Release Notes

API

• Fixed an issue that prevented resultLimits from working with the SoftLayer_Account::getVirtualGuests() API call when filtering based on a datacenter.
• Add an exception for the visibility of the apiKey during the initial creation of the key and value
• Changed SoftLayer_Hardware_Chassis.unitSize from int to float to accommodate larger values

Backend

• Fixed an issue preventing VPC Block Storage volumes from getting reclaimed properly.

API

• Added ‘hardwareFunctionDescription’ property to the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest class
• SoftLayer_Hardware_Component_Firmware_SeverityTypes records names for ‘minor’ is update to ‘Optional’ and ‘important’ updated to ‘Recommended’
• Create new option for more restrictive rules on VPN access management, if an account attribute that selects the new behavior is set. Restricts sslVpnAllowedFlag update to users with VPN_MANAGE permission

Backend

• New features like duplication, snapshots, etc will be enabled for v1 File and Block customer volumes

Portal

• Fixed an error where CPU/RAM graphs for virtual servers were showing 5x their actual value.
• Update https://cloud.ibm.com/infrastructure/vmware-solutions/console/settings page with current user’s api key to fix no bare matel error due to hardware permissions.

API

Backend

• Successfully complete reclaim of host authorized block replica volumes, if same host is authorized to multiple block storage volumes.
• Prevent servers with Veeam software from being captured
• Fixed an error when converting a storage volume to independent would cause a stuck transaction.
• Automatically create a new snapshot. if the old snapshot does not exists with respect to the snapshot ID.

API

• Deprecate SoftLayer_Network_Subnet::activeTransaction. Expect an empty response from this key during subnet provisioning.

Backend

• Added validation for missing required security groups allow_https and allow_outbound for new orders
• Removed the ability to order a File or Block replica volume using an interval schedule

API

• Improve performance for getIamId for deleted users, will help user listing on account with large #’s of deleted users.
• API improvement for consoleData
  • Add websocketPath to SoftLayer_Container_Virtual_Guest_ConsoleData
  • Fix issue with customers not being able to generate a valid signed JWT token.
  • Rename SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_BrowserConsoleAccessLog to SoftLayer_Virtual_BrowserConsoleAccessLog
  • Rename SoftLayer_Container_Virtual_Guest_ConsoleData to SoftLayer_Container_Virtual_ConsoleData

Backend

• Fixed an issue with sending compliance report email.

API

• VMWare order: an incorrect error message is displayed if a name is too long
• Adds the sourcePort property to the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_BrowserConsoleAccessLog class

Backend

• Fixing compliance reports tool.
• Updated the way we determine if a billing item has a reclaim transaction for Storage As A Service billing items. Allow customers to reclaim a storage as a service billing item that has been previously un-cancelled.

API

• Exposes Browser Console Logs to the SLDN so that customers may access them.
  • SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_BrowserConsoleAccessLog
  • SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::browserConsoleAccessLogs
• Optimized the ‘datacenter’ ORM key on the Virtual_Guest class

Backend

• Ensure pricing not available to a customer does not inadvertently cause an OS reload of the current OS.
• Fix the manual snapshot after dr failover
• Updated chunk size for image exports to COS from 64mb to 128 mb
• disallowing image captures on private network only servers

API

• Adds SoftLayer_Network_Storage::validateHostsAccess()
• Extend SoftLayer_Network_Subnet::route and clearRoute to all secondary subnets.
• Removed SoftLayer_User_Customer::salesforceUserLink property

Portal

• Fix UI so that an impatient user cannot make multiple requests by banging on the button.

API

• Improve the message in getApiAuthenticationKeys method when subuser get the key of another
• Deprecating SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress_Global::route and SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress_Global::unroute, which will continue to function as proxies to SoftLayer_Network_Subnet::route and SoftLayer_Network_Subnet::unroute, respectively. A transaction record will no longer be returned from either endpoint.
• Add payment type validation for anonymous orders in the API.
• exposed API call that allows the customer to check on the most recent timestamp of the replication process.

Backend

• Don’t allow duplicate volume to be refreshed while duplicate provision is still happening.
• Automatically cancels billing of dependent duplicates if any existing for a primary volume
• VSI with more than 128 GiB memory should not boot into rescue mode.

API

• Removed usages Of getBandwidthByHour methods in the SoftLayer_Network_Bandwidth_Version1_Allotment class.
• Update getCpuMetricDataByDate to stop passing in all 256 CPU types
• Permit a single speed change request per host, per network at a time.

Backend

• Block RedHat’s ‘EL for SAP HANA’ and CentOS’s ‘CentOS Stream’ from image mobility capture