VMware Aria Operations for Networks Release Notes

Release 6.14 | October 2024

Release
Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.14.0
09 October 2024
1725688792
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What's New

Product Upgrade

The supported upgrade path is available at
https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
.
Refer to the section for more information on the upgrade procedure.

Reduced set of languages for localization

Beginning with the next major release, we will be reducing the number of supported localization languages. The three supported languages will be:
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
  • French
The following languages will no longer be supported:
  • German
  • Korean
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese
Impact:
  • Customers who were using the deprecated languages will no longer receive updates or support in these languages.
  • All user interfaces, help documentation, and customer support will be available only in English or in the three supported languages mentioned above.

VMware Product Compatibility

The provides details about the compatibility of VMware Aria Operations for Networks with other VMware products.

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see . You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: .

Known Issues

Resolved Issues

Release 6.13 | July 2024

Release
Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.13.0
23 July 2024
1717138317
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What's New

VMware NSX
Introducing a brand new vCenter Assessment to help you discover the benefits of Software-Defined Networking. With this feature, you can explore opportunities for network optimization, application-centric networking, and performance improvement for business acceleration. 
VMware SD-WAN 
Deprecation Notice
VMware SD-WAN assessment and data source support will be deprecated in a future release.
Impacted services: 
  • Data collection will be stopped for existing VMware SD-WAN data sources and the data source will remain disabled. 
  • VMware SD-WAN will not be supported as a data source and all associated metrics and flows will be deleted as per the retention period.
Required action: Use VMware Edge Intelligence or another tool of choice for visibility and troubleshooting.
Network Assurance and Verification
Added the following capabilities to enhance usability and ease of use:
  • Enhanced auto layout capability to automatically adjust the layout based on network map scopes that you select.
  • Choose from a range of scoping capabilities – including scope by entities or groups.
  • Create network map scopes easily by selecting groups. 
  • Create all types of scope in the network map via API request calls.
Applications
Consolidated the different application discovery and manual addition into a single page for ease of use.
Consolidated application discovery using VM Names, tags, security tags, and security groups under a single
VM Attributes
discovery method for a more streamlined workflow. 
Licensing
Improved activation mechanism for a better single licensing experience. Click here to learn more.

Product Upgrade

The supported upgrade path is available at
https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
.
Refer to the section for more information on the upgrade procedure.

VMware Product Compatibility

The provides details about the compatibility of VMware Aria Operations for Networks with other VMware products.

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see . You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: .

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Release 6.12 and 6.12.1 | February 2024

Release
Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12.1
29 February 2024
Build 1707992545
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12.0
06 February 2024
Build 1706185032
VMware Aria Operations for Networks (SaaS)
06 February 2024
Not applicable
This Release Notes covers release information for SaaS and On-Premises platforms of VMware Aria Operations for Networks. If any new or updated features are specific to only SaaS or On-Premises platform, then the same is explicitly called out in the Release Notes.
Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's New

