In VMware Aria Operations for Networks, you can add your data sources that are deployed in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC.

Configuring VMware Cloud on Dell EMC in VMware Aria Operations for Networks

To get insights about data sources deployed in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, you must add the following data sources in VMware Aria Operations for Networks:
  1. VMware vCenter
  2. VMC on Dell EMC NSX Manager
  3. (Optional) VMware HCX
Sl. No. Action Procedure
1 Generate a shared secret for adding a collector.

Generate a Shared Key
2 Deploy VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC. Setting up Network Insight Collector (OVA)

Make sure to deploy a VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector within every SDDC that is added as a data source.

Also, for a single node SDDC in VMware Cloud (VMC), make sure the CPU resource reservation for the collector VM must be at least 1251 MHz.

Important: During this step, you must configure Web proxies and Firewall rules for VMware Cloud (VMC).

When you deploy a VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, the following scenarios are not supported:

  • Using a VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector deployed in a VMware Cloud (VMC) SDDC to collect data from another VMware Cloud (VMC) SDDC.
  • Deploying a collector on extended segments.

    You must deploy the VMware Aria Operations for Networks collector on a native VMware Cloud (VMC) segment.
3 Add the VMware vCenter server deployed in VMware Cloud on Dell EMC in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Add VMware Cloud (VMC) - vCenter
4 Generate an API token from VMware Cloud services. Generate API Tokens

To generate API tokens, you must have VMC on Dell EMC Administrator and VMC on Dell EMC Cloud Admin role for NSX service roles.
5 Add VMware Cloud on Dell EMC NSX Manager in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Add VMC on DELL EMC NSX Manager
6 (Optional) Add VMware HCX in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Add VMware HCX

Viewing Entity Details

Once the data collection starts, you can view the data source related information in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. To know about entity details, see Viewing Entity Details.