Release Notes

Portal

• Fix issue preventing orders from completing for new EU customers.
• Fix the payment method disappearing when selecting PayPal, leaving the user unable select another payment method.

API

• Adds SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::getPendingMaintanceActions()
• Added ability to skip platform account creation and linking when using the SoftLayer_Brand::createCustomerAccount API
• Exposed gpuType and gpuCount on the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest class
• Add iamidVerificationFlag to SoftLayer_User_Customer_Link
• Allow gateway orders to define the router id on the hardware template object.

"hardware": [
    {
        "hostname": "softlayer",
        "domain": "local.com",
        "primaryBackendNetworkComponent": {
            "router": {
                "id": 1076595
            }
        }
    }
],

Backend

• Fix evault creations on new server provisions
• IBM Cloud CDN - Deny the http traffic if customer only chooses the https port.
• Fixed an issue where a user upgrades or downgrades a Variable Compute VSIs from API or UI the VSI changes its type from “Variable Compute” to public Type.
• Fixes VSI/BM provisions with evault to complete.
• Http Cookie Persistence support for Cloud Load Balancer
• EMS maintenance email improvements
• Fix failing health check for https l7 pool

API

• Create new Software_Description HSM_OS attribute type

Backend

• Do not require postal code for ARIN addresses outside US & Canada
• Fix accepting Master User invitation on account linked at create time
• Fixed an issue upgrade GPU enabled VSIs
• Prevents ordering GPU’s when provisioning from an image template set to boot in PV.

Catalog

• Adding a category code for dynamic CDN bandwidth.
  • cdn_service_dynamic_bandwidth
  • cdn_service_dynamic_bandwidth_usage
• Add 500GB Bandwidth option to package 1111
• Update Single Node Preset 1051 in package 1075 with updated pricing
• Create rule to conflict Windows 2019 and vCenter 6.7
• Add the CXL 4210 server to package 1111
• Add ESXi 6.5u2 to package 1065
• Expand Global Availability of vGPU (FRA, TOK, SYD)
• Update catalog package 1113 for Cascade Lake 2U 4 socket server

Portal

• Changes to order currency selection logic. Existing customers will have orders default to the currency selected on their billing information, or US Dollars if unavailable.
• Surfaces helpful validation messages to customers upgrading to PAYGO

API

• Allow customers to query read-only information about the keyName of their assigned Catalog
  • SoftLayer_Account->brand->catalog->keyName

Backend

• Improve the process of provisioning IBM Backup Storages.
• Allow customer cancellation of VLANs with other canceled resources on the VLAN
• IBM Cloud CDN - Update the IBM CNAME to use new domain ‘cdn.appdomain.cloud’.

Portal

API

• Fix issue where some order receipts did not have consistent data provided in API responses.
• Adding exception message if interconnect tenant has no billing item when trying to upgrade.
• Remove depreciated Network Core Account Defined Networks code from User_Cusomer
• All customer users pptpVpnAllowedFlag is set to 0

Backend

• Prevent attempts to attach a portable disk to multiple VSIs at the same time.
• Restrict performing an OS reload of a guest with GPUs into PV boot mode.

Portal

• Choosing a secondary IP Address brought on requirement questions. These are now translated for other languages.
• Prevents Bare Metal Reserved servers from appearing on the server list page.
• Fixed an issue where cases created from the support center are not coming through as BAP escalated

API

• Allow user to set default IBMid link, correct permissions required
  • SoftLayer_User_Customer_OpenIdConnect::setDefaultAccount()
• IBM Cloud CDN - Support “/” at the end of purge url path.

Backend

• Fix a bug where Customer users cannot delete linked-to-IBMid user
• Allow SAML authenticated accounts to link to platform

Portal

• Email can be removed from watchlist by control portal

API

• Fix a bug that could’ve resulted in additional conflict rules from being retrieved when querying via the package.
• Add SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::nextGenFlag field to indicate that image is a next gen image
• New API getIscsiIsolationDisabled, added to SoftLayer_Account to display the iSCSI isolation status of an account.

Backend

• Users with the user-management Editor or Admin role should now be properly allowed to delete users.
• Fix issues upgrading a V100 GPU VSI to a P100 GPU VSI.

Catalog

• New Item/Price IDs needed for Software - SUSE for SAP
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 for SAP Applications
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 for SAP HANA
  • Packages: 1041; 1043; 913; 985; 987; 989; 1045; 885; 861
• Add vSphere 6.7 update 2 to the identified packages below
  • Qualified Node packages 1051, SAP packages for VMware, Qualified Node Quads1065 and VMware Presets 1075 and CXL QN package 1111.
• Add Mirrored M.2 price into package 1111
• Add Micron 7.68TB SSD to Qualified Node Packages
• Add IMS Premium Support Flag
• Add 500GB Bandwidth option to package 1111
• Update Single Node Preset 1051 in package 1075 with updated pricing

API

• Fixed lookup of getAllowableSubnets call for Network_Storage
• Immediately completes accounts during the creation process
• Load balancer lookup by name should be case insensitive

Portal

• Adding option to suppress user ticket emails

API

• Add the ’name’ field for the ram usage category.
• Reduce ancillary relations from being returned by Account.publicIpAddresses, Account.publicIpAddresses, Account.ipAddresses, Account.subnets, Account.publicSubnets, and Account.privateSubnets. This may require additional masks be provided to receive information previously available in API responses.
• Enforces non-duplicate rule for createCustomerAccount during as well as after account creation

Backend

• Cloud LbaaS : public-to-public loadbalancer feature

Portal

• Added some missing translations from the order forms.
• Changed the mobile app URL scheme to “ibmcloud”.
• Stop cc’ing master users when orders are approved.

API

• isEncrypted is not a required data type when the createFromIcos method is called by API.
• Fixed users being unable to change user status for a child with user with user-management Editor/Admin role and USER_MANAGE permission

Backend

• Correctly prorate storage upgrade orders.
• Cloud LBaaS will now use new domain clb.appdomain.cloud
• Prevent hosts with associated dedicated hosts from getting removed from a pool

API

• Prevent VLAN trunking API from operating on Gateway inside VLANs for Gateway member ports. Prevent the Gateway API from allowing VLAN association if a Gateway member port has the VLAN trunked already.

Backend

• Cancel storage upgrades early if the storage volume is deleted while the upgrade is being processed.