11. Release Notes¶
11.1. Release 1.4.0¶
New features released with zVMCLoudConnector 1.4.0:
- Attach/detach volume to inactive guest.
- Support set hostname without cloud-init.
11.2. Release 1.3.0¶
New features released with zVMCloudConnector 1.3.0:
- Support upload image through octet stream.
- Guest live migrate, support live migrate in z/VM SSI cluster.
- Live resize guest memory, and static resize guest memory.
- Attach/detach volume to active guest.
11.3. Release 1.2.1¶
zVMCloudConnector 1.2.1 includes one change:
- Support “application/json,utf-8” context type in restclient.
11.4. Release 1.2.0¶
Following new features released with zVMCloudConnector 1.2.0:
- Dedicate OSA device to guest. If osa_device specified when invoking z/VM Cloud Connector restful API to create network interface, the OSA device will be dedicated to the guest.
- Resize CPUs of guest. Resize guest CPU count by updating static definition.
- Live resize CPUs of guest. Currently only increasing CPU count is supported, decreasing is not supported.
11.5. Release 1.1.0¶
zVMCloudConnector 1.1.0 is mainly includes the change:
Switch config drive format from tgz to iso9660
Config drive in iso9660 format is commonly used by cloud-init.
11.6. Release 1.0.1¶
zVMCloudConnector 1.0.1 release mainly adapts to the SMAPI changes in z/VM 6.4 APAR VM66120 1Q 2018. If the z/VM 6.4 has been applied APAR VM66120, must upgrade z/VM Cloud Connector to 1.0.1 .
11.7. Release 1.0.0¶
zVMCloudConnector 1.0.0 release includes many basic features that enables z/VM Cloud management through zVMCloudConnector APIs.
Supported features
Host(hypervisor) management
get host information and get host disk pool information.
Guests(virtual machines) management
- Provisoning: create, delete guest definition; capture, deploy guests; create, delete, configure disks; create, delete, couple, uncouple vnics to vswitch; configure vnics and network interfaces.
- Power actions including start, stop, softstop, reboot, reset, pause, unpause and get power state.
- Query information: get guest information, guest list, get guest definition information, get console outputs, get nic information.
Image management
Support import, export, delete images; query image information, get image root disk size.
Network features
- vswitch: create, delete vswitch; grant, revoke vswitch access, get vswitch list, query vswitch information, set user vlan id.
- Hot plug/unplug network interfaces to live guest.
Monitoring
Inspect virtual machine cpu, memory and vnic stats.
RESTful API
zVMCloudConnector provides standard RESTful API, which makes it easier to integrate with other cloud platforms. zVMCloudConnector RESTful API supports to be configured in a HTTP or HTTPS server.
Authorization mechanism
Support token based validation mechanism to make sure all zVMCloudConnector RESTful API requests are authorized.
IUCV management channel
zVMCloudConnector manages virtual machines through z/VM IUCV communication channel, which does not require network connection.
Monitoring data cache
Implement a cache layer in zVMCloudConnector to improve performance of getting monitoring data.
11.8. Release 0.3.2¶
Beta release since Dec 4, 2017