v2.1.0

Release Date: 2023-05-30

🐛 Bugfix:

• Updates Publish-NsxtTier0BgpStatus to correctly format the HTML output if the NSX Tier-0 is not configured for BGP. GH-134

💥 Enhancement:

• Added Publish-HardwareCompatibilityHealth to return the hardware compatibilty health from the SoS Health Summary JSON data. GH-129
• Updated Invoke-VcfHealthReport to include the hardware compatibility health using the Publish-HardwareCompatibilityHealth cmdlet. GH-129
• Added component size checks for vCenter Server instances and NSX Local Manager clusters to the overview report. GH-130
• Added Publish-PingConnectivityHealth to return the ping connectivity health from the SoS Health Summary JSON data. GH-132
• Updated Publish-ComponentConnectivityHealth to include the ping connectivity health using the Publish-PingConnectivityHealth cmdlet. GH-132

🔧 Refactor:

• Updated Request-VcenterAuthentication to support isolated workload domains. GH-131
• Updated Request-DatastoreStorageCapacity to support isolated workload domains. GH-131

🧹 Chore:

• Updated the NSX product name and terms. GH-135
• Added .PARAMETER entries for user-facing functions. GH-141

v2.0.1

Release Date: 2023-05-12

🐛 Bugfix:

• Updated Request-SoSHealthJson to omit the precheckReport and versionHealth from the SoS API request payload if the version is not VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.0 or later.

v2.0.0

Release Date: 2023-04-25

💥 Enhancement:

• Updated Publish-CertificateHealth with thresholds based on certificate expiration. GH-107
• Updated Publish-CertificateHealth to include an "Expires In (Days)" column. GH-107
• Updated Publish-CertificateHealth to include ESXi host certificates. GH-107
• Updated Publish-PasswordHealth to include an "Expires In (Days)" column. GH-111
• Added Publish-VersionHealth to return the version health from the SoS Health Summary JSON data. GH-123
• Updated Invoke-VcfHealthReport to include the version health using the Publish-VersionHealth cmdlet. GH-123
• Added Show-ReportingOutput cmdlet to format output to the console when PowerVCF is not installed. GH-121
• Updated Publish-VsanHealth to include the results for capacity utilization and the active resysc of objects GH-124
• Updated Publish-VsanHealth to include the results for stretched cluster health and stretched cluster tests. GH-126

🔧 Refactor:

• Breaking: Updated Invoke-VcfReportingPrereq to:
  • Use -sddcManagerFqdn, sddcManagerUser, and sddcManagerPass parameters to check the SDDC Manager version. GH-117
  • Use Write-LogMessage to apply colors to the output and log the output to a file using the -logPath parameter. GH-117
• Breaking: Updated Invoke-VcfHealthReport to use -sddcManagerLocalUser and -sddcManagerLocalPass parameters instead of -SddcManagerRootPass. Examples use the local vcf user account for the SDDC Manager virtual appliance. GH-113
• Breaking: Updated Publish-StorageCapacityHealth to use -localUser and -localPass parameters instead of -rootPass. Examples use the local vcf user account for the SDDC Manager virtual appliance. GH-113
• Breaking: Updated Request-SddcManagerStorageHealth to use -localUser and -localPass parameters instead of -rootPass. Examples use the local vcf user account for the SDDC Manager virtual appliance. GH-113
• Breaking: Removed Invoke-VcfPasswordPolicy and supporting content. Please use the VMware.CloudFoundation.PasswordManagement module. GH-118
• Breaking: Renamed Request-VrealizeOverview to Request-VMwareAriaSuiteOverview and updated outputs to the rebranded product names. GH-128
• Updated Request-SoSHealthJson to use the API to retrieve the SoS Health Summary JSON results. GH-102
• Updated Publish-PasswordHealth to return the results from the SoS Health Summary JSON data. GH-111
• Updated Invoke-VcfHealthReport to use the Publish-PasswordHealth cmdlet. GH-111
• Removed Publish-LocalUserExpiry and supporting functions in favor of the Publish-PasswordHealth cmdlet. GH-111
• Removed Request-LocalUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. Results are now returned from the SoS Health Summary JSON data. GH-120
• Removed Request-SddcManagerUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. GH-120
• Removed Request-vCenterUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. GH-120
• Removed Request-NsxtManagerUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. GH-120
• Removed Request-NsxtEdgeUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. GH-120
• Removed Request-Request-vRslcmUserExpiry which supported the Publish-LocalUserExpiry cmdlet. GH-120

🧹 Chore:

• Updated PowerVCF from v2.2.0 to v2.3.0. GH-125
• Updated PowerValidatedSolutions from v2.0.1 to v2.2.0. GH-117
• Updated VMware.PowerCLI from v12.7.0 to v13.0.0. GH-117
• Updated VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin from v1.3.8 to v1.3.9. GH-117

v1.1.0

Release Date: 2023-02-28

🐛 Bugfix:

• Updates Request-VcenterBackupStatus backup message to remove the SDDC Manager FQDN when backups are located on the SDDC Manager. Required for Heatlh Monitoring and Reporting solution alerts. GH-95
• Updates Publish-vCenerHealth to correctly link and display the vCenter Server Ring Topology Health from SoS. GH-94
• Resolves an issue with the display name of the vRealize Log Insight product name in the Request-VrealizeOverviewdue to an upstream error in the .SYNOPSIS of Get-VCFvRLI in PowerVCF. GH-86
• Updates Test-VcfReportingPrereq to return results when run on Photon OS. GH-82

