We are blissful to announce that the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager (VCPLCM) 1.4 is now typically obtainable for our Cloud Providers. With this launch, we proceed to ship operational simplicity together with the enhancements that allow our Cloud Providers to enhance and ship seamless and safe providers to their clients.
What’s new with 1.4?
Simplified Operations
The wait is over!! The foremost addition on this model is the “import operation” , in contrast to earlier ones, now you can import an present product with only some particulars – only a matter a number of clicks within the UI – that permits Cloud Providers to import a product and handle brownfield environments utilizing VCPLCM.
Under Environments, Click on Register Environment to import a product and handle.
Day-2 Operations assist via GUI
This launch brings many function enhancements to shut the hole between the API and GUI capabilities. Cloud Providers can now use the GUI to operationalize Day 2 duties like:
- Product Upgrades
- Certificate Management
- Node Management
The ‘Discover’ function has been launched to trace the modifications or modifications made to the deployed product and sync it with the Lifecycle Manager Repository.
You can now uncover modifications made to the deployed product in an atmosphere and a registered datacenter. To know extra about Datacenter, please check with the VMware Documentation.
Concurrent Task Execution
This new function significantly decreases the supply occasions as Cloud Providers needn’t look forward to a process to finish to begin one other, as VCPLCM 1.4 is able to working a number of duties for various merchandise concurrently. This will be helpful particularly if you find yourself upgrading a number of product deployments concurrently. Users can request duties in sequence, ought to there be no free “execution slot” it will likely be queued and executed as soon as potential.
Detailed Product View
With varied merchandise and variations deployed, it consumes effort to maintain monitor of the small print of all of the parts. This enhancement helps Cloud Providers to view product particulars which are working of their environments – deployed or registered product specs – by clicking Open (as proven in Fig. 1) and the identical is relevant for registered Datacenter(s)
Improved Troubleshooting
With model 1.4 you’ll be able to retrieve logs and error messages simply utilizing GUI and API as towards its predecessors the place, one needed to log in to the VCPLCM host through SSH to retrieve logs. We have launched separate log recordsdata corresponding to every process ID for ease of troubleshooting (Fig. 1a).
We have additionally offered the choice to generate a assist bundle to retrieve all essential log and config recordsdata bundled in an archive via API and GUI. (Fig. 1c)
In-place Interop Bundle Update
Version 1.4 simplifies the method of checking and deploying Interop Bundles. You can verify the supply of the newest interop bundle and replace it from the UI, the place we have now offered choices like Check for Interop Bundle Update and Update Interop Bundle underneath Administration tab (Fig 2a).
To additional simplify, we have now launched a banner which shall be offered while you log in to GUI that will periodically verify the supply of the newest interop bundle and immediate you to replace in order that your VCPLCM host is updated.
Please notice, that this perform requires VCPLCM host wants VMware Customer Connect to entry for respective binaries.
Automated Repository Directory Structure Creation
Yet one other new addition within the model 1.4 is the automated creation of listing construction. As part of the preliminary boot, the repository creation shall be triggered with all of the supported product directories of that particular launch, thus eliminating the necessity for Cloud Providers to manually configure repositories.
Example:
/cplcmrepo/vcd/10.4.0/ova
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