What's New for VMware Validated Solutions - Edition #5 (Feb 2022)

calendar Feb 22, 2022 · 4 min read · VVS  ·
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Last Updated: 22-Feb-2022

Welcome to Edition #5 of the What's New for VMware Validated Solutions, today we are announcing the following changes:

  • Additional support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0
  • Additional automation across solutions based on the PowerValidatedSolutions v1.4.0 release

Added Support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0

Delighted to announce support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.0.

  • Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Developer Ready Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Intelligent Logging and Analytics for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation
  • Advanced Load Balancer for VMware Cloud Foundation

Identity and Access Management for VMware Cloud Foundation

  • Added a procedure for configuring a Ping adapter for the standalone Workspace ONE Access.
  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.
  • Validated solution now requires installation of the ImportExcel PowerShell module, when reading directly from the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Developer Ready Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation

  • Enhanced all Developer Ready Infrastructure Solution cmdlets for better error handling and message output
  • Added Undo cmdlets to allow the rollback of procedures.
  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.
  • Validated solution now requires installation of the ImportExcel PowerShell module, when reading directly from the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Intelligent Logging and Analytics for VMware Cloud Foundation Updates

  • Added support for the Create Alerts in vRealize Log Insight procedure.
  • Starting with VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4, installation and life cycle management of vRealize Log Insight is performed by using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.
  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.
  • Validated solution now requires installation of the ImportExcel PowerShell module, when reading directly from the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Intelligent Operations Management for VMware Cloud Foundation Updates

  • Added a procedure for configuring Ping adapters for the clustered Workspace ONE Access.
  • Starting with VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4, installation and life cycle management of vRealize Log Insight is performed by using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.
  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.
  • Validated solution now requires installation of the ImportExcel PowerShell module, when reading directly from the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation Updates

  • Starting with VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4, installation and life cycle management of vRealize Log Insight is performed by using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.
  • Required storage for installation of vRealize Automation 8.6.2 is 738 GB compared to 708 GB for vRealize Automation 8.5 and earlier.
  • Added design decision and procedure to install and use the vRealize Orchestrator content pack for vRealize Log Insight as part of the logging section in the solution.
  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.
  • Validated solution now requires installation of the ImportExcel PowerShell module, when reading directly from the Planning and Preparation Workbook.

Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation Updates

  • Uses PowerValidatedSolutions PowerShell module version 1.4.0.

Advanced Load Balancer for VMware Cloud Foundation Updates

  • Extend support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.1 and 4.4.0.
  • Enable support for Avi with Cloud Services (SaaS subscription).

General Availability of PowerValidatedSolutions v1.4.0

Release of PowerValidatedSolutions v1.4.0 , which is a PowerShell module that we have developed to not only accelerate the implementation of Validated Solutions, but ensure consistency and robustness. Here's a list of what's changed (this and previous updates can be tracked by reading the CHANGELOG.md file stored in the Git Hub repository):

  • Enhanced all Developer Ready Infrastructure Solution cmdlets for better error handling and message output.
  • Added Undo-NetworkSegment cmdlet to remove an NSX segment from an NSX Management Cluster.
  • Added Undo-PrefixList cmdlet to remove an NSX Prefix List from an NSX Management Cluster.
  • Added Undo-RouteMap cmdlet to remove an NSX Route Map from an NSX Management Cluster.
  • Added Undo-DatastoreTag cmdlet to remove the vSphere Tag and Category from a datastore in vCenter Server.
  • Added Undo-StoragePolicy cmdlet to remove a VM vSphere Storage Policy from vCenter Server.
  • Added Undo-Registry cmdlet to disable the Embedded Harbor Registry on the Supervisor Cluster.
  • Added Undo-SupervisorCluster cmdlet to remove the Supervisor Cluster.
  • Added Undo-ContentLibrary cmdlet to remove a Content Library from the Workload Domain vCenter Server.
  • Added Undo-Namespace cmdlet to remove a Namespace from the Supervisor Cluster.
  • Added Undo-NamespacePermission cmdlet to remove permissions from a Namespace.
  • Added Undo-TanzuKubernetesCluster cmdlet to remove a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster from the Supervisor Cluster.
  • Added Add-NsxtNodeProfileSyslogExporter cmdlet to add a syslog exporter to the default node profile or specified node profile id.
  • Added Undo-NsxtNodeProfileSyslogExporter cmdlet to remove all syslog exporter from the default node profile or specified node profile id.

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