Open selected objects in an external application to make configuration changes or to view application-related information.

Table 1. Applications and objects
Application Available on these objects
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Compute Infrastructure
  • Compute Services
  • Host System
  • Non-ESXi Host System
  • Virtual Machine
  • Non-ESXi Virtual Machine
  • Network Services
  • Logical Router
  • Storage Services
  • Management Services
  • Logical Switch
OpenStack Horizon
  • Project
  • Non-ESXi Host System
  • Non-ESXi Virtual Machine
  • Logical Switch
  • External Logical Switch
  • Logical Router
  • Virtual Machine
vSphere Web Client
  • Virtual Machine
  • Host System

Procedure

  1. Select the required object in a widget.
  2. In the widget toolbar, click the Dashboard Navigation icon, and from the drop-down menu, select the application you want to open.
    The external application is opened and you can view application-related information about the object.

What to do next

Analyze the information in the application. Make any configuration changes. Continue to monitor the object in VMware Aria Operations