{"id":883,"date":"2016-12-02T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gr8n8tr0n.wordpress.com\/?p=883"},"modified":"2016-12-02T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:50:57","slug":"whats-new-with-vmware-vrealize-configuration-manager-5-8-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.virtualnate.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/02\/whats-new-with-vmware-vrealize-configuration-manager-5-8-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New with VMware vRealize Configuration Manager 5.8.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Security Enhancements<\/b>:<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">SHA-2 certificates\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">TLS 1.2 for installers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Licensing support<\/b><br \/>\nVCM supports new SKU of vRealize Operations Management Suite 6 Advanced Edition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SCAP 1.1 for Windows<\/b><br \/>\nVCM 5.8.3 supports the compliance assessment of all the SCAP 1.1 content on all the supported Windows platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SQL Server 2016<\/b><br \/>\nSQL Server 2016 is supported as part of VCM installation or upgrade, that is, the users can now install or upgrade and run VCM on an upgraded SQL Server or new SQL Server 2016 database.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>SCR 6.2.15<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Software Content Repository Tool version is changed to 6.2.15<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>New platform support for Managed Machines<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">VCM 5.8.3 adds support for the following platforms:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Windows Server 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">vSphere 6.5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Other Enhancements<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>OpenSSL Security 1.0.2j<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Python upgrade to 2.7.12\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Libxml2 upgrade to 2.9.4k<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>TC Server upgrade to 3.1.5<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>JRE upgrade to 1.8.0_101<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Server bulletin template creation<\/b><br \/>\nYou can create Server bulletin template with details showing duplicate bulletins, including client.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Posted Date\u00a0now supports a new filter for Linux templates<\/b><br \/>\nA new rule filter for\u00a0<b>Posted Date<\/b>\u00a0is included in the Linux Assessment templates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Setting enhancement to skip discovered machines<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Ability to change the hard disk setting in UNIX Patching Additional Settings\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=VCM-583&amp;productId=542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.vmware.com\/Release_Notes\/en\/vcm\/583\/vrealize-configuration-manager-583-release-notes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Release Notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Enhancements: SHA-2 certificates\u00a0 TLS 1.2 for installers Licensing support VCM 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