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New Features
API & CLI
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Added API support for optionally specifying a stack name when provisioning from CloudFormation templates 6.2.8
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Added API support for specifying an S3 bucket to read CloudFormation templates from during provisioning. This is necessary when provisioning from CF templates greater than 50 KB 6.2.8
CloudFormation
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Provisioning from CloudFormation templates now includes a “STACK NAME” configuration. By default, this will be the same as the Instance or App name but can be overridden 6.2.8
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When provisioning from CloudFormation Spec Templates, added a configuration to specify an S3 bucket to read the Spec Template from. This is required for CF templates greater than 50 KB 6.2.8
Dashboard
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Added support for Spanish-language localizations for Morpheus Dashboard 6.2.8
Identity Sources
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“Post RelayState” field added for For SAML SSO Identity Sources using “Post Binding Mode” for defining RelayState post parameter. 6.2.8
Import/Export
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Forms can now be used with the import/export feature. Export Forms as code into an integrated Git repository and import them back into any other appliance with the same repository integrated
Kubernetes
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System Kubernetes 1.29 Layouts added 6.2.8
Policies
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The Roles and Policies list pages have been updated to give the user control over visible output columns and page size
Roles
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Added a Cluster Types tab to the Role detail page to control the Cluster types available to the Role
Security
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Upgraded spring-web to version 5.3.32 to mitigate CVE-2024-22243 6.2.8
Terraform
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For licensing reasons, automated Terraform installs handled by Morpheus are now capped at version 1.5.5. Other versions may be utilized in Morpheus through manual installation 6.2.8
VMware
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When Snapshot names are changed in VMware, the name change is now reflected in Morpheus following the next Cloud sync 6.2.8
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7.0.1-2 Apr 22 2024
7.0.1-2 Updates
catalog
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Fixed a 7.0.1-1 regression with Form Variables not appearing on the right side when using Input form types
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Fixed a 7.0.1-1 regression with incorrectly locked fields when editing a catalog item
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Fixed a 7.0.1-1 regression with the option to enable/disable auto injection of Form Variables
New Features
Clusters
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Added SSH validation to the Add Clusters Wizard. When entering host IP addresses, Morpheus will validate that it has SSH access to that IP address
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Removed option to provision KVM and KVM/Docker cluster types. KVM is still supported through onboarding pre-configured brownfield hosts and consuming them as provisioning targets
DigitalOcean
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Added support for scoping DigitalOcean Clouds to specific VPCs as well as support for discovering existing Droplets and onboarding them as discovered servers
Identity Sources
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Added an optional configuration to Active Directory Identity Sources which allows users to log in with a UPN credential for subdomain access rather than just a username 6.2.9
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New Features
Administration
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Improved CEF audit logging for situations when a user is being impersonated 6.2.10
Amazon
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Added support for new reserved keywords in RDS MySQL 3.06.0 6.2.10
Budgets
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Budgets now include the option to choose from one of two data forecasting models to estimate out the budget through the end of its configured term
Clouds
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Added more granular controls around automatic Cloud inventory. Depending on Cloud feature capability, set the default active or inactive state for Plans, Networks, Security Groups, Datastores, Folders, and more
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Users must now type “DELETE” into a text field to confirm they wish to delete a Cloud which is a safeguard already available on other resources in Morpheus 6.2.10
Email Notifications
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Added “Email Templates” tab to the global settings section (Administration > Settings). Create new templates to replace the system default templates for notifications such as Instance provisioning completion, password reset, policy warnings, and much more
Jobs
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Jobs can now be configured to only run on workloads with an on or an off power state (or keep the default behavior of running with any power state)
License
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Updated wording on the license application page (Administration > Settings > License) to reflect updated licensing policies 6.2.10
MicrosoftDNS
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Major improvements added to the MicrosoftDNS plugin. See updated MSDNS integration documentation for further details 6.2.10
Nutanix Prism Central
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Added a “Windows Defender Credential Guard” checkbox when “Secure Boot” is also checked which mirrors functionality available in NPC 6.2.10
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Added support for Nutanix Prism Central Projects. Clouds can be scoped to a specific project or Instances can be provisioned to specific projects 6.2.10
Oracle Cloud
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Added mx-queretaro-1 region support for Oracle Clouds 6.2.10