Here are the key features and capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12.1:
Support for vSphere 8 Single License Key for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VMware Aria Operations for Networks now supports vSphere 8 Enterprise Plus License Keys generated for VMware Cloud Foundation. Instead of using different license keys, you can use vSphere keys to entitle VMware Aria Operations for Networks. You can apply these license keys to VMware vCenter, and VMware Aria Operations for Networks automatically fetches the entitlement after you add vCenter as a data source. 
  • To support the new vSphere license keys, a default Evaluation Mode is added. VMware Aria Operations for Networks always boots up in the Evaluation Mode. You do need an evaluation key to start the Evaluation Mode, and you can use VMware Aria Operations for Networks in evaluation mode for 60 days.
  • Support for older licenses will continue. However, if entitled with a vSphere License Key via the vCenter, older licenses become irrelevant.
Deprecation Notice
  • Online upgrade feature will be deprecated in a future release.
Here are the key features and capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12:
Licensing
  • Capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks Enterprise are available with a purchase of VMWare Cloud Foundation. Purchasing VMware Aria Operations for Networks as a standalone license will no longer be available. New VMware Aria Operations for Networks license purchases of the following types will not be available: Perpetual, Support & Subscription (SnS), Universal, SaaS/hosted and subscription, as well as all other editions, suites, and pricing metrics. For more details, see this post.
Network Assurance and Verification
  • Admin users can now create and store up to 10 personalized network map scopes, enhancing the capacity to troubleshoot effectively and manage large network infrastructures.
  • In Network Map Scope, you can choose from a range of entities to focus on Physical, Virtual, Switch, Router, Firewall, Load Balancer, Blade Server, Fex, Host Transport Node, Edge Transport Node, and VC Host to create a simple scope.
  • Member and auditor users can access saved network map scopes for better collaboration and insights sharing.
  • Easily switch between saved network map scopes; scopes are dynamically updated when data sources are added or deleted during snapshots.
  • Entities outside the selected scope are grayed out and non-clickable to help you streamline the troubleshooting process.
  • Ability to pin scoped network map and summary panel to custom dashboards helps you centralize critical network insights.
  • Snapshots are generated now even when the physical entity count exceeds UI limits if the limits are within the network rule count.
  • Efficiently create or delete groups in the Network map using a CSV input file based on IP address.
VMware NSX Manager
Enhanced troubleshooting capabilities with 75 new metrics supported across NSX-T Edges, transport nodes, router interfaces, logical ports and switches, and VMware vCenter cluster and hosts. With these metrics, you can now:
  • Monitor memory pool usage at the Edge nodes to prevent impact on services, data path, and management plane.
  • Distinguish between the firewall and the non-firewall packet drops at the logical port and logical switch.
  • Get insights into the exact nature of the non-firewall packet drops at the router ports such as unsupported destination/protocol, IPsec Policy Error/Blocked, Fragmentation, and so on.
  • Leverage features like threshold analytics, network insights, and search capabilities with the new metrics.
  • Focus on non-firewall-related packet drops using fine-tuned existing OOB alerts.
VMware Cloud on AWS
  • Added the following new widgets on VTGW and SDDC Group dashboard to provide flow visibility for SDDCs present in different regions in an SDDC group:
    • Across region flows between TGWs
    • Across region flows between regions
    • Egress flows to other regions
    • Ingress flows from other regions
  • Added new widgets on the VMC SDDC group dashboard to provide better information on flows and top talkers.
Platform Enhancements
  • Improved alert usability with the following new capabilities:
    • Alerts Reset - Reset the system by closing all ‘Open Problems’ using the clean-up CLI command.
    • Access the new menu “Open Problems’ from the left navigation to refine your focus on open alerts.
    With this improvement, you can close all current open alerts and focus on new alerts as they are generated.
  • Consistent experiences across SNMP and email integration:
    • Alert closure detected by the system triggers an email.
    • SNMP and email body are now consistent with the IP address and the hostname of VMware Aria Operations for Networks added as new fields.
    • SNMP Engine ID are now static across all instances of VMware Aria Operations for Networks to easily identify the source.
Third-party devices
  • Define tag key-value pair for a wide range of assets, including switches, routers, firewalls, and hosts. This customization capability enables you to organize and categorize your network assets in a way that makes the most sense for your unique environment.
  • Effortlessly add up to 25 tags to entities, even you can bulk add tags to help you streamline the process of labeling assets according to your needs.
  • Modify or delete tags as your network evolves to ensure that your tagging system stays relevant over time.
  • Defined tags that are integrated throughout the product, offering enhanced visibility and search capabilities. Whether you're exploring the network map, analyzing applications, or monitoring dashboards, local tags provide the context you need to make informed decisions.
  • Add tags as part of the payload while inserting or updating new data sources through Public API.
IPL
  • Now access two new IPLs for Network Discovery and HCX Monitoring to get step-by-step help on these use cases.

  • Updated Application Discovery and Insights IPL to include the new CSV import capability for flow-based app discovery.
Others
  • Sorting, filtering, column re-ordering, and column preference changes are now persisted across all tables in the product for better usability.
  • Widget re-positioning and widget sizing (maximizing/minimizing) will be preserved in the entity (OOTB) and custom dashboards.

Product Upgrade

The supported upgrade path is available at
https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
.
Refer to the section for more information on the upgrade procedure.

