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 Contents

1 Release 6.12 and 6.12.1 | February 2024 4

What's New 4
Product Upgrade 11
Documentation 11
VMware Product Compatibility 11
VMware MIB Files 11
Resolved Issues 12
Known Issues 12

2 Release 6.11 | August 2023 15

What's New 15
Product Upgrade 20
Documentation 20
VMware Product Compatibility 21
VMware MIB Files 21
Resolved Issues 21
Known Issues 21

3 Release 6.10 | May 2023 23

What's New 23
Product Upgrade 26
Documentation 26
VMware Product Compatibility 26
VMware MIB Files 26
Resolved Issues 27
Known Issues 28

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2024 1
Release Date Build Number

VMware Aria Operations for 29 February 2024 Build 1707992545

Networks 6.12.1

VMware Aria Operations for 06 February 2024 Build 1706185032

Networks 6.12.0

VMware Aria Operations for 06 February 2024 Not applicable

Networks (SaaS)

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.

Read the following topics next:

n What's New

n Product Upgrade

n Documentation

n VMware Product Compatibility

n VMware MIB Files

n Resolved Issues

n Known Issues

What's New
Here are the key features and capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.12.1:

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Support for vSphere 8 Single License Key for VMware Cloud Foundation

n 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.

n 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.

n Support for older licenses will continue. However, if entitled with a vSphere License Key via
the vCenter, older licenses become irrelevant.

Deprecation Notice

n 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

n 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

n 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.

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n 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.

n Member and auditor users can access saved network map scopes for better collaboration
and insights sharing.

n Easily switch between saved network map scopes; scopes are

dynamically updated when data sources are added or deleted during

snapshots.

n Entities outside the selected scope are grayed out and non-
clickable to help you streamline the troubleshooting process.

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n Ability to pin scoped network map and summary panel to custom dashboards helps you
centralize critical network insights.

n Snapshots are generated now even when the physical entity count
exceeds UI limits if the limits are within the network rule count.

n 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:

n Monitor memory pool usage at the Edge nodes to

prevent impact on services, data path, and management

plane.

n Distinguish between the firewall and the non-firewall packet drops at the logical port and
logical switch.

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n 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.

n Leverage features like threshold analytics, network insights, and search capabilities with the
new metrics.

n Focus on non-firewall-related packet drops using fine-tuned existing OOB alerts.

VMware Cloud on AWS

n 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:

n Across region flows between TGWs

n Across region flows between regions

n Egress flows to other regions

n Ingress flows from other regions

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n Added new widgets on the VMC SDDC group dashboard

to provide better information on flows and top

talkers.

Platform Enhancements

n Improved alert usability with the following new capabilities:

n Alerts Reset - Reset the system by closing all ‘Open Problems’ using the clean-up CLI
command.

n 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.

n Consistent experiences across SNMP and email integration:

n Alert closure detected by the system triggers an email.

n SNMP and email body are now consistent with the IP address and the hostname of
VMware Aria Operations for Networks added as new fields.

n SNMP Engine ID are now static across all instances of VMware Aria Operations for
Networks to easily identify the source.

Third-party devices

n 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.

n 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.

n Modify or delete tags as your network evolves to ensure that your tagging system stays
relevant over time.

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n 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.

n Add tags as part of the payload while inserting or updating new data sources through Public
API.

IPL

n Now access two new IPLs for Network Discovery and HCX Monitoring to get step-by-step
help on these use cases.

n Updated Application Discovery and Insights IPL to include the new CSV import capability for
flow-based app discovery.

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Others

n Sorting, filtering, column re-ordering, and column preference changes are now persisted
across all tables in the product for better usability.

n 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 Upgrading VMware Aria Operations for Networks section for more information on
the upgrade procedure.

Documentation
For additional information about new features, see the VMware Aria Operations for Networks
documentation.

n Installing VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n Using VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks FAQs

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks Command Line Interface Guide

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks API Guide

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.

To view documentation and release notes for version 6.9 and earlie, see VMware vRealize
Network Insight Documentation.

VMware Product Compatibility

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

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see Determining the MIB module listing, name, and type of an SNMP OID.
You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: 1013445.

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Resolved Issues
n Reachability intent checks may sometimes falsely pass when the source has a misconfigured
gateway.

n In Crown Jewel Analysis, the internet node does not formed if the internet IP addresses are
more than 100Ks.

n In Network Map, when virtual entities are hidden due to UI entity count limit, executing a
VM-VM path search makes Paths and topology panel spin indefinitely without returning any
result.

