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November 8 2024
VMware Tanzu Product Releases
In this section, we will add releases information on Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry, Tanzu Platform for Kubernetes, Tanzu Data Services, and Tanzu Spring Essentials Products that are part of Tanzu Platform and Standalone solutions along with its release date and release notes.
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Broadcom Support Portal for Tanzu Products
Upgrades/Dependency and Release Date Info available!!
You can now see Dependency/Upgrade info directly in the Support Portal UI, not just API. You can now see Release date added as a new column when looking at files in a release.This was a long awaited and frequently requested feature!. Check Upgrades/Dependency Information and Release Date when you click on Download Version links
| Product Name | Version | Release Date | Related Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware Tanzu Platform Crowdstrike Falcon for VMware Tanzu Check Release Notes for details. | 1.4.0 | 2024-11-01 | Release Notes |
| Stemcells (Ubuntu Jammy) Check Release Notes for details | 1.631 | 2024-11-04 | Release Notes |
| VMware Tanzu Data Solutions VMware Tanzu GemFire Check Release Notes for details on updates and Security Issue fix details. | 10.0.5 | 2024-11-04 | Release Notes |
| VMware Tanzu Greenplum Minor release that includes new and changed features and resolves several issues. | 6.27.4 | 2024-11-08 | Release Notes |
| Other Releases Scheduler Check Release Notes for details. | 2.0.12 | 2024-11-03 | Release Notes |
| BOSH Backup and Restore Check Release Notes for details | 1.9.71 | 2024-11-04 | Release Notes |
Tanzu Security Team Disclaimer:
The summary below is a review of the above product release notes from a security and governance point of view and may not reflect specific security or governance requirements you may require. It also does not include all details from the release notes. Please review the full release notes for release details.
VMware Tanzu Platform
Crowdstrike Falcon for VMware Tanzu
- Updated install timeout period and retry limit
- Removes stemcell requirement
- Added FAQ
- Removed depreciated ubuntu14
Stemcells (Ubuntu Jammy)
- USN-7021-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities – Resolved 8 medium, high CVEs
- USN-7072-2: Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities – Resoled 3 medium, high CVEs
- USN-7087-1 – libarchive vulnerability – Resolved 1 medium CVE
- USN-7089-1 – Linux kernel vulnerabilities – Resolved 196 low, medium CVEs
- USN-7090-1 – Linux kernel vulnerabilities – Resolved 198 low, medium CVEs
Scheduler
- Minor release
BOSH Backup and Restore
- Add pass constraint for RMT
- Updated vendored dependencies
- Bump wait time on integration tasks
- Update go version
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
VMware Tanzu GemFire
- Tanzu GemFire 10.0.5 includes updates to Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT, Apache Commons IO, and Apache Tomcat to address the following security issues:
- CVE-2023-52428
- CVE-2024-47554
- CVE-2024-34750
- CVE-2024-38809
VMware Tanzu Greenplum
- VMware Greenplum 6.27.4 is a maintenance release that resolves the following issue.
- Resolves a crash that occurred when starting or rebooting the cluster with a disk quota-enabled database containing over 10,000 tables.
- Resolves an issue which made other extensions unable to use ExecutorCheckPerms_hook when Diskquota is enabled.
Check out the troubleshooting Tips and Resolutions on various Tanzu Products. This section is a great resource for you to bookmark and quickly prevent issues before pushing applications to Production.
VMware Tanzu Application Service (TAS)
Cannot run Bosh commands with error ” Director responded with non-successful status code ‘500’ response “ – Not enough space is left in the bosh director persistent disk.
SCS broker VM become overloaded due to high volume of git clone/fetch operations from config-server service instances – Since Spring Cloud Services (SCS) doesn’t support High Availability (HA), it’s not able to configure multiple SCS broker VMs to share the high volume of git requests from config-server side. Check KB article for mitigation.
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Integrated Edition (TKGI)
TKGI: Bosh resurrector is not re-creating the K8S nodes even though node health status shows “unresponsive agent” – This issue occurs when either BOSH Resurrector Plugin (VM Resurrector) is not enabled in the Bosh Director tile or vSphere DRS is not automatic.
VMware Tanzu
Top 5 Intelligent App Delivery Challenges and How Executives Can Solve Them (Blog) Camille Crowell-Lee, Dive into GenAI’s transformative potential, bridging AI creativity with user experience. Learn how VMware Tanzu helps manage rapid development cycles, team reskilling, and model accuracy.
Deliver Platform-as-a-Service on Your Private Cloud with Tanzu Platform and VMware Cloud Foundation (Blog) Darin Zook, Platform and VMware Cloud Foundation. Achieve agility, security, and innovation for demanding enterprise needs.
Broadcom Announces the General Availability of VMware Tanzu Platform 10 (Blog) Making it easier for customers to build and launch new applications in the private cloud.
VMware Tanzu Data Services
Tanzu Data Services Brings Simplified and Secure Data Management for VMware Cloud Foundation (Blog) VMware’s Tanzu Data Services for Cloud Foundation offers self-service data engines, streamlined lifecycle management, robust security, and expert support, seamlessly integrating with popular data engines.
Cloud Foundry Weekly Series – Subscribe | RSS Feed
Cloud Foundry Weekly: Tanzu Friends at VMware Explore BCN: Ep 35– (Video) Nicky Pike, Nick Kuhn. Cote and Keith Lee Show live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2024!
Upcoming Events and Webinars sorted in Date order below for your convenience with relevant links and information for you to not miss these key happenings.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ
Unlocking the Power of Messaging: Introduction VMware Tanzu Rabbit MQ 4.0 November 13, 2024 @ 10AM PT (Webinar) Howard Twine Explore VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ 4.0’s groundbreaking features that enhance fault tolerance, boost throughput, and provide operational insights, simplifying architecture and increasing efficiency for microservices, IoT, and AI workloads.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 12-15 2024
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Salt Lake City, Utah from November 12-15, 2024. Experience The Kubecon + cloudnativecon | Register for the event | Schedule
Tanzu What’s New Series – Weekly Tanzu digest on Tanzu product Releases, KB Articles, Success Stories, Updates, Blogs, Videos & More – has been moved to a New Home Tanzu Blogs. You can also Subscribe for this weekly update on the official VMWare Tanzu Linked In Newsletter Now!!!! We now have 10.9k + subscribers and growing!!
Tanzu Academy – An on-demand, comprehensive learning hub for platform and application operators to become experts at achieving meaningful outcomes with Tanzu products.
Spring Academy – The new Spring Academy Pro FREE is live! Check out the details here
Tanzu Fundamentals (Videos)
Tanzu Webinars – New home
Tanzu Blogs – Migration still in progress , some old blogs may not redirect to new home
Tanzu Documentation – Migrated from docs.vmware.com to Techdocs.broadcom.com
Tanzu Hands on Labs (HOL) – Self Paced Labs to try hands on Tanzu Products