VMware Product Compatibility

The provides details about the compatibility of VMware Aria Operations for Networks with other VMware products.

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see . You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: .

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Release 6.11 | August 2023

Release
Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11.0
29 August 2023
Build 1692527086
VMware Aria Operations for Networks (SaaS)
25 August 2023
Not applicable
This Release Notes covers release inforamtion for SaaS and On-Premises platforms of VMware Aria Operations for Networks. If any new or updated features are specific to only SaaS or On-Premises platform, then the same is explicitly called out in the Release Notes.
Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's New

Here are the key features and capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11:
VMware NSX-T Manager
Deprecation Notice
  • VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V) as a data source will be deprecated in future releases.
  • The following services will be impacted after deprecation:
    • Addition of data source
      : You will be unable to add NSX-V as a data source. 
    • Data collection
      : Data collection will be stopped and disabled for existing NSX-V data sources.
    • Metrics and Flows
      : Associated metrics and flows will be deleted as per the retention period.
  • Action Required
    : Migrate your NSX-V instances to VMware NSX-T and add VMware NSX-T instances as data sources in VMware Aria Operations for Networks.
  • For NSX-T version 4.x and later, VMware Aria Operations for Networks doesn’t support VM-VM path for federation deployment and VMware Aria Operations for Networks Assurance and Verification.
Network Assurance and Verification
  • Auto-arrange your entire Network Map or a set of selected groups within the Network Map. When you reset the map, the layout is automatically adjusted to best fit the screen.
    Options to auto arrange your Network Map.
  • Bulk select multiple devices on the Network Map and easily create groups. You can also select multiple devices and drag them together to a new location in the Network Map.
  • Create groups using IP address, IP range, subnet, and custom search. Newly added data sources matching the search criteria are automatically included in the relevant groups.
    Create groups using IP address, IP range, subnet, and custom search.
  • Get system-generated alerts if any previously defined intents are not valid. You can also modify the intents to match your current scenario.
    System-generated alert for a previously defined intent that is not valid anymore.
  • Perform Network Map path search with physical and virtual entities where the total network rule count and total physical entity count are within their respective limits. 
  • Intent validations are now independent of the Network Map if the previously described limits are met.
  • VMware ESXi Hosts are now automatically grouped in Network Map based on their respective VMware vCenter clusters.
    Automatically grouped VMware ESXi Hosts in the Network Map.
  • Create multiple groups in Network Map using the CSV import option through the command line interface. 
    Multiple groups in Network Map created using the CSV import option through the command line interface.
Platform Enhancements
  • VMware Aria Operations for Networks supports TLS version 1.3.
  • Co-existence of CPU Universal and Per Core Universal subscription is now supported. You can purchase Per Core Universal subscription for expansion while your CPU Universal subscription is still active. The usage is displayed in terms of cores.  
  • You can now configure hostnames for platform and collectors using the command line interface. These hostnames are displayed on the Infrastructure and Support page, search results, alerts, and the entity page. For more details, see How to change the hostname of a platform or a collector node.
    Hostnames for platform and collectors that are configured using the command line interface.
  • SNMP trap body in alerts has additional fields of problem entity and manager to improve the mean time to repair (MTTR).
Third-party devices
  • Add physical devices configured with stronger cipher algorithms for SSH connections as managed data sources. For more details on the supported cipher algorithms, see Encryption Algorithms and Ciphers.
  • You can now bulk update SNMP credentials for third-party data sources.
    Option to bulk update SNMP credentials for third-party data sources.
  • You can now export discovered devices as a CSV file.
    Option to export discovered devices as a CSV file.
  • You can now import devices from a CSV file to add them as data sources.
    Option to upload a CSV file to import and add devices as data sources.
Flow-based Application Discovery
  • You can now upload a CSV file which is used by Flow-based Application Discovery (FBAD) to improve the discovery of applications.
    • Use CSV export from an existing Content Management Database (CMDB) and upload that CSV file to add pre-existing application definitions and accelerate the application discovery process.
    • When you upload a CSV file to discover applications, the application names from the CSV file are used to name the applications and tiers.
    • Before saving the application, you can modify its members, tiers, and name.
    • Applications created using the CSV upload are monitored for updates and are shown on the Application Dashboard for approval.
    Option to upload a CSV file while discovering applications.
  • Flow-based Application Discovery now considers dynamic port ranges when grouping VMs into a tier. 
Custom Dashboards
  • VMware Aria Operations for Networks introduces new widgets in the widget library. Some of the newly introduced widgets are Top Talkers, Flow Insights, and Application widgets.
  • You can now edit the name of the widget title.
Others

Product Upgrade

The supported upgrade path is available at
https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
.
Refer to the section for more information on the upgrade procedure.