Reloading the page makes Network Map usable again.

n Device configuration of physical devices in Network Map path search result details may not
be shown on some VMware Aria Operations for Networks setups.

n After upgrading to VMware Aria Operations for Networks version 6.11, you may see a
'Launcher Service Not Running' error. The error goes away after some time.

Ignore this error as it has no impact on the functionality.

n The OID for a particular field within SNMP traps was modified from the existing value
of 1.3.6.1.6.3.18.1.3.0 to the new value of 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.100.1.1.110. The field name linked
to this OID is currently set as vmwPlatformIp. This has been transitioned to its original
nomenclature. Moving forward SNMP traps will be observed with OID 1.3.6.1.6.3.18.1.3.0 and
the field name linked to this OID will be identified as snmpTrapAddress. In VMware Aria
Operations for Networks (SaaS) environments, this field will be associated with the collector
IP while in On-Premise environments, this field will be associated with platform IP.

n Upgrade to VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11 fails on the deployments where
the installed originating version is 3.8 or below. This is due to package discrepancy and is
applicable to both platform and collector. To confirm the originating version, login to CLI (ssh
as consoleuser) only on Platform node (Platform1 in case of cluster) and run show-version
history.

If the starting version is 3.8 or below, then follow the steps in KB 94245 to apply the pre
upgrade fix.

Important Deployments will be non-recoverable, if the steps in KB 94245 are not followed.

Known Issues
n New - Edit, Enable, Disable, and Delete Intent public APIs do not work due to the use of
incorrect authorization method.

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n New - Network Map path search involving Cisco ASA shows blocked path when the
associated object group has service-object configured only with protocols (For example, IP,
TCP, UDP, and ICMP).

n New - In Network Map path search if source or destination parameter has the search query
“port where routed port ip address” and it results in a port-channel, then path search does
not work and reports unknown source or destination.

n New - VMware Aria Operations for Networks supports VMware Aria Operations for Logs
version 8.0 to 8.8 as data source, and API version V1 support has been deprecated in
VMware Aria Operations for Logs version 8.8 and above. As API version V2 is currently
not supported by VMware Aria Operations for Networks, the Add Source page will show
the 'Webhook not enabled for one or more alerts" error for these data sources. However,
this does not affect the generation of dropped flow alerts in VMware Aria Operations for
Networks.

n New - Dropped flow alerts are not generated in VMware Aria Operations for Networks if
the VMware Aria Operations for Logs data source is added using the FQDN and not the IP
address.

Add VMware Aria Operations for Logs data source using the IP address in VMware Aria
Operations for Networks.

n New - While creating a network map scope, if the entity count exceeds the supported limit,
the top summary bar may incorrectly show zero entities.

n New - If you have physical entities in scope and if physical entities exceed the entity count
limit, you might see an incorrect entity count in the summary panel.

When you have physical entities in scope that exceed the entity limit, the summary panel
should show the entity counts for all categories as zero, but instead, currently, it shows the
count for the virtual entities.

n New - When you upload a CSV file for the Flow Based Application Discovery, you may see
a mismatch in the number of discovered applications displayed in the table and the count of
applications found displayed above the table.
Workaround: Refreshing the discovered applications page after a few minutes to resolve this
issue.

n New - In the Network Map, clicking a hyperlinked device name in an alert opens the entity
dashboard instead of highlighting the device in the map topology.

n When the upgrade is in progress and you access VMware Aria Operations for Networks
platform from a different tab or browser, the upgrade dialog box shows the older version of
VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

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Release Date Build Number

VMware Aria Operations for 29 August 2023 Build 1692527086

Networks 6.11.0

VMware Aria Operations for 25 August 2023 Not applicable

Networks (SaaS)

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.

Read the following topics next:

n What's New

n Product Upgrade

n Documentation

n VMware Product Compatibility

n VMware MIB Files

n Resolved Issues

n Known Issues

What's New
Here are the key features and capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11:

VMware NSX-T Manager

Deprecation Notice

n VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere (NSX-V) as a data source will be deprecated in future
releases.

n The following services will be impacted after deprecation:

n Addition of data source: You will be unable to add NSX-V as a data source.

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n Data collection: Data collection will be stopped and disabled for existing NSX-V data
sources.

n Metrics and Flows: Associated metrics and flows will be deleted as per the retention
period.

n 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.

Network Assurance and Verification

n 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.

Figure 2-1.

n 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.

n 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.

Figure 2-2.

n Get system-generated alerts if any previously defined intents are not valid. You can also
modify the intents to match your current scenario.

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Figure 2-3.

n 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.

n Intent validations are now independent of the Network Map if the previously described limits
are met.

n VMware ESXi Hosts are now automatically grouped in Network Map based on their
respective VMware vCenter clusters.

