Readme file for: IBM® Power Virtualization Center Product/Component Release: 1.4.4.0 Update Name: Fix Pack 1 Publication Date: 24th April 2020 The IBM PowerVC documentation is available online here: PowerVC Standard: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSXK2N/welcome Cloud PowerVC Manager: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSVSPA/welcome The PowerVC Knowledge Center includes the following information: -Hardware and software requirements -Instructions to configure your environment before installing PowerVC -Instructions to install, configure, and use PowerVC -Information about PowerVC APIs What's new in 1.4.4.1: -------------------- Review the relevant topic to learn about new and updated 1.4.4.1 functions: * PowerVC Standard managing PowerVM: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSXK2N_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.standard.help.doc/powervc_whats_new_hmc.html * Cloud PowerVC Manager: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSVSPA_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.cloud.help.doc/powervc_whats_new_cloud.html * The new IBM® Cloud PowerVC Manager for SDI bundles IBM Spectrum Scale Data management edition and Cloud PowerVC Manager. With these two products, you have everything you need to get your software-defined infrastructure based private cloud up and running. For details about software-defined infrastructure on PowerVC, see - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSVSPA_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.cloud.help.doc/powervc_sdi_cloud.html Install fixes ------------- It is recommended that you check for and install any available fixes immediately after installing PowerVC 1.4.4. Steps for downloading and installing updates can be found here: PowerVC Standard: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSXK2N_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.standard.help.doc/powervc_fixes_fc_hmc.html Cloud PowerVC Manager: - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSVSPA_1.4.4/com.ibm.powervc.cloud.help.doc/powervc_fixes_fc_cloud.html Field issues fixed in this release: IT31616 -- PowerVC 1.4.4 fails to convert VMAX storage from SMI-S to REST API. IT31682 -- PowerVC 1.4.4 environment checker tool reports wrong VIOS min version. IT32104 -- PowerVC is impacted by an XSS vulnerability discovered in noVNC (CVE-2017-18635). IT32106 -- PowerVC is impacted by information leakage from Nova APIs during external exception (CVE-2019-14433). IT32134 -- After upgrading to PowerVC 1.4.4.0, third party application (IPA) fails to launch. IT32135 -- PowerVC environment checker tool fails to validate SR-IOV adapters. IT32194 -- Unable to delete an onboarded volume. IT32299 -- Capture and deletion of multidisk VM doesn't delete volumes of PowerMax. --- End of list --- Copyright and trademark information https://www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml Notices INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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