To implement a fix or remediate a vulnerability in a VMware Aria Suite product, you can download a script and run it in your VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle environment.

The feature supports updates to:
  • VMware Aria Automation
  • VMware Aria Operations
  • Workspace ONE Access, formerly VMware Identity Manager
  • VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
  • VMware Aria Automation Config
  • VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • VMware Aria Operations for Networks

You run the script in offline mode and can use it to update both standalone and clustered node deployments.

Note: You can only run scripts that the VMware team shares specifically for running in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you are running VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 or later.
  • Obtain the script that you want to run from a VMware KB or from the VMware product engineering team.
  • Upload the script bundle as a zip archive with a supported directory and file structure to your VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance.

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle.
  2. On the My Services dashboard, click Lifecycle Operations.
  3. In the navigation list at the left, select Environment.
  4. Choose how you want to run the script.
    • To run the script at the environment level, click Actions > Execute Script at the upper right.
    • To run the script at the product level, select a product from the environment, then click Actions > Execute Script at the upper right.

      Start the action to run a script

      Note: Running the script at the product level is a Day 2 action.
  5. In the Proceed to Execute Script window that appears, click Trigger Inventory Sync. Then click Proceed.
  6. In the Execute Script window that appears:
    1. Select the product name and version.
      • If you are running the script from the environment level, select the version of the products that you are updating then click Add Script in the Actions column.

        If running a script from product level, select the product version and add the script.

      • If you are running the script from the product level, the product name and version are selected.
    2. Select the environment for the product and click Save & Proceed.
    3. To provide the location of the uploaded script bundle, enter the directory where the zip archive is stored such as /uploaded_data and click Display files. Select the file you want to run and click Save & Proceed.
    4. When initiating script validation, a best practice is to select both:
      • Take Product Snapshot
      • Retain Product Snapshot

      Then click Validate.

      The script validation process might take some time because appliances are powered on and off when snapshots are taken. The log for the validation steps is /var/log/vrlcm/vmware_vrlcm.log.
    5. If the validation completes successfully, click Submit.

Results

The Request Details page appears and shows how each script execution stage is progressing.