VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 | 25 JUN 2020 | Build 16428904 VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1 | 06 AUG 2020 | Build 16660200 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
These releases have been determined to be impacted by CVE-2020-4006. Fixes and Workarounds are available to address this vulnerability. For more information, see VMSA-2020-0027.
The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.0.1 release includes the following:
The Cloud Foundation software product is comprised of the following software Bill-of-Materials (BOM). The components in the BOM are interoperable and compatible.
Software Component | Version | Date | Build Number |
---|---|---|---|
Cloud Builder VM | 4.0.1.0 | 25 JUN 2020 | 16428904 |
SDDC Manager | 4.0.1.0 | 25 JUN 2020 | 16428904 |
VMware vCenter Server Appliance | 7.0.0b | 23 JUN 2020 | 16386292 |
VMware ESXi | 7.0b | 23 JUN 2020 | 16324942 |
VMware vSAN | 7.0b | 23 JUN 2020 | 16324942 |
VMware NSX-T Data Center | 3.0.1 | 23 JUN 2020 | 16404613 |
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager | 8.1 Patch 1 | 21 MAY 2020 | 16256499 |
The SDDC Manager software is licensed under the Cloud Foundation license. As part of this product, the SDDC Manager software deploys specific VMware software products.
The following VMware software components deployed by SDDC Manager are licensed under the VMware Cloud Foundation license:
The following VMware software components deployed by SDDC Manager are licensed separately:
NOTE: Only one vCenter Server license is required for all vCenter Servers deployed in a Cloud Foundation system.
For details about the specific VMware software editions that are licensed under the licenses you have purchased, see the Cloud Foundation Bill of Materials (BOM) section above.
For general information about the product, see VMware Cloud Foundation.
For details on vSAN Ready Nodes in Cloud Foundation, see VMware Compatibility Guide (VCG) for vSAN and the Hardware Requirements section on the Prerequisite Checklist tab in the Planning and Preparation Workbook.
To access the Cloud Foundation documentation, go to the VMware Cloud Foundation product documentation.
To access the documentation for VMware software products that SDDC Manager can deploy, see the product documentation and use the drop-down menus on the page to choose the appropriate version:
The Cloud Foundation web-based interface supports the latest two versions of the following web browsers except Internet Explorer:
For the Web-based user interfaces, the supported standard resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels. For best results, use a screen resolution within these tested resolutions:
Resolutions below 1024 by 768, such as 640 by 960 or 480 by 800, are not supported.
You can install Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 as a new release or upgrade from Cloud Foundation 4.0.0.1.
Installing as a New Release
The new installation process has three phases:
Phase One: Prepare the Environment
The Planning and Preparation Workbook provides detailed information about the software, tools, and external services that are required to implement a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) with VMware Cloud Foundation, using a standard architecture model.
Phase Two: Image all servers with ESXi
Image all servers with the ESXi version mentioned in the Cloud Foundation Bill of Materials (BOM) section. See the VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment Guide for information on installing ESXi.
Phase Three: Install Cloud Foundation 4.0.0.1
Refer to the VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment Guide for information on deploying Cloud Foundation.
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1 was released on 06 AUG 2020. You can upgrade to Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1 from a 4.0.1 deployment.
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1 contains the following BOM updates:
Software Component | Version | Date | Build Number |
---|---|---|---|
SDDC Manager | 4.0.1.1 | 06 AUG 2020 | 16660200 |
VMware vCenter Server Appliance | 7.0.0c | 30 JULY 2020 | 16620007 |
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.0.0c includes the following new features:
For more information and instructions on how to upgrade, refer to the Updating vSphere with Kubernetes Clusters documentation.
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.0.0c resolves the following issue:
The following issues have been resolved:
Cluster-level ESXi upgrade fails
Cluster-level selection during upgrade does not consider the health status of the clusters and may show a cluster's status as Available, even for a faulty cluster. If you select a faulty cluster, the upgrade fails.
Workaround: Always perform an update precheck to validate the health status of the clusters. Resolve any issues before upgrading.