Figure 2-4.

n Create multiple groups in Network Map using the CSV import option through the command
line interface.

Figure 2-5.

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Platform Enhancements

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks supports TLS version 1.3.

n 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.

n 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.

Figure 2-6.

n SNMP trap body in alerts has additional fields of problem entity and manager to improve the
mean time to repair (MTTR).

Third-party devices

n 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.

n You can now bulk update SNMP credentials for third-party data sources.

Figure 2-7.

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n You can now export discovered devices as a CSV file.

Figure 2-8.

n You can now import devices from a CSV file to add them as data sources.

Figure 2-9.

Flow-based Application Discovery

n You can now upload a CSV file which is used by Flow-based Application Discovery (FBAD) to
improve the discovery of applications.

n 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.

n When you upload a CSV file to discover applications, the application names from the CSV
file are used to name the applications and tiers.

n Before saving the application, you can modify its members, tiers, and name.

n Applications created using the CSV upload are monitored for updates and are shown on
the Application Dashboard for approval.

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Figure 2-10.

n Flow-based Application Discovery now considers dynamic port ranges when grouping VMs
into a tier.

Custom Dashboards

n 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.

n You can now edit the name of the widget title.

Others

n Deprecation Notice - All Pinboards-related components will be removed from the VMware
Aria Operations for Networks 6.12 release. Pinboard public APIs will be deprecated and the
backup or restore for pinboards will not be supported.

n VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12.0 with PSPACK7 supports the installation of VMware Aria
Operations for Networks 6.11. 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 Lifecycle, 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 Upgrading VMware Aria Operations for Networks section for more information on
the upgrade procedure.

Documentation
For additional information about new features, see the VMware Aria Operations for Networks
documentation.

n Installing VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n Using VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks FAQs

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n VMware Aria Operations for Networks Command Line Interface Guide

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks API Guide

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.

To view documentation and release notes for version 6.9 and earlie, see VMware vRealize
Network Insight Documentation.

VMware Product Compatibility

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

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see Determining the MIB module listing, name, and type of an SNMP OID.
You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: 1013445.

Resolved Issues
n Configured Firewall Rules widget for VM displayed incorrect number of firewall rules as the
source and destination negate property for NSX Policy Firewall Rule was not set.

n When data collection is disabled for a Cisco UCS data source, IP address of its Fabric
Interconnects' management interfaces will not show up in VMware Aria Operations for
Networks.

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks will generate false Port Mode Mismatch alert when an
L3 interface of a Cisco ACI switch (added as a data source in the product) is configured with
sub-interfaces and connected with another switch (also added in the product).

Known Issues
n Important - Upgrade to VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11 fails on the deployments
where the installed originating version is 3.8 or below. This is due to package discrepancy
and is applicable to both platform and collector. To confirm the originating version, login
to CLI (ssh as consoleuser) only on Platform node (Platform1 in case of cluster) and run
show-version history.

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If the starting version is 3.8 or below, then follow the steps in KB 94245 to apply the pre
upgrade fix.

Important Deployments will be non-recoverable, if the steps in KB 94245 are not followed.

n New - The OID for a particular field within SNMP traps is modified from the existing value
of 1.3.6.1.6.3.18.1.3.0 to the new value of 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.100.1.1.110. The field name linked to
this OID is currently set as vmwPlatformIp. In VMware Aria Operations for Networks (SaaS)
environments, this field can be associated with the collector IP.

n New - When the upgrade is in progress and you access VMware Aria Operations for
Networks platform from a different tab or browser, the upgrade dialog box shows the older
version of VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

n New - After upgrading to VMware Aria Operations for Networks version 6.11, you may see a
'Launcher Service Not Running' error. The error goes away after some time.

Ignore this error as it has no impact on the functionality.

n New - Device configuration of physical devices in Network Map path search result details
may not be shown on some VMware Aria Operations for Networks setups.

n New - In Network Map, when virtual entities are hidden due to UI entity count limit, executing
a VM-VM path search makes Paths and topology panel spin indefinitely without returning any
result.

Reloading the page makes Network Map usable again.

n New - In Crown Jewel Analysis, the internet node does not formed if the internet IP
addresses are more than 100Ks.

n New - Selective layout reset in Network Map for a sub-group does not ensure enclosing
of the sub-group within its parent group boundary. The parent group boundary will be re-
adjusted in the next map refresh cycle or if the user performs full auto-layout of the map.

n New - Reachability intent checks may sometimes falsely pass when the source has a
misconfigured gateway.

