VMware Cloud Foundation Response to VMSA-2021-0021

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation

Issue/Introduction

VMware Cloud Foundation Response to VMSA-2021-0021. For more information, see VMSA-2021-0021

To remediate VMSA-2021-0021 on a VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x environment follow the steps listed in the Workaround Section.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.x
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0

Resolution

The issue has been fixed on VMware vRealize Operations 8.6.0. For more information, see vRealize Operations 8.6 Release Notes

To remediate VMSA-2021-0021 on a VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x environment follow the below steps:

1. Starting with VCF version 4.4.1, the SDDC Manager no longer manages the upgrades of vRealize Operations (even if it was originally deployed via SDDC Manager). For more information, see VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1 Release Notes
2. Upgrade first to VCF 4.4.1 or higher.
3. Use the SDDC Manager to upgrade vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to version 8.6.2 or higher.
4. Use the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager to upgrade vRealize Operations to version 8.6.0 or higher