You can update the content packs that are already installed from the Content Pack Marketplace without leaving VMware Aria Operations for Logs.

Note: When alerts from content packs are enabled, the alerts are copied to a user's profile. Users can modify the copy's description or conditions. Beginning with alert definitions instantiated in 4.0, updating a content pack, and by extension its alert definitions, updates or removes the copies to match the improved content pack. If you want to preserve any user modifications, export them as a content pack before applying the update and import the changes back into the user profile after the update.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged into the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a Super Admin user, or a user associated with a role that has the relevant permissions. For more information, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs. The URL format of the web user interface is https://operations_for_logs-host, where operations_for_logs-host is the IP address or host name of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance.

Procedure

  1. Expand the main menu and click Content Packs.
  2. From the menu on the left, select Updates to see a list of content packs for which updates are available.
    • To update a single content pack, click its icon to open an informational window. Click Update to begin the import. Depending on the content pack, after the import is finished you might see further instructions. If these appear, follow the configuration steps to successfully finish the upgrade.
    • To silently update all content packs with pending updates, click Update All. Read the instructions in the informational pop-up window and click Update to proceed. After the upgrade, click each content pack to see if there are further steps to finish the import. If you have exported a content pack to preserve user modifications, import it back into the user profile.

Results

The updated content pack appears in the Installed Content Packs list on the left.