Release notes for the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture

Use these release notes to learn about the latest updates to the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA. The entries are grouped by date.

November 2025

24 November 2025

Version 5.0.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 5.0.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

The ansible module now only reinstalls packages if a newer version is available, preventing unnecessary reinstalls

October 2025

31 Oct 2025

Version 5.0.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 5.0.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Breaking Change:
- Introducing fullstack single click deployment of Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA, which deploys Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone and Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA
- Pre-requisite ID is not required anymore.

September 2025

09 sep 2025

Version 4.2.2 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 4.2.2 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Support HANA SP08 installations

July 2025

25 Jul 2025

Version 4.2.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 4.2.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Added support for s1022 in us-south and removed support for s922 in us-south.
NetWeaver instances are now created by default on Power 10 (s1022) in the following regions:dal10, dal12, dal14, eu-de-1, eu-de-2, mad02, mad04, osa21, sao01, sao04, tok04, wdc06, wdc07, us-south
In the following regions s922 is used: che01, lon04, lon06, mon01, syd04, syd05, tor01, us-east

May 2025

12 May 2025

Version 4.2.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 4.2.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade TF provider 1.78.0
Refactor custom image verification for SAP VM deployments.

April 2025

22 April 2025

Version 4.1.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 4.1.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

NetWeaver instances are now created by default on Power 10 (s1022) in the following regions:dal10, dal12, dal14, eu-de-1, eu-de-2, mad02, mad04, osa21, sao01, sao04, tok04, wdc06, wdc07
In the following regions s922 is used: che01, lon04, lon06, mon01, syd04, syd05, tor01, us-east, us-south
upgrade powervs-instance to 2.6.1

03 April 2025

Version 4.0.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 4.0.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

The IBM® Power® Virtual Server instance used for file sharing has been removed
For 'SAP ready PowerVS' variation only: if more than 1 NetWeaver instance is selected, /sapmnt directory is exported by the primary NetWeaver instance as NFS share and mounted on all other NetWeaver instances

Warning

Version 4.0.0 includes backward-incompatible changes.

The IBM® Power® Virtual Server instance used for file sharing has been removed and upgrading from an old version will lead to the data stored on the instance being lost.
Do not upgrade to this version if there were previous deployments.
Use this for new deployments only.

March 2025

27 March 2025

Version 3.6.3 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.6.3 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Add validation for hana instance hostname length to not exceed 13 characters, as required by the sap preconfigure ansible roles
Update default SLES image to SLES15-SP6

21 March 2025

Version 3.6.2 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.6.2 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

New feature IBM Cloud® Security and Compliance Center Workload Protection instance and Sysdig agent installation on all Power® Virtual Server instances. IBM Cloud® Security and Compliance Center Workload Protection helps to find and prioritize software vulnerabilities, detect and respond to threats, and manage configurations, permissions, and compliance from source to run.
The deployable architecture picks up details from landing zone deployment and installs and sets up Sysdig agent on the Power Virtual Server instances if Workload Protection is enabled in the landing zone

February 2025

24 February 2025

Version 3.5.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.5.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Support BYOL and Bring Your Own Images for SAP HANA and SAP NETWEAVER.
Ensured the use of a strong Ansible Vault password with 15-100 characters, including at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character from the allowed set: !#$%&()*+-.:;<=>?@[]_{|}~.
Upgrade IBM TF provider to 1.75.2

January 2025

15 January 2025

Version 3.4.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.4.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

New feature Integration with IBM Cloud Monitoring Service: SAP Dashboards
When a Monitoring Instance and monitoring host are deployed using the Power Virtual Server with the VPC landing zone deployable architecture standard variation, the S/4HANA or BW/4HANA solution now supports the export of HANA database and SAP System metrics. These metrics are seamlessly integrated and displayed on the IBM Cloud Monitoring Dashboard.
Upgrade IBM terraform provider version to 1.74.0

December 2024

13 December 2024

Version 3.3.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.3.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade minimum version for power_linux_sap roles to v3.0.0
Upgrade IBM terraform provider version to 1.71.3
Added checks for Full Linux subscription
Add input validation for sap solution variables
Remove ansible collection version dependencies from scripts instead install collection dependencies from ansible galaxy requirements.yml
Support SAP deployments in lon04 DC
Requires Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone version >= 8.0.0

November 2024

11 November 2024

Version 3.1.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 3.1.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade ibm tf provider version to 1.70.0
Upgrade minimum tf provider version to 1.9.0
Support Mad02 DC

June 2024

10 June 2024

Version 2.1.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 2.1.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Fixes HANA AFL additional installation by installing missing glibc-langpack-en package.

07 June 2024

Version 2.1.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 2.1.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Supports S/4HANA 2023
Storage requirements for HANA DATA and log filesystem has been updated based on SAP release notes in March 2024. Now the storage is calculated with a factor of 1.5 x Memory instead of 1.2 x Memory

May 2024

31 May 2024

Version 2.0.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 2.0.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Please refer release notes v2.0.0
Upgraded ansible collection ibm.power_linux_sap version to v2.1.1 that fixes SLES OS initialization.

