vRealize Automation 7.5 released on September 20, 2018. Below is the list of new features and enhancements which came up with this release.
Revamped UI and User Experience
A complete new look and feel for vRealize Automation along with streamlined flows for common self-service tasks
UI based on VMware Clarity standards
Larger catalog cards show more of the description
Cleaner catalog view
Multiple instances of the same catalog item across business groups are now rolled up; the user selects the business group at request time
Items and Requests tab merged into new Deployments tab
Request details for decommissioned resources moved to the Administration tab
Improved status of in-progress requests
History view shows all requests associated with a single deployment over time
Improved search capabilities across product menus and objects
Contextual access to documentation from the product UI
Home page and portlets are deprecated in this release
Save button on requests is deprecated in this release
Improved Integration with vRealize Operations Manager
This release introduces deployment dashboards for application owners and enhancements to intelligent workload placement capabilities via integration with vRealize Operations.
Show deployment alerts and key metrics (CPU, memory, IOPS, and network) for machines in the deployment details view
Enable optimization of vRealize Automation managed workloads to align with vRealize Operations placement policy
This builds on an earlier integration for optimizing initial placement to allow ongoing optimization of existing workload
Configuration Automation Framework
Native integration with external Ansible Tower Management tool.
OOTB support for Ansible Tower as first class citizens in vRealize Automation
Drag and drop Ansible Tower object in the Blueprint design canvas
Parameterize and support early and late binding/request time
Dynamically select Ansible job templates,including playbooks, for application configuration
Support Day 2 actions to register or decommission machine
Troubleshooting Improvements
Improvements to Force Delete/Re-Submit ( failed or orphaned deployments)
Post-Migration validation
Consistent log tracing across solution
Expose trace-id to the vRealize Orchestrator plug-in API
vRO Database Clustering and Configuration
vRO database configuration moved to vRA VAMI
Embedded vRO database ( Postgres) is now able to be clustered and supports failover
Microsoft Azure Blueprint Enhancements
Support for Azure Managed Disks
Enhanced Support for Azure regions
NSX-T Datacenter Native Integration
vRealize Automation now has native integration with NSX-T Datacenter
OOTB support for NSX-T Datacenter as first class citizen in vRealize Automation
Drag and Drop the following NSX-T Datacenter Services in blueprint design canvas
Support for Day-2 actions
Event Broker & Custom forms Improvements