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 5.6

Feature	Description	Where Documented
Secondary Approval	Added a Permitted Operation Count to limit the number of times an operations is permitted during the given duration.	Approving a Pending Request
Proxy Server Support	Allows you to use a proxy server to communicate with the Vitals Service and Licensing server.	Configuring the Management Interface or Configuring the Management Console . Enabling Proxy Server for the Vitals Service and Licensing Service
NSX Security Tags	The NSX security tag(s) constraint can be used to achieve logical segmentation on NSX security tags. When used in a rule, it limits the ability of NSX users to perform NSX security tag operations, such as editing, deleting, or assigning or unassigning tags, on the specified tag.	Constraints
Compliance Templates Enhancements	Added new compliance operations for vSphere 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7.	See the CloudControl Compliance Operations Guide.

What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.5

Feature	Description	Where Documented
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.	Restricting Visibility
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).	Using vRealize Orchestrator with CloudControl
SNMP Trap	Added new SNMP Traps.	SNMP Traps
Encrypted Syslog	Added updates to encrypted syslog.	Encrypting Syslog

What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.4.2

Feature Description Where Documented

Feature	Description	Where Documented
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) Enhancements	You can now: View the `asc monitor --fileaudit` command output in syslog as well as the console. Run the `asc monitor --fileprofile` command to reinitialize the AIDE database. Run the `asc monitor --filemon` command to enable a cron job.	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: Dual-Site HA Setup CLI: asc ha

Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) Enhancements

You can now:

View the asc monitor --fileaudit command output in syslog as well as the console.
Run the asc monitor --fileprofile command to reinitialize the AIDE database.
Run the asc monitor --filemon command to enable a cron job.

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: Dual-Site HA Setup

CLI: asc ha

What's New in CloudControl, Version 5.4

Feature	Description	Where Documented
`ascrescue` account	Allows you to add an additional layer of security between you and CloudControl support.	asc service
Remote backups	Allows you to schedule and create remote backups.	asc backup
Active Directory Enhancements	Added manual refresh of the User-to-Group map cache. Added domain controller status refresh. Allows you to set primary and secondary global catalogs and domain controllers.	Authentication
vSphere Client Enhancements	Added support for vSphere 6.5 U2, including Content Library operations.	Using the vSphere HTML5 Client
New Compliance Templates	Added new compliance operations and the following compliance templates: GDPR HTCC ESXi NERC CIP 5.0 ESXi NIST 800-171 ESXi	See the CloudControl Compliance Operations Guide.
Certificate Enhancements	CloudControl now automatically downloads vCenter and PSC certificates so you can easily install them.	Installing Autoimport Certificates
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.	Importing Rules and Exporting Rules