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

We recently discussed pulling events from Operations for Logs via API , but I also discovered something in the UI people might like to...

I wanted to pull events out of Aria Operations for Logs via API, so I started exploring the available endpoints. The Operations for Logs...

We deployed Aria Operations earlier this week, let's now do Aria Operations for Logs! The latest version of Logs is 8.18.3 and can be...

I wanted to track vCenter logins across my estate, so started exploring Dashboards and Queries provided by the VMware- vSphere Content Pack. I blogged about something similar previously, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted, so I built my own, here's how. The VMware vSphere Content Pack has dozens of Dashboards, Queries, Alerts, and more. They can be seen here. One of the Dashboards that piqued my interest was Security - Authentication. It does provide vCenter logins, but al

I was trying to determine VMs built this month with Aria Operations and came up with this. Top left is a List View leveraging the "interval breakdown" and an "expression transformation. The bottom widget is another List View filtering on VMs built in the last 30 days. This isn't bad, but I'd like to get the VM creator, which isn't available as of 8.18.3. I do have a feature request open for this. If you'd like this Dashboard (and Views) you can get them here . I was also lo

If you're using Aria Operations for Logs and have installed the vSphere Content Pack, you'll notice dozens of Dashboards, Queries,...

Part of the Aria Operations for Logs deployment is configuring an SMTP server, which is used to notify new users of their account...

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

Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3 dropped earlier today, addressing several VMSAs/CVEs, all of which are documented here . The Logs 8.18.3...

I wanted to pull logs from Aria Operations for Logs programatically via the API, so I went looking around for endpoints on the API...

Yesterday we upgraded Aria Operations to 8.18.2 , today we'll upgrade Operations for Logs to 8.18.1 , which dropped along side the...

The Aria Operations API is a powerful way of interacting programatically with Operations. There are several ways to authenticate with the API, let's explore them here. First, the Operations API can be accessed at the following URL: https://operations_ip_or_fqdn/suite-api The easiest way is local authentication via the Authorize button top right of the API home page, which you can do like this. The Authorize button issues a POST /suite-api/api/auth/token/acquire and caches t

The Aria Operations API gets most of the attention, but Aria Operations for Logs has a rich API surface as well, let's explore. First, your Logs API can be found at https://operations_for_logs_here/rest-api . It's a rich Swagger UI with several examples, which was introduced in 8.18 and documented by the Release Notes . First thing I noticed, is that when you attempt to authenticate via the Authorize button, you're prompted for a sessionId retrieved from /api/v2/sessions. F

Aria Operations for Logs 8.18 HF1 addresses two issues and 40 CVEs, it's documented here . Downloads are available at the same link,...

Aria Operations 8.18 introduced the ability to use Cloud Proxys (CP) for log forwarding . Specifically, you can deploy a CP from Aria...

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 Operations for Logs 8.16.1 dropped today, here are no new features in this release, but dozens of CVEs are addressed . The formal Release Notes can be found here . Let's upgrade! As indicated in the KB above, here are the Prerequisites Create a snapshot or backup copy of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance(s) Obtain a copy of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs upgrade bundle .pak file for the release you are upgrading to Verify that you are logged in

Want to send MongoDB logs to Aria Operations for logs? We can do it! In fact, we have a Content Pack for you. Go to Content Packs - ...

Aria Operations for Logs is up and running and capturing all of your vCenter events, task, and alarms, your ESXi Host logs, and other Syslog sources. You're making notifications via email on certain logs, but not capturing all of the log fields in your email, how do you get them? Here's how! I have an Alert defined with the following query: I've chosen an arbitrary string "After request" because I know they are being generated, but this will work for whatever string you are

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

You're running a single node Aria Operations for Logs deployment and would like to expand it, let's make it a 3-node cluster (the...

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