VMware Collection Agent Plugin 6.x Release Notes
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This page provides information about the VMware Collection Agent plugin version 6.x release, including new features and resolved issues.
For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.3.0 Copied
Released: 25 March 2026 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-13046 | This release updates the VMware Collection Agent plugin to version 6.3.0, which also requires a minimum Collection Agent version 6.5.0 for proper functionality. |
VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.2.2 Copied
Released:
- 29 January 2026 Packaged with Geneos 7.8.0
- 15 January 2026 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| VMW-41 | The VMware Collection Agent plugin has been upgraded to use collection-plugin-parent version 6.4.1 to address the Netty security vulnerability BDSA-2025-62789 (CVE-2025-67735). |
VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.2.1 Copied
Released: 24 November 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| VMW-36 | The VMware Collection Agent plugin will now continue monitoring if a version check fails. |
| VMW-38 | Updated Apache CXF to version 4.1.4 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.2.0 Copied
Released:
- 27 November 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.7.0
- 12 November 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| VMW-31 | Updated the Vim25 dependency to version 9.0.0.0. |
VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.1.0 Copied
Released:
- 30 September 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.6.0
- 11 September 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| VMW-30 | VMware performance counters can now publish data from non-empty instances. |
| VMW-34 | The VMware Collection Agent plugin now supports monitoring metrics from the ClusterComputeResource managed object type related to the Resource Usage Summary. |
VMware Collection Agent plugin 6.0.0 Copied
Released:
- 07 August 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.5.0
- 23 July 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| VMW-27 | This release updates the VMware Collection Agent plugin to version 6.0.0, which also requires a minimum Collection Agent version 6.0.0 for proper functionality. |