VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1 Release Notes

Here is the release date and build number for VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1.

Release	Release Date	Build Number
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1	12 December 2023	22981575

What's New

The following updates are available in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1:

• Removal of SHA1 hashes from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

• Resolution for deploying VMware Aria Operations 8.12.1 Cloud Proxy.

• Addressing offset calculation issues with perpetual license units in 'CPU(s)' or 'PLU(S)'.

• Improvements to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle upgrade functionality, including enabling upgrade checks and upgrades over an HTTP proxy for air-gapped instances.

• Addition of support for VMware Identity Manager Windows connector mapping under product binaries.

• Rectification of the public API '/lcm/lcops/api/v2/settings/proxies' to facilitate the addition of a proxy without authentication.

Known Issues

Product Deployment and Day-2 Operations failure due to SHA1 weak ciphers/algorithms removal from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

After applying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1, you may encounter deployment and day-2 operation failures, attributed to the elimination of weak algorithms in Suite Lifecycle. To prevent such issues, it is recommended to either turn on FIPS in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle or implement the specified workarounds on other VMware Aria Products, as outlined in the KB 95835.

Sample Exception : InvalidKeySpecException: key spec not recognized

Resolved Issues

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 Patch 1 Installation Procedure

This section describes the prerequisites and the download instructions you should know before installing the software.

If the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA is not connected to the Internet, you can download this patch from the VMware Customer Connect VMware Patch Download Center. Select VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in the Search by Product drop-down menu to download the patch. Import the patch into the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VM in the /data/ directory and then do the patch mapping by selecting this location.

If the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA is connected to the Internet, perform the following steps.

1. Verify that you have taken a snapshot of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA.

2. Log in to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle VA.

3. From the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings > Binary Mapping  and click Patch Binaries.

4. Click CHECK PATCHES ONLINE and once the request is complete, search for the patch and download it.

5. Once you have downloaded the patch, navigate to Settings > System Patches.

6. Click NEW PATCH, select the patch, and click NEXT.

7. To install the patch, click INSTALL. Once the patch install is triggered successfully, VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle services are restarted and you are redirected to the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle UI login page. 

   Note: To verify your new patch, from the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings >System Patches, and check Patch Details.