without the ROI as it will be more helpful on calculation savings from the on demand
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 3 Future consideration

Top database & container pod information bulk download function

If we download from the Top Virtual Machines widget, we can download all virtual machine information at once.However, in the case of Top Container Pods , workload Controllers , Container Specs , Namespace , Databases,We can only download 50 pieces...
9 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Future consideration

Include filtered totals in any object totals

If you filter actions in a plan, the total number of actions does not change with the number. It'd be very helpful to see what the total is once filters are applied. Example: run a plan to rightsize a group of vms. your plan actions show "plan act...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Future consideration

Support for AHV VM storage

Currently AHV VHDs/disks are not stitched to VMs. Adding support would improve cloud migration planning and resizing/action recommendations.
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 0 Future consideration

Azure HyperScale DBs have read-only replicas which are very expensive. Can Turbo provide recommendations for the number of these?

Azure HyperScale Databases have the option for read-only replicas. These can cost $1000+/mo in addition to the cost of the main db. Is there a way that Turbo can recommend how many of these read-only replicas are needed to maintain performance but...
10 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APM & Applications & Databases 0 Future consideration

The ability to display reserved space in the Turbonomic UI for initial placement.

There are multiple accounts which I work with which utilize Turbonomic for initial placement of VMs on hosts within their clusters. When these reservations are placed, there is currently no method in the Turbo UI to show the amount of space which ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Future consideration

PowerVM - LPAR HA support

LPAR HA setup, when one LPAR from group scales so does also the other for consistency
11 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Future consideration

In the Merge Cluster Plan the wizard does not take the user to the storage actions, desired state, or desired state diameter settings.

When running the the Merge Cluster Plan the wizard doesn't take the user through the options to configure the storage actions, desired sate, and the desired state diameter settings. In other plan configurations these configurations are present in ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 1 Future consideration

In the Merge Cluster Plan the cluster name should be displayed in the actions, output, and exports.

When using the Merge Cluster Plan only the host name is present in the actions, output, and exports. It would be nice if the cluster name were present in the actions, output, and exports for easy readability and understanding of the data.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 1 Future consideration