Release Notes

Portal

• GEP enrollment request form page cache should be cleared, so that the form can generate an unique device finger print

API

• Enabling object masks on the SoftLayer_Product_Promotion.findByPromoCode API
• Add UEFI boot message to order API response
• Change SoftLayer_User_Customer::ibmIdLink ORM key definition to be more efficient
• Add more information to a storage group template exception message

Backend

• Removed location from DTS request since the location used was no longer in the package the request uses.
• Fixed bug where tracking for a shipment was being set on the wrong shipment.
• Fix Account Summary Data in Archive Disk Usag
• Enable MZR support for Cloud Load Balancer in VRF based accounts

Portal

• Fix issue where the order forms were unhelpful in handling paypal payments that were cancelled.

Backend

• Prevent placing an order for more than one private cloud service at a time.
• This issue lets copy to ICOS actions automatically refresh their IAM access token before it expires during large exports.

Portal

• Fixed an error message being displayed when editing a Dedicated Host
• Fixed an issue with selecting more PCIe components on the order forms.

API

• Expose enable data logs api in SLDN
• Adds the ability to look up a promotion and it’s requirements by promotion code from the SLDN API with SoftLayer_Product_Promotion class.

Backend

• Sanitized Cos Imports/Exports source/target paths

Catalog

• Changing the Micro VSI product to its new name Variable Compute.
• Added some new discounts: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/info/discount-servers
• Add Package 257 to DAL13
• Remove VMware OS from the Single Proc 911 package
• Enable Package 911 in SAO01
• Enable Package 555 in SAO01
• Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4
• Mmove the EOS SAP presets to Inactive
  • Package 295 (SAP_HANA_CERTIFIED_SERVERS)
    • Preset 137 (SAP_HANA_E74890V2_1TB)
    • Preset 139 (SAP_HANA_E74890V2_2TB)
    • Preset 141 (SAP_HANA_E74890V2_512GB) ​ + Package 861 (4U_BI_S2_H8000)
    • Preset 197 (BI_S2_H8000)
    • Preset 321 (BI_S2_H8400)
    • Preset 383 (SAP_HANA_8U_8TB) ​Package 885 (8U_BI_S2_H4000)
    • Preset 327 (BI_S2_H4100)
    • Preset 329 (BI_S2_H4200)
    • Preset 331 (BI_S2_H4400)
• RHEL Stock Images - VSIs for VPC
• Apply the updated pricing for the M.2 SATA drive in the following packages 1051, 1053
• GPU - NVIDIA Tesla V100 for SoftLayer Federal
• Update the pricing for preset 1019 in package 1075
• Hourly pricing for LUNA HSM

Portal

• When ordering from quotes, it is no longer possible to select a different country or currency than what the quote was generated with. The order was always ordered from the original quote, this only affects the interface.
• Correct being able to select hourly hardware security modules when ordering.

API

• Fixed a bug in which erroneous input to Server.toggleManagementInterface could cause the generation of transactions which did nothing.
• Force volume modification of magnetic to not unselect magnetic clusters
• Improve performance of removeHardwareAccess methods
• Return correct authenticationKey from SoftLayer_User_Customer_ApiAuthentication::editObject method
• SL_Storage_Allowed_Host exposing additional orm key iscsiAclCredentials.
• Created imported disk image type key

Backend

• Added support for vmdk images for ICOS
• Prevents hardware upgrades on Bare Metal Reserved servers.
• Fixed an issue where users using the getSummaryData API may experience time outs when querying large VDRs

Portal

• Adding Ticket integration for adding watch list users from control

API

• Permission logs are returning null when there is only one record
• Restrict access to only accounts user owns when using getSummaryData()
• Gracefully handle case when network component is not attached to guest during detach vlan

Backend

• Refactors the monitoring metrics to be read from influxdb.
• Fix major bug regarding image template transactions.

Portal

• Added some missing translations for the checkout page

API

• Cleanup SoftLayer_User_Permission_Resource when there are no groups referencing it.
• Refactored SoftLayer_Network_Storage_Hub_Swift_Metrics::getSummaryData to use improved data source.
• Deprecate the allowedPptpVpnQuantity property on the Account.class
• Deprecate the pptpVpnAllowedFlag on the Customer.class
• Update implementation of getAllObjects() on SoftLayer_User_Customer_Status
• Fix User_Customer_Status and Locale_Timezone SLDN exposed getAllObjects to return properly if request is REST
• Soap response restructuring - When the API fetches no results for virtual guest the soap response should not send empty collection

Backend

• Fix issue delaying provisioning of HSM offerings.
• Don’t overwrite master user IP address restriction when completing IBMid linking.
• Direct Link: Restrict local-only routing tenants to local markets.
• Finalize deprecation of subnet item specification during VLAN ordering. VLAN orders with a subnet item specified will begin emitting an error; the compatibility period is over.
• Fix major bug regarding image template transactions
• Correct price validation on OS reloads with multiple prices in the same category
• Magnetic storage replicant provisions currently fail in production from trying to choose flash drives instead. This issue implements logic to re-include magnetic aggregates.

Catalog

• Allows ordering of Bare Metal Reserved servers. ( Package 837, Preset 984 )

• Provide support for hourly pricing of SAP certified infrastructure

• Pricing Update: 7.68TB SATA SSDs

• Preset 985 vCS Digital Play 6.7 in the 1075 package

• Add hourly billing to the following presets in package 1075. Presets 931, 933, 935, 937, 939.

• Default category for the M.2 Drive needs to be changed to something other than disk0 (First Hard Drive) as it inhibits the assignment for up to 12 storage bays.