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Release Date Build Number

VMware Aria Operations for 27 APR 2023 Build 1680883302

Networks 6.10.0

VMware Aria Operations for 03 May 2023 Not applicable

Networks (SaaS)

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.

Read the following topics next:

n What's New

n Product Upgrade

n Documentation

n VMware Product Compatibility

n VMware MIB Files

n Resolved Issues

n Known Issues

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.

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VMware NSX-T Manager

VMware Aria Operations for Networks introduces the following metrics for troubleshooting:

n Host metrics:

n Rx Missed Errors

n Rx Ring Buffer Usage bytes

n Tx Ring Buffer Usage bytes

n Rx Ring Buffer Usage percent

n Tx Ring Buffer Usage percent

n NSX-T Edge metrics

n CPU Core Micro flow-cache hit percent

n CPU Core Mega flow-cache hit percent

Guided Network Troubleshooting

n Insights are now relocated from the Dependency Graph widget to a dedicated
Troubleshooting Insights widget.

n The Summary widget is renamed to the Troubleshooting Information widget which is more
concise and uses less screen space.

Figure 3-1.

n 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.

n The Dependency tree actions such as filters and extension icons are always visible when
available.

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Figure 3-2.

Note 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

n 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.

n 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.

n 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.

Figure 3-3.

Others

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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 Upgrading VMware Aria Operations for Networks section for more information on
the upgrade procedure.

Documentation
For additional information about new features, see the VMware Aria Operations for Networks
documentation.

n Installing VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n Using VMware Aria Operations for Networks

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks FAQs

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks Command Line Interface Guide

n VMware Aria Operations for Networks API Guide

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.

To view documentation and release notes for version 6.9 and earlie, see VMware vRealize
Network Insight Documentation.

VMware Product Compatibility

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

VMware MIB Files

For MIB information, see Determining the MIB module listing, name, and type of an SNMP OID.
You can download the SNMP MIB module file from the VMware Knowledge Base Article: 1013445.

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Resolved Issues
n In Tag based Application Discovery, if VM tags contain special characters, such as *,{,}, \, ?,
and +, then when you save the discovered applications, the saved applications show zero
members.

To resolve this issue, you must escape these special characters using “\” in the tier criteria
while saving or editing the application.

n When you upgrade vRealize Network Insight to version 6.9, you will see a slight delay in
viewing the final status of the upgrade. During the delay, the upgrade modal can be blank
with no details.

To resolve this issue, if the upgrade modal does not refresh automatically in five minutes,
refresh the current page to see the latest upgrade status and proceed to the login page.

n When you define Reachability and Segmentation intents, VMware Aria Operations for
Networks allows adding invalid values for source and destination ports. Also, if you do not
enter any value for the source and destination ports, the intent processing gets stuck in the
Verifying state.

To resolve this issue, delete Reachability and Segmentation intents with invalid parameters.

n Additional secondary IP addresses configured on VLAN interfaces of Arista, Cisco Catalyst,

and Cisco Nexus devices are not processed by VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

n If you have pinned a widget to the Pinboard with a custom time range, after migrating to
Custom Dashboard, you see the corresponding widget in the Custom Dashboard does not
show the information as per the previously selected custom time range.

n On the Home page, the Service Mesh heatmap under the HCX tab in the Environments
widget shows incorrect problems count.

n On the Network map, when you edit a compressed user-defined group (which display only
the count of entities but not the sub-entities) multiple time consecutively, the user-defined
group may show incorrect members.

n On the Network map, when you edit a compressed user-defined group (which display only
the count of entities but not the sub-entities), the entities list in the edit dialog box does not
show any information. However, if you zoom in further on the network map where you can
see the sub-entities and then try to edit the group, the entities list is displayed accurately.

n The path topology for Kubernetes Service to Kubernetes Service/Kubernetes Pod breaks if
you change the default source or destination.

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n When you add VMware NSX-T Manager version 4.1.0 or higher in vRealize Network Insight
6.8, you see the Data collection failed due to an error. Please wait for some time error on
the Accounts and Data Sources page.

n The web proxy is not paired with the Platform when it is enabled for automation-based
deployments such as ovftool and saas.

n Cisco UCS FEX devices displays incorrect host-side port channels, in addition to actual fabric
port channels.

Known Issues
n New - When data collection is disabled for a Cisco UCS data source, IP address of its
Fabric Interconnects' management interfaces will not show up in VMware Aria Operations
for Networks.

n New - VMware Aria Operations for Networks will generate false Port Mode Mismatch alert
when an L3 interface of a Cisco ACI switch (added as a data source in the product)
is configured with sub-interfaces and connected with another switch (also added in the
product).

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