NSX-T Data Center or ESXi upgrade fails for Workload Management workload domains with DaemonSets
When DaemonSets are added to a supervisor cluster, the ESXi hosts in the workload domain cannot enter maintenance mode and upgrades fail.
Workaround: Remove the DaemonSets from the supervisor cluster before upgrading. After the upgrade is complete, you can redeploy the DaemonSets.
NOTE: This issue is resolved in Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1.
The Cloud Foundation Builder VM remains locked after more than 15 minutes.
The VMware Imaging Appliance (VIA) locks out the admin user after three unsuccessful login attempts. Normally, the lockout is reset after fifteen minutes but the underlying Cloud Foundation Builder VM does not automatically reset.
Log in to the VM console of the Cloud Foundation Builder VM as the root
user. Unlock the account by resetting the password of the admin user with the following command:
pam_tally2 --user=<user> --reset
Bring-up fails during the step Configure NSX-T Transport Node Action
Bring-up fails and reports Failed configuring transport node for ESXi <server hostname>.
. When logged into NSX Manager, one or more hosts will show either a failure to configure a transport node or remain in an unconfigured state.
Workaround:
Adding an NSX-T Edge cluster fails if the SDDC Manager reboots before the task completes
If the SDDC Manager VM reboots before the Edge cluster task completes, the task will fail and cannot be restarted until you restart to domain manager service.
Workaround:
systemctl restart domainmanager.service
systemctl status domainmanager.service
When you replace the certificates for NSX Manager in SDDC Manager the NSX Container Plug-in (NCP) crashes
You will not be able to deploy new vSphere pods, load balancers, or other NSX-T resources until you restart the workload management service.
Workaround:
vmon-cli -r wcp
Certificate installation fails for NSX Manager
You can't use CA-signed certificates that have LDAP-based CDPs (CRL Distribution Point).
Workaround: See KB article 78794.
When you add a cluster to a workload domain that has a separate vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) for overlay traffic, it may not have the correct mapping between the uplinks and pNICs
If you have a workload domain that includes ESXi hosts with more than two pNICs and has multiple vSphere Distributed Switches, the uplinks for the overlay vDS may not map to the correct pNICs. In addition, if you create an Edge cluster for the workload domain before correcting the mapping, then BGP peering will fail.
Workaround: Use the vSphere Client to update the uplink names to match the actual uplinks on your ESXi hosts.
If the uplinks where mapped incorrectly and you created an Edge cluster, BGP peering will fail. Perform to following steps to resolve the issue:
Compose a server task fails
For new installations of Cloud Foundation 4.0.1, composing a server (Administration > Composable Infrastructure) fails. This issue does not impact environments that were upgraded to Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.
Workaround: Upgrade to Cloud Foundation 4.0.1.1, which resolves this issue.
Adding host fails when host is on a different VLAN
A host add operation can sometimes fail if the host is on a different VLAN.
NOTE: If you later remove this host in the future, you must manually remove the portgroup as well if it is not being used by any other host.
You are not able to add a cluster or a host to a NSX-T workload domain that has a dead host
If one of the hosts of the workload domain goes dead and if you try to remove the host, the task fails. And then, that particular host is set to the deactive state without an option to forcefully remove it. In this condition, if you try to add a new cluster or add a host to the workload domain, the task runs for a long time and then fails eventually.
Workaround: Bring the dead host back to normal state, after which you would be able add a cluster and a host.
Deploying partner services on an NSX-T workload domain displays an error
Deploying partner services, such as McAfee or Trend, on a workload domain enabled for vSphere Update Manager (VUM), displays the “Configure NSX at cluster level to deploy Service VM” error.
Workaround: Attach the Transport node profile to the cluster and try deploying the partner service. After the service is deployed, detach the transport node profile from the cluster.
If the witness ESXi version does not match with the host ESXi version in the cluster, vSAN cluster partition may occur
vSAN stretch cluster workflow does not check the ESXi version of the witness host. If the witness ESXi version does not match the host version in the cluster, then vSAN cluster partition may happen.