Personas
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Added a new API Persona. This allows service accounts to be configured for API use which have no Morpheus UI access
Reports
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For scheduled reports, added a link to include a comma-separated list of email addresses which should be notified each time the report is run
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Removed the Invoice Details report 6.2.10
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Updated the Time Series Cost report with improved Group filtering and sort ordering
Security
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Embedded Apache Tomcat upgraded to 9.0.88 to mitigate CVE-2024-23672 6.2.10
Tasks
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For Powershell Tasks, added a Powershell version configuration to run the Task in a specified version of Powershell. The selected version must be installed on the targer for this to function correctly
Tenants
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The impersonate option for a user with “Password Expired” checked, is no longer active. Previously when click the user would be directed back to the Dashboard page of the Master Tenant which was confusing 6.2.10
VMware
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Added SR-IOV network adapter support
Virtual Images
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In the Locations section of a Virtual Image detail page, the “CLOUD” column has been relabeled to “REFERENCE” as the source can be a Cluster or a Cloud
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Virtual Image types are no longer a static list but can be dynamically added to an appliance based on integrated Cloud types
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MVM Virtualization Solution Open Beta
MVM is a hypervisor clustering technology utilizing KVM and is now available to all customers through an open beta. MVM has been in closed beta in recent months but is now available to all customers for testing purposes. During the open beta period, customers will be able to provision one MVM cluster with up to three hypervisor hosts. See the MVM guide for complete details on standing up your own cluster. MVM is currently available for testing purposes only, it is NOT for production workloads.
New Features
Catalog
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When configuring Catalog Items to “Allow Quantity,” the user may now specify a max quantity to place limits on orders
Kubernetes
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Added Kubernetes 1.28 and 1.29 for EKS clusters. Versions 1.25 and 1.26 have been disabled
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Fixed an issue related to HA MKS clusters failing to connect to additional masters following the loss of the first master
NSX
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Deprecates support for NSX v2. General support for NSX v2 ended in 9/2021 and technical guidance ended in 9/2022. Support for integration with Morpheus will end with the next release (7.0.4)
NSX Cloud
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Added NSX Cloud network integrations for association with VMware Clouds or VMware on AWS Clouds
Nutanix Prism Central
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Calls to the NPC API which are returned with a 409 error “Edit conflict: please retry change.” are now retried before reporting as failed in Morpheus 6.2.11
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Options for “UEFI,” “SECURE BOOT,” “WINDOWS DEFENDER CREDENTIAL GUARD,” and “ATTACH VTPM,” have been moved from the provisioning wizard to the Virtual Image configuration 6.2.11`
Proxies
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When appliances report telemetry data back to Morpheus Hub, any configured global proxies are now honored 6.2.11
Security
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Upgrade Apache Guacamole to 1.5.2 to mitigate CVE-2023-30575 6.2.11`
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Upgrade bcprov-jdk18 to 1.78 to mitigate CVE-2024-30171 6.2.11
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Upgrade commons-compress to 1.26.0 to mitigate CVE-2024-25710 6.2.11
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Upgrade h2database to 2.2.220 to mitigate CVE-2022-23221 6.2.11
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Upgrade ion-java to 1.10.5 to mitigate CVE-2024-21634 6.2.11`
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Upgrade jsch to 0.2.15 to mitigate CVE-2023-48795 6.2.11`
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Upgrade logback-classic to 1.2.13 to mitigate CVE-2023-6378 6.2.11
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Upgrade logback-core to version 1.2.13 to mitigate CVE-2023-48795 6.2.11`
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Upgrade mysql-connector-j to 8.2.0 to mitigate CVE-2023-22102 6.2.11`
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Upgrade org.apache.sshd to 2.12 to mitigate CVE-2023-48795 6.2.11`
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Upgrade rabbitmq-java-client to 5.18.0 to mitigate CVE-2023-46120 6.2.11
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Upgrade spring security core to 5.7.12 to mitigate CVE-2024-22257 6.2.11
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Upgrade spring-amqp to 2.4.17 to mitigate CVE-2023-34050 6.2.11
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Upgrade spring-web to 5.3.34 to mitigate CVE-2024-22259 and CVE-2024-22262 6.2.11`
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Upgrade xmlunit-core to 2.10.0 to mitigate CVE-2024-31573 6.2.11
Zerto
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Added support for Zerto version 10 6.2.11
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New Features
Catalog
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Catalog item names now truncate after wrapping to a second line rather than at the end of the first line which often cut off too much of longer names
Docker
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When running a non-Kubernetes Docker image with image tag set to latest, we now force-pull the image to update the Docker host
Kubernetes
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Added default Kubernetes MKS 1.30 Layouts for all supported Clouds
Library
