Release Notes

March 1, 2024

API

  • Removed code which checks if guest is powered off before detaching a vlan.
  • Added new guest attribute type for skipping PV driver checks.

February 16, 2024

API

  • Add special characters when generate password for VMWare( this change should apply to ESXi (vSphere) versions 7.0 & later)
  • Deprecation of datatypes and services associated with subnet registrations:
    • SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail_Property_Type
    • SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail_Property
    • SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail_Type
    • SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Details
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Status
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration
    • SoftLayer_Account_Rwhois_Handle
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Event_Type
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Apnic
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Arin
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Ripe
    • SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_Registration_Event
  • Prevent upgrades from allowing SAN disks added to Local guests

January 19, 2024

API

  • Deprecate Domain Name Registration
  • Allow UTF8 characters for VLAN name at order time
  • Improve caching of IAM Token for SoftLayer user.
  • Delete billing item when transaction is manually canceled.

December 20, 2023

API

  • Deprecation of SoftLayer_Account::transcodeAccounts

November 17, 2023

API

  • Prevent the creation of users in the status IamId invalid.
  • New API “rename” in SoftLayer_Network_Gateway class to update the gateway name.
  • Adds new “Canceled” status to events. This status will be given to events that are stopped without being completed.

Backend

  • Fix issues with order forms causing logouts.

November 3, 2023

API

  • Fixed an issue with SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress::findUsage not returning results with customer notes.
  • Renamed the following properties
    • SoftLayer_Network_Gateway_Member_Attribute.vSRXVersion => version
    • SoftLayer_Network_Gateway_Member_Attribute.lastvSRXVersion => lastVersion

October 13, 2023

API

  • Update partitions to use the id provided by the software description attribute and fix handling of partitions with multiple volumes.

October 6, 2023

API

  • Removed SoftLayer_Hardware::getCustomBandwidthDataByDate, SoftLayer_Hardware_Server::getCustomBandwidthDataByDate and SoftLayer_Hardware::getCustomMetricDataByDate. Please use the SoftLayer_Metric_Tracking_Object API for bandwidth data.
  • Restrict acknowledgeSupportPolicy to only allow a Customer to acknowledge for themselves

Backend

  • Fixes a problem with adding users to NON-linked SL accounts that use IBMid.

September 18, 2023

API

  • Removed unused MobileDevice classes
  • Adding LBAAS uuid to SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress_UsageDetail::resourceContext
  • Addressed a bug where Global IP Addresses routed to compute resources were errantly reclaimed when the associated compute resource was reclaimed.

June 23, 2023

API

  • Add CoreApi SoftLayer_Network_Service_Resource_Type
  • Improved speed and reliability of bandwidth pool membership mutation methods
    • SoftLayer_Network_Bandwidth_Version1_Allotment::setVdrContents
    • SoftLayer_Network_Bandwidth_Version1_Allotment::requestVdrContentUpdates
    • SoftLayer_Network_Bandwidth_Version1_Allotment::requestVdrCancellation
  • SoftLayer_Network_Vlan::getIpAddressUsage and SoftLayer_Network_Subnet::getIpAddressUsage to provide detail on primary IP address assignment.