Release Notes

July 6, 2016

Portal

  • Fixed an issue that was causing the Subnet selection portion of the order process to be displayed when ordering a Network Gateway.
  • Added a UI element to create or associate an IBM ID with an account during the order process.
  • When creating new orders customers will be prompted to associate an existing IBM ID or create a new one.

API

  • Resolved an issue that was causing incorrect results from different parameters on REST/SOAP calls to Bandwidth functions.
  • Added the SoftLayer_User_Customer_OpenIdConnect service for interacting with SoftLayer accounts that have an associated IBM ID.
  • Added some OpenIdConnect functionality to the SoftLayer_User_Customer datatype.

Backend

  • Removed the (deprecated) Manage Portal URL from Recurring Invoice Email Notifications.
  • Rolled out a feature to give account master users the ability to add account support subscribers which will receive notifications regarding all unplanned incidents, planned maintenances and opened support tickets concerning their account.
  • Added the ability to use Two Factor Authentication when the primary authentication for an account is an IBM ID.

June 27, 2016

Portal

  • Added support to determine if multipath is properly configured for block LUNs.

API

  • None

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was causing OS reloads to fail on Virtual Guests during the image copy process.

June 20, 2016

Portal

  • Enabled the ordering of new, larger CPU/RAM capacity Virtual Guests.

API

Backend

  • None

June 13, 2016

Portal

  • None

API

  • None

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was preventing a server with Evault Storage from undergoing an Operating System reload.

June 6, 2016

Portal

  • Resolved an issue that was causing slow load times on a checkout of large orders.
  • Fixed an issue in which only the ‘Default’ health check option would function for UDP load balancer services.

API

  • None

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was causing OS Reloads to fail on Bare Metal servers that were using NO_OS or where version locked.
  • Updated the host and domain name validation logic to permit a domain comprised of all digits.

May 31, 2016

Portal

  • Resolved a bug that was causing the portal to report incorrect space allocation for Performance/Endurance Storage when creating a retention schedule.

API

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was causing newly created reverse zones for IPv6 subnets to be created using an older naming convention.
  • Fixed a bug that would not allow an OS reload on a server running R1Soft backup server when the underlying OS was changed.
  • Resolved a bug that was causing new Netscaler VPX’s to be provisioned with an expired license.

May 23, 2016

Portal

  • Resolved an issue that was producing an error when customers attempted place an order for an Indian data-center if the user’s account address did not have India as the country name.
  • Updated the error message when a credit card order fails to specify the exact department to contact as well as provide contact information.

API

  • None

Backend

  • None

May 16, 2016

Portal

  • Resolved an issue that was causing slow response during the order process.

API

  • None

Backend

  • Resolved a bug that was preventing orders from being edited on Branded Agent Portal accounts.
  • Resolved an issue that was preventing the cancellation of the reclaim process if a server was part of a spare pool.
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing orders for a vCenter Server Appliance license from going through.

May 9, 2016

Portal

  • Fixed an issue affecting the ability to edit a Saved Order or a Sales Order Quote.

API

  • None

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was preventing a reclaim for Virtual Guests if they were powered off at the time of the cancellation request.
  • Added translations for some email and ticket templates. Customers who set their user accounts to a non-English locale will see some emails and ticket updates translated into their locale.

April 25, 2016

Portal

  • None

API

Backend

  • Resolved an issue that was causing host migrations to fail if a Virtual Guest was powered off.