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Added or updated Oracle Linux 6, 7, 8 and 9 images for various Cloud types to the default catalog
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Default Ubuntu 24.04 images have been added for VMware, Azure, AWS, and MVM/KVM Clouds
Load Balancers
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Morpheus IP Pools can now be used to auto-assign an IP address for the VIP address field when creating a load balancer Instance
NSX
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NSX and NSX Cloud now support a configured global proxy
Network
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Network Domains can now be scoped to a specific Group. Additionally, the “Network: Domains” Role permission now has a Group access level which limits Domain visibility only to those scoped to accessible Groups
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Network Pools can now be scoped to a specific Group. Additionally, the “Network: IP Pools” Role permission now has a Group access level which limits Network Pool visibility only to those scoped to accessible Groups
Nutanix Prism Central
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Improved handling of unmanaged VLAN networks. Managed and unmanaged VLANs are no longer synced as the same network type
Nutanix Prism Element
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References to “Nutanix Prism” integration have been updated to “Nutanix Prism Element” to differentiate from “Nutanix Prism Central”
vCloud Director
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vCD Clouds can now be authenticated through API tokens in addition to username/password authentication
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vCD Clouds will now sync in Plans created in vCD, allow users to select these plans at provision time, and allow access to reconfigure and costing features when custom plans are utilized
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New Features
Amazon
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When provisioning to Amazon Cloud targets, added an option for “No EIP” configuration in the “PUBLIC IP” field in addition to “Assign EIP” and “Subnet Default” options
Catalog
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Added Debian 12 default catalog Layouts for most supported Cloud types
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Disabled default Layouts for CentOS 7 as it has reached end of life
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Disabled default Layouts for Debian 10 as it has reached end of life
Infoblox
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Added “Host Only” option to create only a host record in Infoblox. Added “ALTERNATE DNS METHOD” option where DNS will create Host, A record and PTR record for the domain selected during provisioning
Kubernetes
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Updated some packages to allow for skipping confirmation of results which should significantly improve provisioning time for Kubernetes clusters
Nutanix Prism Central
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Added “VMM API VERSION” configuration for Nutanix Prism Central Clouds. This allows the user to select which VMM API versions their environment will support as Morpheus cannot auto-detect this and endpoint support differs between versions
Packages
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Packages (Administration > Integrations > Packages) can now be deleted from the packages list page. Deleting packages will not clean up all of the items imported by uploading the package but the delete confirmation modal will show the user the items added with the package
Plugins
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Added a generic integration provider plugin which allows users to develop plugin types which are outside of the specific provider types. See developer.morpheusdata.com for more details
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Added a new plugin type for custom analytics pages. This is similar to custom reports but adds new analytics types to the analytics list page (Operations > Analytics)
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Added warning in logs when a plugin is uploaded with a duplicate provider code
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7.0.6-2 September 16 2024
7.0.6-2 Updates
Provisioning
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Windows: Fixed issue with network wait status when image configuration should skip network wait
MVM
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Fixed issue with vm’s being created with file-backed memory configuration
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Fixed ssh key race condition for non-hci mvm hosts
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Increased morpheus agent jvm mxm to 256MB for mvm and kvm host type
New Features
API & CLI
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Added API and CLI support for MVM actions placing a host in maintenance mode, removing a host from maintenance mode, and updating VM placement on hosts. These changes have been added to API and CLI documentation
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Updated the Morpheus API documentation to note that you can add a zoneId query parameter to a call to the endpoint to get all networks to filter the results
Activity
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The Activity page (Operations > Activity) now shows the user who took the indicated action for a greater number of possible activities that can appear on the page
Catalog
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Disabled default Ubuntu 14.04 Layouts as end of life has been reached
Forms
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For Forms Inputs, when configuring a “Visibility Field,” a new option will appear to “Keep Default Value on Show.” When checked, an Input will have its default value loaded when its visibility is triggered on
Plugins
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Added a new plugin type for creating custom Guidance recommendations. See developer.morpheusdata.com for more details
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Added support for OLVM (Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager) Cloud types by adding the official plugin from share.morpheusdata.com
XenServer
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New VHD image files can now be uploaded to XCP via Morpheus
