New deployments failing for random users after enabling "Show names of users" in Aria Automation 8.17.0

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• After enabling "Show names of users" setting under Service Broker -> Infrastructure -> Settings -> Show names of users in Aria Automation 8.17.0 Deployments finish successfully but have no actions in the deployment History or objects under the Topology tab.

Environment

VMWare Aria Automation 8.17.0

Cause

The feature was released officially in Aria Automation 8.18.1. So it should only be used after upgrading to that version.

Resolution

Disable this feature in 8.17 or upgrade to 8.18.1 to use it.

Additional Information

For additional information see the display full names of users section of the 8.18 documentation and the 8.18 release notes