vSphere Replication 8.7.0.4 Release Notes

vSphere Replication 8.7.0.4 | 01 FEB 2024 | Build 23166598 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware vSphere Replication 8.7.0.4 is a minor product patch release that provides bug fixes. The content of the VMware vSphere Replication 8.7 Release Notes applies to this version as well.

What's New

VMware vSphere Replication 8.7.0.4 Express Patch provides the following new capabilities:

• Updated VMware Postgres to version 13.13

• Updated the Tomcat server to version 9.0

• Various bug fixes

Installation and Upgrade

For the supported upgrade paths for vSphere Replication, select Upgrade Path and VMware vSphere Replication in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

You use the ISO file and the VRMS Appliance Management Interface to upgrade from vSphere Replication 8.5.x or 8.6.x to vSphere Replication 8.7.0.x.

Important: Before you initiate an upgrade, verify that the vSphere Replication appliance has an OVF environment, or context. See Checking and Restoring the OVF Context of the vSphere Replication Appliance (2106709).

See Upgrade Additional vSphere Replication Servers and Upgrade the vSphere Replication Appliance for the procedures on upgrading to vSphere Replication 8.7.0.4.

Notes:

• When you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager, upgrade vSphere Replication on both of the protected and the recovery sites before you upgrade the Site Recovery Manager Server. After upgrading vSphere Replication, you must restart the Site Recovery Manager Server. For more information, see the VMware Site Recovery Manager Documentation.

Resolved Issues

• New - You cannot replicate an encrypted VM to a vSphere Storage DRS cluster

  When you try to configure a replication for an encrypted VM to a vSphere Storage DRS cluster, the cluster is not available for selection in the Target Datastore wizard page.

• New - You cannot see the vCenter Server in the VRMS Appliance Management summary page

  When vSphere Replication is registered to the vCenter Server with an FQDN that contains uppercase symbols, the vCenter Server does not appear in the VRMS Appliance Management summary page.

• New - You are unable to get a list of virtual machines by using the vSphere Replication REST APIs

  The vSphere Replication REST API call /pairings/{pairing_id}/vcenters/{vcenter_id}/vms fails with an error 404 Not Found.