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New Features
MVM
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Added capability to schedule full synthetic backups for MVM workloads in addition to the incremental backups that were already supported for all workload types. See Backups documentation for complete details
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When reconfiguring MVM Instances, users now have the option to select a different datastore which will migrate the disk to the new datastore
Plugins
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Added a new concept of a generic-type integration which can respond to events in the Cluster lifecycle. See developer documentation (developer.morpheusdata.com) for more information
Roles
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Certain action controls on State tabs are no longer accessible when the “Provisioning: State” Role permission is set to Read
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New Features
API & CLI
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Added the ability to add and remove integrations associated with a Cluster via Morpheus API and CLI 8.0.0
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Added the ability to set autoRecoverPowerState via Morpheus API as can already be set in UI 8.0.0
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It’s now possible to cancel running Tasks through Morpheus API and CLI 8.0.0
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Retrying failed Tasks is now supported through Morpheus API and CLI in addition to the existing support via Morpheus UI 8.0.0
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Morpheus API and CLI now support working with MVM Cluster datastores 8.0.0
Azure
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Removed the option for unmanaged disks from Azure provisioning as they are being retired in the near future 8.0.0
Backups
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Executions for the same backup can no longer be run simultaneously. They are now queued and run in order by their requested time 8.0.0
Instances
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The Instance history tab now includes backup execution history 8.0.0
Kubernetes
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Added default Cluster Layouts for Kubernetes 1.31, including HA layouts. Default Kubernetes 1.28 Cluster Layouts have been disabled 8.0.0
Login
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Removed the “Remember Me” checkbox from the username and password login screen 8.0.0
MVM
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Added support for retrieving limited monitoring statistics from MVM VMs when the Morpheus Agent is not installed 8.0.0
Provisioning
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For Instance Types that require selecting an image (VMware, etc), the Image field is now a typeahead field as the dropdown menus could become quite large 8.0.0
Virtual Images
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In addition to URL sourcing, Virtual Images can also be sourced by specifying a path within a configured storage bucket 8.0.0
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New Features
Agent
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Linux Agent upgraded to 2.9.2 8.0.1
Backups
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When restoring an Instance from backup or restoring to a new Instance, the restore event is shown in the Instance history 8.0.1
Clusters
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Removed KVM cluster types and the ability to add new hosts to existing KVM clusters 8.0.1
MVM
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MVM cluster types are disabled and adding new hosts to existing MVM clusters is also disabled. This was a beta feature in Morpheus 7.x.x, upgrade to Morpheus 8.x.x to use HPE VM clusters (formerly MVM)
Roles
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In the Guidance section, Users now only see data for Instances they have access to via the “Instances: List” permission 8.0.1
Trust - Key Pairs
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Dropdowns to select keypairs now show both the keypair name and fingerprint since keypairs with duplicate names are allowed 8.0.1
Virtual Images
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Creating a VM from a QCOW image that did not have a .qcow extension no longer fails 8.0.1
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New Features
API & CLI
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“Use Agent Communications” can be toggled on Kubernetes clusters via Morpheus API and CLI as can already be done via UI 8.0.2
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Added Virtual Image convert functionality to Morpheus API and CLI 8.0.2
NSX
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Added an “Apply VM tags” checkbox to NSX integrations. VM tags are only applied to VMs in NSX when the box is checked 8.0.2
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Tags can now be applied to VMs in NSX in addition to the tag functionality for VMs in vCenter which already existed in Morpheus 8.0.2
Plugins
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Added generalized improvements to bare metal-type plugins. See the developer documentation for more details 8.0.2
Rubrik
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Rubrik integrations now support Rubrik Security Cloud. When creating a Rubrik integration, there is now a PLATFORM configuration which selects either RSC or CDM 8.0.2
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New Features
Bare Metal
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The modal for adding bare metal hosts no longer shows common fields from other modals which don’t apply to bare metal 8.0.3
Kubernetes
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Added default Kubernetes 1.32 cluster layouts for all supported Cloud types 8.0.3
ServiceNow
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All usage of the old ServiceNow logo within the product have been updated 8.0.3
VDI Gateways
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VDI gateway services will now utilize an overriding Cloud plugin (if present) rather than using an embedded Cloud plugin 8.0.3
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Items appended with 5.x.x are also included in that version
New Features
