After a couple of month VMware released an update from the vCenter Operations Manager Appliance. Here is a little documentation about the update:
They resolved a couple of Issues:
- scalability and performance improvements
- default fromName in the Filter plug-in defaults to „Alive“
- Email notifications with SSL or TLS are not supported
The full list of VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise 5.0.1 Release Notes could be read here: http://goo.gl/jgPCb
How to Update the vAPP:
- Download the PAK file from the VMware Downloads site: http://goo.gl/Jxdor
- Log in at your vCOPS – Admin Site
- browse to „Update“
- select your downloaded PAK file (1) and click on the update(2) button
- confirm that the update cannot revert to a previous versin
- Accept the license agreement an press OK
- Now confirm the Update
- After a couple of minutes the update finish
If you have a Error message after updating you vAPP like these:
VMware has already KB Article for this issue: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2013360