Release notes
Use these release notes to learn about the latest changes to the IBM® Power® Virtual Server CLI plug-in.
April 2025
New CLI version v1.5.1 is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
What's changed
- Security update with CLI plugin dependencies.
March 2025
New CLI version v1.5.0 is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
New commands
- Added
ibmcloud pi instance virtual-serial-number
family of commands (assign, get, unassign, and update) for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces. - Added
ibmcloud pi virtual-serial-number
family of commands (delete, get, list, and update) for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces.
New flags
- Added
--virtual-serial-number
flag toibmcloud pi instance create
command for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces. Use this flag to add virtual serial number information to an IBM i instance. - Added
--retainVSN
flag toibmcloud pi instance delete
command for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces. Use this flag to confirm whether the virtual serial number must be retained in your account after it is removed from the instance.
What's changed
- In the IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location, if you enable the
sap-subscription-mode
option for the workspace, different options are displayed in the image list-catalog. - Added a default system to the instance SAP profile and the instance SAP list.
February 2025
New CLI version v1.4.2 is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
New commands
- Added ibmcloud pi network-address-group group of commands (create, delete, get, list, member-add, member-remove, and update) for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center workspaces.
- Added ibmcloud pi network-security-group group of commands (clone, create, delete, get, list, member-add, member-move, member-remove, rule-add, rule-remove, and update) for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center workspaces.
New flags
- Added
--network-security-group-id
flag to ibmcloud pi instance subnet attach for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center workspaces. Use this flag to specify the network security group of which the network interface is a member. - Added
--deployment-target
flag to ibmcloud pi instance sap create command for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center workspaces. Use this flag to specify the deployment of the dedicated host. - Added
--user-tags
flag to the ibmcloud pi volume onboarding create command for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center and ibmcloud pi volume onboarding create command for IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location. Use this flag to add a list of user tags to be associated with the volumes when you onboard them.
What's changed
- Deprecated ibmcloud pi cloud-connection create command.
- Updated
--subnets
flag for ibmcloud pi instance create to allow users to specify a network-security-group for IBM Power Virtual Server in IBM data center workspaces. - Removed
--sys-type
default flag for ibmcloud pi instance create and ibmcloud pi instance sap create. This should not impact existing scripts.
January 2025
New CLI version v1.4.1
is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
What's changed
-
Security update with CLI plugin dependencies.
-
Fixed the ibmcloud pi workspace action command to use local context.
December 2024
New CLI version v1.4.0
is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
New commands
- Added ibmcloud pi instance virtual-serial-number family of commands (assign, unassigned, get, and update).
- Added ibmcloud pi network-peer family of commands (list) for Client location workspaces.
- Added ibmcloud pi virtual-serial-number family of commands (delete, get, list, and update).
New flags
- Added
--private
flag to ibmcloud pi datacenter get and list commands. Use this flag to retrieve additional details about a private datacenter that you own. - Added
--virtual-serial-number
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create command. Use this flag to add virtual serial number information to an IBM i instance. - Added
--retainVSN
flag to ibmcloud pi instance delete command. Use this flag to determine whether the virtual serial number is retained after it is removed from the instance.
What's changed
- In the ibmcloud pi subnet create command
--access-config
flag is deprecated for Client location workspaces. Alternatively, you can use--peer-id
,--peer-type
, and--source-id
flags. - The
che01
region is supported in the following commads: - The
per-migrate-status
option is removed from the ibmcloud pi workspace action command. - Commands and flags are updated with wording improvements.
September 2024
New CLI version v1.3.0
is available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
New commands
- Added ibmcloud pi instance volume bulk-detach command to detach multiple volumes from an instance at once.
- Added ibmcloud pi instance snapshot update command to update name and description of a snapshot.
- Added ibmcloud pi network-interface family of commands (create, delete, get, list, update).
- Added ibmcloud pi volume bulk-delete command to delete multiple volumes at once.
- Added ibmcloud pi volume clone-async create and get commands to asynchronously create clone tasks and query their status.
- Added ibmcloud pi volume snapshot get and list to retrieve information about snapshots in a workspace.
- Added ibmcloud pi workspace action command to perform an action in a workspace.
