Welcome, I'm here, again, to bring you the latest updates in the thrilling world of VMware Multi Cloud Management. The past two months have been particularly exciting, as VMware Aria Operations has undergone a remarkable facelift, introducing a more intuitive interface. But what truly astounds me is the speed at which VMware is bringing new solutions to the market. Today, I'm delighted to share the announcement of two groundbreaking offerings: VMware Aria Guardrails and Aria Migration. While this list is not exhaustive, you can find detailed release notes through the provided links.
VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation)
Cloud: May release available on 18/May/2023 - Release notes:
On-premises: version 8.12.1 available on 18/May/2023
- Onboard resources can now count against project's quota;
- A new day-2 action wich allows rebuild of a provisioning vSphere machines;
- Reservation of IP address from internal IPAM;
Cloud: April release available on 08/Apr/2023 - Release notes:
On-premises: version 8.12 available on 20/Apr/2023
- VMware Aria brand has been officially introduced into the platform;
- Individual automation services (Assembler, Service Broker, Pipelines) have been consolitated into a single tile.
- First encarnation of Plugin based framework, which will allow us to respond faster to new cloud native services;
- Ability to select storage types during provisioning (thin/thick/eager);
- Custom forms can now have multiple versions just like cloud templates;
- API for IPAM integration;
- Support for Ansible Automation Controller (previously Ansible Automation Tower);
VMware Aria Automation Config (formerly SaltStack Config)
Cloud: April release available on 08/Apr/2023
On-premises: version 8.12 available on 20/Apr/2023 - release notes:
- thanks to the integration with Automation, now salt grains are visible within Assembler;
- Support for Windows 20222 CIS benchmark;
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
Cloud: April release available on 08/Apr/2023
On-premises: version 8.12 available on 20/Apr/2023 - release notes
- Support to vCenter 8.x API;
- Support for Google Cloud in the Free Tier, along with Azure and AWS;
- Integration with Aria Guardrails;
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Cloud: May release available on 08/May/2023
- Initial avaiability, including
- Cloud visibility;
- CIS violation
- Config/drift Management
- Initial availability;
- Assessment capability already available in free tier;
- Planning and Execution capability will come next;
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- Integration with Google Cloud Security command Center to be able to correlate information between cloud resources, posture configuration threats and vulnerabilities;
- New Launchpad page replacing the older formely Quickstart, grouping together aspects of a flow of working.
- New brand name, Aria Operations, introduced to the platform;
- High Availability for Applications monitoring with Telegraf;
- Dedicated cloud account for Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), making management easier;
- New automations for Automation Central, tasks such as power on/off VMS and snapshot selection based on criterias;
- Run what-if scenarios for outdated scenarios;
- The use of pre-defined VM's profile for capacity management;
- Deactivation of some alerts to reduce the unecessary noise, check KB for the details;
- Tighter integration with Aria Logs, with a dedicated frame inside Ops, now you can troubleshoot things faster from a central location;
VMware Aria Operations for Applications (formerly Tanzu Observability)
Cloud: from April to May releases - release notes
- New Geo Map Chart to visualize ingested data by location;
- warning about changes to the metrics obsolete period, in the next released it will go from 28 to 14 days to improve query performance;
- Additional integrations improvements;
- Istio: updated Setup and instructions based on Kubernetes Operators;
- Envoy: updated Setup and instructions based on Kubernetes Operators;
- RabbitMQ: updated Setup and instructions based on Kubernetes Operators;
- Tanzu Application Services: updated to Troubleshooting and Workload dashboards;
VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight)
Cloud: May release available on 16/May/2023 - release notes
- New visibility of Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE);
On-Prem: version 8.12 available on 20/Apr/2023 - release notes
- New brand name, Aria Operations for Logs, introduced to the platform;
- Support for 10 index partitions, allowing greater flexibility in date retention policies;
- Agent support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9;
- Capability to federate your On-Prem implementation with the SaaS offering;
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Cloud: from April to May releases
- Kubernetes right size for Azure;
- Amazon OpenSearch rightsize recommendation;
- Support for the following new Assets;
- AWS
- ElasticCache Replication Groups;
- Azure
- Machine Learning Compute;
- Container Registry;
- AVS Virtual Machine;
- AVS Datastore;
- AVS Cluster;
- Big Table Backup;
- Tag curation, allow to disable/enable tags in order to help greater visibility;
- Documentation page has been migrated to VMware Docs, access here;
- Support for Alibaba Cloud;
- Collector agent older than 1172 will be deprecated soon, make sure to update yours;
- New brand VMware Aria introduced to all platform;
- vSphere Authentication setup for VMware Aria Orchestrator;
- Selection of NSX Advanced Load Balancer or NSX-T LoadBalancer for VCF implementations;
- Improvements to the upgrade process of Aria Operations, reducing the time it takes to upgrade it;
- Enhanced information on your Entitlement Account and SaaS Subscription dashboards;
- Support Request visibility on the Log Assist page;
- UI updated to reflect new brand, VMware Aria;
- automated Aria Operations for Logs endpoint discovery;
- Addition of 43 new proactive findings;
- Plugin name is now VMware Automation Plugin;
- Support for custom day-2 actions;
- Introduced price estimative for catalog items;
- Enable the use of icons for catalog items;
