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Announcing PowerVC 1.4.4

By Sri Ram Pisupati posted Wed December 11, 2019 09:19 AM

  
Hi there!

We are excited to announce that the PowerVC version 1.4.4 is out now!
IBM Power Virtualization Center version 1.4.4 provides many new features and enhancements. We have always been relentlessly working on the client requirements along with our benchmark innovation strategies which results in PowerVC evolving to the next level, every release.

PowerVC 1.4.4 has lot many features for you to explore. In a nutshell, you can take a look at What's new!





  • Work with Initaitor port groups (IPG)

  • Pin virtual machines to a host

  • Recall virtual machines to a host

  • Retain, change, and save availability priority

  • Share images across projects

  • Email notifications for DRO events


  • Integrate Pure storage driver using CLI (Technical preview)


  • Customize hostname on the backend storage (SVC)


  • ....and many such...


And where would a new version of PowerVC be without a new version of the Knowledge Center? You can learn about all the above functions and more here:



Fixes


Although a little less exciting than new support, there are a couple of fixes too. These are the APAR fixes included with this release:
IT30818 -- PowerVC failed to keep all volumes in a single IO group.
IT30977 -- PowerVC failed to use port groups while creating zones.
IT30929 -- Live capture fails to create volumes in the source volume pool.
IT30286 -- CVE-2019-10876: Unable to configure network on Compute nodes.

You can find the fixes here: Fix Central.
For instructions to install the fixes, see Getting fixes from Fix Central.

So, why wait now! Go ahead and update PowerVC right away!
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Wed May 06, 2020 04:02 AM

Hi Victor,
It's Stein release. You can see this topic for future references.
http://blaze.aus.stglabs.ibm.com/kc20B-bld/SSXK2N_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.standard.help.doc/powervc_hwandsw_reqs_hmc.html#powervc_hwandsw_reqs_hmc__openstacksupport
Hope your query is addressed. Let us know.
Thanks,

Tue May 05, 2020 09:33 PM

what is openstack version for powervc 1.44?