What's new and changed in the scheduling service

The scheduling service updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Installing or upgrading the scheduling service

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Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.3

A new version of scheduling service was released in September 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3.

Operand version: 1.28.0

This release includes the following changes:

Issues fixed in this release
This release includes various fixes for the scheduling service when it is running on a remote physical location.

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.2

A new version of the scheduling service was released in August 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.2.

Operand version: 1.27.0

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:
  • Version 1.27.0 of the scheduling service uses the following Red Hat® Universal Base Images (UBI):
    • ibm-cpd-scheduling-operator uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-operator-catalog uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-pjc uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-metrics uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-mutate-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1194

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.1

A new version of the scheduling service was released in July 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1.

Operand version: 1.26.0

This release includes the following changes:

Updates
The following updates were introduced in this release:
Improvements to the privileged monitors
The Operator namespace status check (check-operator-namespace-status) event now monitors the memory used by scheduling service pods and raises an alert if a pod gets close to the memory limit on the pod.
Remember: To monitor the scheduling service, you must specify --cluster_components_ns=${PROJECT_SCHEDULING_SERVICE} when you install the privileged monitoring service.
Issues fixed in this release
The following issues were fixed in this release:
Some scheduling service images are required to install IBM Cloud Pak for Data
  • Issue: If you mirror images to a private container registry and you do not mirror the images for the scheduling service, you encounter an issue when you try to install IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
  • Resolution: The images are now part of the IBM Cloud Pak for Data software.
Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
The following issues, which were reported by customers, were fixed in this release:
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:
  • Version 1.26.0 of the scheduling service uses the following Red Hat Universal Base Images (UBI):
    • ibm-cpd-scheduling-operator uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-operator-catalog uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-pjc uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-metrics uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-mutate-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-1134

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.0

A new version of the scheduling service was released in June 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0.

Operand version: 1.25.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of scheduling service includes the following features:
Schedule workloads on remote physical locations
If you plan to extend your Cloud Pak for Data deployment with remote physical locations, you must install the scheduling service on the primary Cloud Pak for Data cluster and on the remote physical location. For more information, see:
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:
  • Version 1.25.0 of the scheduling service uses the following Red Hat Universal Base Images (UBI):
    • ibm-cpd-scheduling-operator uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-operator-catalog uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-pjc uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-metrics uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-mutate-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671
    • ibm-cpd-scheduler-webhook uses ubi-minimal Version 9.4-949.1714662671