After initial data collection, resource data collection occurs automatically every 10 minutes. The data collection interval is not configurable and you cannot manually initiate data collection.
You can discover information about resource data collection and image synchronization for an existing cloud account in the Status section of its page. Do so by selecting Open on the existing cloud account of your choice.
and then clickingYou can open an existing cloud account and see its associated endpoint version in the Status section of its page. If the associated endpoint has been upgraded, the new endpoint version is discovered during data collection and reflected in the Status section on the cloud account's page.
Resource data collection
Data collection occurs every 10 minutes. Each cloud account displays when its data collection last completed.
Image data collection
Image synchronization occurs every 24 hours. You can initiate image synchronization for some cloud account types. To initiate image synchronization, open the cloud account (Sync Images button. There is no image synchronization option for NSX cloud accounts.
then select and open the existing cloud account) and click theThe cloud account page displays when image synchronization was last completed.
To facilitate fault tolerance and high availability in deployments, each NSX-T data center endpoint represents a cluster of three NSX managers. For related information, see Create an NSX-T cloud account in VMware Aria Automation.
Cloud accounts and onboarding plans
When you create a cloud account, all machines that are associated to it are data-collected and then displayed on the Automation Assembler, you can use an onboarding plan to allow Automation Assembler to manage the machine deployments.
page. If the cloud account has machines that were deployed outside ofFor information about adding cloud accounts, see Adding cloud accounts to Automation Assembler.
For information about onboarding unmanaged machines, see What are onboarding plans in Automation Assembler.