Hendrik van Run

IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR pattern available

There are a number of IBM Cloud Pak System (CPS) clients that have been successfully running IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) for many years. On 23 September 2022, IBM released a new pattern for IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR (Long Term Serviceability Release): Note: IBM updated the IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer SoftwareContinue reading “IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR pattern available”

Obsolete Red Hat subscription does not impact RHEL support on IBM Cloud Pak System

IBM Cloud Pak System allows you to provision your own Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMs on the appliance. The IBM support provides support for RHEL, assuming Your subscription and support agreement for your IBM Cloud Pak System also includes support from Red Hat for RHEL VMs deployed on the appliance. Note: in order toContinue reading “Obsolete Red Hat subscription does not impact RHEL support on IBM Cloud Pak System”

How to avoid corrupting .tgz files downloaded from IBM Fix Central

Clients working with IBM Cloud Pak System sometimes need to download product fixes from IBM Fix Central. These are fixes are typically made availalable as .tgz files that can be downloaded from a browser. However there is a known issue downloading .tgz files from IBM Fix Central, corrupting the actual downloaded file. We strongly recommendContinue reading “How to avoid corrupting .tgz files downloaded from IBM Fix Central”

How to include more detail to IBM Support Case email notifications

From IBM Cloud Pak Systems 2.3.2.0 onwards, clients work with IBM Support through Support Cases using the IBM MySupport web site. As many clients will have upgraded their IBM Cloud Pak Systems to 2.3.2.0 or higher, being able to work efficiently with Support Cases is key. Support for IBM Cloud Pak System prior to 2.3.2.0Continue reading “How to include more detail to IBM Support Case email notifications”

What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1

Today IBM released IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1. While the version of this release might be misleading, this is a new firmware release. The section “New features and changes in 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1” of the “What’s new” page of the IBM Documentation of IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3 provides a goodContinue reading “What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1”

IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3 introduces support for VMware Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler v2

About two years ago, IBM PureApplication System 2.2.6.0 and IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.0.0 provided mitigation against CVE-2018-3646, CVE-2018-3620 of the built-in VMware 6.5 stack (see Impact of HyperThreadingMitigation introduced in IBM PureApplication System 2.2.6.0 or IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.0.0). The mitigation provided by IBM here was to enable the Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler (SCA) v1Continue reading “IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3 introduces support for VMware Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler v2”

Deploying a stretched OpenShift 4 cluster across multiple IBM Cloud Pak Systems

IBM released IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 on 31 December 2020, as detailed in the Related information for IBM Cloud Pak System releases IBM Support documentation. This release also includes a Tech Preview to deploy a stretched OpenShift 4 cluster across multiple IBM Cloud Pak Systems. This is something several clients have been asking forContinue reading “Deploying a stretched OpenShift 4 cluster across multiple IBM Cloud Pak Systems”

The new IBM Cloud Pak System W4600 appliance

IBM announced the IBM Cloud Pak System W4600 Commercial for VMware appliance on Tue 6th October 2020. This is a brand new x86-64 appliance model, succeeding the IBM Cloud Pak System W3500 and W3550 models. If you are curious about the technical specifications of this model, have a look at the IBM Developer article “AContinue reading “The new IBM Cloud Pak System W4600 appliance”

What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0

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 highlightingContinue reading “What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0”

What are IBM Cloud Pak System accelerators and why are they important?

IBM recently released IBM Cloud Pak® System accelerators, a set of tools that automate the deployment and management of IBM Cloud Paks®, as well as Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and IBM Edge Application Manager on IBM Cloud Pak® System. This is a very important release as it effectively de-couples support for the latest versionsContinue reading “What are IBM Cloud Pak System accelerators and why are they important?”