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Posted in Aria Security Advisory

Workaround instructions to address CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 in vRealize Operations 8.x

This is most up-to-date document on how to remediate CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046. On 15th of December 2021 VMware added workaround steps related to CVE-2021-45046. I…

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Waiting time is over! Here comes vRealize True Visibility!

During VMworld it was announced that some pretty significant changes for vRealize True Visibility were “coming soon”. I am happy to announce that waiting time…

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How to automate snapshot deletion with vROps 8.6

In this video I will show you how to leverage automation introduced in the vRealize Operations 8.6 We all know that snapshots can grow very…

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How to check if VMs are running snapshots using vROps 8.6

We all know that snapshots can grow very quickly, hence in our best interest, as admins, is to make sure VMs are not running on…

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vRealize Operations 8.6 has been released!

I just received security announcement from VMware about LOW severity VMSA-2021-0021 – VMware vRealize Operations Manager update addresses SSRF Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22033). Checking on solution, I…

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vRealize Operations 8.6 – What’s New?

During VMworld2021 VMware announced vRealize Operations 8.6 which will provide a lot of new features and capabilities. We can expect enhanced integration between vRealize Operations…

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vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) Architecture

In this tutorial we will have a look at the vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) Architecture. I will be talking about: NODEs How do they work…

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Data Retriever is not initialized yet. Please wait. – How to replace expired internal certificate in vRealize Operations Manager

You may not know but vROps has an internal certificate that may expire. If you won’t catch it on time, you will be in the…

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vROps 8.5 Hot Fix! Fixing EP Ops adapter, SNMP Trap Plugin, memory heap size and many more!

After upgrading my vRealize Operations Manager to 8.5 I received an alert stating that: In Redescribe section I saw that EP Ops Adapter has status…

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Upgrade vRealize Operations 8.x to newest 8.5 version

It is time to upgrade vROps to the newest version. You can perform in-place upgrade from any 8.x version. I strongly recommend to run per-upgrade…

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