IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.4.0 is now available IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.4.0 was released on July 31, 2024. This release is now available for Intel based models W4600 and W3500. It follows the 2.3.3.6 ifix2 release from December 2023. The 2.3.4.0 release brings a number of significant feature updates and enhancements. 2.3.4.0 brings majorContinue reading “New release 2.3.4.0 for IBM Cloud Pak System W4600 and W3500”
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Keep your IBM Cloud Pak System up-to-date and safe with interim fixes for v2.3.3.6 and v2.3.3.7 releases
End of December 2023, IBM has released new interim fixes for both Intel and Power versions of IBM Cloud Pak Systems: Note that, for Intel models, 2.3.3.6 interim fix 2 has been preceded by 2.3.3.6 interim fix 1 on 27th September 2023. As you can noticed, these new releases are interim fixes, meaning they doContinue reading “Keep your IBM Cloud Pak System up-to-date and safe with interim fixes for v2.3.3.6 and v2.3.3.7 releases”
Want a single entry point for all the support and IBM documentation on CPS?
Then let me introduce the “IBM Cloud Pak System 101” website, a support content hub for product knowledge and documentation, which is available at https://www.ibm.com/community/101/cloudpaksystem/ From this page, you can access all the support content related to Cloud Pak System: So, add this “IBM Cloud Pak System 101” website in your bookmarks! Note that, onContinue reading “Want a single entry point for all the support and IBM documentation on CPS?”
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”
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”
How to upgrade your OpenShift cluster on IBM Cloud Pak System without internet connection
Several IBM Cloud Pak System clients do not have their systems connected to the internet. Security requirements sometimes simply prevent them from doing so. Sometimes exceptions have been put in place for Red Hat Satellite Server and IBM Service and Support Manager, often for specific source IP addresses and through a proxy. But workloads likeContinue reading “How to upgrade your OpenShift cluster on IBM Cloud Pak System without internet connection”
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0 accelerator blog posts
The blog post “What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0” provides a quick overview of this new release. This release includes support for a new set of IBM Cloud Pak System accelerators, as detailed in the What is new page of the IBM Cloud Pak System accelerators Knowledge Center. To familiarize yourself with theseContinue reading “IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0 accelerator blog posts”
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”
When you can’t enable a new pattern type
Some reminders about pattern types… A pattern type is a collection of plug-ins that identify components, links, and policies, along with configuration files, which are packaged in a .tgz file. You can then use these components, links, and policies to build patterns. Some pattern types are entitled with IBM Cloud Pak System (IBM WebSphere ApplicationContinue reading “When you can’t enable a new pattern type”
Installing OpenShift Container Storage 4 on IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.2.0
Earlier this year IBM announced support for OpenShift 4 on IBM Cloud Pak System. In the blog post Deploying OpenShift 4 on IBM Cloud Pak System, I pointed to a detailed technical tutorial on how this works. My IBM colleagues Pallavi Joshi, Roy Brabson and Xiaojun Chai recently published another technical tutorial Installing OpenShift Container StorageContinue reading “Installing OpenShift Container Storage 4 on IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.2.0”
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