VMware Product Compatibility

The provides details about the compatibility of VMware Aria Operations for Networks with other VMware products.

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see . You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: .

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Release 6.10 | May 2023

Release
Date
Build Number
VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.10.0
27 APR 2023
Build 1680883302
VMware Aria Operations for Networks (SaaS)
03 May 2023
Not applicable
This Release Notes covers release inforamtion for SaaS and On-Premises platforms of VMware Aria Operations for Networks. If any new or updated features are specific to only Saas or On-Premises platform, then the same is explicitly called out in the Release Notes.
Check for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's New

Rebranding
VMware Aria is a multi-cloud management portfolio that provides a set of end-to-end solutions for managing the cost, performance, configuration, and delivery of infrastructure and applications. VMware Aria is specially designed for the operational challenges of cloud-native applications and public cloud environments; VMware Aria delivers a new perspective on multi-cloud management.
As part of this transformation,
VMware vRealize Network Insight
is now
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
.
VMware NSX-T Manager
VMware Aria Operations for Networks introduces the following metrics for troubleshooting:
  • Host metrics:
    • Rx Missed Errors
    • Rx Ring Buffer Usage bytes
    • Tx Ring Buffer Usage bytes
    • Rx Ring Buffer Usage percent
    • Tx Ring Buffer Usage percent
  • NSX-T Edge metrics
    • CPU Core Micro flow-cache hit percent
    • CPU Core Mega flow-cache hit percent
Guided Network Troubleshooting
  • Insights are now relocated from the Dependency Graph widget to a dedicated Troubleshooting Insights widget.
  • The
    Summary
    widget is renamed to the
    Troubleshooting Information
    widget which is more concise and uses less screen space.
The Troubleshooting Information and Troubleshooting Insights widgets of the Troubleshooting Incidents screen.
  • Metric charts are updated to include more space to show the full name of the metric and entity. Now, you do need to hover to get full information.
  • The Dependency tree actions such as filters and extension icons are always visible when available.
The Metrics widget of the Troubleshooting Incidents screen with full names of the metrics.
VMware Aria Operations for Networks introduces new changes to the user experience for Guided Network Troubleshooting for better usability and to enable Beta testing of Auto-RCA. Contact your account team to join the Auto-RCA beta.
Third-party devices
  • You can now scan the network by either providing an IP range or by providing a Seed IP to discover various devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers, and automatically add them in bulk as data sources.
  • You can also periodically run discovery profiles to find new supported devices in the network and then add them as managed data sources. This provides quick time to value if your network is large, or if you do not have a single source of truth for your physical devices.
  • Device discovery helps you to understand what is in your network and VMware Aria Operations for Networks automatically manages them once you add them as data sources.
Discovery Profiles in VMware Aria Operations for Networks.
Others
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle  8.12.0 supports the installation of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.10. See VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12 Product Support Pack Release Notes. To install and upgrade VMware Aria Operations for Networks  by using VMware Aria Suite Lifecyle, see the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Installation, Upgrade, and Management Guide.

Product Upgrade

The supported upgrade path is available at
https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/#/Upgrade?productId=285
.
Refer to the section for more information on the upgrade procedure.

Documentation

For additional information about new features, see the VMware Aria Operations for Networks documentation.
Note:
As you use the VMware Aria Operations for Networks documentation, we want you to know that we value inclusion at VMware. To foster this principle within our customers, partners, and internal communities, we have updated some terminology in our documentation.

VMware Product Compatibility

The provides details about the compatibility of VMware Aria Operations for Networks with other VMware products.

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see . You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: .

Resolved Issues

Known Issues