10. Release Notes¶
10.1. 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.
10.2. Release 0.3.2¶
Beta release since Dec 4, 2017