VMware Aria Operations Deployment

VMware Aria Operations is a unified, AI-powered self-driving IT operations management platform for private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It supports VMware Cloud on AWS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and vSphere-based on-premises private clouds. VMware Aria Operations delivers continuous performance optimization, efficient capacity and cost management, intelligent remediation, and integrated compliance.

Preparation

Download the OVA of VMware Aria Operations Manager Appliance at VMware website and prepare the required license.

Deployment of VMware Aria Operations Manager Appliance

Select “Deploy OVF template” to upload the OVA of VMware Aria Operations Manager Appliance, click Next.

Specify the virtual machine name, click Next.

Select the target resources location, click Next.

Review the details, click Next.

Accept the license agreements, click Next.

Select the deployment configuration, click Next.

NOTE: Each deployment supports the different numbers of virtual machines.

Select the target storage, click Next.

Select the target network profile for Aria Operations Manager Appliance, click Next.

Specify the required network configuration for Aria Operations Manager Appliance, click Next.

Click Finish to deploy the virtual appliance.

Configuration

Power on the virtual appliance after the deployment is completed. Access the management IP on the web browser. Select the New Installation.

Click Next.

Specify the administrator account credentials. Click Next.

Choose a certificate, click Next.

Specify the cluster name and NTP Server, click Next.

Keep the default configuration, click Next.

Keep the default configuration, click Next.

Click Finish.

It starts to build up the configuration, then click Start VMware Aria Operations.

Click Yes.

The cluster status changed to be “Online” when the configuration is completed.

Now we can access the VMware Aria Operations portal with administrator account.

Click Next.

Accept the End User License Agreement, click Next.

Enter VMware Aria Operations product license key, click Next.

Click Next.

Finally click Finish.

Now we can configure integration with vCenter Server.

Click Add Cloud Account.

Go to Integrations under Data Sources menu, click vCenter.

Input the required the vCenter information.

Create an credential for the vCenter Server.

Click Add, click Accept if you trust the certificate.

Click OK.

It starts the data collection from vCenter Server.

The status shows OK when the data collection is running.

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Victor Wu

Senior Solutions Architect, Storage & Virtualization, Author at Dell EMC Knowledge Sharing & Packt