The VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth acts as a bridge that connects VMware Aria Operations to Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost and brings the costs of public cloud from Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost into VMware Aria Operations. This management pack enables a single-window access to all the infrastructure costs either in a private cloud, or a public cloud using VMware Aria Operations. Using this management pack, you can manage the cost of the on-premise and cloud costs inherently and also track the public cloud cost.

Install the Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost

The Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost consists of a PAK file that contains default dashboards for the objects that the solution identifies. To install the management pack, download the PAK file from the VMware Marketplace to a temporary folder on your local system. For more information, see Installing and Configuring Integrations in VMware Aria Operations.

Configure the Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost

After the installation is complete, configure the Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost.
  1. In the menu, click Data Sources and then select Integrations > Accounts.
  2. On the Accounts tab, click Add Account.
  3. Configure the Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost account.
    Option Description
    Display Name The name for the account.
    Description (Optional) The description of the account.
    Credential Select the credential you want to use to sign on to the environment from the drop-down menu. To add new credentials to access this management pack environment, click the plus sign.
    Provide the HTTP proxy details in the following text boxes if you want to set up this management pack adapter instance on VMware Aria Operations with no Internet access.
    • Proxy HostName
    • Proxy Port
    • Proxy user name
    • Proxy Password
    • Proxy Domain
    Perspectives The CloudHealth perspective you want import in the adapter instance. You can import up to 10 CloudHealth perspectives where each perspective is separated by a comma.

    Perspectives of CloudHealth are a way through which you can create groups of resources and classify the charges attributed to them. Through this option, you can bring the result of applying such perspectives on different clouds into VMware Aria Operations.
    Test Connection To initiate the authentication request, click TEST CONNECTION.
  4. Click Save Settings.

    The account is added to the list.

What to do next?

Verify that the Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost is configured and collecting data by viewing application-related data.

Explore the Metrics and Dashboards provided by the management pack to get insights from Management Pack for VMware Aria Cost .