What's New
The following tables provide an overview of the significant changes to this guide for the current release. The tables do not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to the documentation or of the new features in the release.
What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.5
Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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Global Published IP (Global PIP) | You can now use a Global published IP address (Global PIP) instead of dedicated published IP addresses (PIP) for your protected ESXi hosts. | Global Published IP Address |
Firewall improvements |
You can now remove the SSH RSA key fingerprints for all protected ESXi hosts in CloudControl. |
asc firewall |
Restricting View Privileges |
Added support for the vSphere HTML5 client. |
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Compliance Templates Enhancements |
Added the VMware 6.7 ESXi template, and new compliance operations for vSphere 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7. |
See the CloudControl Compliance Operations Guide. |
Vitals Service | Automatic Vitals Reporting lets you automatically share information about the health of your CloudControl cluster with HyTrust Support. | Using the HyTrust Vitals Service |
vRealize Orchestrator |
Added support for vRealize Orchestrator (vRO). |
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SNMP Trap |
Added new SNMP Traps. |
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Encrypted Syslog |
Added updates to encrypted syslog. |
What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.4.2
Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) Enhancements |
You can now:
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asc monitor |
Two-Factor Authentication Whitelist |
Allows you to create a whitelist for two-factor authentication so that your tools can connect to vCenter through CloudControl without being prompted for two-factor authentication. |
Two-Factor Authentication Whitelist |
Dual Site HA Configuration |
Allows you to configure HA on two different subnets. |
GUI: CLI: asc ha |
What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.4
Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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Allows you to add an additional layer of security between you and CloudControl support. |
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Remote backups |
Allows you to schedule and create remote backups. |
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Active Directory Enhancements |
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Authentication |
vSphere Client Enhancements |
Added support for vSphere 6.5 U2, including Content Library operations. |
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New Compliance Templates |
Added new compliance operations and the following compliance templates:
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See the CloudControl Compliance Operations Guide. |
Certificate Enhancements |
CloudControl now automatically downloads vCenter and PSC certificates so you can easily install them. |
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Viewing Hosts Enhancements | Added RPV Enabled and RPV Disabled to the list of filters on the Hosts page. | Using Filters to View Managed Hosts |
Rules Enhancements |
You can now import and export rules. |

Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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Certificate enhancements |
Added support for subject alternative name (SAN) configuration when generating self-signed and CSR Web Appliance certificates. |

Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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NSX Enhancements |
Added support for NSX version 6.3.3. Introduced new privileges for IP Set, MAC Set, Distributed Firewall Section, and DFW APIs for Cross vCenter. |
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vSphere 6.5 Enhancements |
Added support for vCenter High Availability through CloudControl. | vCenter High Availability (VCHA) Support |
Log Viewer Enhancements |
You can now view prior and current state information for the following NSX objects:
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Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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NSX Enhancements |
Added support for NSX versions 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, and 6.3.2. Introduced new privileges for edge firewall and router firewall. |
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vSphere HTML5 Web Client Support |
The vSphere Client (6.5 HTML5 Web Client) is now fully supported. |
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Restricting View Privileges |
Added support for vSphere 6.5. |
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Secondary Approval |
Auto-populate requester email addresses. | Approving a Pending Request |
vSphere Auto Deploy Support |
Added support for vSphere 6.5. |
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Password Requirements |
Added additional customizations for changing the ascadminuser password. |
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Data Purge |
Added customizations for how often data is purged. |
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Database Disk Space Utilization |
Added customizations to set a threshold for database disk space utilization. When the threshold is exceeded, the Purge Database scheduled event runs a full vacuum on the database. |

Feature | Description | Where Documented |
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Dashboard Enhancements |
Added filters, test result details, and History data to Compliance dashboard. All Compliance data is now located on the Compliance dashboard. Export to PDF available for all dashboards. Recent Activity filters have been enhanced to include log data. |
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Log Viewer Enhancements |
Log data can now be exported to CSV. You can save filters used in the log viewer. You can view six months or seven days in the Log Viewer Heatmap. |
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NSX Enhancements |
Added NSX Hardening Support, Security Group and Security Policy. Added support for additional NSX operations in both WCS and REST API. |
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vSphere Auto Deploy Support |
CloudControl can protect ESXi hosts provisioned through Auto Deploy. |
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vSphere HTML5 Web Client Support |
The vSphere Client (6.5 HTML5 Web Client) is now supported as an experimental feature. |
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TxT Enhancements |
Good Known Hosts are now created using both BIOS and VMM. Running Update Trust performs a full attestation cycle with reregistration. |
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Restricting View Privileges |
Administrators can restrict vSphere users from viewing NSX objects and NSX users from viewing vSphere objects. |
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User Attributes |
You can create user attribute constraints based on Directory Service or x.509 certificates to authorize operations. |