API & CLI
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Added the ability to add and remove integrations associated with a Cluster via Morpheus API and CLI 7.0.8
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Added the ability to set autoRecoverPowerState via Morpheus API as can already be set in UI 7.0.8
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Added the capability to work with Operating Systems in Morpheus API and CLI. Operating Systems are also added to Morpheus UI in this release
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It’s now possible to cancel running Tasks through Morpheus API and CLI 7.0.8
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Retrying failed Tasks is now supported through Morpheus API and CLI in addition to the existing support via Morpheus UI 7.0.8
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Morpheus API and CLI now support working with MVM Cluster datastores 7.0.8
Azure
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Removed the option for unmanaged disks from Azure provisioning as they are being retired in the near future 7.0.8
Backups
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Executions for the same backup can no longer be run simultaneously. They are now queued and run in order by their requested time 7.0.8
Instances
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Added a UI prompt that requires the user to confirm a reconfigure action if it would require the workload to restart
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The Instance history tab now includes backup execution history 7.0.8
Kubernetes
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Added default Cluster Layouts for Kubernetes 1.31, including HA layouts. Default Kubernetes 1.28 Cluster Layouts have been disabled 7.0.8
Login
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Removed the “Remember Me” checkbox from the username and password login screen 7.0.8
MVM
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Added SSH key auth for MVM cluster hosts
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Added support for retrieving limited monitoring statistics from MVM VMs when the Morpheus Agent is not installed 7.0.8
Operating Systems
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Added a new construct of Operating System to the Library section. Create Os configurations which can be set on Virtual Images
Provisioning
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For Instance Types that require selecting an image (VMware, etc), the Image field is now a typeahead field as the dropdown menus could become quite large 7.0.8
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In the Instance, App, and Blueprint wizards, added the ability to add a list of Tasks to run in sequence in addition to the ability to add Workflows which existed previously
Roles
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The “Operations: Approvals” permission now includes a “Group” access level which allows approval access only to Groups accessible to the Role
Virtual Images
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In addition to URL sourcing, Virtual Images can also be sourced by specifying a path within a configured storage bucket 7.0.8
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Virtual Images can now be deleted in bulk by selecting them from the Virtual Images list page and using the delete action
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New Features
Backups
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When restoring an Instance from backup or restoring to a new Instance, the restore event is shown in the Instance history 7.0.9
Clusters
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Removed KVM cluster types and the ability to add new hosts to existing KVM clusters 7.0.9
Roles
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In the Guidance section, Users now only see data for Instances they have access to via the “Instances: List” permission 7.0.9
Trust - Key Pairs
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Dropdowns to select keypairs now show both the keypair name and fingerprint since keypairs with duplicate names are allowed 7.0.9
Virtual Images
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Creating a VM from a QCOW image that did not have a .qcow extension no longer fails 7.0.9
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New Features
API & CLI
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“Use Agent Communications” can be toggled on Kubernetes clusters via Morpheus API and CLI as can already be done via UI 7.0.10
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Added Virtual Image convert functionality to Morpheus API and CLI 7.0.10
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Fixed a bug that prevented provisioning new Kubernetes clusters using Morpheus CLI under certain configurations
HPE VM
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Added VMDK image support for HPE VM clusters. When provisioning the “HPE VM” Instance Type, VMDK images are now selectable. Morpheus performs the conversion to QCOW on the fly once the image is selected
NSX
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Added an “Apply VM tags” checkbox to NSX integrations. VM tags are only applied to VMs in NSX when the box is checked 7.0.10
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Tags can now be applied to VMs in NSX in addition to the tag functionality for VMs in vCenter which already existed in Morpheus 7.0.10
Plugins
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Added generalized improvements to bare metal-type plugins. See the developer documentation for more details 7.0.10
Rubrik
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Rubrik integrations now support Rubrik Security Cloud. When creating a Rubrik integration, there is now a PLATFORM configuration which selects either RSC or CDM
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New Features
API & CLI
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When creating Instance snapshots via Morpheus API, the response now includes process IDs for the triggered snapshots
Bare Metal
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The modal for adding bare metal hosts no longer shows common fields from other modals which don’t apply to bare metal 7.0.11
HPE VM
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Certain actions will no longer update UUIDs for VM storage volumes (moving VM to a different host, changing disk datastores, etc)
