What’s new – August 2025

The August 2025 release includes:

IBM Power 10 in more regions

Skytap has expanded IBM Power 10 to the following additional regions:

  • CN-HongKong-M-1 (hkm1r1)
  • SG-Singapore-M-1 (sgm1r1)
  • US-Virginia-M-2 (vgm1r1)

In addition to the increased performance of the Power 10 platform, the Skytap Power 10 offering provides new capabilities, including:

  • Support for more memory and processors per LPAR.
  • Dual VIOS.
  • Support for IBM i 7.6.

For specific details about Power 10 availability, see Skytap service limits.

IBM i Hardware Settings

Replacement of IP addresses for Skytap and US-West region

On August 17, 2025, Skytap updated the IP addresses for the US-West region and the Skytap web interface. All existing domain names should resolve normally but if you currently have network firewall rules that specifically allow Skytap IP addresses, you must update the firewall rules to permit access to the new IP addresses.

For further details, see What IP addresses and port ranges does Skytap use?.


For older Skytap release notes, visit the 2024 and 2023 archives.

For release notes dating back to 2011, contact support@skytap.com.