vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 PSPAK 2 |  23 March 2022 Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's in the Release Notes

The release notes covers the following topics:

• What's New
• Product Support Pack Installation Procedure
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues

What's New?

• vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 Product Support Pack 2 enables VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0 users to upgrade from vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager version 8.6.2 to version 8.7.
• vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 Product Support Pack 2 supports vRealize Automation Salt Stack Config version 8.6.2 (build 19313651).
• vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.6.2 Product Support Pack 2 supports vRealize Network Insight version 6.5.1 (build 1645037705).
• vRealize Network Insight version 6.5.0 is no longer available at MyVMware. You can deploy or upgrade to vRealize Network Insight version 6.5.1.

Product Support Pack Installation Procedure

To install the PSPAK 2 when vRealize Lifecycle Manager is connected to the internet, perform the following steps:  

1. Verify that you have taken a snapshot of VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager VA.
2. Log in to vRealize Lifecycle Manager VA.
3. On the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings > Product Support Pack.
4. Select the Support for Additional Product Versions section. The vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager auto-populates the list of available support versions. If the list is not auto-populated, click CHECK SUPPORT PACKS ONLINE.
5. When the list is populated, click Apply Version in Settings> Product Support Pack for the appropriate content version.
6. Once the PSPAK 2 installation is triggered successfully, VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager services are restarted and you are redirected to VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI login page.

       Note: To verify your new PSPAK 2, on the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings > Product Support Pack. The option lists the Policy 8.6.2.2 and vRealize Network Insight version 6.5.1.

To install PSPAK 2 when vRealize Lifecycle Manager is not connected to the internet, perform the following steps:

1. Verify that you have taken a snapshot of VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager VA.
2. Download the product support pack file from VMware Patch Download Center.
3. Log in to vRealize Lifecycle Manager VA.
4. On the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings > Product Support Pack.
5. Select the Support for Additional Product Versions section.
6. To upload the downloaded product support pack file, click Upload and click SELECT FILE to select the .pspak2 file, and click Import.
7. When the list is populated, click Apply Version in Settings> Product Support Pack for the appropriate content version.
8. Once the PSPAK 2 installation is triggered successfully, VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager services are restarted and you are redirected to VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager UI login page.

          Note: To verify your new PSPAK 2, on the Lifecycle Operations dashboard, navigate to Settings > Product Support Pack. The option lists vRealize Network Insight version 6.5.1.

After you have added the .pspak file successfully, refresh the UI.

To download the product support pack, visit VMware Patch Download Center, and then select vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager from the Product drop-down menu. Select vRLCM-8.6.2-PSPACK2, and then download vrlcm-8.6.2-PSPACK2.pspak.

Resolved Issues

There are no resolved issues for this release.

 

Known Issues

There are no known issues for this release.