Cumulative Update for vRealize Automation 8.4.1

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This patch addresses multiple issues around 7.x migration of networking components while also adding some performance and stability fixes.

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Symptoms:

This article contains a list of known issues that are resolved in the latest patch available for vRealize Automation 8.4.1.

Current Patch Version

Patch 1

Resolved In List

See the attached spreadsheet titled: vRA841-P1-ResolvedList.xlsx under the Attachment(s) section for a full list of all resolved issues and their associated Symptom(s).

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.4.x

Resolution

The steps to install vRealize Automation 8.4.1 P1 using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager are as follows:

1. Login to the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI.
2. Navigate to Lifecycle Operations > Settings > System Details. Verify you have at least 20GB of Free Space.
   • If not enough space, select Extend Storage and increase Disk Space so that Free Space available is 20GB.

Note: The value provided in the wizard is the total new disk size

3. Once Extend Storage request is completed. Navigate to Settings > Binary Mappings
4. Click Product Patch Binaries and follow the steps.
5. Download the patch from the Broadcom Support portal.
6. To upload patches, click Upload Patches and select the patch file and click Import.
7. Trigger the patch installation for vRealize Automation from the product details within the Environments page using the product actions, click Patches > Install Patch.
8. Select the patch from the list of downloaded patches.

Note: The patches must be downloaded from the Product Binaries page. Only the downloaded patches are listed here.

10. Click Next.
11. Verify vRealize Automation storage requirements and select the check box I have taken care of the above storage requirement and am ready to proceed
12. Click Next.
13. Review and install the available patch and click Finish.
14. The patch install request progress can be tracked under Requests.
15. To view the history of patches from Environments, click Patches > History.

Additional Information

IMPORTANT:

Following the VMware by Broadcom Day 2 transition on May 6, 2024, Customer Connect has been migrated to the Broadcom Support. This migration impacts the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle as follows:

• All Product Support Packs, along with product and patch binaries, will now need to be downloaded from the Broadcom Support Portal

• Users must then manually map these into the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

• Additionally, all online download methods previously available in the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle will be disabled in the user interface upon upgrading to our next release.

vRealize Automation 8.4.1 Release Notes
vRealize Orchestrator 8.4.1 Release Notes
Build numbers and versions for VMware vRealize Automation
Build numbers and versions of VMware vRealize Orchestrator