26 May 2024

Version 2.0.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 2.0.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Does not support upgrade process from previous version 1.x.x to 2.0.0.
Requires IBM® Power® Virtual Server with VPC landing zone version >5.0.0.
New Central Ansible node on landing zone.
Switch ansible playbook execution from localhost to target host.
Switched from community sap_swpm role to RHEL linux system SAP roles
Removed cloud connection support.
Supports RHEL8.8/9.2 SAP FLS(Full linux subscription) images.
Private SSH keys must be passed as it is. Doesn't support here doc string format anymore.

Warning

Version 2.0.0 includes backward-incompatible changes.

Do not upgrade to this version if there were previous deployments.
Use this for new deployments only.

11 May 2024

Version 1.11.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.11.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade Toronto 01 tor01 DC to PER. New deployments in Toronto 01 region will make use of PER.
Upgrade US-south us-south DC to PER. New deployments in Us-south region will make use of PER.

Warning

Version 1.11.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for tor01 and us-south DCs only.

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in tor01 and us-south Power Virtual Server zone as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER.
Use this for new deployments in tor01 and us-south Power Virtual Server zone.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

2 May 2024

Version 1.10.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.10.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade Sydney 04 syd04 DC to PER. New deployments in Sydney 04 region will make use of PER.

Warning

Version 1.10.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for Sydney 04 syd04 DC only.

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in Sydney 04 syd04 Power Virtual Server zone as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER.
Use this for new deployments in Sydney 04 syd04 Power Virtual Server zone.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

April 2024

14 April 2024

Version 1.9.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.9.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade tok04, osa21, lon06 and syd05 DCs to PER. New deployments in these regions will make use of PER.
Improved automatic storage based on memory usage making use of fixed iops and other tiers for data, log and shared disks.
Allows user to reapply on failed execution in case of using wrong credentials for COS to download the binaries.
Upgraded IBM terraform provider version to 1.64.1

Warning

Version 1.9.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for Sao Paulo 01 tok04, osa21, lon06 and syd05 DCs only.

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in tok04, osa21, lon06 and syd05 Power Virtual Server zones as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER.
Use this for new deployments in tok04, osa21, lon06 and syd05 Power Virtual Server zones.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

February 2024

7 February 2024

Version 1.8.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.8.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade Sao Paulo 01 sao01 DC to PER. New deployments in Sao Paulo 01 region will make use of PER.

Warning

Version 1.8.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for Sao Paulo 01 sao01 DC only.

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in Sao Paulo 01 sao01 Power Virtual Server zone as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER.
Use this for new deployments in Sao Paulo 01 sao01 Power Virtual Server zone.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

1 February 2024

Version 1.7.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.7.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade Dallas 12 dal12 DC to PER. New deployments in Dallas 12 region will make use of PER.

Warning

Version 1.7.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for Dallas 12 dal12 DC only.

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in Dallas 12 dal12 Power Virtual Server zone as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER.
Use this for new deployments in Dallas 12 dal12 Power Virtual Server zone.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

January 2024

30 January 2024

Version 1.6.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.6.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Fixes SAP SWPM hdbuserstore config by setting correct port for proper communication between Netweaver instance and HANA DB host. This fix is applicable for S/4HANA and BW/4HANA solution variation only.

12 January 2024

Version 1.6.0 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.6.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade Frankfurt 1 eu-de-1 and Frankfurt 2 eu-de-2 DCs to PER.
Enable support for SAO04 PER datacenter.

Warning

Version 1.6.0 includes backward-incompatible changes for Frankfurt 1 eu-de-1 and Frankfurt 2 eu-de-2 DCs only .

Do not upgrade to this version if previous deployments were made in Frankfurt 1 eu-de-1 and Frankfurt 2 eu-de-2 Power Virtual Server zone as doing so will corrupt the landscape because of switch from Cloud connections to PER. This will not convert old workspaces into PER enabled workspaces.
Use this version for new deployments in Frankfurt 1 eu-de-1 and Frankfurt 2 eu-de-2 Power Virtual Server zones.
Deployments done in other Power Virtual Server zone can be upgraded with any issue.

08 January 2024

Version 1.5.1 of the IBM® Power® Virtual Server for Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available

Version 1.5.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Upgrade terraform IBM provider version to 1.61.0

November 2023

22 November 2023

Version 1.4.0 available

Version 1.4.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

This version requires v3.0.0 or higher of Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone deployable architecture.
Support WDC06 data center which is PER enabled.

10 November 2023

Version 1.3.0 available

Version 1.3.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

This version requires v3.0.0 of Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone deployable architecture.
New variation 'SAP S/4HANA or BW/4HANA' solution is now supported and can be consumed from the deployable architecture.

09 November 2023

Version 1.2.1 available

Version 1.2.1 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

This version requires v3.0.0 of Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone deployable architecture.
Fixes missing readme file required for OS registration in few DCs on HANA instance which errors rarely.

03 November 2023

Version 1.2.0 available

Version 1.2.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

This version requires v3.0.0 of Power Virtual Server with VPC landing zone deployable architecture.
Upgrade terraform-ibm-modules/powervs-instance/ibm version to 1.0.2
Refactor modules.
Cores, memory and processor type can now be set for sharefs instance.

September 2023

06 September 2023

Version 1.1.0 available

Version 1.1.0 of the Power Virtual Server for SAP HANA deployable architecture is available in the IBM Cloud catalog.

Support for DAL10 DC enabled where PER is supported.
Update OS registration scripts to support PER and NON PER DC
Add nfs export for sharefs PowerVS instance
Support RHEL8.6 and SLES15.4 SAP images