You can download and map the OVA bundle that is already patched in a VMware Aria Automation environment by using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle. This operation is useful when you want to scale out a patched environment. VMware Aria Operations for Logs patch binaries are also supported.

Procedure

  1. Click Lifecycle Operations and navigate to Settings > Binary Mappings.
  2. Click Patched Product Binaries.
  3. To download the OVA file corresponding to the patched product, click the link provided in the UI and perform the download.
    1. Log in to the Broadcom Support Portal and from the My Dashboard view, select VMware Cloud Foundation.
    2. Go to My Downloads and select VMware Aria Universal or VMware Aria Suite.
    3. Navigate to Solutions. Expand the options and click Subscription.
    4. From the list of product support packs and patches that appear, filter to find the patch and click to open the download page. In your filter for the patch name, look for vrslcm-8.##.0-PatchX.patch where 8.## is the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle version and X is the patch number.
  4. Place the downloaded file in the data folder.
  5. Click ADD PATCHED BINARY.
    1. Enter the Source Location and click Discover.
      Source location is the directory path in the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle appliance where the OVA bundle files are retrieved.
    2. Select the required OVA bundle from the list and click ADD.
  6. To delete a product patch, click Delete on the selected patch.