Workaround:
vSAN partition and critical alerts are generated when the witness MTU is not set to 9000
If the MTU of the witness switch in the witness appliance is not set to 9000, the vSAN stretch cluster partition may occur.
Workaround: Set the MTU of the witness switch in the witness appliance to 9000 MTU.
VI workload domain creation or expansion operations fail
If there is a mismatch between the letter case (upper or lower) of an ESXi host's FQDN and the FQDN used when the host was commissioned, then workload domain creation and expansion may fail.
Workaround: ESXi hosts should have lower case FQDNs and should be commissioned using lower case FQDNs.
Adding a host to a vLCM-enabled workload domain configured with the Dell Hardware Support Manager (OMIVV) fails
When you try to add a host to a vSphere cluster for a workload domain enabled with vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), the task fails and the domain manager log reports "The host (host-name) is currently not managed by OMIVV." The domain manager logs are located at /var/log/vmware/vcf/domainmanager on the SDDC Manager VM.
Workaround: Update the hosts inventory in OMIVV and retry the add host task in the SDDC Manager UI. See the Dell documentation for information about updating the hosts inventory in OMIVV.
VMware Cloud Foundation does not support Service VMs (SVMs) on vLCM-enabled workload domains
You cannot deploy a Service VM to an NSX Manager that is associated with a workload domain that is using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM).
Workaround: None.
Adding a vSphere cluster or adding a host to a workload domain fails
Under certain circumstances, adding a host or vSphere cluster to a workload domain fails at the Configure NSX-T Transport Node or Create Transport Node Collection
subtask.
Workaround:
admin
and then log in as root
.sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_en=0
partial success
state.partial success
node, click Configure NSX. .Next
and then click Apply
.partial success
node.When all host issues are resolved, transport node creation starts for the failed nodes. When all hosts are successfully created as transport nodes, retry the failed add vSphere cluster or add host task from the SDDC Manager UI.
The vSAN Performance Service is not enabled for vSAN clusters when CEIP is not enabled
If you do not enable the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) in SDDC Manager, when you create a workload domain or add a vSphere cluster to a workload domain, the vSAN Performance Service is not enabled for vSAN clusters. When CEIP is enabled, data from the vSAN Performance Service is provided to VMware and this data is used to aid VMware Support with troubleshooting and for products such as VMware Skyline, a proactive cloud monitoring service. See Customer Experience Improvement Program for more information on the data collected by CEIP.
Enable CEIP in SDDC Manager. See the VMware Cloud Foundation Documentation. After CEIP is enabled, a scheduled task that enables the vSAN Performance Service on existing clusters in workload domains runs every three hours. The service is also enabled for new workload domains and clusters. To enable the vSAN Performance Service immediately, see the VMware vSphere Documentation.
vSAN File Services cannot be enabled on vLCM-enabled workload domains
In vSphere 7.0, vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) and vSAN File Services cannot be simultaneously be enabled on a vSAN cluster. See the VMware vSphere 7.0 Release Notes for more details on this limitation.
Workaround: None.
Unable to remove hosts from a cluster that was unsuccessfully stretched
After a failed attempt to stretch a cluster, removing a host from the cluster fails at the task Enter Maintenance Mode on ESXi Hosts
.
Workaround: Log in to the vSphere Client and put the ESXi host into maintenance mode manually, then retry the remove hosts task in the SDDC Manager UI.
Creation or expansion of a vSAN cluster with more than 32 hosts fails
By default, a vSAN cluster can grow up to 32 hosts. With large cluster support enabled, a vSAN cluster can grow up to a maximum of 64 hosts. However, even with large cluster support enabled, a creation or expansion task can fail on the sub-task Enable vSAN on vSphere Cluster
.
Workaround:
For more information about large cluster support, see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2110081.
Removing a host from a cluster, deleting a cluster from a workload domain, or deleting a workload domain fails if Service VMs (SVMs) are present
If you deployed an endpoint protection service (such as guest introspection) to a cluster through NSX-T Data Center, then removing a host from the cluster, deleting the cluster, or deleting the workload domain containing the cluster will fail on the subtask Enter Maintenance Mode on ESXi Hosts
.
