Release Notes

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

Backend

• Let either USER_MANAGE IMS permission or user-management IAM Policy be sufficient for doing device access management
• When a user is deleted, change the username so that a deleted user is not “squatting” on the username.

API

• Fix an issue causing some order API requests to fail to get the orderServerMonthlyAmount and orderNonServerMonthlyAmount properties.

Backend

• Fixed an issue where an Event log was not generated when IP Restriction was added\removed from User profile in the cloud portal.
• Update subnet category cancellation flags to allow a user to cancel the billing items without them being a child.

API

• ApiKeys should now only be visible to the owner of the api key. The master user will be able to see if a user has a key, but not the actual value of the key.
• Return false instead of exception for SoftLayer_Network_Storage::isIndedicatedServiceResource function.
• Improved SLDN documentation on SoftLayer_User_Permission_Group_Type
• Added new api for disaster recovery failover for Network Storage volumes.
• Added a check in failbackfromReplicant to prevent flagged parent volume from failing back
• Added Method to get a firewalls version: SoftLayer_Network_Vlan_Firewall::getFirewallFirmwareVersion
• SoftLayer_Network_Message_Delivery::sendEmail() endpoint has been deprecated and will be removed in API version 3.2

Backend

• For current Network Storage replicas, a race condition exists where the replication will occasionally start before the snapshot is taken. This causes the latest snapshot to occasionally not be copied to the replica. To solve this race condition, replication will now start 5 minutes after the scheduled snapshot. The 5 minute delay will only affect new replica provisions. Current provisions will continue to replicate at the same time as the scheduled snapshot. To upgrade a current replica to the new 5 minute delayed replication schedule, the current replica must be canceled and re-ordered.
• Provided ability to provision file and block storage in a dedicated cluster.

API

• SoftLayer_Network_Protection_Address::serviceProvider has been deprecated and will no longer provide filtering or yield data.

API

• New datatype: SoftLayer_User_Permission_Resource_Type

Backend

• Allow Network_Storage Host authorization before invoking split PI

API

• Delete user’s apiKey(s) when user is deleted

Backend

• Improved check for availability in selected location when ordering IPSec VPN services.

API

• Added SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::findByHostName()

Backend

• Add index to SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::hostname
• Prevent Classic Infrastructure apiKey generation for users in Pending state.
• Sync legacy SoftLayer SAML Federated users over to PaaS upon creation.

API

• Correct documentation on Customer::createObject (re ACTIVE users in linked account pair w/ IBMid)
• Discontinue support for SoftLayer_Metric_Tracking_Object::getCustomGraphImage()

API

• SoftLayer_Network_Tunnel_Module_Context::applyConfigurationsToDevice will not generate a transaction. Error handling has been updated to use typed errors and altered messaging.

Backend

• Volume refresh transactions will no longer stall on a known error, alleviating the need for manual intervention from Customer Support.
• Dependent duplicate will become independent after the completion of the convert_to_independent process