Last Friday IBM released IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0. This is a very exciting and significant release, complemented by a new release of the IBM Cloud Pak System Accelerators. Not familiar with IBM Cloud Pak System Accelerators? Take a quick look at this blog post!
Before we dive into the details, it is worth highlighting that IBM has deprecated a couple of features in this release. While IBM will continue to support those, you should avoid using these for new implementations:
- Hosted VMware environments (sometimes referred to as Virtual Manager Cloud Groups)
- Classic Virtual System Patterns (Virtual System Patterns remain supported)
- OpenShift Container Platform V3.11 Virtual System Patterns
The “What’s new” section of the Knowledge Center provides a nice summary of the new features and capabilities. A new IBM Cloud Pak System user interface is now available, which was only available as Tech Preview in the 2.3.2.0 release. You will also notice that a significant number of updates to internal components on the Platform System Manager nodes are included.
As mentioned earlier, a new IBM Cloud Pak® System accelerator version has also been released. Examine the “What’s new” section of the IBM Cloud Pak® System accelerators Knowledge Center for more details. Please refer to the Supported accelerator matrix to determine what version of IBM Cloud Pak System is required for any of the accelerators.
You can find details about the APARs and CVEs addressed by the IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0 release here. Note that this link can easily be found in the IBM Support document “Related information for IBM Cloud Pak System releases”.
Finally, please note that this release is only available for W2500, W3500 and W3550 (Intel x86-64) models. It is not available for W2700 and W3700 (POWER) models.
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