New flags
- Added
--user-tags
flag to ibmcloud pi host reserve, ibmcloud pi image create, ibmcloud pi image import, ibmcloud pi instance capture create, ibmcloud pi instance create, ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool create, ibmcloud pi instance snapshot create, ibmcloud pi subnet create, ibmcloud pi volume clone execute, ibmcloud pi volume create, and ibmcloud pi workspace create commands. Use this flag to add a comma separated list of user tags to be attached to the created resource. - Added user tag option to
--hosts
flag in ibmcloud pi host-group create command. Flag is now also repeatable. - Added
--boot-volume-replication-enabled
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create, and ibmcloud pi instance sap create command. Use this to enable storage replication on the boot volume. - Added
--replication-sites
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create and ibmcloud pi instance sap create command. Use this to indicate the replication site of the boot volume. - Added
--replication-sites
flag to ibmcloud pi volume create. Use this to indicate the replication site of the volume. - Added "maxVolumeSupport" valid value to
--storage-connection
flag in ibmcloud pi instance create command. - Added
--boot-volume
flag to ibmcloud pi instance volume attach command. Use this to attach a boot volume to an instance.
What's changed
- ibmcloud pi snapshot command and subcommands have been deprecated. Please use ibmcloud pi instance snapshot command family instead.
- Clarified usage of ibmcloud pi instance console list, ibmcloud pi instance capture create and ibmcloud pi job list commands.
- Minor wording improvements to several command and flags.
June 2024
New CLI version v1.2.0
available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
New commands
- Added ibmcloud pi available-hosts command to list of hosts available for reservation.
- Added ibmcloud pi host family of commands (get, list, release, reserve, update).
- Added ibmcloud pi host-group family of commands (create, get, list, update).
- Added ibmcloud pi instance snapshot family of commands (create, delete, get, update, and restore).
- Enable ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool create, delete, get, list, update commands on IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces.
- Enable ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool placement-group create, delete, get, list, member-add, and member-remove commands on IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces.
New flags
- Added
--import-details
flag to ibmcloud pi image import command. Use this to import details for SAP image. You must include a license, product, and vendor. Valid license value: byol. Valid product value: Hana, Netweaver. Valid vendor value: SAP. - Added
--storage-connection
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create command. Use this to set the connection type. Valid value isvSCSI
(more will be added in the future). - Added
--storage-pool-affinity
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create and ibmcloud pi instance update command. Use this to indicate whether all volumes attached to the server must reside in the same storage pool. - Added
--deployment-target
flag to ibmcloud pi instance create command. Use this to set the deployment of the dedicated host. - Added
--host-id
flag to ibmcloud pi shared-processor-pool create command. This flag is only available for dedicated hosts. - Added
--checksum
flag to ibmcloud pi image import, ibmcloud pi image export, and ibmcloud pi instance capture create on IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces. This creates a checksum file after the operation is complete. - Enable
--shared-processor-pool
,--IBMiCSS-license
,--IBMiPHA-license
, and--IBMiRDS-users
flags on ibmcloud pi instance create command on IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces. - Enable
--IBMiCSS-license
,--IBMiPHA-license
, and--IBMiRDS-users
flags on ibmcloud pi instance update command on IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud in Client location workspaces.
What's changed The ibmcloud pi instance snapshot list command can now list all snapshots of an instance or all snapshots on the workspace depending on arguments.
April 2024
New CLI version v1.1.1
available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
- Added virtual core support. You can now use
--virtual-cores
option in the instance update command. - Added the "eu-es" region to the image export, image-import, and instance-capture commands.
March 2024
New CLI version v1.1.0
available. The Power Virtual Server CLI plug-in is available with the following features:
- Added virtual core support. You can now use
--virtual-cores
option in the ibmcloud pi instance create command. - Added mtu support. You can now use
--mtu
in the ibmcloud pi subnet create command. The jumbo flag is deprecated. - The updated ibmcloud pi volume clone commands now use the latest API.
- Reworks ibmcloud pi volume clone cancel and ibmcloud pi volume clone create commands.
- Added a new ibmcloud pi volume clone delete command.
January 2024
-
New CLI version
0.7.1
available. Here are the changes for the new CLI version:New flags
- "list-catalog":
--sap
Include SAP images. - "list-catalog":
--vtl
Include VTL images.