Workaround:
Unstretch cluster operation fails at task Get Data from Inventory
If the cluster contains hostnames that are uppercase, the unstretch operation may fail.
Workaround:
psql -h localhost -U postgres
\connect platform
update host set hostname = lower(hostname);
vCenter Server overwrites the NFS datastore name when adding a cluster to a VI workload domain
If you add an NFS datastore with the same NFS server IP address, but a different NFS datastore name, as an NFS datastore that already exists in the workload domain, then vCenter Server applies the existing datastore name to the new datastore.
Workaround: If you want to add an NFS datastore with a different datastore name, then it must use a different NFS server IP address.
Federation creation information not displayed if you leave the Multi-Instance Management Dashboard
Federation creation progress is displayed on the Multi-Instance Management Dashboard. If you navigate to another screen and then return to the Multi-Instance Management Dashboard, progress messages are not displayed. Instead, an empty map with no Cloud Foundation instances are displayed until the federation is created.
Stay on the Multi-Instance Dashboard till the task is complete. If you have navigated away, wait for around 20 minutes and then return to the dashboard by which time the operation should have completed.
Multi-Instance Management Dashboard operation fails
After a controller joins or leaves a federation, Kafka is restarted on all controllers in the federation. It can take up to 20 minutes for the federation to stabilize. Any operations performed on the dashboard during this time may fail.
Re-try the operation.
Stretch cluster operation fails
If the cluster that you are stretching does not include a powered-on VM with an operating system installed, the operation fails at the "Validate Cluster for Zero VMs" task.
Make sure the cluster has a powered-on VM with an operating system installed before stretching the cluster.
VMware Cloud Foundation does not enable StandBy Relocation on Tier-1 gateways
If you create an NSX-T Edge cluster with more than 2 Edge nodes, you should enable StandBy Relocation. Standby relocation means that if the Edge node where the active or standby logical router is running fails, a new standby logical router is created on another Edge node to maintain high availability. If the Edge node that fails is running the active logical router, the original standby logical router becomes the active logical router and a new standby logical router is created. If the Edge node that fails is running the standby logical router, the new standby logical router replaces it.
Workaround: Use the NSX Manager UI to enable StandBy Relocation for any Tier-1 gateway that is part of an NSX-T Edge cluster with more than 2 Edge nodes.
An outage of a top of rack switch in the data center might cause lack of availability of segments and services that are provided by NSX-T Data Center
During the failover of a top of rack switch, the TEP communication between the NSX-T components is disrupted causing some segments and services to become unavailable.
Workaround: To ensure that NSX-T Edge TEP communication fails over to the second top of rack switch in the management or workload domain, modify the teaming policy of the port groups for the uplink traffic of the NSX-T Edge nodes.
vRealize Operations Manager: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0018
VMSA-2021-0018 describes security vulnerabilities that affect VMware Cloud Foundation.
Workaround: See KB 85452 for information about applying vRealize Operations Security Patches that resolve the issues.
vRealize Log Insight: VMSA-2021-0019
VMSA-2021-0019 describes security vulnerabilities that affect VMware Cloud Foundation.
VMware vRealize Log Insight contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper user input validation. An attacker with user privileges may be able to inject a malicious payload via the Log Insight UI which would be executed when the victim accesses the shared dashboard link. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned identifier CVE-2021-22021 to this issue.
Workaround: See KB 85405 for information about applying a vRealize Log Insight Security Patch that resolves the issue.
Connecting vRealize Operations Manager to a workload domain fails at the "Create vCenter Server Adapter in vRealize Operations Manager for the Workload Domain" step
When you connect vRealize Operations Manager to a workload domain, it fails at the Create vCenter Server Adapter in vRealize Operations Manager for the Workload Domain
step with a message similar to Failed to configure vCenter <vcenter-hostname> in vROps <vrops-hostname>, because Failed to manage vROps adapter
. This issue can occur when the vRealize Operations cluster is offline.
Workaround: Make sure that the vRealize Operations cluster is online.