New Releases from VMware and Flings

August 23, 2016 0 By Allan Kjaer

VMware has released some new versions for some of there vRealize suite products.

VMware vRealize Automation 7.1.0

The vRealize Automation 7.1 release includes resolved issues and the following changes.

Streamlined installation process using a silent installer.
Agent and prerequisite command line interface.
Migration tool to move data from a source vRealize Automation 6.2.x environment to a fresh vRealize Automation 7.1 environment while preserving the source environment.
IPAM integration framework with ability to deploy machines and applications with automated assignment of IP addresses from leading IP address management systems, with the first integration with Infoblox.
Integrated support for Active Directory policies.
Custom property dictionary controls to improve property definitions and vRealize Orchestrator actions.
Reconfigure life-cycle events by means of event broker workflow subscriptions.
Additional vSphere provisioning options and data collection improvements.
Ability to manually conduct horizontal scale in and scale out of vRealize Automation deployments, including the automatic update of dependent components.
Customizable message of the day portlet available on the home page.
Additional information and filter options on the Items page.
New ready-to-import blueprints for vSphere and AWS available from the VMware Solution Exchange.
Discontinued support for PostgreSQL external database.

vRealize Operations Manager 6.3 is a release update that enhances product stability, performance, and usability.

Enhanced Workload Placement and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Integration:

Improved Log Insight Integration:

Enhanced vSphere Monitoring:

Support vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide
vRealize Operations Manager Compliance for vSphere 6.0 Objects
vRealize Operations Manager and vCenter Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Health Dashboards

General improvements:

New API Programming Guide
New licensing plan for vRealize Operations Manager Standard and Advanced Editions
Filtered SNMP Trap Alert Notifications
Enhanced SuperMetric capabilities
Reduction in default metrics collected

Supports multiple versions of vRealize Automation. vRealize Business for Cloud 7.1 is compatible with the vRealize Automation 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.1 releases.
Allows integration with external VMware Identity Manager. You can use standalone vRealize Business for Cloud 7.1, without deploying vRealize Automation.
Includes UI changes. The Overview page is updated with new widgets to provide more information about cost and consumption.
Provides a new version of reference database. A new version of the reference database is available with vRealize Business for Cloud 7.1.
Segregates the Azure EA account cost. vRealize Business for Cloud 7.1 groups the overall cost of the Azure account based on the individual billing account.
Supports Spanish locale. vRealize Business for Cloud 7.1 supports Spanish locale UI also. The following languages are supported:
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Spanish
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese

VMware OS optimization (vOSOT 2016 (b080)), this can be found here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vmware-os-optimization-tool

HCIbench 1.0, this is a Hyper-converged Infrastructure Benchmark, and can be found here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/hcibench

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