VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1
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VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1

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Products

VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article covers the fixes made in VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1 from previous versions.

VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1 contains all previous fixes from VMware Aria Operations 8.12 Hot Fix 1, plus addresses the following issues:

  • Scoreboard widget is throwing JS exception when double clicking on sparkline.
  • Analytics Forward Data Region used for the time-series data coming from the CP.
  • [Log Integration] [Certificate] Auto-accept of imported certificate doesn't work properly for the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Cloud Account.
  • The cluster costs are incorrect incase of hybrid clouds during the crossover of billing cycle.
  • Absent comma in the scripts.python.cprcReEncryptPassword.main().
  • Empty widgets on Multi-Cloud Overview page.
  • Reconfiguring HA proxy even if there is no certificate change.
  • In hybrid clouds, the cluster costs when added up do not match with the billing expenses.
  • [CP] - /var/log/auth.log rotation needs to happen more frequently.
  • suite-api catalina.out log path is incorrect.
  • Handle statementCycle param in Statement Bill v3 API correctly as MM/YYYY and not M/YYYY for single digit months (Jan to Sept).
  • [GCP MP] As per Platform Safegaurd, one property is changing every collection cycle.
  • Billing collection is stopped in case API token for GCVE adapter is from ORG Owner.
  • [VMware Aria Operations Cloud] [CAS MP] Two vRA OOTB dashboard data are impacted, with missing widget information, after upgrading VMware Aria Operations Cloud.
  • Upgrade Summary report is not generated.
  • VMware Aria Operations for Logs instance/cloud account creation is failing in VMware Aria Operations onPrem, with FIPS on option.
  • [NSX-T MP] Duplicate Metric Definition in describe.xml.
  • [Rest API support] Add Workload automation network settings to policy import/export.


The following CVEs have been resolved as of VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1:

Component Name CVE
containerd CVE-2023-24540
CVE-2023-29400
CVE-2023-24539
CVE-2023-24534
CVE-2023-24536
CVE-2022-41720
CVE-2022-41725
CVE-2023-24537
CVE-2023-24538
CVE-2023-24532
CVE-2022-41722
CVE-2022-41724
haproxy CVE-2023-0056
CVE-2023-0836
linux CVE-2018-19406
CVE-2023-2483
CVE-2023-2248
CVE-2022-29900
CVE-2022-29901
CVE-2023-2124
CVE-2023-32233
CVE-2023-1859
CVE-2023-31436
CVE-2023-2269
CVE-2023-2177
CVE-2023-1989
CVE-2023-30456
CVE-2023-1611
CVE-2023-1076
CVE-2022-4269
net-snmp CVE-2022-44793
CVE-2022-44792
net.minidev:json-smart CVE-2021-27568
org.codehaus.jettison:jettison CVE-2023-1436
org.hsqldb:hsqldb CVE-2022-41853
org.springframework:spring-core CVE-2023-20861
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core CVE-2023-20862
org.springframework.security:spring-security-web CVE-2023-20862
rpm-libs CVE-2021-20271
vim CVE-2022-2571
CVE-2022-2923
CVE-2022-2862
CVE-2022-3234
CVE-2022-3297
CVE-2022-2286
CVE-2022-2345
CVE-2022-2581
CVE-2022-2522
CVE-2022-2816
CVE-2022-2288
CVE-2022-2580
CVE-2022-2817
CVE-2022-2980
CVE-2022-2264
CVE-2022-2285
CVE-2022-2284
CVE-2022-2257
CVE-2022-2287
CVE-2022-3037
CVE-2022-2344
CVE-2022-2849
CVE-2022-3134
CVE-2022-2343
CVE-2022-2874
CVE-2022-4293
CVE-2022-3099
CVE-2022-4141
CVE-2022-3235
CVE-2022-3256
CVE-2022-3491
CVE-2022-3278
CVE-2022-3352
CVE-2022-2289
CVE-2022-3016
CVE-2022-2845
CVE-2022-3153
CVE-2022-2982
CVE-2022-2598
CVE-2022-3705
CVE-2022-3296
CVE-2022-2889
CVE-2023-2610
CVE-2023-2426
CVE-2023-1264
CVE-2023-1175
CVE-2023-1170
CVE-2022-2304
webkit CVE-2023-32409



Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.12.x

Resolution

VMware Aria Operations 8.12 can be applied to any 8.6.x - 8.10.x environment.

It is recommended to take snapshots following How to take a Snapshot of VMware Aria Operations before upgrading.

  1. Download the VMware Aria Operations 8.12 upgrade PAK file as per Aria Operations 8.12.1 binaries
  2. Log in to the master node VMware Aria Operations Administrator interface of your cluster at https://master-node-FQDN-or-IP-address/admin.
  3. Click Software Update in the left panel.
  4. Click Install a Software Update in the main panel.
  5. Follow the steps in the wizard to locate and install your PAK file.
  6. Install the product update PAK file.
    Wait for the software update to complete. When it does, the Administrator interface logs you out.
  7. Log back into the master node Administrator interface.
    The main Cluster Status page appears and cluster goes online automatically. The status page also displays the Bring Online button, but do not click it.
  1. Clear the browser caches and if the browser page does not refresh automatically, refresh the page.
    The cluster status changes to Going Online. When the cluster status changes to Online, the upgrade is complete.
Note: If a cluster fails and the status changes to offline during the installation process of a PAK file update then some nodes become unavailable. To fix this, you can access the Administrator interface and manually take the cluster offline and click Finish Installation to continue the installation process.
  1. Click Software Update to check that the update is done.
    A message indicating that the update completed successfully appears in the main pane.

Additional Information

Once the update is complete, delete the snapshots you made before the software update.