vToolbelt – June 2023
End of Technical Guidance for vSphere 6.5 and 6.7
These two versions of vSphere have served us well; but on November 15, 2023, all technical support for vSphere 6.5 and 6.7 will end as the products leave Technical Guidance. If you are still running 
these versions please upgrade now. If you have questions about the planning or upgrade process let us know!
Security Advisories
- VMSA-2023-0007 and VMSA-2023-0009 – Aria Operations for Logs (aka Log Insight) – vulnerabilities fixed by version 8.12
- VMSA-2023-0008 – Updates to VMware Workstation and Fusion address vulnerabilities
- VMSA-20230-0010 – NSX-T XSS Vulnerability
- VMSA-2023-0011 – VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) Insecure Redirect – this can affect vIDM deployments in Workspace ONE, Horizon, and vRealize/Aria Suite
Upcoming Events
VMware Innovation and Technology Showcase – Northeastern Ohio
Date: June 7, 2023
Time: 10:00am – 2:00-pm
Location: Akron, Ohio – The LeBron James Family Foundation House Three Thirty Event Center
Join your VMware Account team as they bring Subject Matter Experts to Akron for an in-person event to discuss how you can Simplify Disaster Recovery & Ransomware Recovery, Zero Trust in the Datacenter, as well as Threat Protection.
VMware Explore 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada
August 21-24 2023
The Content Catalog will be available on June 6th. This is a listing of all of the breakout sessions for VMware Explore and can illustrate all of the great sessions that you will be able to see at the event!
Registration is open now!
You can use PSO credits to purchase a conference pass (full pricing information)
Product Support Watch
The following products are nearing the End of General Support. You can find the full list on the VMware Lifecycle Product Matrix.
vSphere – vCenter and ESXi
- Technical guidance for versions 6.5 and 6.7 will be ending soon. You can still upgrade to Version 7
Cloud Foundation
- vCF 4.3 – 10/31/23
Skyline– Free to upgrade – learn how. This tool is free, easy, and useful. If you are not using Skyline yet, check it out !
- Skyline Collector 3.2 – 8/25/23
NSX
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer 20.1.x – 7/31/23
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer 21.1.x – 8/31/23
- HCX 4.3.9 – 8/22/23
- HCX 4.4 – 7/14/23
- HCX 4.5 – 10/13/23
- HCX 4.5.1 – 11/21/23
Disaster Recovery
- Site Recovery Manager 8.5 – 10/01/23
- vSphere Replication 8.5 – 10/01/23
Horizon View / Workspace ONE
- Dynamic Environment Manager 10/2106 – 7/15/23
- Dynamic Environment Manager 10/2111 – 11/30/23
- Identity Manager 3.3.6 – 7/18/23
- Workspace ONE UEM Console 2109 – 6/22/23
- Workspace ONE UEM Console 2111 – 7/13/23
- Workspace ONE UEM Console 2203 – 10/29/23
- Workspace ONE UEM Console 2204 – 11/23/23
- Workspace ONE Access 21.08 – 9/06/23
- Workspace ONE Access 21.09 – 11/01/23
- ThinApp 5.x – 7/13/23
- App Volumes 4 – 2111 – 11/30/23
vRealize Suite
- Automation
- 8.8.1 – 6/9/23
- 8.8.2 – 7/12/23
- 8.9 – 8/9/23
- 8.9.1 – 9/6/23
- 8.10 – 10/11/23
- Orchestrator –
- 8.8.1 – 6/9/23
- 8.8.2 – 7/12/23
- 8.9 – 8/9/23
- 8.9.1 – 9/6/23
- 8.10 – 10/11/23
- Lifecycle Manager
- 8.10 – 10/11/23
- Identity Manager – 3.3.6 – 7/18/23
- Identity Manager – 3.3.7 – 11/01/23
- Log Insight – 8.6 – 10/31/23
- vRealize Operations – 8.6.x – 10/31/23
Notes from the Field
We are currently looking for customers interested in joining an Enterprise Learning Subscription. The ELS is a 365-day subscription that provides all you-can-consume training in an on-demand/on-line format. While at least 5 individuals are required to start a subscription – this can come from any mix of OARnet customers. Each student chooses their own courses and learns at their own pace. There are currently a few customers interested. Reach out to myself or Carahsoft to learn more, get current pricing, or be added to the list.
VMUG Virtual Event (June 27) – VMUG’s virtual event will deliver a highly interactive 3D event with streaming video for keynote and breakout sessions! Join from wherever you are to get the latest news, updates and professional development content
For those in the Western half of Ohio, a drive to Indianapolis for a great in-person event may not be too far. On July 20th, the VMUG UserCON returns to Indy for a day of knowledge sharing. Learn more and register.
VMware Skyline
- They Skyline rules engine is updated constantly. Take a look at the new findings for May 2023.
- I have developed a page containing all of the information you need to Get Started with VMware Skyline. It contains videos and documentation, best practices and links to frequently used KB articles.
- The VMware TAM community is making a big push to get the news out about VMware Skyline. For those OARnet customers who are not yet running VMware Skyline, one of my TAM colleagues may be reaching out with an offer to help you get started. If you would like to get started now – let me know!
Bits and Bytes
- Take a moment to see what’s going in VMware support and review the Top 10 Most Popular KB articles for SRM, vSAN and Core Storage for May 2023.
- vSphere Replication allows you to replicate a VM and its on-going changes to another VMware environment and can help you prepare for a DR event. It is included with your vCenter license. If you haven’t worked with it before, you can Learn how to Setup and Deploy vSphere Replication.
- A new feature in vRealize Operations called Metric Searches, can help answer real-world questions in your environment. My colleague Dale Hassinger has written a blog on how to Unlock the Potential of Metric Searches in vROPS.
- Did you know that you can Enable NetFlow in the vSphere Virtual Distributed Switch?
- If you have ever needed to audit datastore operations (who moved, deleted, copied that file) – you should check out William Lam’s article on Making Datastore Auditing tasks easier.
- The VMware vSphere 8 STIG Readiness Guide is available
- I have been trying to learn how to script API calls and recently had the need to Update IP Information in Aria Automation Network Fabrics. I took the opportunity to use PowerShell and PowerVRA to do this with a few API calls. It was a useful exercise to learn how to work in a RESTful world.