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| What's New in |release| |
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| Apache CloudStack |release| is a 4.21 Regular release with 15 new features, |
| around 40 improvements and more than 150 bug fixes since the 4.20.1.0 release. |
| Some of the highlights include: |
| |
| • CloudStack Extensions Framework and Orchestrate Anything extension, with built-in extensions for Proxmox and Hyper-V |
| • GPU Integration with KVM in CloudStack (Technical Preview) |
| • Netris Network Plugin Integration |
| • Cloudian HyperStore Object Store Plugin Integration |
| • CloudStack Kubernetes Service (CKS) Enhancements |
| • Create Instance from Backup |
| • Instance Lease (Automatic Stop/Deletion) |
| • Backup and Object Storage Limits |
| • Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) Support |
| • Support for KVM on s390x (IBM Z and LinuxONE) architecture |
| • Management Server Maintenance Mode |
| • Incremental Volume Snapshots for KVM |
| • File-Based Disk-Only Instance Snapshots with KVM |
| • Reconciliation of VM and Volume Copy/Migrate operations for KVM agent |
| • Storage Access Groups |
| • Volume Allocation Algorithm Support |
| • VMware to KVM migration improvements |
| • Storage plugins - Ceph, PowerFlex, StorPool, Linstor related fixes and improvements |
| • Several UI fixes and improvements, including Deploy Instance Form, Announcement Banner, etc |
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| Known Issues |
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| |
| • Usage data for Instance Backups does not update after the final backup of an Instance is deleted |
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| The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at |
| https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.21.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html |
