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What’s new in IBM Power Virtual Server CLI Version 1.0.0 or later

What’s new in IBM Power Virtual Server CLI Version 1.0.0 or later

In this Upgrade Guide, you will find a concise overview of the changes and improvements made in the IBM® Power® Virtual Server command-line interface (CLI) as we transition from version 0.7.1 to 1.0.0 or later. This topic highlight any modifications that may affect your usage and is tailored to facilitate a smooth transition to the latest release, enabling you to seamlessly leverage the enhanced capabilities of our CLI.

The following tables in the section below shows what has changed in the new version 1.0.0 or later (Referred as V 1.x.x) comparing with the version 0.7.1.

ibmcloud pi cloud-connection

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi connection-create ibmcloud pi cloud-connection create
ibmcloud pi connection-delete ibmcloud pi cloud-connection delete
ibmcloud pi cloud-connection ibmcloud pi cloud-connection get
ibmcloud pi connection-update ibmcloud pi cloud-connection update
ibmcloud pi connections ibmcloud pi cloud-connection list
ibmcloud pi connection-vpcs ibmcloud pi connection-vpcs

ibmcloud pi cloud-connection subnet

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi connection-attach-network ibmcloud pi cloud-connection subnet attach
ibmcloud pi connection-detach-network ibmcloud pi cloud-connection subnet detach

ibmcloud pi disaster-recovery

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi disaster-recovery-locations ibmcloud pi disaster-recovery

ibmcloud pi ike-policy

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi vpn-ike-policy-add ibmcloud pi ike-policy create
ibmcloud pi vpn-ike-policy-delete ibmcloud pi ike-policy delete
ibmcloud pi vpn-ike-policy ibmcloud pi ike-policy get
ibmcloud pi vpn-ike-policies ibmcloud pi ike-policy list
ibmcloud pi vpn-ike-policy-update ibmcloud pi ike-policy update

ibmcloud pi image

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi image-create ibmcloud pi image create
ibmcloud pi image-delete ibmcloud pi image delete
ibmcloud pi image ibmcloud pi image get
ibmcloud pi image-export ibmcloud pi image export
ibmcloud pi image-export-show ibmcloud pi image export-show [1]
ibmcloud pi image-import ibmcloud pi image import
ibmcloud pi image-import-show ibmcloud pi image import-show
ibmcloud pi image-list-catalog ibmcloud pi image list-catalog
ibmcloud pi images ibmcloud pi image list

ibmcloud pi instance

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-create ibmcloud pi instance create
ibmcloud pi instance-delete ibmcloud pi instance delete
ibmcloud pi instance ibmcloud pi instance get
ibmcloud pi instances ibmcloud pi instance list
ibmcloud pi instance-operation ibmcloud pi instance operation
ibmcloud pi instance-update ibmcloud pi instance update

ibmcloud pi instance action

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-hard-reboot
ibmcloud pi instance-reset-state
ibmcloud pi instance-soft-reboot
ibmcloud pi instance-start
ibmcloud pi instance-stop
ibmcloud pi instance-immediate-shutdown		 ibmcloud pi instance action [2]

ibmcloud pi instance capture

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-capture ibmcloud pi instance capture create
ibmcloud pi instance-capture-show ibmcloud pi instance capture show

ibmcloud pi instance console

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-get-console ibmcloud pi instance console get
ibmcloud pi instance-list-console-languages ibmcloud pi instance console list
ibmcloud pi instance-update-console-language ibmcloud pi instance console update

ibmcloud pi instance sap

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi sap-create-instance ibmcloud pi instance sap create
ibmcloud pi sap-profile ibmcloud pi instance sap profile
ibmcloud pi sap-list ibmcloud pi instance sap list

ibmcloud pi instance snapshot

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-list-snapshots ibmcloud pi instance snapshot list

ibmcloud pi instance subnet

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi instance-attach-network ibmcloud pi instance subnet attach
ibmcloud pi instance-detach-network ibmcloud pi instance subnet detach
ibmcloud pi instance-networks ibmcloud pi instance subnet list

ibmcloud pi instance volume

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-attach ibmcloud pi instance volume attach
ibmcloud pi volume-detach ibmcloud pi instance volume detach

ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi vpn-ipsec-policy-add ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy create
ibmcloud pi vpn-ipsec-policy-delete ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy delete
ibmcloud pi vpn-ipsec-policy ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy get
ibmcloud pi vpn-ipsec-policies ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy list
ibmcloud pi vpn-ipsec-policy-update ibmcloud pi ipsec-policy update

ibmcloud pi job

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi job-delete ibmcloud pi job delete
ibmcloud pi job ibmcloud pi job get
ibmcloud pi jobs ibmcloud pi job list

ibmcloud pi placement-group

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi placement-group-create ibmcloud pi placement-group create
ibmcloud pi placement-group-delete ibmcloud pi placement-group delete
ibmcloud pi placement-group ibmcloud pi placement-group get
ibmcloud pi placement-groups ibmcloud pi placement-group list
ibmcloud pi placement-group-server-add ibmcloud pi placement-group server-add
ibmcloud pi placement-group-server-remove ibmcloud pi placement-group server-remove

ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool-create ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool create
ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool-delete ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool delete
ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool get
ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pools ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool list
ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool-update ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool update

ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-group-create ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group create
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-group-delete ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group delete
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-group ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group get
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-groups ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group list
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-group-member-add ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group member-add
ibmcloud pi spp-placement-group-member-remove ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group member-remove

ibmcloud pi snapshot

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi snapshot-create ibmcloud pi snapshot create
ibmcloud pi snapshot-delete ibmcloud pi snapshot delete
ibmcloud pi snapshot ibmcloud pi snapshot get
ibmcloud pi snapshots ibmcloud pi snapshot list
ibmcloud pi snapshot-restore ibmcloud pi snapshot restore

ibmcloud pi ssh-key

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi key ibmcloud pi ssh-key get
ibmcloud pi key-create ibmcloud pi ssh-key create
ibmcloud pi key-delete ibmcloud pi ssh-key delete
ibmcloud pi key-update ibmcloud pi ssh-key update
ibmcloud pi keys ibmcloud pi ssh-key list

ibmcloud pi storage-pools

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi storage-pools ibmcloud pi storage-pools
(Unchanged)

ibmcloud pi subnet

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi network-create-private
ibmcloud pi network-create-public [3]		 ibmcloud pi subnet create
ibmcloud pi network-delete ibmcloud pi subnet delete
ibmcloud pi network ibmcloud pi subnet get
ibmcloud pi networks ibmcloud pi subnet list
ibmcloud pi network-update ibmcloud pi subnet update

ibmcloud pi system-pools

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi system-pool ibmcloud pi system-pools

ibmcloud pi volume

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-action ibmcloud pi volume action
ibmcloud pi volume-create ibmcloud pi volume create
ibmcloud pi volume-delete ibmcloud pi volume delete
ibmcloud pi volume-flash-copy-mapping ibmcloud pi volume flash-copy-mapping
ibmcloud pi volume ibmcloud pi volume get
ibmcloud pi volumes ibmcloud pi volume list
ibmcloud pi volume-remote-copy-relationship ibmcloud pi volume remote-copy-relationship
ibmcloud pi volume-update ibmcloud pi volume update

ibmcloud pi volume-clone

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-clone ibmcloud pi volume clone get
ibmcloud pi volume-create-clone ibmcloud pi volume clone create

ibmcloud pi volume-group

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-group-create ibmcloud pi volume-group create
ibmcloud pi volume-group-delete ibmcloud pi volume-group delete
ibmcloud pi volume-group ibmcloud pi volume-group get
ibmcloud pi volume-groups ibmcloud pi volume-group list
ibmcloud pi volume-group-remote-copy-relationships ibmcloud pi volume-group remote-copy-relationships
ibmcloud pi volume-group-storage-details ibmcloud pi volume-group storage-details
ibmcloud pi volume-group-update ibmcloud pi volume-group update

ibmcloud pi volume-group action

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-group-reset
ibmcloud pi volume-group-start
ibmcloud pi volume-group-stop		 ibmcloud pi volume-group action [4]

ibmcloud pi volume-onboarding

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi volume-onboarding-create ibmcloud pi volume onboarding create
ibmcloud pi volume-onboarding ibmcloud pi volume onboarding get
ibmcloud pi volume-onboardings ibmcloud pi volume onboarding list

ibmcloud pi vpn

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-create ibmcloud pi vpn create
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-delete ibmcloud pi vpn delete
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection ibmcloud pi vpn get
ibmcloud pi vpn-connections ibmcloud pi vpn list
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-update ibmcloud pi vpn update

ibmcloud pi vpn peer-subnet

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-peer-subnet-attach ibmcloud pi vpn peer-subnet attach
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-peer-subnet-detach ibmcloud pi vpn peer-subnet detach
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-peer-subnets ibmcloud pi vpn peer-subnet list

ibmcloud pi vpn subnet

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-network-attach ibmcloud pi vpn subnet attach
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-network-detach ibmcloud pi vpn subnet detach
ibmcloud pi vpn-connection-networks ibmcloud pi vpn subnet list

ibmcloud pi workspace

V 0.7.1 V 1.x.x
ibmcloud pi service-list ibmcloud pi workspace list
ibmcloud pi service-target ibmcloud pi workspace target

Removed Commands in Version 1.0.0 or later

  1. ibmcloud pi task
  2. ibmcloud pi task-delete

New Commands in Version 1.0.0 or later

  1. ibmcloud pi datacenter get
  2. ibmcloud pi datacenter list
  3. ibmcloud pi instance volume list
  4. ibmcloud pi volume clone cancel
  5. ibmcloud pi volume clone execute
  6. ibmcloud pi volume clone list
  7. ibmcloud pi volume clone start
  8. ibmcloud pi workspace create
  9. ibmcloud pi workspace delete

  1. The 'image export-show' now displays information about the latest image export job without requiring a 'job_id' parameter. ↩︎

  2. You get "hard-reboot", "immediate-shutdown", "reset-state", "soft-reboot", "start", and "stop" as command options. ↩︎

  3. These commands have changed in Power Virtual Server Private Cloud. ↩︎

  4. You get reset, start, and stop as command options. ↩︎