Two new GA announcements for VMware Cloud Foundation this week, both including important security updates to VMware vCenter Server Appliance and other BOM updates as detailed below.
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1
The VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 release includes the following:
- Security fixes for Photon OS: SDDC Manager 4.2.1 contains security updates for Photon OS packages from PHSA-2021-3.0-185 to PHSA-2021-3.0-209. To view information about the updates, see Photon OS release 3.0 advisories.
- Security fixes for VMware vCenter Server Appliance: See VMSA-2021-0010.
- BOM updates: Updated Bill of Materials with new product versions.
More details can be found in the VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 Release Notes.
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.1 Bill of Materials (BOM)
The Cloud Foundation software product is comprised of the following software Bill-of-Materials (BOM). The components in the BOM are interoperable and compatible.
| Software Component | Version | Date | Build Number |
| Cloud Builder VM | 4.2.1 | 25 MAY 2021 | 18016307 |
| SDDC Manager | 4.2.1 | 25 MAY 2021 | 18016307 |
| VMware vCenter Server Appliance | 7.0.1.00301 | 25 MAY 2021 | 17956102 |
| VMware ESXi | 7.0 Update 1d | 04 FEB 2021 | 17551050 |
| VMware NSX-T Data Center | 3.1.2 | 17 APR 2021 | 17883596 |
| VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager | 8.2 Patch 2 | 04 FEB 2021 | 17513665 |
| Workspace ONE Access | 3.3.4 | 04 FEB 2021 | 17498518 |
| vRealize Automation | 8.2 | 06 OCT 2020 | 16980951 |
| vRealize Log Insight | 8.2 | 06 OCT 2020 | 16957702 |
| vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for NSX-T | 3.9.2 | n/a | n/a |
| vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for Linux | 2.1 | n/a | n/a |
| vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for Linux -Systemd | 1.0 | n/a | n/a |
| vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0.1+ | 1.0.2 | n/a | n/a |
| vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for VMware Identity Manager | 2.0 | n/a | n/a |
| vRealize Operations Manager | 8.2 | 06 OCT 2020 | 16949153 |
| vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Identity Manager | 1.1 | n/a | n/a |
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.1:
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.1 includes bug and security fixes. You can upgrade to VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.1 from VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2. More detail can be found in the VMware Cloud Foundation Release Notes.
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.2.1 contains the following BOM updates:
| Software Component | Version | Date | Build Number |
| SDDC Manager | 3.10.2.1 | 25 MAY 2021 | 18015401 |
| VMware vCenter Server Appliance | 6.7 Update 3n | 25 MAY 2021 | 18010531 |
For more information about VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 Update 3n, see the release notes.
Congratulations to the teams on getting these important updates to customers in a timely manner.