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HPE VM Clusters now support network groups
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Provisioning to HPE VM Clusters now sets a default “Auto Datastore” selection. Users may manually select a datastore or may leave the default automatic configuration
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Significant iops performance for VMs running on HPE VM clusters resulting from a switch to I/O native configuration from I/O threads
Kubernetes
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Added default Kubernetes 1.32 cluster layouts for all supported Cloud types 7.0.11
ServiceNow
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All usage of the old ServiceNow logo within the product have been updated 7.0.11
VDI Gateways
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VDI gateway services will now utilize an overriding Cloud plugin (if present) rather than using an embedded Cloud plugin 7.0.11
Virtual Images
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When importing images from existing VMs, future attempts to provision from that Virtual Image will automatically set disks on the provisioning wizard to a minimally viable configuration (Ex. three disks in appropriate minimum sizes)
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v8.0.3 February 11 2025
v8.0.3 Release Notes
New Features
API & CLI
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When creating Instance snapshots via Morpheus API, the response now includes process IDs for the triggered snapshots
Bare Metal
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The modal for adding bare metal hosts no longer shows common fields from other modals which don’t apply to bare metal 7.0.11
HPE VM
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Certain actions will no longer update UUIDs for VM storage volumes (moving VM to a different host, changing disk datastores, etc)
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HPE VM Clusters now support network groups
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Provisioning to HPE VM Clusters now sets a default “Auto Datastore” selection. Users may manually select a datastore or may leave the default automatic configuration
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Significant iops performance for VMs running on HPE VM clusters resulting from a switch to I/O native configuration from I/O threads
Kubernetes
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Added default Kubernetes 1.32 cluster layouts for all supported Cloud types 7.0.11
ServiceNow
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All usage of the old ServiceNow logo within the product have been updated 7.0.11
VDI Gateways
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VDI gateway services will now utilize an overriding Cloud plugin (if present) rather than using an embedded Cloud plugin 7.0.11
Virtual Images
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When importing images from existing VMs, future attempts to provision from that Virtual Image will automatically set disks on the provisioning wizard to a minimally viable configuration (Ex. three disks in appropriate minimum sizes)
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New Features
API & CLI
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Clusters have a new property provisionComplete which returns true after provisioning is completed
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Integrations (/api/integrations) and integration types (/api/integration-types) can now be queried through Morpheus API
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The /api/setup endpoint now returns an applianceId value
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The terminal-access permission accepts none and full permission values when updated via Morpheus API to bring it in line with standard terminology for other permissions
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The result of creating Clusters without providing a Resource Name value is now consistent across Morpheus UI, API and CLI (default cluster name and node names are provided)
Clouds
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“Cost this Month” label on the Cloud detail page has been changed to “Estimated Cost” to increase clarity of the shown figure
Dashboard
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Multiple Dashboard plugins can now be added to the same appliance. Within the Appliance section of Global settings, administrators can set the order they should appear
HPE VM
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Added initial admin password confirm to the HPE VM Manager setup process to prevent the need for reinstallation if the initial password is mistyped
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HPE VM Cluster Layout version 1.2 added in BETA. Clusters running layout version 1.2 should be used for testing purposes and should not be used for running production workloads
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The HPE VM installer now prompts for interface names (ex. compute or management interface) using a dropdown menu to prevent failures due to simple typos
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When installing the HPE VM Manager, an error is now logged if the installer is unsuccessful in downloading the Manager QCOW image from the URL provided
Installer
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Added additional checks that the appliance URL DNS name is resolvable to warn the user prior to beginning the Manager installation process
Library
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Added updated default images for many Linux flavors (and versions within each flavor) for each major provisioning technology
License
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Morpheus appliances now allow stacking licenses. When stacked, the cumulative total of license privileges are allowed
Nutanix Prism Central
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Added support for Nutanix Prism Central VMM GA v4.0 API. See the VMM API VERSION dropdown list when adding or editing Nutanix Prism Central Clouds
Nutanix Prism Element
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Embedded Nutanix Prism Element Cloud type has been removed, Nutanix Prism Element plugin added to embedded plugins.