• Replicate preset 929 in package 1075 and change the VMware OS from 6.5u1 to 6.7u1 in the new preset.

• Hourly pricing for HSM

• Rename VMware Server Virtualization 6.7 & add Price IDs to existing packages

• New Packages Details

  Package ID	Package Type	Package Name
  1105	1U / 2 Socket	Dual Intel Xeon Processor Cascade Lake Scalable Family (4 Drives)
  1107	2U / 2 Socket	Dual Intel Xeon Processor Cascade Lake Scalable Family (12 Drives)

• New Presets:

  ID	Description	Key Name
  533	DGold 6140 384GB 4X960GB SSD SED RAID 10	DGOLD_6140_384GB_4X960GB_SSD_SED_RAID_10
  785	DSilver 4110 96GB 1X960GB SSD SED NoRAID	DSILVER_4110_96GB_1X960GB_SSD_SED_NORAID

Portal

• Adds option for new customers to select if they are ordering on behalf of a business or as an individual. Also adds a checkbox allowing customers to specify they do not have a VAT ID.

API

• Adds validation for userStatusId on api request SoftLayer_User_Customer::createObject
• Improved performance of SoftLayer_User_Customer::removeAllVirtualAccessForThisUser
• Adds the Exception field tor the SLDN API documentation
• Added SLDNDocumentation tag to new iamAuthorizationFlag variable
• Adds SoftLayer_Hardware_Server::createFirmwareReflashTransaction and SoftLayer_Hardware_Server::massFirmwareReflash to hardware servers allowing customers to reflash the components to the firmware currently installed on the device.

Backend

• Modified reclaim process to reset root/ADMIN IPMI passwords
• Allow creation of array slices in the RAID BIOS
• Fix secondary static IPv6 subnets ordered with servers not being correctly associated to billing.

Portal

• Use cloud.ibm.com URLs when sending emails to, or creating ticket updates for, linked customers.
• Replace nonfunctional KnowledgeLayer links in emails and automated ticket updates with IBM Cloud docs links

API

• Improved performance of SoftLayer_Account::getVirtualGuests() when using objectFilters
• findGCImagesByCurrentUser is currently returning all the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Block_Device_Template_Groups associated with a user’s account. This needs to be updated to return an array of only the applicable parent SVGBDTG
• Improve Server.activatePublicPort, Server.activatePrivatePort, Server.shutdownPublicPort, and Server.shutdownPrivatePort documentation when referring to how they are aliases of Server.set*NetworkInterfaceSpeed operations.
• Fixed a typo in the exception message for currentDate filter with SoftLayer_Event_Log::getAllObjects call

Backend

• Adds a wait after a Bluemix timeout before attempting recovery
• Add Preload Assign Network transaction step
• Fixed issue with billing cycle start date incorrectly calculated
• IBM unique ID should be used to get the user, instead of email
• Bug fix for empty Nessus scan reports
• support VRRP protocol in security groups

Catalog

• Remove Package 837 from Availability in Sao Paulo
• 2Gbps and 5Gbps speeds for Direct Link Exchange offering

Portal

• IAM User Management editor Role is now able to add VPN only user
• Show suspend usage rates as hourly fees in order email
• Replaces Bluemix URLs in email templates with IBM Cloud URLs
• Fixed html being sent as plain text in notification emails.

API

• Update SLDN doc for Customer::createObject

Backend

• Restore ability to enable IPMI ports in select pods
• Fix bug that would’ve prevented duplicate volume orders with an IOPS to space ratio of 0.3 IOPS per GB.
• Fix bindVlan for LBaaS provisions
• Fixed an issue preventing users with only IAM User Management that are not able to add an ACTIVE user on a linked account to Bluemix

Catalog

• VMware vSAN ReadyNode is now GA (packageId = 1053)
• Create a catalog line item for Caveonix in pkg 907
• Added Micro VSI U1.4x8
• Add redundant power supply (50221 / 469) to the order form for the following packages (all 1U) - 837 (Skylake dual proc), 911 (Kabylake 1270), 551 (Broadwell dual proc), 253 (Haswell dual proc), 257 (Haswell 1270). 1091 Cascade dual proc)
  • Conflict the redundant power in the following DC’s that cannot handle it for the most part: AMS01, AMS03, DAL01, DAL05, DAL06, DAL07, DAL08, DAL09, FRA02, HKG02, HOU02, LON02, MEX01, MEL01, MIL01, MON01, PAR01, SEA01, SJC01, SNG01, SYD01, TOK02, TOR01, WDC01, WDC03

Portal

• Two translation keys are not shown correctly when an sub user with ES language places a Bare Metal Server order from Manage portal

API

• SoftLayer_Account::getEvaultNetworkStorage will now properly allow objectFilters using billingItem ids. Previously any filters on this method using a billing item would return empty result.
• SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::removeTag will return False if a tag could not be found to remove, previously this would return True
• Fixed a bug preventing users who have migrated to IBMid being only able to see tags of hardware that their user or sub users have created. Users with the HARDWARE_DETAILS permission should now be able to see all hardware tags.
• Skip validation when setting an autoscale group to suspended.
• Implemented SoftLayer_Virtual_PlacementGroup_Rule::getAllObjects and exposed to the SLDN and internal API

Backend

• Added the ability to order Windows VSIs from an image template with more than 1 CPU/1GB
• LBaaS - Patch for MZR subnet filtering
• When a customer deletes an auto-scale group member which causes an insufficient capacity error, it doesn’t incorrectly inform them that the cancellation could not be processed.
• Send the password expired notification to customer when the expired date is exactly 3 days or 7 days or 14 days.