💥 Enhancement:

• Updates Publish-* cmdlets to support JSON generation. Required for Heatlh Monitoring and Reporting solution. GH-79
  • Publish-BackupStatus
  • Publish-NsxtTransportNodeStatus
  • Publish-NsxtTier0BgpStatus
  • Publish-SnapshotStatus
  • Publish-LocalUserExpiry
  • Publish-StorageCapacityHealth
• Adds Publish-NsxtHealthNonSOS and Publish-ComponentConnectivityHealthNonSOS cmdlets. Required for Heatlh Monitoring and Reporting solution. GH-79
• Updates in Publish-* cmdlets that support JSON generation to specify encoding needed for Python to read it the content. Required for Heatlh Monitoring and Reporting solution alerts. GH-93
• Adds CPU Cores per Socket to the ESXi Host Overview on the overview report. GH-85
• Adds an option to Request-ESXiOverview to report on the VCF+ subscription cores and export the results to CSV. GH-87

📄 Documentation:

• Updates README.md to remove the Known Issues section and adds references to the GitHub issue tracker for support. GH-88
• Updates README.md documentation to include support for DellEMC VxRAIL. GH-98

🧹 Chore:

• Updates PowerValidatedSolutions from v2.0.0 to v2.0.1. GH-99

v1.0.6

Release Date: 2023-01-31

🐛 Bugfix:

• Updates Request-NsxtVidmStatus and Request-NsxtComputeManagerStatus functions to resolve an issue supporting workload domains with shared NSX Local Managers on the health report. GH-25
• Updates Request-NsxtComputeManagerStatus function to resolve an issue with supporting workload domains with shared NSX Local Managers on the health report; a false negative for "rogue" compute managers (vCenter Server instances) registered in NSX Local Managers. GH-42
• Updates Publish-CertificateHealth function to resolve an issue accurately dosplaying the certificate health on the health report. GH-43
• Updates Request-SddcManagerFreePool function to resolve an issue returning the free pool health for the heatlh report if the ESXi host license is expired. GH-32
• Updates Test-VcfReportingPrereq to display an error on the PowerShell console if the version of a PowerShell module dependency does not meet the minimum requirements. GH-35

💥 Enhancement:

• Adds support for including the number of ESXi hosts per cluster in the system overview Report. GH-46
• Adds Request-EsxiOverview and updates Publish-VcfSystemOverview functions to return the high-level status of each ESXi host on the system overview report. GH-33
• Adds support for vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation, and Workspace ONE Access in the Request-LocalUserExpiry function. GH-32
• Removes the Test-VcfReportingPrereq from the Invoke-* function which reduces report initialization time. GH-24
• Updates Test-VcfReportingPrereq to display the version of an installed PowerShell module dependency. GH-27

🔧 Refactor:

• Replaces local getNsxtServerDetail function with Get-NsxtServerDetail function exported from PowerValidatedSolutions. GH-35

🧹 Chore:

• Updates PowerValidatedSolutions from v1.7.0 to v1.10.0. GH-35
• Updates VMware.PowerCLI from v12.4.1 to v12.7.0. GH-35
• Updates VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin from v1.3.7 to v1.3.8. GH-35

v1.0.5

Release Date: 2022-12-20

🐛 Bugfix:

• Update Request-NsxtVidmStatus and Request-NsxtComputeManagerStatus functions to resolve an issue supporting workload domains with shared NSX Local Managers on the health report.
• Update Request-NsxtComputeManagerStatus function to resolve an issue with supporting workload domains with shared NSX Local Managers on the health report; a false negative for "rogue" compute managers (vCenter Server instances) registered in NSX Local Managers.
• Update Publish-CertificateHealth function to resolve an issue accurately displaying the certificate health on the health report.
• Update Request-SddcManagerFreePool function to resolve an issue returning the free pool health for the heatlh report if the ESXi host license is expired.
• UpdatesTest-VcfReportingPrereq to display an error on the PowerShell console if the version of a PowerShell module dependency does not meet the minimum requirements.

💥 Enhancement:

• Add support for including the number of ESXi hosts per cluster in the system overview Report.
• Add Request-EsxiOverview and updates Publish-VcfSystemOverview functions to return the high-level status of each ESXi host on the system overview report.
• Add support for vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation, and Workspace ONE Access in the Request-LocalUserExpiry function.
• Remove the Test-VcfReportingPrereq from the Invoke-* function which reduces report initialization time.
• Update Test-VcfReportingPrereq to display the version of an installed PowerShell module dependency.

🔧 Refactor:

• Replace local getNsxtServerDetail function with Get-NsxtServerDetail function exported from PowerValidatedSolutions.

🧹 Chore:

• Update PowerValidatedSolutions from v1.7.0 to v1.10.0.
• Update VMware.PowerCLI from v12.4.1 to v12.7.0.
• Update VMware.vSphere.SsoAdmin from v1.3.7 to v1.3.8.

v1.0.4

Release Date: 2022-10-10

🚀 Initial Module Release