Changes to the user interface

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4.2

General

Added wildcards to searches. v42_usr_asterisk_t_asterisk_d_asterisk.png

Apps library

Edit a virtual machine template, create an empty disk, added Allocation type. v42_apl_edit_virtual_machine_template_create_an_empty_disk_allocation.png

Edit a virtual machine template, edit virtual machine template disk, added Allocation type. v42_apl_edit_virtual_machine_template_disk_allocation.png

Virtual machine templates, added list view. Manage VM templates

Configuration

System properties, Security, added SMS gateway. v42_cfg_security_sms_gateway.png

System properties, Dashboard, added Enable hybrid tab dashboard and Enable optimization tab dashboard. v42_cfg_dashboard_enable_hybrid_optimization_tabs.png

Home

Original statistics view now on Metrics tab, removed Reserved IPs statistic, added new tabs for Hybrid and Optimization, added new dashboards on all tabs.

See Home View

Infrastructure

Capture virtual machine, Network, added Default gateway. v42_inf_capture_virtual_machine_network.png

Create datacenter, Remote services, added Remote access manager. v42_inf_create_datacenter_remote_services.png

Create network, public, external or unmanaged, added Excluded from firewall. v42_inf_create_network_external_firewall_excluded.png and v42_inf_create_network_public_firewall_excluded.png and v42_inf_create_network_unmanaged.png

Create public cloud region, Remote services, added Remote access manager. v42_inf_create_public_cloud_region_remote_services.png

Datacenter, Servers, add Cluster name. v42_inf_datacenter_servers.png

Edit datacenter, Remote services, added Remote access manager. v42_inf_edit_datacenter_remote_services.png.

Edit public cloud region, Remote services, Remote access manager to be added. See Remote services, add and edit, below.

Networks, External and Public, added Delete IPs button, see Network, private, below.

Networks, Quarantine, improved Quarantine column with Yes/No indicators.

Remote services, add and edit, added Remote access manager. v42_inf_remote_services_edit_guacd.png

Virtual machines tab added. v42_inf_virtual_machines.png

Virtual machines tab, added column selector. v42_inf_virtual_machines_columns.png

Virtual machines tab, added filter. v42_inf_virtual_machines_with_filter.png

Virtual datacenters

Create alert, added Email list. v42_vap_create_alert_create_alarm.png

Edit virtual machine, edit virtual disk, added Allocation type. v42_vap_edit_vm_edit_virtual_disk_allocation.png

Virtual machine control panel, added Backup policies tab. v42_vap_vm_control_panel_backup.png

Create IP in private network in public cloud provider, added Available IP range. v42_vdc_create_ips_public_range.png

Create virtual appliance based on spec, added edit firewall rules. v42_vdc_create_vapp_based_on_spec_load_balancers.png

Create virtual appliance based on spec, added warning about missing hardware profile and edit hardware profile. v42_vdc_create_vapp_based_on_spec_no_hwp.png

Network, private, added Delete IPs button. v42_vdc_private_network_ips.png

Create firewall, changed Description to not mandatory.

Edit virtual machine, General, reactivate Virtual machine keymap selector. v42_vm_edit_virtual_machine_general_information.png

Virtual machine remote access through eye icon, with new Guacamole window.

Virtual machine control panel, added Key button to check initial guest password. v42_vm_control_panel_for_remote_access.png

4.2.3

Configuration view

System properties, Dashboard, removed Enable hybrid tab dashboard and Enable optimization tab dashboard. New privileges control the display of these tabs.

Home

On Hybrid tab, add billing widgets including Latest bills, Estimated bill, Average cost per virtual machine. v42_hom_hybrid_with_billing.png

Add show more bills link. v42_hom_hybrid_billing_widgets_show_more_bills.png

Virtual datacenters

Create scaling group, added Create in maintenance mode checkbox. v42_vm_create_scaling_group.png

Virtual machine control panel, added Show password link for remote access. v42_vm_control_panel_for_remote_access.png

Create virtual datacenter, on General information tab, add NAT network and Default NAT IP dropdown selectors. v42_vdc_create_virtual_datacenter_select_nat_ip.pngç

4.4

Please see Release notes

4.5

Please see Release notes.

4.6.0

General/User

Edit enterprise, Credentials for public cloud. Added Also use for pricing checkbox to public cloud credentials. Added separate Pricing tab

Events

New Tasks tab to display progress of asynchronous tasks on VDCs and VPNs by user

Infrastructure

Separate private and public tab infrastructure views and details tabs are controlled by new privileges

Changes to remote services in public and private cloud. The NODECOLLECTOR remote service has been replaced with the NARS remote service and the CPP remote service has been removed

Virtual datacenters

When the user creates a VDC, the platform does not automatically create a virtual appliance. Added button to encourage the user to create a VApp

When you onboard a VPC from AWS, the platform does not automatically onboard the default firewall. Synchronize firewalls to onboard the default firewall

Create scaling group, added option to Automatically create a scaling action

Edit scaling group, added new task to display scaling group actions.

