Release Notes

Portal

• To align closer to the IBM Cloud user experience the portal interface color scheme and feel have been updated. All functionality has remained in place.

API

• None

Backend

• Resolved an issue what was preventing upgrades of Network Gateway Devices in to a High Availability Pair.
• Added functionality to alert users via email when the email account or password is changed for their portal user.
• To speed up provisioning times and remove the need for manual intervention a function was implemented to pair a Raid Card when an order contains an SSD or SAS Drive during the provision process.

Portal

• Fixed an issue in which a ticket was unable to be updated if there was special text in the ticket update.
• Resolved an issue where the order forms were not loading properly for non-English languages.

API

• Resolved an issue where the description for SoftLayer_Metric_Tracking_Object::getObject was not appearing on SLDN or API metadata.
• Resolved an issue in which creating a Bare Metal server via SoftLayer_Hardware::createObject was setting the RAM value to 0GB.
• Resolved an issue with SoftLayer_Search::search not returning the same results as SoftLayer_Search::advancedSearch.
• Added createSnapshot method to Endurance storage volumes to enable manual snapshots to be created via API.

Backend

• Updated code so that ticket updates no longer send duplicate emails if two subscribers/users exist with the same email address.
• Updated the logic on http://www.softlayer.com/bare-metal-search so that when you choose a Bare Metal server the subsequent page will only show Datacenters in which that configuration is avilable.

Portal

• Fixed an issue that was preventing customers from properly saving modifications on existing quotes from the Customer portal.
• Fixed a bug that was causing slow response on the ordering checkout page.
• Resolved an issue that was affecting upgrading a Vyatta to an High Availability pair.

API

• None

Backend

• Enable Order support for Account Defined Networking Virtual Guests.
• Resolved an issue that caused snapshot space threshold alerts to repeatedly update tickets with the same information.

Portal

• Added the ability to create primary storage groups larger than 2TB when ordering.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing customers with Legacy (The Planet) subnets from viewing them in the customer portal.
• Fixed an issue with a very small subset of accounts which was causing the order forms not to load properly.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing customers from ordering static subnets routed to a Netscaler VPX.

API

• SoftLayer_Account_MasterServiceAgreement::getPdf is being deprecated. Please use SoftLayer_Account_MasterServiceAgreement::getFile going forward.
• Deprecated createDate and modifyDate on SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail_Type and SoftLayer_Account_Regional_Registry_Detail_Property_Type

Backend

• Resolved an issue with VSI cancellations that were stalling due to the presence of duplicate category codes.

Portal

• Fixed an issue where some exception errors were not getting their messages properly translated, so the actual error message was being masked.

API

• Resolved an issue that was causing a call to SoftLayer_Resource_Metadata::getBackendMacAddresses to return duplicate results.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing Sales quotes from being callable via the API.

Backend

• Customers with Private Host VSI’s can call to opt-out of host reboots for major maintenance events.

Portal

• Resolved an issue that was causing Managed Hosting orders to reset when a Promo code was applied to an order.

API

• Removed defunct methods: SoftLayer_Metric_Tracking_Object::getBandwidthMinMax and SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::getBandwidthMinMax

Backend

• Resolved an issue that was causing RedHat licenses to be terminated upon an OS reload.

Portal

• Resolved an issue that was preventing orders from completing on accounts with Account Defined Networking enabled.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing order quotes from being properly saved for later use.
• Removed the TLS_X cipher option for SSL Offloading on Load Balancers in the customer portal. Furthermore, any attempts to configure TLS_X through the API will now result in a NotSupported exception.
• Improved Cancellation Error Messaging for Already Canceled Services.

API

• The data types redundancyEnabledFlag and redundancyCapableFlag on SoftLayer_Network_Component will now reflect properly for unbonded network components and bonded components with a bonding type of Etherchannel in a dual path environment.
• Addressed an issue where calling SoftLayer_Network_Application_Delivery_Controller_LoadBalancer_VirtualIpAddress::editObject without specifying a serviceGroup ID was causing a duplication of serviceGroups.

Backend

• Fixed an issue with checking user status for users connected to the SoftLayer VPN when making SOAP calls to the API.
• Created a process that will allow users to authenticate via SAML even if they don’t exist in in the customer portal yet. Upon login the new user will be created automatically. To assign permissions the user will need to provide a roles attribute with the SAML token.
• Enabled SAML on all Customer accounts.

Portal

• Resolved an issue that was preventing orders from completing on accounts with Account Defined Networking enabled.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing order quotes from being properly saved for later use.
• Removed the TLS_X cipher option for SSL Offloading on Load Balancers in the customer portal. Furthermore, any attempts to configure TLS_X through the API will now result in a NotSupported exception.
• Improved Cancellation Error Messaging for Already Canceled Services.

API

• The data types redundancyEnabledFlag and redundancyCapableFlag on SoftLayer_Network_Component will now reflect properly for unbonded network components and bonded components with a bonding type of Etherchannel in a dual path environment.
• Addressed an issue where calling SoftLayer_Network_Application_Delivery_Controller_LoadBalancer_VirtualIpAddress::editObject without specifying a serviceGroup ID was causing a duplication of serviceGroups.

Backend

• Fixed an issue with checking user status for users connected to the SoftLayer VPN when making SOAP calls to the API.
• Created a process that will allow users to authenticate via SAML even if they don’t exist in in the customer portal yet. Upon login the new user will be created automatically. To assign permissions the user will need to provide a roles attribute with the SAML token.
• Enabled SAML on all Customer accounts.

Portal

• Fixed an issue where there is an additional forward slash in the return redirect from PayPal ordering.
• Fixed an issue preventing the warning message from being displayed with improper virtual server configurations on the ordering page.
• The link to order private node virtual servers in the control portal will now properly direct users to the private node order page.

API

• None

Backend

• Updated backend monitoring agent APIs, which will make the monitoring services more efficient and reliable.
• Updated windows post install scripts for better error handling.

Portal

• Updated the order receipt page, added some useful links to documentation about the purchased product.
• Streamlined the form which is used to submit orders.

API

• Fixed an issue with SoftLayer_Hardware::createObject that was preventing processor restricted operating systems from being ordered with fixedConfigurationPreset.