This past week we dropped the latest versions of the VMware Aria Suite: VMware Aria Operations 8.18.7 VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.7 VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.0 Patch 8 VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator 8.18.1 U6 (Patch 6) VMware Aria Automation 8.18.1 U5 (Patch 5) I'm running the following in my lab: VMware Aria Operations 8.18.6 VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.6 VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.18.0 Patch 7 VMware Aria Automation 8.18.1 U4 (Patch 4) Let's

When downloading the Aria Suite Lifecycle Easy Installer for Aria Automation recently I noticed Aria Automation has an OVA. I've only...

To go along with my fresh deployments of Operations and Operations for Logs, I wanted a fresh deployment of Automation, here goes. I...

For customers running several instances of the various Aria products, it can be helpful to tell users what instance they are actually...

Now that we've upgraded Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM) to 8.18 and loaded the Aria Operations, Operations for Logs, and Automation 8.18 binaries into ASLCM, we can proceed with our product upgrades. Let's start with Aria Automation. Log into ASLCM, go to Lifecycle Manager - Environments - select your environment - then the Automation tab. As you'll notice, the UPGRADE button is available now that the 8.18 binaries have been loaded, click UPGRADE Once complete, you can

We just upgraded our Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM) to 8.18 , which we can still do online, next we'll upgrade Operations, Logs, and Automation, but first we'll need those binaries. We can no longer download binaries directly from VMware Customer Connect, so we have to load them into ASLCM manually, here's how. Log into the Broadcom Support Portal and go to My Downloads, these are the three tiles you'll want. We're upgrading from previous releases, so we'll download th

Aria Automation 8.16.2 dropped last night, let's upgrade! You can find the Release Notes here if you're interested. Log into your Aria...

On February 20th the original Aria 8.16 and 8.16.1 updates were released, but we quickly pulled them due to a missing feature. They've been updated and republished, here they are! Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.16 Release Notes Aria Operations 8.16.1 Release Notes Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 Release Notes Aria Automation 8.16.1 Release Notes KB with upgrade details Let's apply them. Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 needs to be done locally, let's do that one first. First do

Aria updates are here, they were released originally on 2.20.2024. Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.16 and Aria Automation 8.16.1 dropped last week, let's upgrade! Important links here: Aria Operations 8.16 Announcement Blog Aria Operations 8.16 Release Notes Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 Release Notes Aria Automation 8.16 Release Notes Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16 Manager Release Notes Let's get started by upgrading our Aria Suite Life

This morning we announced VMSA-2024-001 with the following Synopsis: VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) updates...

The 8.14.1 updates to Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, and Aria Automation were dropped in late November, just getting around to applying them, here's how you do it with Aria Lifecycle Manager. Log in to Aria Lifecycle Manager and check for the latest Product Support Packs via Settings - Product Support Packs - CHECK SUPPORT PACKS ONLINE. You'll find the latest available to be 8.14.0.3. Click APPLY VERSION, once done you'll have the latest. Next get the 8.14.1 binar

We've talked about Aria Automation Approval Policies and Lease Polices, but haven't touched on Resource Quota Policies, we'll do that...

When I first started building VMs with Aria Automation I would configure vCPU and Memory via Properties on the VM object itself,...

This morning while debugging an Aria Automation Cloud Template I thought to myself, I should really be backing these up, so I configured...

Last time we discussed renaming VMs deployed with VMware Aria Automation, this blog will detail how to add those same VMs being deployed...

If you deploy VMs with Aria Automation without adjusting their names, they'll look something like this. You can rename after the fact, but it's not ideal. In a previous blog , we discussed how to rename VMs by calling a vRO Workflow (based on a subscription) and Customization Specifications, but there is another way, Custom Names! Let's explore. Custom Names are a way for you to rename VMs (and other things) deployed from Aria Automation. You build Naming Templates to per

Last night VMware dropped several new releases, here they are! Aria Operations 8.14 and Aria Operations SaaS (October 2023) What's New Blog 8.14 Release Notes SaaS October 2023 Release Notes Aria Operations for Logs 8.14 and Aria Operations for Logs SaaS (October 2023) What's New Blog Release Notes Aria Automation 8.14 and Aria Automation SaaS (October 2023) What's New Blog Release Notes Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 What's New Blog Release Notes First, let's upgrade Ari

As you know, VMware Aria Automation includes an embedded instantiation of Aria Automation Orchestrator , which includes hundreds of Workflows. I'd like to make some of these Workflows available to consumers via Service Broker, let's do it! The documentation can be found here , but let's walk through it. For the record, I'm running an on-prem deployment of Aria Automation 8.13. First, go to Assembler - Infrastructure - Connections - Integrations and configure your Orchestra

We dropped VMware Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, and Aria Automation 8.12 yesterday, let's update! First, a few helpful links: Aria Operations 8.12 Release Notes | Aria Operations 8.12 Blog Aria Operations for Logs 8.12 Release Notes | Aria Operations for Logs 8.12 Blog Aria Automation 8.12 Release Notes | Aria Automation 8.12 Blog Let's start by upgrading Aria Lifecycle Manager (formerly vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) to 8.12, which will give us the nece