Pricing

Create or Edit pricing model, New tab for prices of Backup policies

Retrieve pricing of hardware profiles from public cloud providers (e.g. Amazon, Azure) and add to Create or Edit pricing model, Hardware profiles

4.6.x

See Abiquo 4.6 release notes

4.7.0

Home view dashboard

Improvements to Hybrid Billing dashboard charts

Virtual datacenters

Volumes tab for public cloud storage and VM volume support

Control

New Budgets section

Events

Changes to Events and filters

4.7.1

Login

SAML support

Infrastructure

Networks NAT tab in Public cloud for vCloud Director

Virtual datacenters

NAT rules on VMs in vCloud Director

External networks in vCloud Director virtual datacenters and VMs

Encrypted volumes in AWs

Pricing

Backup price per GB

5.0.0

New user interface

Login

Support for multiple authentication types
Login error view screen
Locale flags

Main view and general

Footer links added to username menu
Main menu on left with icon images from icon sheet
Simplified grids

Home

Improved graphs and layouts

Infrastructure

New Backup policies tab in public cloud for vCloud Director

Virtual datacenters

Virtual datacenter and virtual appliance breadcrumbs at top of screen replace Back to VDC button
To view details of a virtual appliance, click the VM button at the top of the VM
On the Virtual appliances page, a new options button contains Layer, Spec, and Instance options

Pricing

Redesigned view
In Abiquo 5.0.0, administrators must edit an enterprise to assign a pricing model

Control

Action plans details display on cards

Users

Edit enterprise - Credentials
- Create user account

5.0.1

Apps library

After template import from Azure, accept virtual machine template terms for subscription, which requires a privilege

Users

Edit enterprise - Credentials
- Display Account ID record
- Create user account in provider for portal login
- User portal link that contains the account ID and generic portal link

Virtual datacenters

Create virtual machine
- When creating a VM from an Azure template, user can accept virtual machine template terms for subscription

5.1

General

Create a VM from anywhere, using new +VM button in bottom right-hand corner

Main menu

On main menu, Virtual datacenters label has been changed to MyCloud

Hardware profiles

Family and Type classifications for hardware profiles
Manage Families and Types in Hardware profiles view

Apps library

Create VM from VM template (options menu)

Virtual datacenters

Filter virtual datacenters by provider or endpoint
New Locations section for virtual resources at datacenter or regional level. Replaces All virtual datacenters with Region or Datacenter selection
Quality of Service bandwidth limit for public IPs with NSX on vCenter
Buttons above Virtual datacenters list to switch between Virtual datacenter section and Locations section
Create VDC network with custom address range (public cloud: AWS and Azure)

Virtual datacenter networks

Filter private networks by Availability zone (AWS)
Manage address ranges for public cloud

Virtual appliances

Create a VM, enter Label, a user-friendly name for the VM, after selecting the template
Filter hardware profiles when creating VM

Virtual machines

Increase and decrease hardware profiles of a VM in Edit VM and with buttons on VM details panel
ESXI Snapshot backups - as Backup now with Veeam and Standalone as Backups in Abiquo

Action plans

Show HTTP status code in Response field selector
Increase and decrease hardware profiles of a VM

Specs

When creating a VApp from a spec, match hardware profiles by family and type

5.1.1

Apps library

SATA disks and disk management improvements
New Edit ISO templates functionality

Virtual machines

SATA and disk management improvements
ESXi - Disable VNC remote access to enable WebMKS with remote access always available

5.2.0

Home

Metrics dashboard meter for Disaster recovery protected VMs

Infrastructure

Protection managers tab for DRaaS

Apps library

Bootable field removed from template disks

Virtual datacenters (now myCloud)

Global section
- Resource groups tab for Azure
- Global networks tab for Google Cloud Platform
Networks tab
- Subnets tab for Google Cloud Platform

VM control panel

Shield button to Enable DR protection
Crossed shield button to Disable DR protection

VM details panel and Load balancer details panel

Tags tabs

VM icon

Shield DR protected symbol indicator on status symbols bar
Virtual machines Tags on Options menu

VM

VM Edit tags dialog
Bootable field removed from VM disks

5.2.1

Login screen

New "SAML + user" option to select from multiple IdPs based on user email

Reporting

Abiquo Reports is now opened from the user interface only, using token authentication

Virtual datacenters

Manage global networks privilege added for Global Networks sections and Subnet sections

5.3.0

Home view

New dynamic dashboards
New dashboard widgets

Infrastructure

New DRaaS device for Zerto

Apps library

Edit template - advanced tab - new UEFI boot option

Virtual datacenters

Load balancers screen has new Target groups tab for AWS Application load balancers
Create load balancers, select Application load balancer type
User can create public subnets in AWS

Virtual machines

Label field is now Name field
New provider ID field

5.3.1

Infrastructure view

Abstract datastore tiers tab and management

Users view

New Enterprise datastore tier limits

5.4.x

See Abiquo 5.4.x release notes

6.0.x

Home view

New widget for VM snapshots

Catalogue

Apps library renamed to Catalogue

Global

Refresh button to refresh current tab
New Services tabs for XaaS

Infrastructure

Abiquo HA removed from rack and physical machine tabs

Users

New "only for billing" checkbox for reseller credentials

myCloud

New load balancers tab at Global level for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) load balancers
New Purpose field for GCP subnet

Virtual appliances

UI configuration can disable display of custom VApp metrics. See Configure Abiquo UI for the client.monitoring.button.alwaysdisplayed property

Virtual machines

New VM snapshot buttons on VM control panel

Control

New Tag search tab and changes to Tag search filters
New Tag policies tab and Compliance report tab
Action plans use tags to define VMs and scaling groups target of actions