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