VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2 Virtual Appliance | 17 DEC 2021 | Build 19066895 | Download VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2 Configuration Import/Export Tool  | 17 DEC 2021 | Build 19066897 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2 is a minor product patch release that provides important security fixes. The content of the VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Release Notes and VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.1 Release Notes applies to this version as well.

What's in the Release Notes

These release notes cover the following topics:

• What's New in VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2
• Installation and Upgrade
• Migration to the VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance

What's New in VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2

• Updated Apache log4j to version 2.16 to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046. For more information on these vulnerabilities and their impact on VMware products, see VMSA-2021-0028.

Installation and Upgrade

For information about installing and upgrading VMware Site Recovery Manager, see Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration.

For the supported upgrade paths for VMware Site Recovery Manager, select Upgrade Path and VMware Site Recovery Manager in the  VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

If you are running Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Installation and Configuration for instructions about upgrading Site Recovery Manager.

If you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance to version 8.5.0.2. See the vSphere Replication 8.5.0.2 Release Notes for information about vSphere Replication 8.5.0.2.

Migration to the VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance

You can migrate your Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x instance from Windows to the Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x virtual appliance and then upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2 Virtual Appliance. For information about the migration procedure, see Migrate from Site Recovery Manager for Windows to Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance.