Release Notes

Portal

• Added an error message when trying to order from a datacenter your account does not have access to.

API

• Fixed an issue that was causing migration failures of local disk VSI’s to SAN disk VSI’s when a metadata disk was attached.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the preset.totalMinimumHourlyFee to be rounded to the nearest integer when using Hardware.getCreateObjectOptions on hourly bare metal servers.
• Users must now have permission to access a Hardware or VSI to be able to request an upgrade.
• Fixed an issue where large sized metadata/userdata was causing timeouts during the provisioning process.

Portal

API

• Fixed an issue where newly provisioned Netscalers were being assigned licenses with near-term license expiration dates.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing reloads from occurring on instances that did not have a backend network component on eth0.

Portal

• Adds support for viewing and accepting 3rd party terms of service during the ordering process.

API

• Fixed an error preventing the storage for virtual guests that have been live migrated to be migrated as well.
• Renamed SoftLayer_Account_Lockdown_Request::disableCompute() to SoftLayer_Account_Lockdown_Request::disableLockedAccount

Portal

• Updates the invoice pdf document’s VAT summary page to provide more precise tax information.

API

• Fixed SoftLayer_DNS_Domain returning malformed SOAP data when creating any type of DNS record.
• Networking configuration transactions during provisioning and reloads now run in parallel, improving provisioning speeds.
• Created a new API method that allows approved brands to retrieve lock information on an account locked by that brand. SoftLayer_Account_Lockdown_Request::getAccountHistory

Portal

• Improved the error message on the Catalyst self-enrollment page when user enters invalid credit card information.
• ‘NEW’ Invoices will now properly display the last 4 digits of the credit card.

API

• Fix issue in which objectFilter values for (SoftLayer_Network_Subnet)[http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet] addressSpace and subnetType were being ignored.
• Fixed an issue that When a SSL certificate is being activated on a load balancer which is already active, the load balancer sends a response which was being improperly handled as an error.

Portal

• Next and Pending invoices are cached once requested, greatly reducing the time it takes to download the invoice again.

API

• Fixes an issue where tokens were not being properly replaced in the subject field for ticket watch notification emails

Portal

• Changed the region sort order on order forms to be more friendly.
• Removed forum auto-login link.
• Restrict the length of first name field for credit cards to match those enforced by account first name field (30 characters)

API

• Improved Virtual Guest provisioning times by parallelizing some provisioning transactions.
• Fixed an error preventing some Fast Provision Servers from getting past the SEND_SOFTWARE_INSTALL transaction.
• Failed post install scripts on unsupported OSes will now include a message that the OS is unsupported.
• Corrects an issue in which network monitoring of a primary IP address from a trunked VLAN of the network component was no longer allowed.

Portal

• Improved device list performance for customers with NetScaler MPX devices

API

• New accounts will have outbound port 25 blocked by default. More information here, here and here. This effects any new accounts created through the web sign-up process, and SoftLayer_Brand::createCustomerAccount.
• Added SoftLayer_Hardware_Server::getTransactionHistory
• Improved backend performance for block and file storage provisioning.

Portal

• Improved reliability of File and Block Storage provisioning.

API

• Brand Master Accounts may no longer place orders
• Added an API endpoint that allows brands to disconnect, reconnect, and disable their customer accounts. SoftLayer_Account_Lockdown_Request

Portal

• Storage groups default to max size if no size is specified.
• Changed generic error messages on Catalyst enrollment to specify more clearly the problem encountered.