VMware Aria Operations 8.12 Hot Fix 2

Products

VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

VMware Aria Operations 8.12 Hot Fix 2 is a public Hot Fix that addresses the following issues:

[Dashboards] Can't open a shared dashboard via URL if it include a Log Analysis widget.
Missing Summary Dashboards for FIPs enabled clusters.
The documentation links are not working in some dashboards.
The VM's are being mapped with wrong license in Cost Driver Screen.
Adapter cannot be selected in Additional Actions while creating new job for Automation Central in Japanese.
The change in ratio or region is not considered for VMC on AWS calculation.
[VMware Infrastructure Health] Not existing host system objects in VMware Aria Operations are not automatically removed.
[VMware Aria Operations & vSAN InterOps][VMware Aria Operations Remote Plugin] Dashboard cannot been seen via VC UI after register VC adapter into VMware Aria Operations.
[VMware Aria Operations for Logs Integration] VMware Aria Operations On-Prem to VMware Aria Operations for Logs connection fails when VMware Aria Operations for Logs setup with CA certificate or when VMware Aria Operations for Logs instance is not assigned to the imported certificate in VMware Aria Operations.
[DCPN] "Internal Server Error" is seen in the view widget in dashboard after deleting adapter instance from management pack.
Update vCenter certificates in APPOSAdapter on bootstrap.

The following CVEs have been resolved as of version 8.12 Hot Fix 2:

Component	CVE
flexjson	CVE-2023-34609
webkit	CVE-2023-32435
webkit	CVE-2023-32439

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.12.x

Resolution

vRealize Operations 8.12 Hot Fix 2 includes all the fixes delivered in Patch Releases/Hot Fixes released prior and can be applied to any 8.12.x environment.
Note: Upgrading from older versions directly to this Hot Fix is not supported. You must upgrade to 8.12.x before applying this Hot Fix.

Important: Take snapshots of each of the VMware Aria Operations nodes before applying the Hot Fix by following How to take a Snapshot of VMware Aria Operations.

Download the VMware Aria Operations 8.12 Hot Fix 2 PAK file following Downloading patches, PSPAKs, and hotfixes from Broadcom Support Portal for Aria Suite products

Note: Select VMware Aria Operations as the Product and select 8.12 as the version and click Search.
Select the option below.

Release Name	Release Date	Build Number	UI Build Number	File Name
VMware-Aria-Operations-8.12-HF2	7/14/2023	22078731	22078735	vRealize_Operations_Manager_With_CP-8.x-to-8.12.1.22078731.pak

Log in to the primary node VMware Aria Operations Administrator interface of your cluster at https://master-node-FQDN-or-IP-address/admin.
Click Software Update in the left panel.
Click Install a Software Update in the main panel.
Follow the steps in the wizard to locate and install your PAK file.
Install the product update PAK file.
Wait for the software update to complete. When it does, the Administrator interface logs you out.
Log back into the primary 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.
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.
Click Software Update to check that the update is done.
A message indicating that the update completed successfully appears in the main pane.

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