OneLogin
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OneLogin integrations now support global proxies if they are configured
Oracle Cloud
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Added sort logic to the Regions dropdown list when adding or editing Oracle Clouds
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Added support for EU sovereign regions for Oracle Cloud
Plugins
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Added support for AurbaCX network plugin. See integration guide for setup details and use cases
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Added support for HPE Alletra MP storage plugin. See integration guide for setup details and use cases
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Improved appliance cleanup when plugins are removed
Roles
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Added feature Role permission “Infrastructure: Server Software” which controls access to the Software tab on the server detail page. This tab shows installed software on the server
UI
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Added a live history and process widget to the UI. Click the list icon in the top menu bar (to the left of the bell icon and the right of the global search bar). The live progress of certain processes (ex. Instance provisioning) is shown
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The links in the support menu dropdown are now customizable via morpheus.rb file configuration. See docs section on morpheus.rb configuration for details
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New Features
API & CLI
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Added API endpoints to support compute device passthrough from hosts to HVM workloads
Azure
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When restoring Azure backups, added storage account selection to select the staging location (datastore) in the same way as the Azure portal itself allows
HVM
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Added GPU passthrough support with pooling. Any detached GPU is considered available to the pool. A Service Plan designates whether a workload needs a GPU and removing the VM will release the GPU
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Added passthrough support for PCI and NVME devices from hypervisor hosts to HVM workloads. Added devices tab at the host and VM levels to support this feature. Devices are managed through the Actions menu for each device within the host devices tab
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Added passthrough support for USB devices. USB devices can be viewed from the devices tab on the host detail. Devices can be detached from the host and attached to VMs. Devices are then viewable from the VM devices tab
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Added the ability to mount a cdrom ISO by reconfiguring the Instance and adding a “CD ROM” type disk. The disk image can be selected from an ISO-type Virtual Images currently managed by HPE Morpheus Enterprise
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HVM Cluster Layout version 1.2 is now out of beta and into general availability
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HVM Clusters can now be deployed through Distributed Workers without HPE Morpheus Enterprise having direct SSH access to the hypervisor hosts
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When reverting to a snapshot, any child snapshots of the selected one are kept rather than being deleted
Integrations
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Added an integrations section at Administration > Integrations so administrators can manage plugins and distributed workers associated with HPE Morpheus Enterprise
Kubernetes
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Added the capability to put MKS worker nodes into maintenance mode. Maintenance mode makes the node unschedulable and all running pods that can be moved elsewhere will be moved. Once out of maintenance mode, the node becomes schedulable again
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Requests to put MKS Clusters into maintenance mode (feature added with this release) can be handled through HPE Morpheus Enterprise API
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When upgrading a Kubernetes Cluster, the packages associated with the new Cluster Layout are being installed and the upgrade history has been made clearer in the UI
Plugins
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Backup plugins can now be designed with the option to restore to a current Instance or restore to a new Instance
Security
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Added security enhancements to resolve potential known security vulnerabilities
Settings
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The selection of Dashboards to display in the global settings section is now a typeahead field with a browse button rather than just a typeahead field
Terraform
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The HPE Morpheus Enterprise Terraform provider now offers MKS support for Cluster provisioning, Cluster resizing, and for adding/removing workers
UI
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The global processes dropdown in the main menu bar (next to the global search field) now always shows the five most recent processes rather than automatically dismissing any inactive processes
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