Release Notes

Portal

• Improve wording on the IaaS order and quote checkout pages and improve the tax estimations provided for quotes.

API

• Fixed an issue with SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::getCpuMetricDataByDate throwing an Exception about too much data requested.

Backend

• Fixed a private to private lbaas image upgrade issue
• Restricting deletion of SSL certificates configured in Loadbalancer HTTPS listener
• Allow user to specify public subnet to provision public load balancers
• More accurately show that packages and presets have GPU products or not in the catalog.
• Fixed an issue where new storage volumes >250G were not having their IOPs limited properly.
• Will now properly notify customers for potential overages.

API

• Update SoftLayer_Account::getNetworkStorage() API call for replicationStatus, should no longer throw Exceptions on certain volumes.
• Fix for SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::setTags() when tags are empty. Effectively calling setTags with an empty tag will clear tags on the VM.
• Update storage and image information tables with backingFileWdek and ImageWdek fields to support custom encrypted images.
• Prevent SUSPENDED->IAMID_INVALID transition for SoftLayer_User_Customer::editObject()
• SoftLayer_User_Customer_Notification_Hardware::createObject will return the created object.
• Improve documentation for SoftLayer_User_Customer_Notification_Virtual_Guest.
• Add start and end date, and server ID parameters to the new SoftLayer_Account::getBandwidthList() API.
• Adds a limit to queries for SoftLayer_Metric_Tracking data.
  • Exception: SoftLayer_Exception_ApiRequestFailed
  • Message: API request failed. Expected result size too large, please update the query
• SoftLayer_Account_Historical_Report methods getAccountUrlUptimeSummary, getAccountHostUptimeSummary, getAccountUrlUptimeGraphData, getAccountHostUptimeGraphData have had a nullable accountId parameter added due to PHP7’s strictness, but it is unused. No behavioral change to callers providing the previous parameters. This nullable accountId parameter is required in manually built requests as an element.**

Backend

• Clarify the error message when placing quotes without a country.

Portal

• Fixes an issue where IBM Cloud Backup usage was not showing in the customer portal.

API

• Customers who use the api to manage their users’ permissions may notice that the type of exception and exception message for invalid requests to some SoftLayer_User_Permission services have changed. These scenarios were already considered invalid and does not affect permissions being managed via Customer UI.
• New: Hardware_Server::captureEnabledFlag
• Fixed an issue preventing users making SOAP API calls from being able to properly setup Verisign 2FA with SoftLayer_User_Customer::addExternalBinding.
• Add method, SoftLayer_Hardware_Server::testRaidAlertService(), to test the RAID Alert system.
• Update docblock for Customer::getDefaultAccount

Backend

• Resolve an issue with customers unable to delete users.
• Introduced higher PCIe slot product categories.
• Allows cancellation of VLANs in the presence of cancelled VSIs on the VLAN.

API

• Update thrown exception type in User_Customer::silentlyMigrateUserOpenIdConnect

<faultcode>SoftLayer_Exception_NotReady</faultcode>
<faultstring>Only ACTIVE and PENDING users can be migrated to IBMid.</faultstring>

• IBM Cloud CDN - Multiple file purge SOAP API support.
• Added SLDN description for the SoftLayer_User_Permission_Group_Type::groups

API

• Improved error handling in removeVirtualGuestAccess API.
• This changes the ‘SoftLayer-Total-Items’ header representing the total number of tagged items to be the full number in the list even if a result limit is applied. The affected endpoints are SoftLayer_Tag::getUnattachedTagsForCurrentUser and SoftLayer_Tag::getAttachedTagsForCurrentUser.
• New feature that allows enablement of 3D Secure. Cardinal Cruise Hybrid
• Removed forum related text from API docblocks
• Improve error messages when reassigning parent for a user.
• Customers who were using the SoftLayer_User_Customer api to obtain phone factor will need to go through the proper ordering process.
• SoftLayer_User_Customer::performExternalAuthentication will now work properly on the REST endpoint.

API

• SoftLayer_User_Customer::removeAllVirtualAccess will no longer be blocked when the user has lingering access on a device that is in deleted state.

Portal

• Corrects the EU terms and conditions link on customer facing quote checkout pages.

API

• Added SoftLayer_Account::getBandwidthList()

• The following permissions are now obsolete:

Backend

• Prevent Dedicated Host VSI upgrade orders when the user placing the upgrade does not have permission for the dedicated host.
• Improve the order verification for application delivery controllers.
• Allows orders to be placed that include an M.2 boot drive and no other disks. This was previously unavailable as all orders required a hard disk to boot from.

API

• SoftLayer_User_Customer::minimumPasswordLifeHours and SoftLayer_User_Customer::secondaryPasswordTimeoutDays will no longer allow NULL value to be set.
• Adds two new public API calls that allow requesting account-specific tag information.
  • getUnattachedTagsForCurrentUser
  • getAttachedTagsForCurrentUser
• SoftLayer_Software_Component_AntivirusSpyware::updateAntivirusSpywarePolicy() will only accept values 1-5 for newPolicy

Backend

• Fixed an issue preventing some bare metal gateway appliance orders from being completed

Portal

• Corrects an error thrown when displaying closed alarms in the customer portal.

API

• SoftLayer_Account::getCurrentBackupStatisticsGraph has been marked deprecated. This method no longer returns binary image data of the account backup statistics.
• Allow clone conversion dependent to independent calls in Network_Storage class.
• SoftLayer_User_Customer minimumPasswordHours/secondaryPasswordTimeoutDays will not allow a NULL value.
• Provide SoftLayer_Network_Storage::getVolumeCountLimits to allow customers to view their storage account limits
• SoftLayer_Account::networkCreationFlag deprecation notice.
• Fixed an issue when calling SoftLayer_User_Customer::createObject

Backend

• Fixed BAP Agent updates not showing in tickets
• Fixed an issue preventing customers from attaching hardware to tickets.
• Corrects errors with missing or canceled billing items during OS reloads.
• Set users to SUSPENDED status when link is noted as expired.
• Use SUSPENDED state for users when disabling an account
• new IAMID_INVALID (1006) state for SoftLayer_User_Customer.

API

• Fixed an issue preventing importing Windows 2019 images from COS
• Updated strict and fuzzy logic search documentation on SoftLayer_Search
• Forces Hardware_Component serial numbers to be stored in lower case, even when the serial numbers look like they are numbers in Exponential Notation. For example, 1234E5 will now be 1234e5.

Backend

• Clear Tamper Flag on HSMs if HSM was zeroized.
• Enable cookie persistence for LBaaS to support multiple pools.

Catalog

• Enable U.2 (2.5") NVMe SSDs on Cascade Lake servers
  • Packages 1105, 1107, 1113
• Add LON02 for Cascade Lake Servers
• WIN OS Options Update - SAP Netweaver SkyLake & Cascade Lake Packages