Aria Automation sending traffic to bellevue-ci.###.######.com address

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• The squid proxy logs located under /services-logs/prelude/proxy-service/console-logs/squid-proxy.log show traffic being sent to bellevue-ci.###.#####.com address:
  
  

  <Timestamp>      1 <IP> TCP_MISS_ABORTED/503 4338 POST http://bellevue-ci.###.######.com:2878/report? - HIER_NONE/- text/html
  <Timestamp>      0 <IP> TCP_MISS_ABORTED/503 4341 POST http://bellevue-ci.###.######.com:2878/report? - HIER_NONE/- text/html
  <Timestamp>      0 <IP> TCP_MISS_ABORTED/503 4341 POST http://bellevue-ci.###.######.com:2878/report? - HIER_NONE/- text/html

  
  
  

Environment

Aria Automation 8.17.x and Later

Cause

The traffic is an attempt to send service metrics to an internal VMware address.

Resolution

The issue is resolved in Aria Automation 8.18.1 patch 1 release.

• File Name: vrlcm-vra-8.18.1-8.18.1.36859.patch.

Please download the patch from Broadcom Support Portal

Additional Information

In version 8.18.0 a fix was included to stop the cgs service sending this traffic but it missed fact that migration and assessment service still send traffic.