VMware Aria Suite 8.18 Released

VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18, VMware Aria Automation 8.18, VMware Aria Operations 8.18, VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18 and VMware Aria Operations for Networks 8.13.

Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18

I do not like that deprecation of the connection to “My VMware or Customer Connect” this was a great feature that will be missed.

NOTE July 24th 2024: Before upgrading please read the release notes for know issues and other. There is important information’s in the release notes.

What’s new:

• Salt Minion Configurations
  • Ability to Install and Upgrade a Salt Minion in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
  • Configure Salt Minion to point to a Salt Master and add Grains
• Migration Service
  • Migrate VMware Aria Operations Saas content to On-Prem
  • VMware SSO Integration
  • Integrate VMware Aria Operations, Logs and Orchestrator with embedded VMware SSO in vCenter
  • Configurable during Day-0 and Day-N
  • Import of a product configured with VMware SSO
  • Supports only versions above 8.18.0
• Content Management
  • Capture and Deploy content to source control using tags
• VMware Aria Operations Enhancements
  • VMware Aria Operations Upgrade would be based on 2 pak files
  • Snapshots on VMware Aria Operations Cloud Proxy will not be taken during upgrade of VMware Aria Operations
• My VMware or Customer Connect features deprecated

See the full release notes here.

VMware Aria Automation 8.18 / Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18

This version fixes the SQL injection security problem.

What’s new VMware Aria Automation 8.18:

• The VMware Remote Control Application (VMRC) console proxy is updated to support WebMKS
• Catalog Setup Wizard – Content library filtering improvements
• Catalog Setup Wizard – Splitting catalog items
• Automatic installation of the TKG RAG operator
• Air-gapped support for Non-RAG workloads on DLVM
• Launchpad new use case: Publish to Catalog
• Set the storage priority for storage profiles and datastores
• Cloud template assignment with compliance for onboarding deployments
• Dark mode added in VMware Aria Automation
• Reduced set of languages for localization
• Update Provisioning Service to call Active Directory (AD) during project change
• New location of the default runtime container image in the Terraform runtime integration
• Deprecation in Storage Profiles properties

What’s new VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18:

• Plug-in and log level configuration are moved from the Control Center to the System settings section in the Automation Orchestrator Client
• Control Center will be removed from Automation Orchestrator in the next release

See the full release notes here.

VMware Aria Operations 8.18

There are a lot of new features and dashboards an more.

One of the very cool features is the new Certificate overview feature/dashboard.

There are also a new inventory view that aligns the look with that from the vCenter, this makes i easier to use, in my opinion. This also removes some of the old menu items, so it a big change in the UI. I like this change.

What’s new:

• Product Support Notice
  • Remote Collectors
  • Deprecation of the XML Media Type from VMware Aria Operations REST APIs
  • vRealize Application Remote Collector
  • VMware Cloud
  • Native Public Cloud
• Key Features and Capabilities
  • Advanced Navigation Menu
• Diagnostics for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Diagnostics Findings
  • Health Monitoring
• Configuration Drifts for vCenters
• Single Sign-On (SSO) for VMware vSphere Foundation
• License Management and Consumption
• Certificate Management
  • Fleet management of all VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Component Certificates
  • Certificate Inventory Display
• Audit Events
• Inventory Experience
• Alerts Noise Reduction
• Capacity
  • Custom Metrics for Capacity Computation
  • Capacity Computation Insights
• Costing
  • Multiple enhancement and changes
• Platform Scale & Performance Enhancements
  • Enhanced the overall platform scale on objects and metrics
• Improved Operational Efficiency and Reliability
  • Telegraf Migration
  • Firewall Hardening
• vSAN Operations Feature Enhancements
  • Support for vSAN Max Cluster Added
• Enhancements to the Widget Experience
• Enhancements to the Homepage Experience
• Reporting Enhancements
• Compliance Packs
  • Upgraded VMware Aria Operations Compliance Pack for CIS
  • Upgraded VMware Aria Operations Compliance Pack for DISA
• Native Public Cloud
• Support for Supervisor Clusters
• Localization
• More

See the full release notes here.

VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18

What’s new:

• Single Sign-On (SSO) for VMware vSphere Foundation
• User Experience Enhancements
• JSON support for Log Ingestion
• Support for VMware Aria Operations Cloud Proxy
• Swagger API Documentation
• Security Fixes
• Performance Improvements
• New Content Packs

See the full release notes here.

VMware Aria Operations for Networks 8.13

What’s new:

• Deprecation Notice – VMware SD-WAN 
• Network Assurance and Verification
• Applications
• Licensing

See the full release notes here.