New VMware Aria Operations 8.18.x patch released
- Arun Nukula
- Apr 2
- 2 min read
Payload
VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Hot Fix 5 is a public Hot Fix that addresses the following issues:
Product managed agent installation is failing
CP status became unhealthy after removing nodes from cluster
"Network|Total Transmitted Packets Dropped" metric for VMs is missing
JS error in creation flow of Payload Templates for webhook plugin
The session is not authenticated issue while calling SPBM API's
[Diagnostics MP] Add new VMSA rules: VMware ESXi CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22226, to VMSA-2024-0004
[Diagnostics MP] Update to VMSA rules: VMware vCenter Server CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813, to VMSA-2024-0019
[Diagnostics MP] Add new VMSA rules: VMware Aria automation CVE-2025-22215, to VMSA-2025-0001
If on version | Then use | File Name |
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.0 | vrlcm-vrops-8.18.0-HF5.patch | |
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.1 | vrlcm-vrops-8.18.1-HF5.patch | |
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.2 | vrlcm-vrops-8.18.2-HF5.patch | |
VMware Aria Operations 8.18.3 | vrlcm-vrops-8.18.3-HF5.patch |
Implementation Details
NOTE: BEFORE Installing the patch ensure snapshot of the cluster is taken.
As my environment was on VMware Aria Operations 8.18.0 , I did download vrlcm-vrops-8.18.0-HF5.patch using https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/solutiondetails?patchId=5818
Now let's check how to get this installed or implemented.
Firstly, Download the patch or HF and then copy it into VMware Aria Suite Lifeccyle /data partition.
Go to Lifecycle Operations -- Binary Mapping -- Patch Binary -- Add
Enter the base location where the patch is present and then click on DISCOVER
Select the discovered patch and click on ADD
Here's the version info and the build number before i started the patch install
Let's now go to the Day-2 Operation called Patch
Select the Patch to be installed
Review and Submit the patch.
Click on INSTALL for the Patch install flow to begin
After sometime , the patching is now complete.
Before patch the build number was 24025145. Now after 8.18.1 HF5, the build number is 8.18.3.24663033
Here's the environment section where it shows that it's on 8.18.3 Patch. Build Number is clearly shown in the properties.
No matter which version your coming from when the patch is applied , it goes to 8.18.3 Patch Build. Which is the latest one.
Screenshot from the VMware Aria Operations UI itself.
This concludes the patching blog.
👍Very well written and worked perfectly for me. Little correction in sequence to find binary mapping LifeCycle-->Setting-->Binary Mapping