What's Changed
Removed
--IBMiDBQ-license
flag frominstance-create
command.Bug Fixes
Fixed issue in
instance-update
command when--virtual-optical-device
flag is not used. - "list-catalog":
December 2023
New CLI version 0.7.0
available. Here are the changes for the new CLI version:
New command
- List all storage tiers for the targeted region: List all storage tiers for the targeted region.
New flags
- A
--virtual-optical-device
flag is added in Update a server instance command: Use this to attach a virtual optical device to this instance. Valid value is "attach". - A
--mtu
flag is added in Create a private network command: Use this is to define the Maximum Transmission Unit. The default value is 1450. - A
--mtu
flag is added in Create a public network command: Use this is to define the Maximum Transmission Unit. The default value is 1450. - A
--target-tier
flag is added in Perform an action on a volume command: Use this to change the storage tier of the volume (use List all storage tiers for the targeted region to see available storage tiers in the targeted region).Tier5k
volumes cannot exceed 200 GB.
What's Changed
- New custom deployment type -
VMNoStorage
for Create a server instance command. - Deprecate
--jumbo
flag in Create a public network and Create a private network commands. - New Power Edge Router (PER) details field when using the
workspace
command.
November 2023
New CLI version 0.6.0
available. Here are the new changes for the new CLI version:
- New commands - Create a workspace and Delete a workspace added.
New CLI version 0.5.0
available. Here are the new changes for the new CLI version:
- New
--user-data
flag added in the instance-create command. - New command datacenter and datacenters added.
- Deprecated
service-list
command in favor of new workspace and workspaces commands.
September 2023
- Added s1022 in
sys-type value
for Create a server instance and Create a virtual tape library commands.
2022
December 2022
- You can now get new error messages for undefined response codes for new service endpoint response codes.
September 2022
-
You can now use shared processor pool that uses CLI. The following are new commands for shared processor pools:
- View details of a shared processor pool
- Create a shared processor pool
- Delete a shared processor pool
- Update a shared processor pool
- List all shared processor pools
- View details of a shared processor pool placement group
- Create a shared processor pool placement group
- Delete a shared processor pool placement group
- Add a shared processor pool to the placement group
- Remove a shared processor pool from the placement group
- List all shared processor pool placement groups
-
The command Create a server instance is updated to include the following new options for SPP and Epic:
- shared-processor-pool value
- deployment-type value
-
You can now use global replication service by using CLI. The following commands are added new for global replication service:
- List disaster recovery locations for the current region or all regions
- Perform an action on a volume
- Get a list of flash copy mappings of a volume directly from primary storage host.
- View details of a volume group
- Create a volume group
- Delete a volume group
- Get all remote copy relationships for each volume in a volume group
- Reset a volume group
- List all volume groups
- Start a volume group
- Stop a volume group
- View storage details of a volume group
- Update a volume group
- Get the information of volume onboarding operation
- Create a volume onboarding operation
- List all volume onboarding operations
- Get the remote copy relationship information of a volume
-
The command Create a volume is updated to include a new option replication-enabled.
-
The description of Create a new SAP PVM Instance is changed for HANA images.
July 2022
- You can now use Transit Gateway to interconnect your Power Virtual Server to the IBM Cloud classic and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
April 2022
- Provisioning VTL instances is temporarily disabled.
2021
December 2021
- You can now use Storage pools to set affinity policies by using CLI.
- You can now use Create connection to set a 10 Gbps speed for your Cloud connection by using CLI.
- You can now use Placement Groups to create placement groups and add VMs to set policies by using CLI.
October 2021
- You can now use VPN to create VPN connection by using CLI.
- You can now use VPN IKE policies to create an IKE policy for the VPN connection by using CLI.
- You can now use VPN IKE policies to create an IPsec policy for the VPN connection by using CLI.
September 2021
- You can now use Import Image to Import an image from IBM Cloud Object Storage by using CLI.
- You can now use Jobs to View details of a job by using CLI.
- You can now use Console language to update Language to Japanese.
May 2021
- You can now use Cloud connection to automate the way you connect your Power Systems Virtual Server instances to the IBM Cloud resources by using CLI.
March 2021
- You can now manage snapshots of a cloud instance by using the CLI.
- You can create and list SAP profiles by using CLI.
- You can list of available system pools within a particular data center by using CLI.
- You can attach, detach, or list all the attached networks to an instance.
- Added image-import progress (task) monitoring.