VMware Aria Operations 8.17.2
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VMware Aria Operations 8.17.2

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Article ID: 368977

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Products

VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article covers the fixes made in VMware Aria Operations 8.17.2 from previous versions.

The following issues have been resolved as of Aria Operations 8.17.2:

  • Snapshot age reporting incorrectly
  • [App Monitoring] Product managed telegraf agent installation via script fails due to wget.exe URL is not reachable from Windows machine to CP
  • Reclamation page show >0 days old snapshots with 0 GB reclaimable space
  • Update Messaging in Manage Agents page
  • Uninstalling ARC agent status for windows-endpoint keeps on loading state when uninstall gets triggered through api.
  • Activated plugins is not shown post Agent is tried to uninstall with failed attempts
  • [APP Monitoring] : vROPS Large Environment - Bootstrap operation takes 11 mins to complete for 1 VM
  • Agent Installation on Windows VM taking more than 5mins
  • "Manage Telegraf Agents" page takes 30 sec to load
  • [APP Monitoring] : ARC services are operational on the endpoint VM; however, the agent status is currently indicated as unhealthy in vROPS UI
  • NPE when sending Alert Notification
  • [WLP] [vSAN] During the Workload Optimization, the VM vSAN compatibility check calls are failing, when the endpoint vCenter version is 8.0 U2 and higher
  • Cost Calculation failed on one DC.
  • [AWLP] [Backend] vRA calls, to get the advanced workload placement plan from vROps, fail on vROps side
  • Custom property: Internal server Error is thrown on alerts timeline
  • Having "\" and other JSON special characters in notification template leads to invalid JSON payload.
  • [Resources API Call] All resources in api response have resourceHealth and Value are GREY and -1 respectively on 8.17.x vROPs

 

The following CVEs have been resolved as of VMware Aria Operations 8.17.2:

Component Name CVE
kerberos CVE-2018-5729
CVE-2018-5730
less CVE-2022-48624
CVE-2024-32487
libyaml CVE-2024-3205
linux_kernel CVE-2022-48674
CVE-2023-28746
CVE-2024-26817
CVE-2024-26904
CVE-2024-26924
CVE-2024-26925
CVE-2024-26926
CVE-2024-26928
CVE-2024-26931
CVE-2024-26934
CVE-2024-26935
CVE-2024-26937
CVE-2024-26947
CVE-2024-26950
CVE-2024-26951
CVE-2024-26955
CVE-2024-26956
CVE-2024-26957
CVE-2024-26960
CVE-2024-26961
CVE-2024-26965
CVE-2024-26966
CVE-2024-26969
CVE-2024-26970
CVE-2024-26973
CVE-2024-26974
CVE-2024-26976
CVE-2024-26978
CVE-2024-26979
CVE-2024-27013
CVE-2024-27020
CVE-2024-27032
CVE-2024-27059
CVE-2024-27395
CVE-2024-27396
CVE-2024-35972
CVE-2024-35978
CVE-2024-35982
CVE-2024-35984
CVE-2024-35990
CVE-2024-35997
CVE-2024-36008


 

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.x

Resolution

VMware Aria Operations 8.17.2 can be applied to any 8.10.x - 8.17.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 -Virtual Appliance upgrade pak file from the Broadcom Support Portal.
  2. Log in to the primary node Aria Operations Administrator interface of your cluster at https://primary-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.