Version 4.0 release notes
IBM® Cloud Pak for Data is a native cloud solution that simplifies your data ecosystem by letting you connect to your data, govern it, find it, and use it for analysis from a single, unified interface.
These release notes contain:
New features summary
For a list of the features and improvements that were introduced in Cloud Pak for Data, Version 4.0, see What's new in IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
What's new also contains information about changes that are introduced in refreshes of Version 4.0.
Known issues
The known issues for Cloud Pak for Data, Version 4.0 are listed in Limitations and known issues in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
Resolved issues
The Version 4.0 release includes various defect fixes.
What's new also contains information about whether refreshes include fixes.
Prerequisites and installation information
For information about hardware and software prerequisites, see System requirements.
For other planning considerations, see:
- For information about planning storage on your cluster, see Storage considerations.
- For information about where you can deploy Cloud Pak for Data, see Cloud deployment environments.
For step-by-step installation instructions, see Installing IBM Cloud Pak for Data, which provides an overview of the installation process and provides information about the different cluster environments on which you can install Cloud Pak for Data.
Documentation for previous refreshes
To obtain fixes, security updates, and new functionality, you must install the latest refresh of the Cloud Pak for Data software.
The online version of the Cloud Pak for Data documentation includes information on installing the latest refresh of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0.
If you need to install a previous refresh of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0, you can download the documentation in PDF format. For details, see Documentation for previous 4.0.x refreshes.