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

Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM) 8.18 Patch 3 dropped last week, you can download it here , and review Release Notes here . Before applying it, be sure to review this KB . It includes a script to be run before applying Patch 3. Let's go! We'll start by taking a Snapshot of the ASLCM VM in vCenter. Once done, download the script run in the KB . Once downloaded, upload it to /data on your ASLCM VM, and follow the steps in the KB. When I run the script it looks like thi

Yesterday we released Aria Operations 8.18.3 and Operations for Logs 8.18.3 , today we dropped Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.18 Product Support Pack (PSP) 5 to support those new releases. Log into the Broadcom Support Portal and download PSP, it'll look like this. Once downloaded (.pspak) log into Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager and go to Lifecycle Operations - Settings - Product Support Pack. Click UPLOAD and select your recently downloaded .pspak. Click IMPORT. Clicking on

We applied Aria Operations 8.18 HF2 via the Admin UI in the previous blog , here we will apply it via the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM). First, let's download the HF2 patch binaries for use in ASLCM here . Once they've been downloaded, we SCP them up to the ASLCM VM into /data. brockp@P794NX491T Downloads % scp ./vrlcm-vrops-8.18.0-HF2.patch root@vrlcm-bpeterson.tvs.vmware.com:/data VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Appliance on Photon root@vrlcm-bpeterson.tvs

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

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

I wanted to upgrade Aria Operations for Networks to the latest release ( which is 6.12 ), but my Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager wasn't seeing it, why? Well, because the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager Product Support Pack (PSPack) I had in place didn't support it. I was using PSPack 4, which only supported up to Aria Operations for Networks 6.11. So, let's check for an update. Sure enough, there is a PSPack 5 and a PSPack 6, let's apply PSPack 6, which takes a few minutes and w

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

A couple weeks ago we released Aria Operations 8.12 , it had a few bugs, so this past weekend we released 8.12 HF1 , I applied it in my lab this morning via the Aria Operations Lifecycle Manager. First, download the patch itself. Once complete, it'll indicate as much. Go to Environments, select your environment, the Operations tab, the three dots, Patches, and Install Patch. You'll then be prompted for confirmation. Click INSTALL and watch the progress. Back in your environme

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