Today VMware released an update to its vCenter Server management solution.
vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442329
vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Installation Package | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442328
vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2d | 27 JAN 2015 | Build 2442330
Please make sure to review the release notes and download from vmware.com
While this is a minor release it does resolve many issues previously experienced as summarized here:
vCenter Single Sign-On
- VMware Directory Service consumes excessive memory
- Backup and restore of vCenter Single Sign-On database might not replicate the data between primary and secondary nodes correctly
- Attempts to logout through the vCloud Automation Center UI might fail
Networking
- Network Interface Cards of virtual machines in disconnected state might get ejected during vMotion
- vCenter Server, vSphere Client, and vSphere Web Access
- Virtual machines on ESXi hosts containing NSX Endpoint virtual machines might not power on
- Update to SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition Server in vCenter Server Appliance to address time zone changes
- vpxd reports massive logging
- Accessing the Storage View tab fails with the error
- Scheduled tasks cannot be created for a different time on the same day in vSphere Web Client
- The VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails intermittently
- HTML console cannot be launched with custom port
- Datastore browser in vSphere Web Client does not overwrite existing files
- VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails
Virtual Machine Management
- Cloning or deploying deploying virtual machines over the network causes performance degradation
- Alert event is not triggered when one VM has multiple vNICs with same MAC address
vMotion and Storage vMotion
- The default behavior of DRS has been changed to make the feature less aggressive during cluster upgrade