Wrong values for SSH Access and vSAN Enable properties in our Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• The “Appliance|Access SSH” property shows true even though the vCenter is showing SSH disabled.
• The “Configuration|vSAN Enabled” property shows the wrong value under Host System in vCenter.
• Other properties for the vCenter Management Pack are not updating every 5 minutes.

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.18.4

Cause

• The SSH Enable property will update when there is a change.
• The properties below will update every 120 minutes by design.
   
  

  Appliance|Maximum Number of Failed Login Attempts
  Appliance|Unlock time
  Appliance|Time interval between failures
  Appliance|Is Root Account Enabled
  Appliance|Root Account Expiration Date
  Appliance|Console Cli Enabled
  Appliance|Has Recovery Backup Jobs
  Appliance|Has Networking Firewall Inbound Rules
  Appliance|Has Logging Forwarding Configs
  Appliance|Time Sync Mode
  Appliance| Access SSH

Resolution

A fix will be applied for the SSH Enable property in future releases.

Workaround for "Configuration|SSH Enabled" property:

1. Retrieve the object UUID.
   1. From the Product UI, navigate to the object. The UUID will be visible in the URL.
   2. Alternatively, open Inventory Management under Operations > Configurations, search for the object by name, and locate the UUID under the ID column.
2. Access the Swagger page.
   1. Go to: `https://FPDNorIP/suite-api/doc/swagger-ui.html#`
   2. Search for the API: `/api/resources/{id}/properties`. The required API URL is: `https://FPDNorIP/suite-api/doc/swagger-ui.html#/Resource/addPropertiesUsingPOST.`
3. Execute the API request using the following body. In the ID field, type the relevant object UUID:
   
   

   {
     "property-content" : [ {
       "statKey" : "configuration|vsanEnabled",
       "timestamps" : [ 1759493808000 ],
       "values" : [ "Disabled" ]
     }]
   }

   
   
   
4. Replace the timestamp value with the current epoch time before executing the API.
   
   
   
   
5. Wait a few minutes and check the property. A second value should appear, published for the corresponding timestamp.

The steps above will need to be performed every time there is a change in the SSH Enable property until the fix is released.