Announcing VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11 and SaaS

We are happy to announce new capabilities that will be in the 6.11 and SaaS release for VMware Aria Operations for Networks (vRealize Network Insight). One of the key capabilities will be the ability to upload more application information from Configuration Management Database (CMDB) solutions such as ServiceNow and other vendors. This new capability will give the Flow Based Application Discovery enhancements with additional application information to start the application discovery process to help customers better understand their traffic flows and applications in their infrastructure.

Other new features will include enhancements to VMware HCX troubleshooting, allowing users to identify Mobility Optimized Networking (MON) enabled flows and VMs, as well as provide improved support for Network Assurance and Verification network mapping. SNMP notifications will also be improved, with added support for IBM Netcool fields.

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In today’s world, network observability is critical to ensuring the smooth functioning of an enterprise’s infrastructure. With the rise of multi-cloud environments, obtaining a comprehensive view of an organization’s network has become even more challenging.

That is where the latest 6.11 release will help solve business problems. VMware Aria Operations for Networks is an application-aware multi-cloud network observability platform that provides insights about infrastructure dependencies and difficulties. It is an enterprise monitoring software that obtains passive telemetry from multiple data sources, including Kubernetes, VMs, VMware NSX, physical network devices like load balancers, routers, switches, firewalls, APIs from VMware Cloud, and APIs from public cloud providers.

Using VMware Aria Operations for Networks Universal, there is another level of aggregation with the federation dashboard across other Universal instances. The platform also provides visibility into flows between all monitored entities and external flows. With VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.11, users will have more visibility into a single data center or an entire enterprise. The latest 6.11 and SaaS release will provide a comprehensive view of an organization’s infrastructure to enable network and cloud teams to quickly troubleshoot network issues and optimize application performance.

6.11 and SaaS Highlights

•Enhancements to Flow-Based Application Discovery so users will be able to upload additional application data via .csv from CMDBs (e.g. ServiceNow)

•VMware HCX troubleshooting will have enhancements to Identify MON (Mobility Optimized Networking) enabled flows and VMs

•Network Assurance and Verification will have enhancements to Network Map support for Bulk Select, Reset group, Drag & Drop, other grouping enhancements

•SNMP notifications will have enhancements for Problem entity and Entity manager (IBM Netcool fields)

•Ubuntu 20.04 Support

•TLS 1.3 support

•Hostname change ability will be available for platform and collector nodes

•CPU and core licenses will be able to mix on same platform (Universal licensing)

•Fortinet Device Discovery will make integration with existing security infrastructure easier

Overall, with all the new capabilities in 6.11, VMware Aria Operations for Networks will become a more powerful tool for enterprises that want to ensure their applications and network is operating at peak performance.

Please register for a VMware Aria Migration webinar on August 30, 2023, at 8 AM Pacific.

This webinar discusses VMware Aria Migration. The webinar will also cover how VMware Aria Migration utilizes built-in capabilities based on VMware Aria Operations for Networks for application discovery. There will also be a demonstration of how VMware Aria Migration works to help customers migrate their vSphere SDDC environment to the cloud.